(http://readwrite.com/files/styles/800_450sc/public/fields/nexus_4_readwrite.jpg) Electronics maker LG is not in the running to make a new flagship Nexus device for Google's next version of its Android operating system.
LG, which made the Nexus 4 flagship for Android 4.2 Jelly Bean (http://readwrite.com/2012/11/02/googles-nexus-4-if-you-like-huge-android-phones-youll-love-this-one), was rumored to be the manufacturer of the follow up "Nexus 5." Apaprently, that will not be the case. Speaking to Dutch technology publication, All About Phones (http://www.allaboutphones.nl/nieuws/22911/lg-gaat-niet-de-nexus-5-maken.html), LG's VP of mobile in Europe, Won Kim, said, "The Nexus 4 was a great success despite the production problems for us and Google. However we do not need such a marketing success again."*
The LG Nexus 4 was plagued by production delays (http://readwrite.com/2013/01/17/the-google-lg-nexus-4-partnership-has-been-a-failure-of-logistics) after being released in the fall of 2012 with many customers not receiving their devices until months after ordering. The budget-friendly ($299 for 8 GB version through Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_4_8gb)) Nexus 4 met high demand for both its consumer-friendly price and top-of-the-line specs.
Kim also said that LG has no plans on releasing a Nexus-branded version of its current flagship smartphone, the Optimus G Pro. (http://readwrite.com/2013/05/03/optimus-pro-g-lg-release-also-ran-android-phablet-to-the-wild) Samsung and Google announced a Nexus version of the Galaxy S4 (http://readwrite.com/2013/05/15/google-i-o-keynote-eight-best-moments-in-photos)that will hit the market later this summer featuring "stock" Android and not Samsung's TouchWiz skin overlay. HTC is also rumored to be making a Nexus version of its critically acclaimed One smartphone, rumored to be release this summer. (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57586184-94/htc-one-google-edition-its-real-and-coming-in-summer/)
LG announced today that it would produce a white version of the Nexus 4 (http://www.lgnewsroom.com/newsroom/contents/63454), available first in Hong Kong before shipping to the rest of the world.
*Translated from original Dutch via Google Translate.
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LG is a company that has so many customers in Nigeria. This product would definately be felt. Let's just expect the best.