Nexus 4 appears early at Carphone Warehouse, October 30th release date

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/10/nexus4-1351164063.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/25/lg-nexus-4-appears-release-date/)Whoa there! The next Nexus (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/12/lg-nexus-4-reviewed-by-belarusian-tech-site/) just got an early reveal over at UK retailer Carphone Warehouse. Delivery is currently pegged for October 30th and apparently it's got brand new Android 4.2 (or Android 4.1.2 -- the listing mixes in both). The preorder screen confirms plenty of details we've already heard, including that 4.7-inch 1,280 x 768 display, Snapdragon S4 processor (http://www.engadget.com/tag/qualcomm+snapdragon+s4/) and 8-megapixel camera. Unfortunately, at least according to the phone seller, there's only 8GB of storage and no microSD card slot. Other curious parts include a "360-degree camera", whatever that is, and an on-screen render that's been previously been identified as a custom ROM. Diving into the supposed feature list, we're intrigued to see whether "gesture typing" will form a part of Google's new Android build -- the Carphone Warehouse compares it to Swype (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Swype/)'s finger-dragging input method.
Price-wise, it looks like you could get the handset for free on contracts over £31 per month, with both O2 and Vodafone named as prospective networks for the device in the UK -- but no news here on whether the 4G-capable EE will offer an LTE iteration. Excited? Good, because we're going to hear plenty more on this next week (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/17/google-android-nexus-event-october-29th/).
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/mobile-phones/LG-NEXUS-4/MONTHLY