Nexus 4 Available for Purchase Google Play Store U.S. Only

Quote from jasper16512 : I am not lazy to search, and I go to xda all the time. My point is, basically you can google anything and everything will pop up , try the galaxy s3 camera freeze and tell me if you didnt find anything. I don't skype in DARK room that have practically no light at all, my webcam is perfectly fine. If you need a dslr camera, lense on your phone, go build one yourself and sell it for $299.

it's a known problem. it's not some bad lemons.
this is a hardware problem (cheap/bad camera sensor). cheap sensor gives bad/dark images on low light condition. the software itself can't auto focus on any low light images, so it freezes up (software bug). its a combination of both worlds. this same v4.2.1 can work better on other better cameras. but for now, there is no quick way to fix it.

to fix this problem for this particular nexus 4 phone, they will have to either:
1. replace the camera with a better sensor. (not going to happen)
2. fix the camera app (software) not to hang up if the auto focus is not working right on low light condition. this is fixable (hopefully on next release). they will have to weight if it's worth it to fix just for this flagship phone. or they wont have to fix it because other phones with better sensor wont have this problem.
3. add new feature to their camera app for auto focus to work on low light condition. i am not familiar with camera flash. maybe something called "pre-flash" where the first flash will find the image/distance, then the software will try to focus it, then issue the 2nd flash for the real capture.

Quote from medbuyer : take note that the iphone has had a fair share of camera problems as well but it was rectified. with a new gadget like the Nexus 4, only time will tell when are they going to send a fix to correct that bug....it's not even that widespread since only a few users have reported to Google' support team.. 74 reported comments... https://code.google.com/p/android...ry%20Stars there's even a temp solution... http://forum.xda-developers.com/s...st34972549 "The app only hangs when pressing the blue "Take a snap" button while the focus circle is absent. To take a picture in the dark without problems first tap the screen to focus on a subject. When the focus circle turns green it's safe to take the picture." besides, do you really skype in low light? afraid the other party will see something else?

i have iphone, so i know iphone's camera has its own problem as well. but i took it like a man instead of running around and denying the facts.

i did not see that temp solution before. but the experience was very embarrassing. most of the party pictures are under low light condition. it happened twice on me on 2 different occasions so i said no more on this shitty camera phone. the first one, while everyone was trying to smile, the camera doesn't click. i kept pressing the button like crazy but no response. so it was the first turn off moment with my brand new nexus 4 phone that everyone just talked and touched so much 5 min ago. so i had to use somebody dumb phone (how embarrassing) to take that picture. the 2nd (and the last) is when everyone smiled, the camera flashed on but it's stuck. so i had to reboot the phone.

so much for the newest flagship google phone.

i skype with my friends in India which has different timezone. so most the time i had to skype while driving out of work or after dark. i was happy with iphone 4 or pantech burst's camera.