Not a single mention of how it compares to an iPhone. I know it's androidpolice.com, but it's weird to have such a long review without making ANY comparisons to the most-popular phone in the world....
Agreed, the iPhone is a bit of an elephant in the room here. Particularly when the author waxes lyrical about how nice it is to have front and back made of Gorilla Glass (exactly like the recently-superseded iPhone 4/4S).
Apples to oranges. iPhone 5 is severely limited when purchased in the US: you can't unlock and put a different (overseas) carrier's SIM when you're out of country, until you complete your 2 year contract.
Unsubsidized, the iPhone is $699. Unsubsidized Nexus 4 is $350.
Well, the target group of android police is existing android users. So they naturally compare it to phones they use.
The same was true with the iPhone 5: A lot of blogs that are mostly frequented by existing iOS users didn't bother to compare it to android phones, but just the iPhone 4S. E.g. these reviews were talking about the "huge" screen of the iPhone 5 and didn't compare to the dozens of android phones with bigger screens...
Why everyone has to compare to the iPhone? like it were a model to follow. It's like the Apple fans feel butt-hurt when someone it's stealing their hype. You can't do more than superficial comparisons, they're totally different experiences and app ecosystems.
The comparison is implicit. The review tells you what you're getting and it gives some downsides (No LTE, average camera). Essentially what it comes down to is the following: It is a well made android phone for half the price of the current top models.
