"LG says it takes about six weeks to increase the frequency of deliveries. Happily, from mid-February, LG will ramp up production of the Nexus 4. Finally!"
So ... if it's 6 weeks to increase production ... and it's on sale since November 13th 2012 ... what are they doing ?
Calling the excrement of cattle a wonderful tool for increasing crop yields isn't lying, its marketing :-)
I expect LG picked its words very very carefully to be strictly true.
So I don't for a moment doubt that, everything else being equal, it takes 6 weeks to change the factory mix. I haven't seen a statement from them that they changed the mix on Nexus 4's, just that in general such a change, if they ordered it, would take six weeks. Its equivocating to be sure but strictly true.
I know three people who got Nexus 4s here in the US and two of them had them replaced due to screen failures (on one half the screen went dark, on the other excessive bad pixels). But I don't think LG has been very up front about quality issues, but generally I don't think anyone is unless it blows up like Antenna-gate or something.
One thing I do know, all three of my friends think it is the best android phone ever and one of them is a convert from an iPhone 4S. It wouldn't be the first time some company released a highly acclaimed but unmanufacturable product.
I think it's quite likely that LG has some sort of yield issues going on. If they have to do some redesign work to increase yield and thus update the production line, this time delta starts to make some sense. It can't be just a simple ramp up problem that they're facing.
So ... if it's 6 weeks to increase production ... and it's on sale since November 13th 2012 ... what are they doing ?
Bullshit.