Google Nexus 4 goes on sale in US/Canada • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Nexus 4 goes on sale in US/Canada

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Post by thedangler » Tue, Nov 13, 2012, 5:03 PM UTC

Wonder when the next batch will be available.

Re: Google Nexus 4 goes on sale in US/Canada

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Post by look_lookatme » Tue, Nov 13, 2012, 5:04 PM UTC

I got charged, but I haven't seen any confirmation in my orders or email that it worked.

Re: Google Nexus 4 goes on sale in US/Canada

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Post by chaz » Tue, Nov 13, 2012, 5:05 PM UTC

I had to keep hitting the "Proceed" button dozens of times in order for it to succeed. Finally got the Google Checkout popup to work properly and completed the order.

If you see it being marked as sold out, refresh or clear cookies. Apparently it's a caching issue.

Edit 12:10pm ET: caching doesn't seem to make a difference; may actually be sold out now. Surprised at (a) high demand and/or low inventory, (b) that Google struggled to keep the site responsive.

Re: Google Nexus 4 goes on sale in US/Canada

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Post by bmasci » Tue, Nov 13, 2012, 5:07 PM UTC

look_lookatme wrote: post #12

I got charged, but I haven't seen any confirmation in my orders or email that it worked.

Same. I have a pending Google Wallet charge on my CC. Hopefully it went through.

I've heard of Australian/European buyers who had this issue and received shipping information a few hours later. Hopefully we're in this same boat.

Re: Google Nexus 4 goes on sale in US/Canada

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Post by dannyr » Tue, Nov 13, 2012, 5:07 PM UTC

Can anybody confirm if the 16GB was ever available?

I see 8GB available but not 16GB.

Re: Google Nexus 4 goes on sale in US/Canada

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Post by bryanlarsen » Tue, Nov 13, 2012, 5:07 PM UTC

look_lookatme wrote: post #12

I got charged, but I haven't seen any confirmation in my orders or email that it worked.

The last page should say "Thank you. Your order has been placed, and you will receive an email shortly with the details of your purchase."

To the right is a link that says "Order Status". Right click on that to open in a new tab. That will contain your order number, which should be enough for you to resolve any problems with your order.

I haven't received my email yet, almost 15 minutes after ordering, but I will be saving a copy of that order status page...

Re: Google Nexus 4 goes on sale in US/Canada

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Post by yummies » Tue, Nov 13, 2012, 5:07 PM UTC

It's like registering for Google I/O - we would all LOVE to throw hundreds of dollars at Google for one of their products, but for whatever reason, we can't.

Re: Google Nexus 4 goes on sale in US/Canada

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Post by tmrhmd » Tue, Nov 13, 2012, 5:08 PM UTC

look_lookatme wrote: post #12

I got charged, but I haven't seen any confirmation in my orders or email that it worked.

I was also charged but didn't get any email from Google :(

Edit: Now there's transaction on my Wallet page :) It reads "Nov 13 Google Inc. received your order."

Re: Google Nexus 4 goes on sale in US/Canada

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Post by vitalique » Tue, Nov 13, 2012, 5:08 PM UTC

For all that is holy, why can't Google show to folks outside US/Canada at least some specs and promo pages of the device? I'm not even asking for ability to put a preorder, but why are we left only with the silent void with literally nothing but "Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet"? What a brilliant way to disappoint people and divert thousands of potential customers away.

Re: Google Nexus 4 goes on sale in US/Canada

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Post by myko » Tue, Nov 13, 2012, 5:09 PM UTC

Had about 7 failures after hitting the 'Buy' button. Hopefully more 16GB are available soon.

I can't imagine the 8GB would sell out, with only 5.5GB of usable space that's pretty small for a phone today.