Just sold out in Canada as well. Bummer.
Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes
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Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes
#22Anyone have any guess when it will be available again, based on past "day 1 sellouts" like this?
Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes
#23Google - I am sure you lost some sales by releasing the 4.2 update for Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 on the same day as Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 were released! Not that I am complaining - this same day update is fast even for Google :)
They'd lose even more sales by holding the update back for any significant amount of time. ~Day-0 updates are effectively part of the Nexus brand.
>Day-0 updates are effectively part of the Nexus brand
For current Nexus devices may be - but for older gen Nexus devices I am not sure I have ever seen a same day update.
Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes
#24The fact that it is 2012 and stores still refuse to just let you give them money and then have them ship you a product is ridiculous. I don't want to sit here and wait for a store to open or for things to come 'back in stock' to buy a phone. That's why we invented computers, to automate boring tasks.
I give you money, you put my name on a list, as phones come in, you ship them in the order of the names on the list. Problem solved.
Of course, that won't happen any time soon, because being sold out inexplicably generates buzz like the present article.
Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes
#25would this be an indicator for any future trends in contract subsidized phones vs others?
It may be an indicator that the iPhone lifetime is now exceeding 2 years, and rather than being desperate to get the next Apple iDevice, people are instead casting around for cheaper cell-plans and thinking about moving to Android.
Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes
#26I'd love to see numbers to compare this to the sale of previous iPhones. My gut instinct says this is a supply-side issue more than a popularity issue. Could google be keeping supply low to keep demand up? Or was this such a popular product (people reporting that this bringing the google store to its knees) that it sold out within minutes and google was just ill prepared for the popularity?
My gut feel is the opposite. This is a ridiculous phone, for a ridiculous price. I personally wanted it and couldn't get it Today yet, and I know of at least 5 other people (outside the US) who've been pinging me to see if it's going to be available anytime soon. Pretty sure it's a demand-issue this time.
Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes
#27It would be nice if Google would release some sales numbers on this. I'd imagine it would sell well in Europe where the lack of LTE is not an issue. I don't see it selling that well in the US, most people here get new phones every two years when their contracts are up at subsidized pricing.
In Canada contracts are still typically three years. I've been salivating over this for months.
I am almost done my three year contract with Bell. I don't mind them so I don't mind staying with them. I want the N4 and I talked to retentions about what I could get post-plan if I brought in my own phone. They seemed quite confused and couldn't give me any better deals than a new customer. If I had gotten one of their subsidized phoned on a new 3-year deal they would have been able to give me a better deal. I would even be willing to go on a 1-2 year deal with an N4 but alas they seem like they don't know how to deal with this situation.
I could just go with the Samsung Galaxy SIII which wouldn't be a bad phone but it wouldn't be carrying the vanilla Android but rather Bell's variant (which I am not sure how bad it is).
I've looked at other carriers, Koodo, Fido, Wind and Moblicity. Either their deals aren't any better than I have now or they have little coverage. Wind is much better than Moblicity in coverage so I am not sure how much roaming with them would cost me on average a month.
So I am not sure which way I should go with my new phone.
Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes
#28I'd love to see numbers to compare this to the sale of previous iPhones. My gut instinct says this is a supply-side issue more than a popularity issue. Could google be keeping supply low to keep demand up? Or was this such a popular product (people reporting that this bringing the google store to its knees) that it sold out within minutes and google was just ill prepared for the popularity?
My gut feel is the opposite. This is a ridiculous phone, for a ridiculous price. I personally wanted it and couldn't get it Today yet, and I know of at least 5 other people (outside the US) who've been pinging me to see if it's going to be available anytime soon. Pretty sure it's a demand-issue this time.
If the numbers are good, they'll brag about them. If they don't, it's a pretty good sign that it's supply.
Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes
#29Luckily, I got my order through albeit with a good share of issues. -> Google Wallet pane opening empty -> Google Wallet pane opening with an error message -> Google Wallet pane not opening and me receiving a top of the window notification saying they are working hard on resolving the issue -> Google wallet opening, with info. I then clicked purchase and it wouldnt go through. After multiple times trying it, losing m…
I wasn't that lucky.
But I've grabbed some screenshots:
http://imgur.com/a/SikfG
I especially like the "Expected 3 components in jwt:" one :)
Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes
#30Ok, as of 12:09pm CST, I was able to add a 16GB N4 to my cart and check-out.
So either they found another pallette of the things somewhere, or people are getting cold feet and canceling their orders.
Hitting F5 on the product page seems to find a phone about once every twenty times, and on about the 1/5th try to add to cart, it succeeded.