What has the price been lowered to? (The price is not shown outside the US)
£159 for 8Gb, £199 for 16Gb
Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
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Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#222The Nexus 4 is completely baffling to me from a pricing /market strategy perspective.
There are ends to the pricing strategy spectrum take: low price, high volume (aka market penetration) or higher price lower volume (aka differentiation). The former is about matching specs and winning on price (eg, last years's Galaxy S model). The latter is about making something a little different that some people are willing to pay a little more for, usually at the cost of volume (eg, Samsung Galaxy S note).
The Nexus 4 was squarely in the category of large screen Android phones that all major manufacturers have been selling like crazy as their flagship products for the last year. They all compete with similar prices and specs. Nexus 4 matches the spec, priced 30% lower!
Great, cut price market penetration strategy!
Accept that the product hasn't been available. It's not in phone/electronics stores. Its not on Amazon. Its not available in most countries. Its not available from carriers (I like this, but if you are taking this position, find other distribution channels) etc. etc.
Whats the point of that? They could have been selling this as a niche product at a higher margin and made some good money. Alternatively, they could have gotten it into stores at the $300 price they were supposedly selling it at and outsold the S3, especially in Europe where other manufacturers add a big markup over US prices.
Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#223Honestly if you haven't tried Android yet this is the device to do it with. Really shows off what the system is capable of.
Is it really preferable, hardware-wise, to something like the HTC One? That is, assuming the user is capable of flashing the HTC One with a third-party firmware to get a vanilla Android experience. Is there a draw to the Nexus in comparison to the likes of the One other than being vanilla out of the box?
I've used both phones extensively, the Nexus for 2 weeks and the One for over a month.
The One is the better phone, no doubt, but the Nexus is best for the price.
The One has a much better radio, especially for bluetooth. It's a lot more powerful, a consideration if you're playing games. The screen blows the Nexus' thoroughly mediocre display out of the water, and the stereo speakers are some of the best I've ever heard on a phone. The build quality is closer to Apple than Android. The camera is one of the best on an Android phone ever.
The major downside of the One for me is that it is slower in terms of slickness and smoothness, which I'm blaming on the Sense UI. If you flash it to vanilla, it should be fine. If you are a gamer, it does get very hot. Although build quality is better it doesn't feel any less likely to break if you drop it.
Weirdly, the call quality isn't that good on the One, the Nexus has it beat there.
Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#224I'd like to thank @shuzchen for posting this. I bought a new Google Nexus 4 from MediaMarkt here in Germany on Saturday for 329 EUR and had luckily not yet opened the box (waiting for a Micro SIM to turn up from my provider). I managed to take the phone back this morning after reading this, and get a full refund, and have now just ordered the phone direct from Google Play for 249 EUR (plus 9.99 EU shipping). As a men…
Google has a program in place to refund you the price difference if you bought a Nexus 4 in the past two weeks https://support.google.com/googleplay/contact/nexus_price
Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#225The Nexus 4 is completely baffling to me from a pricing /market strategy perspective. There are ends to the pricing strategy spectrum take: low price, high volume (aka market penetration) or higher price lower volume (aka differentiation). The former is about matching specs and winning on price (eg, last years's Galaxy S model). The latter is about making something a little different that some people are willing to p…
What I don't really get is to what end are they doing this? Does this help Google, or hurt them - especially now that they have Motorola? Is the bigger over-arching goal here to go around the carriers, no matter what?
Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#226Honestly if you haven't tried Android yet this is the device to do it with. Really shows off what the system is capable of.
Yeah, you too can watch as "Android OS" drains the battery in 6 hours. Honestly, if you get a Nexus 4 be prepared to be a beta tester, or scratch monkey every time there's an OTA update. Perhaps it's just "international" users, but I totally regret buying into the Nexus hype.
And then there's the hardware issues (bluetooth kills WiFi if you try to use both at once), firmware issues (WiFi doesn't roam properly, ARP offload broken), straight-up bugs (wireless charging power management holds permanent wakelock preventing deep sleep)...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2072930 really shows what Android is capable of.
Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#227I can confirm/attest that in France, they lowered the price by 100€.
That's bigger news than the headline since 100€ = $133.51 (at this moment).
Google Play shows: 8GB: 199€ (+9.99€ shipping) = 208.99€ 16GB: 249€ (+9.99€ shipping) = 258.98€
Personally, I'm going to hold off to see if they release something new, though. I wish the battery life on the Nexus 4 was better.
Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#228Earlier quoted context omitted.
[I disagree with the case comment, but that's because I find cases annoying and my wife's didn't protect her Nexus 4 worth a darn.] > The thing slides off of pretty much anything This is incredibly true. An anecdote: I was sitting in the waiting room at my dentist's office; I knew I'd have a wait, so I turned on the access point so that I could do some work and set the phone on the seat next to me. 15 seconds later,…
If anyone wants more evidence of just how easily the Nexus 4 slides off things, here's a very unscientific video I took after witnessing my Nexus 4 slide off something and shatter the rear glass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1hbVgO7_k8 It's incredible watching it slide ever-so-slowly on a surface that I previously thought was pretty much level.
Looks like a job for Sugru - pop a couple of tiny nubs on the back and it'll stop sliding!
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#229Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not only does it slide off everything, mine has broken twice after falling - once from sliding off of my wallet on a countertop, and once from me fumbling it out of my pocket. They made me pay for the repairs ($150 each time).
The Nexus S on the other hand was indestructible. I dropped it multiple times even of hard services. Once I was climbing on some rocks, tried to send a text (yeah, I realize that was dumb), lost balance and ended up slamming the phone screen first on the rock supporting my weight with it. There is a 1/4 sandgrain width dent in the middle of the screen, barely noticeable unless you're looking for it in just the right…
Mine has broken its screen after half a meter fall on a carpet.
Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#230If you buy this phone, get a case for it. The thing slides off of pretty much anything, including apparently flat counter tops. Screen replacements are $130 and take 2 weeks. You won't get the awesome feel of the beveled edges, or the nice solid feeling of a thin but reasonably weighted piece of equipment, but definitely get a case lest you watch in horror as your shiny new phone crashes onto your hard tile bathroom…
is there anything like AppleCare+ -- 2 replacements for $49/ea?
Yes, SquareTrade.