Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100 • Hacker News Board

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by Amadou » Wed, Aug 28, 2013, 10:55 AM UTC

conradfr wrote: post #220

Amadou wrote: post #181

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If you've got a kid, especially a young one, 16GB isn't enough for pictures and video. Not even close. My niece has filled her 64GB iphone many times over with shots of her kid. I'm sure there are tons of other use cases too.

Secret feature : plug your phone on a computer via USB and transfer your pictures.

There are so many obvious flaws in that statement, here's two:

1) The assumption that the person who owns the phone owns a computer, rather than borrows someone else's when they need it.

Modern phones have hdmi outputs, and work with bluetooth keyboards. It is entirely feasible for the average person to use a high-end phone as their primary computing device. Especially with the carrier subsidies making the up-front cost so low. This will only become more common as phones get more powerful.

2) When you've moved the data off your phone it is no longer immediately at hand.

Flash storage is cheap and only getting cheaper, leaving off a micro-sd slot is all about pushing a cloud-storage paradigm rather than letting the user decide.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by Jhsto » Wed, Aug 28, 2013, 10:56 AM UTC

NatW wrote: post #227

I 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.

How weird, still 500€ for the 16GB version in Finland.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 28, 2013, 10:56 AM UTC

bobbles wrote: post #124

markdown wrote: post #121

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Did you read the original post? It's by someone from somewhere in the world where the Play store isn't available. I provided an option for those people.

He did read it, but you singled out Australia, which has this available (and in stock)! He was just clarifying this.

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Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by jbrooksuk » Wed, Aug 28, 2013, 11:01 AM UTC

harrytuttle wrote: post #168

shuzchen wrote: post #41

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The Nexus 4 (as well as pretty much all smartphones on the market) disables the screen if you're in call and it detects that your face is near the screen. You can test this by going into a call and putting the palm of your hand (or any other surface) close to the phone. If your phone doesn't do this you should either get it fixed or go join a league of super heroes.

Some people appear to be invisible to proximity sensors. We have one guy who isn't seen by two Lumias and an iPhone. He's resigned to using a blackberry now. Very odd phenomenon but it does exist!

My iPhone 5 (running iOS7 beta) doesn't detect me, but does everyone else. I'm forever muting myself.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by ausjke » Wed, Aug 28, 2013, 11:03 AM UTC

shoot, I just bought one last night, can I get $100 back? I'm checking if I can cancel that order now then reissue a new order.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by VMG » Wed, Aug 28, 2013, 11:03 AM UTC

ibrahima wrote: post #166

acabal wrote: post #133

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I miss the Palm Touchstone. Not only was the accessory itself brilliant--magnets held the phone in place and aligned--but the entire Pre ecosystem had a thoughtful and slick feel to everything about it. Very much the opposite of the Nexus experience, which, while still very much fine, I can't help but feel is rushed and developed without thought to the small details.

Interestingly, you can actually connect the Palm Touchstone coils to some newer phones that have the right connections on the back and use a Touchstone for inductive charging - I did it with my Galaxy S3 for a while, it's a pretty simple mod. Yeah, the magnets are really nice, I almost can't believe that other manufacturers wouldn't put them in their charging bases.

patents maybe?

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by ausjke » Wed, Aug 28, 2013, 11:10 AM UTC

ausjke wrote: post #235

shoot, I just bought one last night, can I get $100 back? I'm checking if I can cancel that order now then reissue a new order.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/contact/nexus_price not sure if my purchase yesterday qualifies the price protection, i.e. google will refund me $100? it sucks when you buy something one day ahead of a big price drop.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by jacquesm » Wed, Aug 28, 2013, 11:14 AM UTC

h4pless wrote: post #90

If 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…

glue a tiny dot of rubber to the back of the phone.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by mcv » Wed, Aug 28, 2013, 11:16 AM UTC

Now if only they actually start selling this thing in my country, I might consider buying it.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by mcv » Wed, Aug 28, 2013, 11:19 AM UTC

CoffeeDregs wrote: post #115

h4pless wrote: post #90

If 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…

[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,…

Why do manufacturers insist on making their devices so slippery? My old phone (in dire need of replacement) is all rubberized steel. It doesn't slide off anything, and it's practically indestructible. Why doesn't anyone make a phone like that?