Nexus 5 • Hacker News Board

Re: Nexus 5

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Post by yourad_io » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 6:20 PM UTC

k-mcgrady wrote: post #4

Only the black 16GB version in the UK store at the minute. Selling for £299.99. Looks like a really nice device. I got the Nexus 4 in July and have liked it but found it lacking in a few areas. Looking forward to trying the 5.

I'm not sure if they will deliver, but they did accept my order for the 32GB version. The 16GB page does look "broken" to me as well - no 32GB button or white version button.

edit: link: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_whi...

Re: Nexus 5

#12

Post by w1ntermute » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 6:21 PM UTC

sukuriant wrote: post #8

I'm only seeing T-Mobile as the supported carriers? This isn't supported on Verizon, is it?

All US carriers except Verizon are/will be supported.

Re: Nexus 5

#13

Post by tuananh » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 6:21 PM UTC

OoTheNigerian wrote: post #6

As an African/Nigerian I am not even allowed to see what it looks like. Talk less of trying to make a purchase [1]. Last Night, I had to lie that I am in the US so I would be allowed to by Remote by 37Signals on my kindle. Quite ridiculous and annoying. http://imgur.com/eS8agor

here you go http://i.imgur.com/W6owPMM.png

Re: Nexus 5

#14

Post by k-mcgrady » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 6:23 PM UTC

yourad_io wrote: post #11

k-mcgrady wrote: post #4

Only the black 16GB version in the UK store at the minute. Selling for £299.99. Looks like a really nice device. I got the Nexus 4 in July and have liked it but found it lacking in a few areas. Looking forward to trying the 5.

I'm not sure if they will deliver, but they did accept my order for the 32GB version. The 16GB page does look "broken" to me as well - no 32GB button or white version button. edit: link: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_whi...

Thanks for the link. Maybe they're still working out some issues with the pages.

Re: Nexus 5

#15

Post by ojii » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 6:25 PM UTC

OoTheNigerian wrote: post #6

As an African/Nigerian I am not even allowed to see what it looks like. Talk less of trying to make a purchase [1]. Last Night, I had to lie that I am in the US so I would be allowed to by Remote by 37Signals on my kindle. Quite ridiculous and annoying. http://imgur.com/eS8agor

On first sight, this seems to be available in Japan though, which is an improvement over the Nexus 4. Small steps I guess...

Re: Nexus 5

#16

Post by Pxtl » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 6:27 PM UTC

So, have they completely dropped the n4? Did they clear them out at the old low price?

Re: Nexus 5

#17

Post by benjamincburns » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 6:27 PM UTC

w1ntermute wrote: post #12

sukuriant wrote: post #8

I'm only seeing T-Mobile as the supported carriers? This isn't supported on Verizon, is it?

All US carriers except Verizon are/will be supported.

I'm having a hard time finding the specifics on this. Do you know if this is due to it not supporting Verizon's CDMA/LTE bands, or due to a bureaucratic/carrier certification issue?

It looks to me like LTE on Verizon wouldn't be supported (bands 4 and 13), but technical CDMA should work?

Re: Nexus 5

#18

Post by mercuryrising » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 6:27 PM UTC

That's kind of interesting. They seem to be tracking the expected delivery date really well. At first, it says 1-2 business days. Then it went to November 5th, then it moved to November 8th. The black 16gb is moving the quickest at the moment.

Re: Nexus 5

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Post by netcan » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 6:27 PM UTC

OoTheNigerian wrote: post #6

As an African/Nigerian I am not even allowed to see what it looks like. Talk less of trying to make a purchase [1]. Last Night, I had to lie that I am in the US so I would be allowed to by Remote by 37Signals on my kindle. Quite ridiculous and annoying. http://imgur.com/eS8agor

It's not just Nigeria.

And I agree. The way Google does this with an error page for non serviced locations feels really off. It's not how the web is supposed to work. Not shipping to other countries is bad enough. This is rude.

Google should just put these things on Amazon.

Re: Nexus 5

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Post by Ives » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 6:28 PM UTC

It's quite depressing that a 350$ phone will probably translate to 460€ in Belgium and the Netherlands. That's 626$ if you use the official exchange course between euro's and dollars.

We don't have phones on Google Play.

EDIT: Strike that, it's dropped to 399€, that's still 543$.