Nexus 4 stock shortage down to 'huge demand', LG explains
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Nexus 4 stock shortage down to 'huge demand', LG explains
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Re: Nexus 4 stock shortage down to 'huge demand', LG explains
#2This doesn't cut the mustard and should not excuse LG and Google for the purchasing chaos. People who ordered just a few days ago have already received their phones, while others have been waiting for weeks. Some people are even ordering a second phone just to see if they get a shipping notification, and if they do, cancelling their original order. It's a bit of a farce.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962514&...
Re: Nexus 4 stock shortage down to 'huge demand', LG explains
#3This doesn't cut the mustard and should not excuse LG and Google for the purchasing chaos. People who ordered just a few days ago have already received their phones, while others have been waiting for weeks. Some people are even ordering a second phone just to see if they get a shipping notification, and if they do, cancelling their original order. It's a bit of a farce. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php…
I sympathize with the low estimate of demand. The Play Store debacle is embarrassing though. I suspect that's Wallet's fault.
Re: Nexus 4 stock shortage down to 'huge demand', LG explains
#4I wonder how many they have sold. Does anyone have any concrete numbers?
Re: Nexus 4 stock shortage down to 'huge demand', LG explains
#5They likely ran through their stock of replacement units for warranty issues, too. I reported mine defective and have an RMA to send it back, but it's been a week and they still haven't shipped the replacement.
Re: Nexus 4 stock shortage down to 'huge demand', LG explains
#6I wonder what part LG actually plays in this shortage. When you are producing a device for somebody else that is strikingly similar (as in sharing the exact same hardware platform) to one of your own devices, which you are selling for way more (with of course small but nonetheless important differences)...well, something just screams conflict of interest to me. I am in no way accusing LG of doing so, I'm sure they have had their contract with Google on this and followed it to the point, but still, something just doesn't feal right.
Uhm, well, maybe just my paranoia distortion field kicking in, I for one hope I am completely astray on this one.
Re: Nexus 4 stock shortage down to 'huge demand', LG explains
#7I wonder how many they have sold. Does anyone have any concrete numbers?
Nope, Google doesn't give them out. If you're an investor, don't worry, they're "huge" -_-
Re: Nexus 4 stock shortage down to 'huge demand', LG explains
#8I wonder how many phones LG is capable of making at a given time? I know that Samsung can put out 5 million a month (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/us-samsung-idUSBRE...), but I would imagine LG cannot come anywhere as close as them, given the size differences in their mobile divisions.
Re: Nexus 4 stock shortage down to 'huge demand', LG explains
#9My experience ordering a Nexus 4 was a bit of a farce: Google managed to trigger the anti-fraud block on both of my credit cards, each with different UK banks. It looks like they put through a small value transaction (£1) first to test whether the card works & only then put through the full purchase transaction.
Why they can't just put the transaction through in the first place & just report back if it fails I've no idea, but thanks to Google I had to phone up the respective banks to get the cards unblocked. Not the best use of anyone's time...
Re: Nexus 4 stock shortage down to 'huge demand', LG explains
#10I wonder how many they have sold. Does anyone have any concrete numbers?
Nope, Google doesn't give them out. If you're an investor, don't worry, they're "huge" -_-
Nah, I was trying to see if it's really a f-up, a marketing scheme or a mix of the two. Maybe demand is really unexpectedly high.