You are a salesmans dream - DFS await your visit to see all of their "deals".

In the meantime, those of us on this site who understand the dictionary definition of a deal (e.g. A bargain) shall carry on with our day.

Definitely cold if you've received a faulty unit. Every other manufacturer has 0% failure rate, this is a shocking failure.....

For anyone wondering why you have been charged for the device but it has not shipped il explain.

You bought the phone from Google for £288

The £288 is charged to your payment card and google would have received an authorization code from your bank. This allows them to request the money from your bank.

In the mean time your bank puts £288 into a suspense account where it sits pending from 3-5 days

Since google wont actually charge you until it ships they money shows off your available £££ in your bank account but it has not been claimed by google as they havent shipped your phone

So after 3-5 days. If your phone hasnt shipped £288 will fall back into your account.

Then when the phone ships the £288 will be processed again and this time google will clime the money and you will see £288 Google play order on your transactions list for your bank.


This is quite an american way of doing things as its taken you are paying by credit card. Even the play store asks what credit card you want to pay with.

If you had paid with a credit card they transaction would go through just the same but you wouldnt notice the £288 being put into the pending state as its not YOUR money your being restricted to accessing it would only be £288 of credit available.

Its more down to the fact its always been advised to use a credit card on the play store and pretty much the norm for americans to pay for most on a credit card where as here in the uk we use our debit cards more which is why this happens.

If you see in about 3-5 days the funds will become avail again unless google ship the phone, in which case you will see the payment on your statement

Send me your card details and I'll order one for you :wink:

to late now google balls this one right up

Bought an 8gb one before xmas and fell in love with it but couldn't manage with only 8gb so sold it on ebay for £340.... If this is true I am buying the 16gb in a flash..... Damn good phone (except for the camera issues but that will be fixed soon enough)

I bought the 16gb last time. Sold it. Might be tempted with the 8gb this time. :smiley:

moved to misc heads up as the unofficial forum links states ' it should be back in stock' - once its confirmed and available to order then it can be submitted as a deal

Great, I'll be sat in an exam at that time

Yesterday I went from 12pm to 5pm to midnight for restock times. All of them passed without it happening.....

Where has the supposed £248.99 price tag come from? No mention in the article you linked to and Google Play shows the normal £279 price, even converting the $350 screen cap in the article to GBP is about £222.

Did you make that up for heat?

Any major benefits to these over an S3 or is this more a bargain for those jumping from an iPhone or older Android device?

What with google play music being available now i don't see why you would need more than 8gb?

Im getting ready - but why do you think it is 3 pm - I am happy if it is , but think I will keep checking throughout the day just incase.

edit : ok ok - becasue the article says so..

sucks it's at 3! I don't finish work until 5 so I hope I don't get in trouble for being on my phone whilst I order it! Whooppsss!

I'd love one, but why does there have to be talk of a new version cropping up at MWC, it's less than a month away.........

Hopefully it's only a white version (pictures are around) and will suit chavs/ those who secretly harbour some degree of racism; but if its a version with 32gb or an sd card slot....is it worth waiting to see?

The price of the Nexus 7 dropped after the larger capacity version was released, maybe it will be the same for the N4??

[/quote]That's the trouble with technology. You'll always find something better and faster is released not far after you've made your purchase.As for the rumoured N4 v2, I would imagine it would be higher storage options and the activation of the currently dormant 4G chip.[/quote]
Very true, but for the sake of a few weeks i'm almost tempted to wait. If it says delivery within 2-4 weeks then i think that might sway the decision too.

SD card is almost certainly not in the cards. 32gb version with LTE however is pretty much a certainty. It is what they did with the Nexus 7.

"Temporarily Out of Stock" again

yea and look like a white one on its way might just hang on http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/30/nexus-4-trots-out-in-white-sets-unicorn-fans-aflutter

Been posted like a million times and its not a deal.
Do you know what a deal is? It's RRP right.......

Would've thought this time there would be no need to worry about stock levels.
Im hanging on for the white one. Hopefully it night also be 32gb.

Might not be a deal - but its good information. Thanks. The 8GB version is only £239.

The phone has recently come into stock in US/Germany.

Its not RRP, look anywhere but google play and you will get at RRP, Google are selling at a heavily subsidised loss/breakeven point which is below RRP. Crazy move from the product owner but thats what it is. RRP ~£400.

i'm waiting for the white one

Will it be available in white ?

Already posted this morning, spammed

http://www.hotukdeals.com/misc/lg-nexus-4-back-stock-from-3pm-30th-january-google-play-1461252#post17065140

i waited up till past midnight last night as someone said yesterday they would have some @ 5pm and then midnight, i wont be so guilable next time :disappointed: this non deal is very cold for me im afraid

I want a 32gb version!

no doubt its a good phone but no 4G surely that is a must for a smart phone? with all the UK networks upgrading this year!

directs you to the us store,how do you get to the uk version?

**** my bad,i am using a vpn for netflix usa.lol doh

at 3pm starts Blackberry BB10 launch, two new phones (Z10 and one more), must be coincidence :wink::wink::wink::wink:

What's the model number? at £2.50 I might buy one (hang on, it's not colin mcrae's old one is it?)

And how do you get this device fixed if you need service support eg break the screen ?

Looking to get one of these but i know they will sell out real quick as usual, but never bought anything from play store before, anyway i can have my details already entered so i can snap it up quick?

I doubt you have to be quick this time round, the Google Play Store in Germany, US and Canada have had them in stock since yesterday and are still in stock, ships in 1-2 weeks.

Whats the postage? That was a hint to add in the title!

Great phone if you need an Android upgrade. I'm old school. My Evo 3d still does everything v well!

woohooo order placed :smiley:

Me too, no idea why quite happy with my GS3

Ships when available? WTF?

Froze at checkout

It shows 1 to 2 weeks when I check. That meant a day or 2 last time though.

Well my order's gone through anyway, shipped to work so hopefully on Monday I guess.

Arhhhhhhh, ave ordered 2 by accident (site froze).

I'll stick one (maybe both) on here at cost. Debating cancelling them now though as I just got wrong off the wife.

I would trust ebay more that here!

Thanks for the heads up OP

:smiley:

Given up, keeps freezing on me, can't be bothered with google anymore. Getting an S3

Been waiting all day for 3pm :confused:

ordered 2 well worth the money. Now time to sell the my iPhone 4

I am in two minds.. argh!

Google Play .....

OLD MESSAGE, ENTERED IN DUPLICATE DEAL:

I hope this advanced news helps some people.

According to a good source (Android Police) the Nexus 4 will be back in stock in the UK Play store at 3pm today (January 30th).


http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/01/29/heads-up-nexus-4-should-be-back-in-stock-in-uk-france-spain-and-australia-play-stores-january-30th31st/

Here's the link to the 8GB £239 version:
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_4_8gb

Ordered the 16GB version. Thanks for the heads up

no ****

You are some kind of genius!

Do you drive a de lorean?

61° Really? This is deal of the year...

Hmm. Should I wait for the Xperia Z or get this?

Even though the Z will be about double the price

I prefer the ZL better than the Z but its not coming to the UK! :disappointed:

Now do I replace the S3 with this..... decisions decisions.....

Anyone else having problems entering the shipping address? Every time I enter it it just goes blank after I click save and continue?

The S4 will be more than double the price. Well over £550, and it won't offer anything the Nexus4 doesn't already do.

I think the Motorola "X" Phone will be one to wait for.. it may or may not be the next Nexus but it will definitely have the second fastest update regime if not the same as the Nexus line!

It is meant to have a crazy battery and be "unbreakable" = sold for me! :smiley:

PS. This is from a current RAZR i owner.. I have been more than impressed with the Motorola hardware quality!

Apparently the Xperia Z software is almost minimalistic from what I've heard/read so far. The operating system isn't really much of a factor for me as it will get an upgrade soon after the Nexus I'm sure.

Well the S3 does everything the N4 does so no point in upgrading, they are in the same class.

Well as we don't know what the specs are of the S4 how can you say its not better? It will most certainly have a faster processor, a 1080p screen and a better camera which are the main features people pay for in a phone.

Love mine, got it before Christmas. Excellent value for money, superb piece of kit. I am now on a sim only deal.

Why Expired???

Is this not RRP? Surely its not a 'deal' if it is?

I've been waiting since November for this to come back on stock so i'm happy. It will be a nice upgrade from my S2 :smiley:

Not sure why expired, still available.

people prob dont like to tell others
hence i suppose

can you use cloud free on this?

Still available.

Why is this expired? And why can't I vote to unexpire it?

still availalbe, not expired

Still available - ordered 16gb one.... Delivery 1 to 2 weeks. Wait and see......

delivery 1-2 WEEKS, WTF is that all about, especially at a tenner delivery,. come on google FFS, clear it up!

Still in two minds but got my order in. My work phone is an iPhone 4S so I mainly use that, and have an iPhone fitting in my car. Also have access to a work iPad. Can't stand being tied to the Apple ecosystem though, and want to give Android a try!

I am having a problem that when i select my shipping address i receive this error message " Uh oh. There was a problem.
We couldn't start your purchase because of a technical issue." Is anybody else experiencing this?

My 8gb has already been dispatched! SCORE!!!

Im replacing my s3 with this for the 16gb version, my worry is storage and how i can work around it! Any suggestions

omg just ordered some nock-off bumper case form amazon, and the official one is back in stock now :disappointed:

True my one actually does say made in KOREA on the phone.

Been waiting for it since missed the last sale. Ordered 16GB

Can anyone who has ordered tell me do they take the money straight away or is it once they had dispatched the phone

Bah, I've waited so long I might as well wait for the white one..

If storage is a problem, why switch when the S3 has a micro sd slot and this doesn't? Try using cloud storage to save space.

Use Google Music to upload your music library to the cloud

Sign up to Dropbox and get a 2GB account, set to automatically upload photos. Eventually you should earn an extra 5GB of space

SkyDrive has 7GB of free cloud storage

Thats 14GB of storage there, also consider Google Drive, Cubby, Box etc

I will give my experience of this phone and service from Google for anyone on the fence.

I bought one on launch form the play store, It was a cluster£$%^ from the start due to backorders etc but i forgave that anyway for the massive demand they saw for this.

Anyway it arrived the first week in Dec and through the worst possible courier in my opinion.

TNT they are £$&%*£* useless. Both phone and bumper came in bags that were torn to hell and taped back up by TNT. The N4 box was crushed and trying to get them to deliver to anywhere but the address on the delivery note is not going to happen as the company Google use for distribution will only allow them to deliver to the original address.

Anyway the device came and it was damaged no doubt through the abuse it was subjected to at TNT.

I waited a month for a returns bag and at that I couldn't hand it into the TNT office as it needed to go through a booking process over the phone even although everything is pre paid and bag provided from TNT and costs covered by google.


Long story short phone is awesome. Google could not be more helpful although you have to speak to the Customer service in the US so they dont really know what happens in the UK.

Google dont really care about the 28days return etc as long as you log a call with them to return the item before the deadline they will happily refund the money once the device is received back to the supplier or distribution (depending if you want a replacement or refund)

so
Google service = Awesome
Nexus 4 = awesome phone

TNT = no customer service, unhelpful and potentially careless with items.

You wont find another device close for this price and even with all the previous heartache and headache through TNT I have once again to place an order and hopefully I will get this one in one piece.

what is so good about this phone compared with other modern smartphones? i dont get it

Loving my Nexus 4 and the price I paid for it. Worth the wait and Google's supply hassle.

You will not be charged until your order has been shipped.

Anyone else having problems entering the shipping address? Every time I enter it it just goes blank after I click save and continue?

The missus just told me that O2 stores are offering the Nexus 4 with Unlimited minutes and texts and a gig of data for £26 a month with no upfront fee on a 24 month contract. Apparently the offer ends today. She got one today and I'll be getting one too and will report back. This was Trafford Centre O2 but may be nationwide.

As a lot of people have said, no MicroSD, well, what is the point...
That's why I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab over a Nexus, and that's why my next phone won't be a Nexus.
Google, get with the bloody program, you're losing sales over one piddly thing most manufacturers consider a basic!

review please...how is it compare with iphone 5 and samsung s3.

oh dear.. it's like the last few weeks all over again. good luck to those who order!


or.. use box.com, if you sign up using your nexus 4, you get 50GB for life!

Im replacing the s3 for the nexus as i'd rather just have all nexus devices, got the nexus 10 so would like to just stick to the nexus range. Also ive had 2 s3's die on me. they just stop charging and won't turn on so worried mine will do that again. plus like the nexus devices get the updates first. Can sell my s3 for £350- £400 anyway.

Yeah this phone is awesome because some components are above that of the Samsung GS3. others are on par. The price however is that of a mid range smartphone not the high end device it is. So you have an amazing phone more than capable of rivaling all modern high end devices for a superb price point.

Plus as its a nexus you know it will get around a 2 year upgrade path from google not an oem who will customize the android os and possibly never release the latest build for your phone.

Down side mobile world congress is acoming and in about a month you will have all the latest 2013 phones flaunted in your face but you have to remember although these WILL be better than anything at the moment most wont be available until July August and have a price point around the £500 + mark.

so the nexus is a case where you get more than what you pay for which is rare

Is there a search shortcut on the phone or do u need to tap the search bar as such

So basically every single time you want to look at a photo, play a song, access something that could've been on a 32GB microSD card you need to use data or a wi-fi connection? Bloody weird and a waste of data/internet bandwidth if you ask me!
And yes, I know 16GB is a lot of storage on a phone... but really, throwing everything else onto an online server just seems a total waste!

Thanks for all the suggestions, music is the cloud which is good, my main worry is pictures but will upload them to the cloud aswell. Can you get OTG cables for this phone?

To order or not to order - that is the question!

Am certain it will be excellent but don`t want to wait for more than 2 weeks for a phone to arrive, (bit cheeky to charge for delivery for a crap delivery service!)

I was concerned about the microSd slot at first as well but Google Music is excellent and I decided it is only a minor concern - still annoying though!

Anyone know any decent low cost sub £10 SIM only contracts for this?

arsenalfan
Yeah TNT is horrible they lost my Nexus 4 back in December

How did you get on with that? did you get a replacement out quickly?

The lack of removable battery is the big downside for me, a couple of years time you will have a nice looking brick !

Cold. its not a saving, this is normal price

First two times that these were released I was definitely going to get one, especially as I had the Nexus S before.

(Ps to folk saying how you get the great updates, and support over a longer time, well the Nexus S was supported for just 2 years from release, the 4.1.2 update was confirmed as the last, so yes Nexus did get the update WELL before S2, but both have had support for approx 2 years....Also 4.1.2 I find to be quite sluggish on the Nexus S, but very smooth on the S2)

Really doesn't appeal to me at all now. Got my S2 for £170, it's on 4.1.2, really impressed with it.

The Nexus 4 doesn't appear to be the great bargain it did a couple of months ago. It is good, but with limitations. To me the 16gb model is basically a £300 phone, at best, so the price is not that amazing.

It's a shame Google/LG cocked up the launch of this because its a damn good phone. Love mine to bits!

No OTG, no SD

You also get updates straight away. It's had Android 4.2 for ages already.

The lack of memory slot is why i havent gone for this. Like to carry a fair bit of music with me, and 8gb isnt enough, and i cant afford the 16gb.

Stick with my S2 for now.

Finally ordered one. Can retire my SG2 to the family.

But my music is sampled at 320kbps and i only get 3g in my area, sothe audio quality over data connections would be awful. Plus what about data limits on contracts if youre constantly uploading, downloading and streaming?

Memory is cheap, instant and simple.

They cancelled my order without me asking them.

They refunded me the money MINUS postage, despite not having to send me anything anymore.

Still sending them e-mails asking for a response.

You can't afford the 16GB? Lol, its just £40 more...

Thanks OP but like someone mentioned I don't think they would put stock back on if they thought it would get sold out any time soon. I would have ordered straight away if I didn't see the white one. It looks so much better so I think I will wait. heat added :smiley:

Google service is woeful, in my experience.

Ordered a Google Nexus 7 in November - they quoted 3-5 working days for delivery. Nothing after 7 w/days so contacted them (on a Thursday). They blamed US Thanksgiving hols for the delay & told me it should be with me the next morning, or Monday at the VERY latest. (Even though the device was being dispatched from Dublin) Needless to say, nothing arrived.
Phoned again the next Wednesday to be told the couriers must have lost it... and that I should try to track it down with them!

I reminded them that my purchase contract was with Google, not the couriers, so they were responsible for getting the goods to me, not vice versa. They then stated they would cancel the original order - provided I signed a Consent Form for the original device to be 'deactivated'. This would mean waiting for the form to be posted to me, completing it and posting it back to them before they would re-order a new one - which would take... another 3-5 working days for delivery!. They refused to take any further action or expedite delivery until this process was done.

So they were told to stick it & I went to Currys and bought something else.
3 weeks later a card from a courier arrived at my door telling me no-one was home when they tried to deliver it that day & how to collect it. Promptly binned.

Another lost sale. They really need to up their game.

Obviously money just falls into your lap every time you sit down!
In realityland that doesn't happen to everyone, hence people having 'budgets' they have to stick to.
Alien concept, I know!

I love mine to bits, had a HTC One X before that and downgrades are obviously the screen, camera and 32GB on the HOX, however this is all made up with the software. Nexus devices will get the latest software updates and no need to wait around for OEMs to update their devices. I though I would miss Sense but the customisations of stock android are very decent, and may alternatives to make up for the loss of Sense. Space for me is not an issue as I make use of the cloud solutions, why keep everything on the phone chances are you'd lose it or it'd get stolen always makes sense to back up everything to the cloud and locally.

Good price, good phone, sure 2013 phones are around the corner but prices will be much higher than this. And we will get Key Lime Pie sooner rather than later!

Lol. My order doubled as I refreshed when I thought the system had crashed. I sent a cancellation email straight away and got this reply:

"At this point it is no longer possible to cancel this order. Your order is processed shortly after your purchase is complete. Our expedited order fulfillment process ensures that packages are delivered quickly, which also means that there is a very short window of time to cancel an order prior to our shipping provider moving forward with delivery."

Two weeks. That's their idea of quick delivery.
Anyone would think they were owned by Zavvi.

You must have missed this thread, some real idiots around..

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/crawfords-teatime-77-biscuits-variety-1-tesco-1449134?page=4#post17001855

Ordered.! :smiley:

Good for you - sticking to a budget is very wise, especially for items like mobile phones that will only ever depreciate

they took my money straight away...

Camera? Seriously? I hope you're wrong on that as the camera on the One X is appalling in anything less than optimum conditions. Unless my friend has a very dodgy unit.

Camera is pretty good on the One X, I've had some cracking shots from that phone. Acceptable for a phone in good lighting conditions far better than the Nexus.

Ordered! Thanks for the alert OP

Got mine in the pre Christmas batch, and can confirm it is Loverly Stuff. Except for the proximity sensor, which is rrrrubbish and turns your screen off when you make a call and are holding the phone (i.e. normally).

Was interested back in December, but after having my order completely fubar'ed I think I'll give this phone a miss. Pity really.

16gb is def better you only get 6.3gb space with the 8gb one, my apps took 1.8gb :-(
With the 16gb one you get about 14 or 15 something I think.

I've been looking at a new phone and honestly, I think Apple have caused this wave of stupidly priced handheld devices... How on earth can any phone be worth what these things sell for. And no, I don't have an ancient Nokia brick, I just don't get what manufacturers are charging for devices that are rendered out-of-date so quickly!

It's not something that Apple started but they definetly contributed to the problem

I remember the Sony Ericsson P800 costing £530 in 2002/2003.

16gb just isn't enough for this price. There isn't even an SD card slot so I won't be buying one until there's 32gb, 64gb or even one where I can put an SD card in. Sort your **** out LG.

I wanted one of each and ordered earlier but then realised by ordering separately i had paid 2 lots of postage so i then did another order for one of each.
I then tried to cancel my 2 original orders but received the following reply :

Thanks for contacting Google Play regarding cancellation of your order. All orders are processed directly after your purchase is complete. As a result, this means that there is a very short window of time to cancel an order prior to shipping.

Although we attempted to honor your request, we were unable to cancel your order in this window.

So if i'm to believe that it has already been shipped but i'm sceptical !

16GB without a SD card will run out very fast, even with Google Music. A few games, pictures and Google Music Cache and your done.

I've just bought 20.

I seem to have 2 orders showing up in 'My orders' in 'My account' but if I click on 'info' under status they both show the same order number with exactly the same time, anyone else seen this?

Had mine for a while now, bought it blind on release and one thing I would say is its very slippery in the hand. Need to be careful! Also, bigger than I expected. But it's a cracker :smile:

What size sim card does this take please.?

Really tempted to get this, my only other choice would be http://www.kogan.com/uk/buy/agora-50-dual-core-smartphone/ , which is about half the price but could not really be said to have half the specifications of the N4. Only benefit is SD slot

I've got a question for the people that have bought two, if you buy two together how much is the shipping charges, £10 or £20
On top of the phones' cost of: £558 (16gb x2)

God i hate Zavvi

Shipping is £10 if you buy 2

Now then chaps, currently got a HTC Sensation. Battery aside, it's a decent phone.

Is it worth getting one of these to replace my sensation?

No 4G?? Does it need 4G?

Looks like they have sorted out the supply issues.

Never heard of it, but here's a XDA thread on it, looks interesting

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083745

It's not just the expensive better phones round the corner from big brands but large display quads with SD card for £150 to £200 from China and some with known brands. Some with better and newer technology than this ole thing.

oh not, not this again, i hope you guys get it within 1 - 2 weeks too, bad google!

Its worth the wait :wink:

Yep, click on the cog symbol in the top right corner and select 'My orders and Settings'

Why not just name the website if you can't link to it...

Ordered it at 3.30pm - now the waiting game again.

Does anyone where I can get the sim credit back off my PAYG sim? I have £40 on one doing nothing.

He's funny, you know, like botulism

Thanks will do. Still weighing up whether i need a new phone (i probably don't) but these have been like goldust and for £279 you're getting a fair amount of bang for your buck.

I agree 4G pointless atm, maybe near Christmas it will be worth while when all networks are on board, but even then it depends what the extra speed is needed for, plus you have a lot of companies offering wifi hotspots.

I have iPhone 5 at the moment. Bought one of these at 15:06 (hopefully quick enough). Been very tempted by android for a few months now. I'll give this a try (still seems like the best android phone at the moment). If I like it I'll sell my iPhone - if not I'll sell the nexus 4.

Actually i do have a question on this phone. What's the battery life like, roughly?

The cheapest I could see that Xaomi M2 phone for is £360, after taxes, etc (mobicity)

Possibly a lot cheaper elsewhere, is a big seller in China apparently

Well ordered one, don't like the 1 to 2 weeks delivery though, you would have thought they'd have them ready to deliver.
And 2 days delivery for £9.99, RMSD is less than that for next day b4 1pm

Will this accept my 64gb micro sdxc card, and let me change the battery once it has run out for a spare kept at work/in the car etc?

Yep, how long have you had your sensation ? This should last you about 20months before you feel like upgrading.

In two weeks this will be 'old' anyway, HTC bringing out a new flagship phone and S4 coming out soon too, but its a good phone for the price, I myself didn't want to spend £500 on a phone, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is still worth about 340 new, so this phone is more worth while.

COLD
I want in white now.

got the 16gb version. GTA and NFS most wanted are like 1-1.5 GB each. Totally new to android so had no idea how big the games would be. glad I opted for the larger one. just a heads up to any other newbies. as for the phone it is fantastic!!

A lot of people saying about using Google music add the answer to the lack of micro SD.... what about when you are on the train our flying, what about video....

So tempted by this phone but having to steer well clear.... so much good spoiled by such small but vital issues.

Ordered earlier, Now just to find a nice case for it, Oh and to get my sim changed to a micro sim from Virgin.

Have plenty of time though :smiley: lol

Kudos to you sir for that reply it was truly excellent. I just dont understand it as DHL, CityLink and DPD all offer better services for the customer as well as offering things like doorstep exchange programs so why use TNT. I have raised this but its nothing to do with google and all to do with who the distributer uses in the UK as google use a 3rd party to distribute the handsets in the UK if i remember the name of the company il post it up as it will no doubt help someone at somepoint chase up an order or retrun

OMG the Nexus fever strikes again. I hope Google don't make a mass of it this time.

Got one last time round. Very good phone if you consider the price. My main concern was battery life - it is acceptable. Coming from a 2000mAh Galaxy S2 it was a bit of a let down. But the phone easily lasted through a the day if I mostly used wi-fi. On 3g modem it was slightly worse. And heavy use depleted the battery rather quickly.
Vanilla Android is a little disappointing as well. I missed the samsung dialer and capacitive buttons plus the physical home button.

Sold mine eventually and kept the Samsung.

ordered mine no issues

I have an HTC Desire (running cyanagen mod 7). What do people think - is it worth the upgrade?
cheers

So nothing out of the ordinary then. I did a comparison with sensation using this site and the battery seems to be more powerful so i'm assuming it'll last a bit longer. Going to have to see if i can sell my sensation. If i can get a decent price i'll definitely consider getting the Nexus 4.



I'm not too sure how long i've had my sensation, probably nearly 2 years i think. I was considering getting an IPhone 4S late last year but obviously seeing as they've been superseeded by the 5 i don't think i'll bother. Also thought about a galaxy s3, but they seem quite dear and the size of the device puts me off slightly. As i say if i can sell my sensation i'm going to seriously consider getting one of these.

what about Galaxy S3 mini ?

Cold for me. A super phone but with last year specs , selling at the same price as last year and and on top its not compatible with 4g lte. Means not future proof. Why not wait for nexus 5 if you already have a working phone?

I would like to point out any issues with shipping times and delivery are not handled in any way by Google in the UK. If you have an issue with your order etc etc your best bet is to call Google support and talk to them.

The way Delivery & returns are handled in the US and UK are COMPLETLY different.

UPS offer a great service over in the states. In the UK TNT and a 3rd party distribution company deal with all shipping and returns.

So you place your order. It then goes on a spreadsheet style system which goes to the distributer ( i cant remember the name just now)

They handle many large companies stock however so google is not their only priority.

once they recieve all the orders they work through them in batches to get them to TNT who then deliver

Google simply have the payment system and order service.


so before slating google look to the ones actually handling the stock. :neutral_face:

really you want to wait for the nexus 5?

nah wait for the nexus 6

Battery life after some tinkering. post #132 link

Goose74 - I have an HTC Desire (running cyanagen mod 7). What do people think - is it worth the upgrade?
cheers.

Only if you want a phablet and use your phone enough to find it too small and clumsy to use, which most obviously are.

People are tired of waiting for Nexus 4 already.

ordered, can't wait. this and the full monty t-mobile sim, quality!

yeah, why not? :smiley: got it from ibuygou

Hell yeah! Burn your money and cry out loud coming may. Plus if you are so impatient , you might wanna at least see what's on for MWC 2013 in 4 weeks from now.

lol last years spec. Indeed it toped or matched that of high end devices which were out last year but even if new devices are anounced at MWC in feb you will be looking at launch about july august and with a heafty price tag to match.

So absolutly there will be newer greater tech this year but with a much higher price point. In tech terms the year runs from Q3 year 1 to Q2 year two, not from January to Feb.

Some companies like apple and google set aside seperate launch events which usually run about August time,

plus the nexus was only released 3 months ago so its not old by any means.


also people moaning about support the support time on any mobile is 2 years regardless of manufacturer. Thats the support time that is set out. If they feel they can easily or inexpensivly continue beyond this where there is a need they might well do so but its a guide line minimum of 2 years. so no manufacturer or Software company is better than any other in this respect as its industry wide

wouldn't surprise me if it's announced at Mobile World Congress 2013 , that or they'll release the white version of the N4

I was going to wait for the xperia z, but at £550 I think I'll give it a miss

The white one will be anounced wether its carrier exclisive will be another matter.

One thing to note I hear people saying the screen bezel is black on the white version and thus is a lazy way to make a white handset, This is true as it means very little change to the production line.


But the other reason this is done is and you can check this all you want, a white bezel often does not look as uniform when watching a movie etc as it gives you a white border around the display, it catches the users eye and also has the illusion of a smaller screen.

I only know this through work i have done with some mobile companies. Apple dont seem to bother with this and to my mind yes I think a fully white phone looks lovely but when using one especially in daylight it does glare abit and distract you from the screen.

So thats why the front will be black chose of which you will as being the real reason. I like to think a bit of both.


It does however at pressent have black buttons. I really would hope this changes in final production otherwise it might as well have a star wars logo on it and call it a stormtrooper

Thanks for the heads up, been waiting for these to come back in stock. Just ordered a 16gb

Fantastic phone, buy it if you have the funds and need a new mobile phone.

what is the refund policy ont this... it says 15% restocking fee...?

Will the nexus 5 be the same price tho?

Ordered, not impressed with the crap waiting times and the robbing delivery charges though :/

I've waited for this to come back in stock for months. I can't see why I can't wait some more to get the yet-to-be-announced updated version.

Not sure if I should sell my galaxy note and get this. It's a bit expensive at the moment though and would cost me about £100 for the upgrade based on cex's current going rates.

Damn....just realised this is on sale now and Play Store is having a fit. Hope it aint sold out.

nice~

Old hat now! 1080p 5" screen nexus 5 coming soon......

Had my 16gb since early December my first smartphone, amazing phone and well worth £290 sim free

personally il wait for the next blackberry since the Z10 has been available since tomorrow so its pretty outdated by now.

If you buy the plans for a hyperspeed rocket, build it, fly close enough to a black hole for a year by the time you return it will be several years later and you can buy the iphone Quantum or the N-Berry wearable Flux Socks.

Il just have to stick to buying old tech like this Nexus 4 though since I dont have any engineering experience. Damn

It's a shame about the stock problems: I've wanted one since November but couldn't afford to wait so long. In the end, I went for the S3. Sorry Google, you lost a customer because of the mess up with stock. But saying that, the N4 is AWESOME and a huge bargain .

For me im with giffgaff who have unlimited internet, no caps with unlimited texts and 400 mins for £12 a month, i get hspa+ with 5gb and up dowbload speeds so its fine for me.

I was the same waiting and waiting but trust me the wait is worth it you can't get a phone this good sim free for less than 300 notes

Fantastic. but its not RRP as the RRP is £400 LOL

this is just the price google sell it for. If honda sold a Civic for £3000 opossed to Arnold Clark who sells it at £14000 would you not want to know when it was back in stock with Honda?

To put this into perspective for those who have no idea why this 'deal' is so hot: cpw is selling the exact same phone for 450.

Also all the talk of no 4G I would like to point out that if your with EE and have a 4G contract this obviously wont be your choice of phone as a primary device but if you dont yet have a 4G plan then why worry about it not having 4G.

4G is still 2 years away from being anywhere near an affordable rival to 3G and the incrediable speeds will slow when more traffic picks up as well as being restricted by allowance caps or download limits.

So if you want to pay for it fine but if like most you would cry at the price of 4G just now or the download limits imposed, by the time it is a viable alternative to 3G and offers the likes of GiffGaff pricing and no limits you will be on your next phone anyway which will have lte

So no 4G. Dont sweat it. It would cost a fortune to run and limits restrict how much you could use it to its potential

I have one, and for someone who changes their phone four times a year I am very happy with it.

They can put the RRP at what they like what they sell it for can be anything either side. Its just a recommended retail price not the price this must be sold at and as pointed out CPW are selling this phone for £450. Google dont make the phone LG do and they set the price google chose to sell it cheaper.

Smilly Face

get the s3 LTE great all rounder
SD slot is worth it alone

Still undecided! Argh!

I can vouch for Google Music. Streaming is smooth even at lower mobile speeds. I have been highly impressed.

is this better than a nokia 3310i?

Lg are the supplier and the rrp is 599 euros / 399 pounds according to them.

Google sell them for under the rrp

Brilliant phone having been lucky enough to get one before Xmas. I am managing two days battery life with stock settings and where my desire hd just about did a day and that was with battery saver app installed to eek it out that far lol.

And what happens when you have no access to data OR free wi-fi? Hmm...

Google music is great. Yep you're screwed if you have no data access, though obviously you can still keep a reasonable amount of music on your device if you want, the capacity may not be great bit its also not that tiny.

Its not really worth all the debate, if you really don't think 16GB is enough and are not happy with the streaming solution then this simply isn't the phone for you. However if you are fine with it, then its a great phone for the money.

Yeah, but he mentioned LTE

8GB is not enough for people like me who like their apps, just having a couple of apps, and 1 or 2 big games (1GB+) and it quickly goes, even if you are using play music for cloud streaming. Cloud streaming isn't the best though, because I personally do not have an unlimited data plan, and what if i want to listen to music and have no reception for internet... I'm not convinced that cloud storage can replace physical storage, I just find it a nice feature for people using multiple devices, i like sharing files between my phone, tablet and laptop in cloud storage

Thanks for notifying us about the availability OP! I had to use my VPN to order as it was bizarrely saying they were not avaliable in my country?!

While on a topic of storage, what is the actual capacity of the 16GBs? I ask this because after formatting and OS my iPhone 3g was around 14.5GB?

12.91 GB

I have 5.69 GB free have about 100 apps/games on it and about 100 photos and 50 songs

ordered 1

Finally managed to get my hands on one today, settled for the 8GB version.. Looks beautiful and all :smiley:

I've coupled it with an three 30 day rolling contract that has UNLIMITED internet which is perfect for Google Play Music, plus unlimted texts and a few hundred minutes not that I use them... all for £10.49 per month after cash back. Three are also offering DC-HSPA which is twice the speed of normal HSPA+ so 4G really doesnt bother me, too over priced! (48mbps)

Thanks for replying, that is lower than I expected. Guess I will have to have a weekend purge of my iTunes library which still contains songs from my early teenage ipod mini years! Perhaps it will finally force me to complete this task I have been forever delaying!

After seeing Blackberry 10 I am going to get one of those handsets instead. I'm bored of Android

It is? its 239!

yea 16gb is subjectively ok but limited......

Thanks. Can you recommend any good custom builds for it? The Samsung official one has a few problems and I had a look at the xda forums on Sunday but I'm not really a phone enthusiast and it was all a bit overwhelming tbh.

Google Music is a godsend!

I've had the 16GB N4 since the last messed up orders, and I genuinely cant fault it aside from the slightly disappointing camera, though photosphere and little planets makes up for this a bit.

I am sure it does have LTE, just need it enabled and to be in Canada.

Reviews for the Blackberry aren't great, even worse if you consider it's the best they're got.

looks like they have plenty of stock. Just got one and it has been available 5 hours!

i dont think lte is the deal breaker

sd slot and removable battery are.

Blackberry 10 looks nice but its all down to the devices, which will most likely disappoint in RIM/BB fasion

Have another look, it was a typo :wink: It was meant to say £10.49 per month, for the sim only contract

BlackBerry over android? Good luck mate!

Another point to make - I think 4G will only be genuinely useful once battery life gets to the level where it needs to be, i.e. you can use all functions on a phone for a full day or two without having to charge. There's no point streaming videos online on your phone with 4G if the battery is dead within half a day because the screen and connectivity being turned on drains the battery. At present this is a major problem with all top end smartphones - battery tech hasn't advanced enough, whereas the rest of the tech is constantly advancing.

Ordered one at 3pm, payment failed using my VISA (?) so I placed a new order at 3.30pm using my MASTERCARD and that completed fine. Now I check my account and I have two phones on order as payment has been taken for the first order with my VISA even though it failed and card has been removed from my Google wallet?

I phoned Google and they have no explanation and I cannot cancel 1 order even though phones have not been posted. Worst service ever, guess ill have to take it up with my bank. Google receipt even states "you will not be charged until you order has shipped".

Have to say I got one the first time from the play store and its the best phone I've had by a mile. It's smooth, nice in hand, screen is great, camera is the only let down really. I won't be getting anything else again, nexus all the way!

ok.

personally i keep other content apart from music on my phone.. videos,zips,exe's,pdf's, etc etc,
guess it depends how you use it..

is a great phone for the money.. but consider the s3 lte (i personally like having physical home button as well)

for all those who have picked the nexus check out the

paranoid android rom on xda looks decent!

Battery life is fine for me, I get a days charge out of it, use it while on lunch at work and when I get home, my last phone was a K800i so this is a big jump for me, loving it and the phone is now paid for no costly contracts for 2 years!!! and I only pay £10 a month on payg for 1gb of internet and 250 mins and unlimited texts

I too had this problem, I had to phone the back in order to get them to authorise the payment which was strange... its seems that Google make a £1 debit when you add the card to your Google Wallet and then when you buy the phone it comes as another transaction... because there are 2 transactions it may flag up at your bank saying so (I use barclays, so yours may or may not be similar).

I believe you can cancel a transaction only if its in the first hour! stupid I know!

I was gonna sell my note 2 and get one but think it would be a step backwards

Bought this cheap S-Line case to keep me going

Has anyone got this Nilkin flip cover by any chance... any good?

My set-up works great, 16GB Nexus 4 with £10.90 Three contract; 3GB internet, 600 mins and 5,000 texts :smiley:

Never really thought about that, I literally only use it for music and the odd picture so 8GB will serve me well including apps!
Obviously different phones suit different peoples needs, I do like the SGS 3 but at nearly twice the price and the fact it has touchwiz... the SD slot doesnt appeal to me :wink:

I believe its GiffGaff.

Google or LG have really cocked up with the supply issues with this phone. Better phones just coming around the corner like the HTC M7 & Samsung Galaxy S4 with rumoured 13mp cameras and HD screens. I think I will wait abit longer to see what these phones are like - sorry Google, you would have had my money earlier but you are just to late......:disappointed:

have the s line case, it great, fits tight and is tough, worth it for 2 squid and the screen protector is nice fit

giffgaff.. never heard of them, what is their coverage like?!

Put a SD slot on it and it might be worth the money :disappointed:

Cheers mate, can you tell me, is there a gap between the screen-protector and the edge of the case? (is the curved part of the screen exposed?)

I am thinking of getting one, does it run on microsim?

If it does you can get a giffgaff micro from here: http://www.giffgaffmicro.co.uk

This will come with £5 credit if it helps anyone...

Anyone else getting this? :disappointed:

Uh oh. There was a problem.

We couldn't start your purchase because of a technical issue.

Details of the problem below:
Sorry, we were unable to process this request. Any charge will be automatically cancelled within 24 hours. Please try again after 24 hours.

The iPhone 5S? :stuck_out_tongue:

Can anyone get pass the spinny circle after pressing Proceed?

Yeah suppose if the protector was full width, it would lift off the curved screen

Micro

Hhahah, I liked that... actually made me laugh :wink:

I had the said issue when ordering on Dec the 4th. I deleted my card details from gwallet then made a new account all together. It worked but in the time it took me the shipping went from 1-2 weeks to 4-5 weeks.

Maybe try giving them a call.

Has anyone used a sim cutter on a full size sim to use in this phone (or any other phone that uses micro sim)... probably stupid but is it easier/safe to do?

I had that too. It won't be fixed after 24 hours. Sign up for another Google account and try again..
(When I had this last month, the only way to get my account to make purchases if I sent them scans of photo ID and a bank statement! Ended up just purchasing using the Mrs account but with my payment details - figure that one out?!?)

[quote=zermattbusby]Bought this cheap S-Line case to keep me going

Wow that gone up was only 99p on Sunday/Monday...I know I bought one :smiley:

Cheers msvf and GR2 for your quick responses. What a ball-ache that will be. So much for an impulse buy!!!

I paid 1.69 in december, case does the job

My older 3g T-Mobile sim was large too.

I cut mine and it was fine, I used the web to find a pic of new micro Sims and tried chopping mine with the same gaps

I had that whole technical problem when ordering then i updated my card details and itwent through fine

Even though it says 1-2 weeks dispatch it may actually be sent out tomorrow(assuming you ordered earlier today) or in the next couple of days, as the americans and germans who had the phone comeback to stock yesterday where also given 1-2 weeks dispatch times , have already had their phones being dispatched today.

Same here, picked up a PAYG micro-sim for free in the shop, number was ported over before morning (Tesco mobile)

Oh dear tenner for a replacing sim/cutting down to size? the man in the three store just handed me the punch after a lecture about how it might go wrong , also gave an adapter for free.

Sim Chopper £2.70

It's very tempting but if what i've read is true about a new Nexus coming out next month i think i might just hold off getting one. Unless i can sell my sensation to somebody.

...but twice as good?

Or if you know somebody on giffgaff order using their referral link and they get a fiver as well. :smiley:

Alternatively I think you can get topcashback.

That you will be able to buy in 10 month...

Bought an 8gb!

So tempted, but sadly there arent any good android tablets to complement it. My OCD demands my gadgets run the same os and are by the same manufacturer. I know there are nexus tabs, but the quality is horrible.

I wish google would reverse thecompanies manufacturing the tabs. Samsung are far better for 7" tablets, as their 10" are plagued by issues due to the nasty cheap plastic. Asus on the other hand have lead the 10" android space since they entered it.

Think ill cough up the extra few hundred quid for the excellent upcoming Sony phone and tab. Im becoming incredibly bored with ios. Would be even better if someone actually made a decent windows rt tablet.

Awesome <3

If you do get this, make sure it has a very good case, I sold my Sensation, so the N4 only cost me approx £120

Also guys, avoid giffgaff. Data speeds are very poor, and the network is always down or experiencing issues.

Virgin are far better, and have superior coverage as they use orange/tmob masts as opposed to crappy O2.

I live in northern england, a place no one acknowledges as being part of the country, and i still manage 11mbps down, 4 up on the outskirts of sunderland, as opposed to O2's 3mbps down.

Also, virgin allow for unlimited tethering on their unlimited data plans, where as giffgaff do not.

for example?

I may be missing a trick, but when do exactly need this?

Thats my problem!! Im on TMobile, with a 4/5 year old tariff so its bound to be one of the old 3G ones and I don't wanna pay £10 for a new one, I heard phoning customer services can get you one for free (was told in store) but thats only for a new sim... don't know if I can make out I already have a Micro or they will know I have a normal sim :/

You mean you live outside London?

Before i've even got my N4 i've got a gel cover and also a leather flip cover & will make my mind up which one to use when i've got all 3 items. I can only echo what striker33 says about Giffgaff.....i'm in Sunderland and the internet speeds are woeful.

No SD Card slot. That's what's wrong with it.

Google are a bunch of hypocrites. They are turning into the new Apple.

HAHA "they're turning into apple" simply because it doesnt fit your needs.... its not as if they're money grabbing bas****s like apple!

Pretty much i guess. I do often make train journeys from here to lodnon though, and i always maintain a high speed connection with virgin, where as o2 always cut out and was slow.


Theyre ugly, especially compared to this, and the screen quality is poor from the ones ive used. Plus those nasty software buttons make the screen feel cramped.

You seem to be confusing money grabbing with successful business practices.

**** I've just bought an iphone!

Oh compared to this, that goes without saying! I see your point I guess, I can see them bringing out a new Nexus tab soon enough though, summer time

O2 have good reception in London. Of course I won't be able to comment outside London because I've never been outside it, it's like another world.

Apple, successful business practices or do you mean mis-guidingly pulling the wool over the eyes of devoted fanboys?

I'd jump on the bandwagon and order one, I'm due an upgrade from my Arc, but massively disappointed it doesn't have expandable memory via MicroSD or something.

The Galaxy s4 might only be £198, the iphone 5s, £199

Maybe

The N4 also has a tinny ass speaker and its made by LG. Lame in every way.

I agree with you. With so many clouds up there, it's hard to find the specific one you stored everything in.

specially if you are in a plane :wink:

Folk do know that the reason this seemed so hard to get wasn't necessarily because it was "hugely popular" do they ?

I read that only 440,000 units, worldwide, were produced on that first / second batch, hence the "sold out in minutes" headlines.

When Apple / Samsung release a phone, they often have 5-6 million ready.

I think I will be getting this cover:

Rearth Ringke Slim Case for Google Nexus 4 - £13

Ordered... Moving from S3 to this now... Let see what's Nexus all about.. First ever Google Nexus device... Have been on Samsung for past few years

Thanks for posting this. Needed a new phone badly. Was going to buy the Note 2 but I didn't want to spend 430 pay as you go so have gone for this.

Sounds like you had a dodgy battery. My Sensations battery lasted average ~2 Days.

It's how they reduce costs but still make margins high enough to keep manufacturers interested. If you want an sd slot get an S3.

If anyone's looking for a case and have an extra £10 to spare, this looks pretty smart: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ARCOF9S/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=electronics

if storage limitation is an issue, remember you can use (tiny) flash drives (or micro sd card reader) and an otg cable to keep the extra content... also, the xiaomi mi2 is cooler than the nexus 4 :smiley:

Anyone got any good cases for this phone, not flip ones or pouches... stupidly I didn't buy a bumper at the same time... now I see they're out of stock and that its extra postage chargers to get one alone :disappointed:

USB otg doesn't work on the nexus 4 unfortunately... Massive fuss on xda where its believed that's its due to a hardware limitation.

I managed to purchase the phone when the second batch was released. I have to say Google were completely unprepared for the launch and failed to address issues properly or put proper systems into place.

The main thing is the phone, which is to be honest a very good phone, especially considering the price. The phone is extremely quick and I have had no issues with my phone, showing that LG has fixed any hardware faults reported. I would recommend the 8GB to those who will use it primarily for just calls and texts, a few apps and pictures as well as they dont take up much space. The 16GB is perfect for me as I dont keep movies or music on my phone. The battery life is also excellent for me, lasting me two days. As for the camera, I am not a professional photographer, so to me this is still an 8MP camera.

This phone might not appeal to everyone but since when does everyone have the same requirements or needs. For me this phone is brilliant and it is packed with many features also offering first hand updates straight from Google. The best thing about Android is that it is totally customisable, so if you dont like something, you can find and change things so it will be exactly how you want.

I got one of these from Google at launch, sold it on eBay... my problem was the size of the phone, just too big I found- was all good apart from that

I bought the s3 a little under a fortnight ago after getting fed up of waiting for these to get back in Stock. Would be annoyed if the s3 wasn't sov darn amazing.

How much does the xiaomi mi2 cost.and what about warrantee-

Xiaomi MI2 looks good but not for UK market, I mean in short if you ain't got spare cash.

Yep, I loved them at first too. After a year I got sick of service dropouts and signal issues, and they refused to give me a PAC code. Had to quibble for weeks before they'd give me one.

Virgin have been around for a while now, and aside from the well known teething problems they had with iPhone 5 network settings causing dropouts (grrrr apple), its been superb now its fixed. One thing i've noticed, is that the phone considers the network link to be LTE enabled, even though its not. Still, the faster HSPA+ connection rivals the US LTE speeds at 11mbps. Well chuffed.

Edit: after a wee bit researching, it appears my phone defaults to EE's 4G services (even though we dont have 4G here), not sure if this is the norm with Virgin, or if its a mistake.

Nexus 4 Cex page

http://uk.webuy.com/search/index.php?stext=Nexus+4&ispostback=1&mode=buy

Offering £335 cash for a new 16gb at the moment, probably start to drop though

Dunno about the 4g stuff, but with my virgin sim I can sit on the top of the bus, with the hotspot turned on, watching tvcatchup on the s2, and browsing the Internet on my iPod touch (5th gen), and both smooth as funk.

GiffGaff really just seemed to give up a few months ago, so many cutouts, etc

Any good heavy duty cases? Dust protection, etc. Something that is able to wrap around the edges of a screen protector at least would be a necessity for what my one will be used for.

I've seen enough fugly purple cases or ones with embarassing designs on the back to do me for a lifetime at this stage.

Willing to pay a premium for better protection.

I sold my December 16gb earlier this month to CEX for £310. Was a better and faster option than trying to get a refund from Google.

Oddly, I've received a dispatch email this morning, anyone else received one? If it's 2day shipping do you reckon it will come tomorrow as I chose my work address and they will be closed on Saturday :disappointed:

Does it come with a wireless charger?

If not, how much are they?

Mine has dispatched!

anyone in london want to buy an s3?

Anyone want a 16gb nexus4

how much family guy. keep inmind its 2nd hand

Got this last week, great phone, especially for the money.
Official bumper still out of stock though :disappointed:

That's a tablet and this is a phone. :confused:

mines literally in town according to the email. Feel like popping over to the depot and picking it up :confused:

3G Tablet users don't have any friends

Mines been dispatched as well, says its been loaded onto a van in Nuneaton... That's the normal depot the delivery vans come from. Will be quite impressed if it turns up today. Ordered at about 3:02:43. :smiley:

Ordered yesterday but thought 8gb is too small car cancelled but now they say can't be cancelled even they state shipping will in 1-2 weeks strange?

You guys getting despatch emails and tracking numbers, when did you order yours? Immediately at 3? And have they taken payment? And which model?

Orders that have been despatched today, which model please 8 / 16GB?

I was told yesterday i couldnt cancel either an 8GB or 16Gb because :

Thanks for contacting Google Play regarding cancellation of your order. All orders are processed directly after your purchase is complete. As a result, this means that there is a very short window of time to cancel an order prior to shipping.

Although we attempted to honor your request, we were unable to cancel your order in this window.

order mine at 3:12 16gb and just says order in progress...

They've increased it to £344!

How odd!

Or maybe even sooner. Just been reading posts by various people elsewhere saying theirs are out for delivery today.

Guys this CeX business, is it really just a case of walking in to the shop with a sealed 16GB and they give you 344 quid for it? If so what's the catch?

Mine arrived this morning, that was ******* quick :smile:

no. yesterday at about 3.01

Just received mine, what a surprise :confused:

Pics or it didn't happen :P

:stuck_out_tongue::stuck_out_tongue::stuck_out_tongue:

just received mine!!! :sunglasses:

nuts, wasn't expecting it for 2 weeks as per the site lol

Anyone using this on EE's LTE? If so I'm in

I ordered mine at 15:07 and I have nothing to say its dispatched. Order just says pending.

Anyone using this on EE's LTE? If so I'm in

Pretty sad that.

Pft, and not even a despatch email here.

MIne's out for delivery, ordered at about 3:05pm yesterday, 16GB. Not sure if to keep iPhone 5 and flog this on or keep, give Android a whirl, and flog the iPhone 5.

Wish they did minimum 32GB on this. :disappointed:

I just got a generic email back about short window to cancel. My estimated delivery date is 13/02/13 and I ordered at 15;02 x 2 as didn't think 1st transaction went through. Was a stupid impulse buy, more than happy with my S3 so I'll be refusing delivery on both items.

I'm like that with my tablet but I've had to get a 64GB for my current phone.

Is it 8 GBs or 16 GBs that some people are seeing turn up today - e.g. just wondering if there's a common factor here if it's not to do with order time based on some of the comments above?

So are people saying that they are delivering this quicker than 2 weeks?

Couple of friends placed orders as well,

3:05:50 for a 16GB dispatched
3:10:40 for a 16GB not dispatched

If sunny ordered at 3:07 and didn't get a dispatch, it's likely orders placed in the first 6 minutes ish being sent out today. :smiley:

Why reject them when you can make a profit via eBay or CEX?

Because I'd rather have the money back in my bank rather than taking a chance to earn 20 or 30 quid on each phone. I'll not sell on ebay as the chance of getting scammed is massive with high value items, and I won't sell to CEX as I won't allow them to open it.

My order went through at 3.07.

using this link mine shows as delivery estimate 13th feb :-(

Not on eBay you won't after fees.

Mine too! ordered at 22:30

Ordered mine at something like 10pm so I'm expecting to be closer to the end of that estimated dispatch window. Ah well, my note 1 works well enough for now (though stock roms have issues controlling the flash and custom ones lose features/have bugs like my screen sometimes won't light up or shut down properly)

Thats just the shipping estimate it means nothing everyone is the same. Its showing delivery estimate as you have region as US if you change to uk it says shipping est as the same date but as i said it means nothing as everyone will be set to that date initially

Mine too.

iv already said it before but all logistics are handled by a third party massive distribution company so just all hang tight and wait on a dispatch email :sunglasses: eventually you will get one and then you know yours is on its way

Mine says despatch estimate Feb 13th but too short a window to cancel my order, typical Google store customer service.

15:10 order - no dispatch to west London

I ordered in December but cancelled as was fed up of waiting. It seemed back then that if you ordered after a certain time the order numbers reset and were lower than people who ordered the minute it became available, so people who ordered later got their phones first. So, for a 15:10 order the last set of numbers in my order number are 1521327627855379.

To test the theory, can someone with a dispatch note who ordered after 15:10 (if any) provide the last part of their order number to compare?

yes, I assumed such a common thing in high end droids to be in, specially with the storage limit... oh well, just another reason not to get this one

It doesn't seem to work with EE LTE

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4822179

I imagine any potential to make a profit will quickly vanish with the stock situation looking good.

I was one of the lot that ordered in December.

Received my device just before Xmas.

Picked it up after a 3 hour charge and the back shattered in my hand leaving cuts.

Apparently the shock from my cold hand (just came in from outside in the snow) triggered the glass to have a freak reaction.

Called Google Play (who are DIABOLICAL) and they arranged an RMA

TNT delivered my replacement to someone else.

Swear this has been the worst experience I have ever had lol

XDA are going to get a lots of hits from people looking for battery life fixes!, although I did just get 6 hours screen on time on stock, but on wifi.... Heads up, 3G gobbles the battery life up on this phone, apart from that, its great!

Paid £248.99 for my 8gb version when it was in stock before Christmas. One of the best purchases I have made in a while. Well worth the wait of 1-2 weeks!

...sent from my nexus 4 :-D!

The best phone in the world. Hot. I will get a white one later in the year.

Have one go on the BB Playbook and I am in love with their OS. So I am certain the BB10 OS on on their phones will be nothing less than excellent.

how that different most new smartphone then cant see it my self

too big. its like holding a notebook to your head.

how do i find out my order status?

Ever tried putting a 7" tablet in your jeans pocket? Not the most mobile of sizes to lug around, aside form being uncomfortable and awkward you'd look stupid.

Folks, need some honest opinion here..

I'm an iPhone user. I've had an iPhone since the first 2G one, then 3G, then 4, currently iPhone 5 (regrettable "upgrade"). I hate Apple as a company, the way they operate, the stupidly overpriced devices, and yet - I buy their products. Well, I buy the iPhone anyway. I love iOS and I find it second nature. I've used Android before, many times. I've tried and wanted so badly to like it more than iOS, but I just can't get on with it. I just don't feel Android is as user-friendly, as streamlined, as smooth as iOS. Android just feels like an inferior quality in comparison with iOS.

Now, I'm yet to experience Jellybean or Google's Nexus branded devices. Please, can someone (hopefully someone who's been in my shoes) tell me the honest truth. Is this Google Nexus 4 any different from Samsung's, HTC's or Motorola's devices? Price aside, let's imagine the iPhone 5 is £400 and the Google Nexus 4 is £400 also, would they be considered comparable in user-friendliness and functionality? I hope this is the device that will make me finally bid farewell to Apple. That said, not having iMessage or Facetime is going to cause issues..

Am I the only one who doesn't bother with cases and screen protectors on my phones?

What happens when the battery dies? Cant be replaced?

Behave. :smiley:

what im asking is what can you do with a 4" tablet that you cant do on a smartphone stupid

A 4" device is not a tablet as I understand the definition.

Have you tried the nexus?

My wife has an S3 which I think is great but the nexus is head and shoulders betters. The only things I find better about the samsung is a faster shutter speed (but the photo's are better on the Nexus) and the lack on expandle storage on the nexus. The nexus is better in every other way. If you can manage without the extra storage then sell you S3 and keep the nexus. It's seriously slick.

I finally got my order in, hope it comes quick now.

My dad was after this phone, ordered one for him but don't know if he actually wants it now...

ordered @ 6 o'clock yesterday apparently due for delivery on the 13th Feb, have some people already got there's?!

ordered mine at 3.02 yesterday. out for delivery today.

I am surprised its still in stock? Hehe!
They may have sorted the stock issues.. :smiley:

nice, guess that's what you get for ordering straight away!

oh I'm torn.
I've well and truly fallen out of love with my iPhone 4 (now on my third '4', although whilst that is annoying, at least I can just book a slot at the local Apple store and get it replaced there and then very easily).
WP8 device for something fresh or this other Android device (only real alternative to the Nexus is the S3).
I may just order one and see how I get on with it I guess

I haven't, but I'm more than happy with the S3. Seems like a pointless upgrade, like I said impulse purchase.

I have an S3 currently and i ordered this on impulse too. I decided that evening it was too small an upgrade and no point in doing it. So i tried to cancel. Google sent me the same generic cant cancel email that they sent everyone else. I havent had it delievered or any sign of it yet. But im really stuck, i love my s3, i love the expandable memory (although i dont use it all that often) i have tons of accesories for it HDMI out cable cases batteries etc. Although my wife also has one and she can use these. But i really like the look of the nexus and i THINK im willing to sacrifice expandable memory and removable battery to have it. But still completely not sure what to do, i can either sell my s3 for 250 quid and keep the nexus, or sell the nexus to CEX, but like alot of people are saying CEX might not be paying 344 (I have made an account and set up a sale of a nexus 4 already just in case, you get five working days to get it to them for that price) im so confused right now!!!!

I ordered 4pm yesterday. In the says delivered on the account info but It is not been delivered to me!!!!! When i called TNT with the tracking reference number they don't have any details. Any one have any suggestions???

does it have a removable battery ?

Gave in and ordered one.

FYI - Mines arrived this morning, as has one of my colleagues. But my mate hasn't got his yet and he ordered before us, there doesn't seem to be any logic in the shipping :confused:

Thanks. As other people have not experienced good service from TNT , i am bit concern about the order. But i might wait until tomorrow before i call Google.

TNT 'lost' my Nexus 7. I was told different things by different staff at different times. worse than useless that

Mine shows shipped on my account and I received a mail this morning as did my colleague, my mate hasn't heard a thing and his account still shows it should arrive by 13th Feb

I've also been using iPhones since day one and as much as I still like it I just fancied a change. I had a chat with a friend who had the S3 and I then played around with this in the shop for a while and thought it was pretty poor. The stuff Samsung have stuck over the top of Android feels cheap and not at all intuitive, coming from an iPhone. I then went into the o2 store yesterday and had a play with the Nexus 4 and it felt so much smoother than the S3 so I've gone ahead and purchased one. Looking forward to receiving it.

Hi they've charged me already, I ordered at 5.30 yesterday, but still says shipping Feb 13. Thought they only charged when it was shipped?
Anyone know, seems very random this?
thanks
Suz

Mine was just delivered. Gonna check CEX for selling price £344 at the mo :sunglasses:

Anyone had any luck at CEx today? Gonna go down after work.

Cold, I bought one and the lower part of the screen stopped working next day.. Google warranty was very good but build quality in this phone is crap.

Ps. I've got 2 N4's one Ive been using since xmas and one still sealed (I ordered 2 back then)

The one I've been using still has screen protectors on and has been in a case but the imei barcode has slightly worn away, do you think cex will still give £344 for it?

Well I have ordered the 16Gb version which will be a HUGE upgrade from my original HTC Hero. Which can run nothing!

They reserve the money on your card but don't actually take it until they ship, not quite sure what the difference is really unless the fact they've only reserved it means you don't pay interest on it until it's actually taken

Not really bro sorry, I have done so much wheeling and dealing since I first ordered these nexus' in december and just want rid asap which is why i'll try cex today.

I'm sure you can wait until yours arrives :smiley:

Ok thanks Mark

Suz

ok well I can make payment today for the sealed one if you want to sell to me at the retail price? I can also arrange shipping etc...

Sorry bro, I want the £344 from cex :smiley:

Send it back to google

I ordered mine at 15:05 (roughly) and just have a order receipt... estimated ship 1/2 weeks

Got mine ordered at 1505, but in haste ordered a 8GB and then later 16 GB
So got 8GB in hand now, dont know what to do it ? CEX it or bay it

Waiting for the white one - looks very nice and there's only a limited run on them so should hold value!

Is it worth buying one of these? Can someone tell me why? I currently own a iphone4s....

still plenty of stock... it's here to stay...

I'm really tempted to get a Nexus 4 even though I have a Galaxy S3 currently. I'd prefer stock Android without rooting, but I'm concerned about the lack of storage and possible battery drain issues.

Arrrggg! Can't decide !

Surely CEX price will drop any minute?

For anyone wondering why you have been charged for the device but it has not shipped il explain.

You bought the phone from Google for £288

The £288 is charged to your payment card and google would have received an authorization code from your bank. This allows them to request the money from your bank.

In the mean time your bank puts £288 into a suspense account where it sits pending from 3-5 days

Since google wont actually charge you until it ships they money shows off your available £££ in your bank account but it has not been claimed by google as they havent shipped your phone

So after 3-5 days. If your phone hasnt shipped £288 will fall back into your account.

Then when the phone ships the £288 will be processed again and this time google will clime the money and you will see £288 Google play order on your transactions list for your bank.


This is quite an american way of doing things as its taken you are paying by credit card. Even the play store asks what credit card you want to pay with.

If you had paid with a credit card they transaction would go through just the same but you wouldnt notice the £288 being put into the pending state as its not YOUR money your being restricted to accessing it would only be £288 of credit available.

Its more down to the fact its always been advised to use a credit card on the play store and pretty much the norm for americans to pay for most on a credit card where as here in the uk we use our debit cards more which is why this happens.

If you see in about 3-5 days the funds will become avail again unless google ship the phone, in which case you will see the payment on your statement

So all that F5ing from 14:50 onwards was a complete waste of time lol

Ordered at 3:02:10 PM GMT / not shipped

I got the 16Gb one just before Christmas and must admit its the best phone I've ever had. No regrets in giving up my old IcrapPhone 4.... I am getting an IcrapPHONE5 next month for work so will be able to compare properly but my odds are on the Nexus4.... awesome piece of kit!

Having a bit of deja vu here :smiley:

Just called google play call centre to find out why ive been charged but have pending on my account and 1/2 week delivery. He said its been shipped from Google to the carrier and I will be receiving it really soon, I.E. I should get an E-mail today with dispatch.

Where do you check status of the order? On Google Wallet?

Might do this

haha I take it you mean from the last debacle?

Not to worried this time, I'm sure another batch of emails will appear this evening

Think last time shipping emails were sent out around 6pm onwards and delivered the following day

Yeah I've just registered and filled in the selling form

Trouble is I actually want one to keep lol do I order another before it sells out?

Yep as mentioned Google don't handle the shipping or distribution in the UK its a third party company

They are a huge distribution company with many large names of tech on the books so deal with orders in batches

Nothing against Google but as this is the case phoning them won't help as they honestly have no idea and not their fault its all handled by another company in the UK.

The run dispatch in batches and hence why you get a wave of phones sent at the same time

Once its shipped from there your Google wallet transaction will change from pending to a paid transaction with a TNT reference. Which may or may not mean anything to TNT as mentioned they reuse tracking numbers but it will have shipped at this point

You will get a dispatched email from Google though at this time also

Yeah order another one.

So if I fill this form out now, get to the store later and they don't have enough cash or price has changed, I just ship them to CEX direct?

I had just ordered it at time of posting but received no errors. Got the confirmation email to tell me I have ordered it.

OK as promised here is the company that is used for distribution in the UK so people can stop blaming Google for any delays. Being informed is half the problem so let me enlighten you all.







Computer 2000
Hampshire House
Wade Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG24 8PL
Telephone: 01256 463344

Just ordered after needing a new phone for far too long :smiley: Thanks OP!

Just received mine (order yesterday).
I have a feeling that they now have tonnes in stock - which means that the majority of people will receive them within 1-2 days of ordering.

If I had one in hand I would take it to store, I would only post it to CeX as a last resort, for the following reasons :

a) You pay the postage (6 quid RMSD)
b) Will they agree its in the condition you say it is
c) If you send it sealed they'll probably open it and say its not new

Better really to deal face to face imo

Definitely mark. I totally agree I was getting more at those that don't know and get frustrated that they have yet to receive an email without knowing the chain of events and how the whole process works which will kind of cause some people unease that they seemingly have money taken with no idea what's going on so once you understand the chain of events it can pit your mind at ease.

I do agree however googles choice of partner for this was possibly not the best given who they partner with for delivery etc so fair comment mark

I'm gonna go straight after work but theyre only open til 6.45 and I fear they will fob me off :disappointed:

Yes. Your quote on the website is valid for 5 working days, as long as it gets there by the 6th day they should honour the price.

As with any high price item, I would ship recorded as a precaution should item get lost in the post (never happened to any games I have sent to CEX but ya never know). I only ever had one issue with sending a game to CEX, when I sent a game as sealed but it wasn't (my mistake). However, I got a phone call quoting the reduced price, I wasn't happy with the new price so they sent the game back to me free of charge. Whether or not they do this with phones I am not sure

Wow 0.0. I ordered at 15:06 yesterday. It arrived today at 11:47am. I was half expecting to end up getting annoyed after a week and cancel my order, no chance of that! Delivery in less than 24 hours. Very impressed.

Awesome thanks I've reserved the sell price online and will see how I get on tonight, is is true that most CEX stores now offer BACS payment?

Still in stock, just got myself a 16gb!

just placed another order, maybe i'll get this one quicker than the last....

Ordered the 16gb version at 15:30 yesterday but no delivery in sight. Are people getting the 16gb version or just the 8gb one today?

i just want to know if the people who received their orders actually received an email saying it has been despatched?

I regretted getting the 16GB model for £40 extra (or 21% premium if you like) at first, but in the end, it comes down to convenience and resale value.

I'm intending to keep the phone for 12-18 months, £40 over 18 months is just a little over £2/month.

Whilst Google Music allows me to store thousands of songs in the Cloud, I don't always have access to perfect coverage where streaming high quality music is viable. That's not very inconvenient if you don't have many albums or want to store only a few on your device.

I hardly store any videos and photos can be uploaded to a Dropbox/Box account on the go. By the way, a few weeks ago I was able to get 50 GB free lifetime account with Box by registering the phone, not sure if that deal is still on the table, though.

The only real problem are apps, mainly games, that can often go into GBs these days, and the sizes increase every year. I already have only 5.17GB free space available and that is without storing anything large on the device, besides a few games.

If you root and make a backup of the system+data, it's easily 2GB. Photos and videos taken with the phone can easily go to 1-2GB in no time at all. You should always have a little space storing music locally and apps will usually take a few GBs, depending on what games you install and how you use your phone. I also flash a lot of ROMs, which themselves are usually around 200 MB large, so having some extra storage for that is a must.

Case in point, the 16GB model for me makes sense in the long run. I don't have to worry about the storage, even though I have most of my games and videos (not porn, mostly TV shows) stored on my Nexus 7 tablet.

The real free storage on the 16GB N4 is around 12.92 GB whereas the 8GB has around 5.67 GB of free space. That's almost 130% more storage for 21% increase in cost, which I felt was justified in the end. If my use was any different, I'd go with Cloud services and spent that £40 on a good night out or new IEMs.

Hope that helps anyone who's still wondering which version to get of this incredibly well priced device.

Must resist........

Seems like orders being sent out in wrong order yet again. Ordered 16GB at 57 seconds after 3 and nothing so far. Many posts on here and on the UK XDA thread of people already receiving theirs. Google haven't learnt anything.

To be honest, if mine takes two weeks I want the £9.99 back - for a 'two-day' delivery. Where do you see 'pending'? I don't have that anywhere. ta much

ordered at 3:03pm yesterday and they came today. nice phone. on charge at the moment but can't wait to try it out.

I ordered at 3.30pm but I bet like last time the orders can turn up at anytime - Google order fulfillment is a joke.

Whats the Google telephone number? Do they have any idea when it will ship? I just got rid of my old phone and I need the Nexus asap.

I have been holding off for over 25 hours now! :sunglasses:

So once again at mercy of their ridiculous ordering system. Whats the point of £9.99 for delivery.

how is everyone buying this?

Uh oh. There was a problem.

We couldn't start your purchase because of a technical issue.

It doesn't seem very good value for money if its not a next day service - but I guess the 'all in' cost of the phone + delivery is still an excellent deal.

Anyone know where you can get a decent case?

boooo i want mine !

Order Date: 30 January 2013 15:01:10 16 gb paid with a credit card if that makes any difference.

Google haven't done themselves any favours in charging for delivery imo

Why didn't they just hide it in the cost of the device?

Nexus 4 8GB £249.00 inc free delivery
nexus 4 16GB £289.00 inc free delivery

I shouldn't have changed my name to Zinadine Zidane :disappointed:

As mark says above its only been a day and shipping was 1-2 weeks. Its not been 1-2 weeks so if you bought it on the premise you would get it sooner then that was wishful thinking on your behalf. Some people have got theirs and great it shows they are dealing with orders. If you didnt get yours then you still have until the 13th of feb to get a dispatch note. If by then you dont get one sure call up and get the £9,99 refund on shipping or cancel your order.

The orders are dealt with in batches by C2000 so how they process these is up to them nothing to do with google. Google just put your order on a spreadsheet in order of time purchased and it is sent to C2000 for shipping. How and when they do this is up to them.

I know the reason there was a hold up the last time was nothing to do with phone stock levels but the fact C2000 ran out of pre paid TNT shipping labels for the google play account so had to wait on TNT delivering a new batch lol laughable I know but should they have used another courier im sure things would have been smoother

This is what happens when margins get driven to ridiculously low levels. C2000 has a model based on rubbish level service and thus wins the bids to manage the order processing. Companies like HP don't like to deal with storage and warehousing as some MBA / Consultant told them its not a core competency to they just contract it out to the lowest bidder which is C2000.

To those that received it next day, did you get dispatch notifications?
I have the iPhone to use until it arrives, so can wait the 2 weeks if necessary, but like a kid before Xmas, now I've ordered it I want it ASAP!!

Cold for me, tried one and didn't like it, dunno why people buy phones on specs alone..

True... a bit like flying with Ryanair to Malaga for ten quid and having to pay six quid on board for a G&T :stuck_out_tongue:

At least you'll be able to headbutt the delivery guy and get away with it.

S2 vs Nexus 4 in depth comparison.

http://youtu.be/CUFA_gTBszo

Think the S2 does pretty well overall

Anyone fancy their chances with a Samsung Galaxy Nexus 16GB, used like new condition for £166.12?



**wow that was quick, its now sold!**

What tax issue, delivery service charge is also taxed.

Poor doivey


I've managed to order after yesterday's cock up so it should be here soon if they deliver by customer name...

Rgds,

Aaron Aardvark.

:stuck_out_tongue:

Shipping emails started to arrive around 6pm onwards last time...

just sayin :stuck_out_tongue:

Just had shipping email

3.02 pm on the 30th 8gb

No shipping email, nothing yet

Anyone got a spare 16gb one that they want to sell on? I am having problems with my computer and really can't order one, it keeps sending me to the US site where it will only deliver in the US, something to do with the way my google account is set up. Happy to start a 'wanted' in the for sale section if mods want.

lol!

Dammit why must I be so impatient! Nothing here yet at all.

Nothing for me. I really do hate Google ordering system.

Mine was just shipped. 16GB. Ordered around 3.30pm yesterday.

Just got my shipping email !!! 16GB

Ordered 30/01 @15h20
Shipping mail received 31/01 @18h32

Status changed from "estimated delivery 13 February" to "Shipped" on google

Ive no idea if I have a phone coming or not.First order was declined by CC company.Entered new card and seemed to go through but still says add a new payment method.Will have to phone them tomorrow.

Still pending on my 16GB :disappointed:.

Ordered yesterday at 15:20.

Come on Google!

I guess that says it all, they've only just got to kinda near the 3:30 mark, presumably there was a spike somewhere after the working day too, might take a few days to get to me at 8pm :P

Ordered mine at 3:07 and have no dispatch email. It appears to make no difference when you ordered.

Ordered mine at 3.02pm, Just got my shipped email :smiley:

I ordered my 16gb at 18:30 yesterday and have just received the shipping email. It's completely arbitrary, but I'm not complaining!

Ordered about 7pm yesterday and the email has just arrived.

Got my shipped email :smiley: 16GB ordered at 3:03

Ok that's pretty random, I'll stay hopeful then :smile:

The 8gb I ordered at 3:40 has just been shipped but the 16gb I ordered at 3.28 is still pending...seems pretty random

Aww no shipped email from me. Ordered at 3pm on the dot :disappointed:

Right I'm gonna stop obsessing and checking this thread over and over and just wait. Bye everyone.

I'm sure you're still here, will you stop hitting that F5 button ?:stuck_out_tongue:

Right I'm back.