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Nexus 5
- vivin 13y agoI wonder if they plan to put out a 32GB version? My Nexus 4 is 32GB.
- k-mcgrady 13y agoOnly the black 16GB version in the UK store at the minute. Selling for £299.99. Looks like a really nice device. I got the Nexus 4 in July and have liked it but found it lacking in a few areas. Looking forward to trying the 5.
- yourad_io 13y agoI'm not sure if they will deliver, but they did accept my order for the 32GB version. The 16GB page does look "broken" to me as well - no 32GB button or white version button. edit: link: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_white_32gb https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_whi...
- k-mcgrady 13y agoThanks for the link. Maybe they're still working out some issues with the pages.
- ottbot 13y agoI got an order in for the black 32GB version. No email confirmation yet though..
- CWIZO 13y agoI've just received a confirmation email for a 32GB B&W. Although it says that they'll actually take my money when it ships out to me, so I'm still holding my breath a bit :)
- OoTheNigerian 13y agoAs an African/Nigerian I am not even allowed to see what it looks like. Talk less of trying to make a purchase [1]. Last Night, I had to lie that I am in the US so I would be allowed to by Remote by 37Signals on my kindle. Quite ridiculous and annoying. http://imgur.com/eS8agor http://imgur.com/eS8agor
- tuananh 13y agohere you go http://i.imgur.com/W6owPMM.png http://i.imgur.com/W6owPMM.png
- ojii 13y agoOn first sight, this seems to be available in Japan though, which is an improvement over the Nexus 4. Small steps I guess...
- netcan 13y agoIt's not just Nigeria. And I agree. The way Google does this with an error page for non serviced locations feels really off. It's not how the web is supposed to work. Not shipping to other countries is bad enough. This is rude. Google should just put these things on Amazon.
- davedx 13y agoThey do put them on Amazon. Then you get to the checkout, and Amazon tells you you're not allowed to ship it to where you live if you're outside of Google's allowed territories. That's why I had to send my sister in the UK money to get my hands on my Nexus 4... annoying, and stupid.
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- sampo 13y ago> It's not just Nigeria. It's not just Africa, either.
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- sukuriant 13y agoI'm only seeing T-Mobile as the supported carriers? This isn't supported on Verizon, is it?
- w1ntermute 13y agoAll US carriers except Verizon are/will be supported.
- benjamincburns 13y agoI'm having a hard time finding the specifics on this. Do you know if this is due to it not supporting Verizon's CDMA/LTE bands, or due to a bureaucratic/carrier certification issue? It looks to me like LTE on Verizon wouldn't be supported (bands 4 and 13), but technical CDMA should work?
- jdhore 13y agoPart of the problem is since Verizon is CDMA and there's not really SIM cards, they can just say: "Your ESN doesn't look like a device we want to support, you can't activate it, sucks to be you"
- ohazi 13y agoThis doesn't sound completely accurate. 4G devices that Verizon does support, like the Galaxy Nexus, do indeed have a SIM(-like?) card that you need in order to use the device on Verizon's network.
- burntsushi 13y agoThat's for LTE. You need CDMA to make calls and send texts.
- pertsix 13y agoThis is completely false. Verizon uses SIM cards for many devices.
- yourad_io 13y agoI ordered 2x 32GB version (from UK). There are also white ones available, apparently. https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_white_32gb https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_whi...
- Pxtl 13y agoSo, have they completely dropped the n4? Did they clear them out at the old low price?
- reedlaw 13y agoAre there any reviews out yet on the echo cancellation? The Nexus 4 suffers from a bug that makes most VOIP apps useless. [1] Even though this should have been fixed by now, I would upgrade to the Nexus 5 if it only fixes this. 1. https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=41626 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=41626
- apayan 13y agoThe underlying problem of that bug (missing audiofx support) was fixed with the Android 4.3 update. It's up to app developers to make use of the APIs now. See comment #20 on the page you linked in your post, where I describe the issue in more detail.
- reedlaw 13y agoThank you, I didn't know it was fixed. I did see your comment before and thought that those APIs still were not accessible. But I've seen good reviews of CSipSimple on Nexus 4 recently, suggesting that the problem may have been fixed.
- mercuryrising 13y agoThat's kind of interesting. They seem to be tracking the expected delivery date really well. At first, it says 1-2 business days. Then it went to November 5th, then it moved to November 8th. The black 16gb is moving the quickest at the moment.
- Ives 13y agoIt's quite depressing that a 350$ phone will probably translate to 460€ in Belgium and the Netherlands. That's 626$ if you use the official exchange course between euro's and dollars. We don't have phones on Google Play. EDIT: Strike that, it's dropped to 399€, that's still 543$.
- dman 13y agoHow much is the iphone 5s for comparision?
- Ives 13y ago700€ for the 5S and 600€ for the 5C.
- sylvinus 13y agoI'm getting 349€ from France.
- poopsintub 13y agoI can't be the only one thinking $350 for a phone you'll get rid of or hopefully trade-in in two years, is still a lot of money. Firefox, get your ass in gear and improve your OS!
- abeld 13y agoWhy would a new OS lower the price of the phones? Its the hardware that is expensive. In addition, in case of Nexus smartphones, it looks more like Google subsidised them, lowering the price.
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- tsycho 13y agoWeird links on Play store. The default link takes you to the 16gb black version but doesnt show the other options. This link shows me both colors as well as 16/32 gb options. https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_white_32gb https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_whi...
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- xutopia 13y agoWhat is the price difference between 16gb and 32gb devices? Can't see it in my country.
- pierre_massat 13y agoAre they already out of stock or there is just none available in my country (Canada)?
- sydesigner 13y agoI was able to get one about 20 minutes ago. It looks like they sold out here that quickly.
- pierre_massat 13y agoThat was fast. I though they said it won't be like for the Nexus 4 which was sold out in something like 30 minutes. I will wait for the next batch then. Thanks.
- kordless 13y agoI just ordered a white 32GB one 5 minutes ago. Ships on the 8th. Good job Google! Much better experience than last year on the Play Store.
- MCompeau 13y agoThink they're out of stock, I'm in Canada as well and I managed to snag one as soon as they went on sale.
- pierre_massat 13y agoThey seem to still have the 32GB black and white in stock actually.
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- mrmch 13y ago2gb of Ram is disappointing, extra memory really helps a smart phone keep up after two years of use.
- patmcc 13y agoCompared to the 1GB in the iPhone? How much RAM were you expecting?
- corresation 13y agoYou do make a fair point from a future proofing perspective, however worth noting that 4.4 brings zram, which is in-memory page compression (OSX Mavericks just brought that functionality there, so you may have heard about it).
- cliveowen 13y agoIt said it would be shipped before November 4, after 10 minutes it said it would be shipped by November 8, WTF?
- goshx 13y agoand now it is out of stock :)
- GuiA 13y agoOrder queue filling up.
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- poopsintub 13y agoI just refreshed the page and now it's back to the 8th for some reason.
- wuliwong 13y agoCan anyone verify that the Nexus 5 won't work with Verizon? I thought I saw support for VZ's LTE bands but maybe I misunderstood?
- 27182818284 13y agoIt has the frequency support of 0,1, and 4 in LTE. No 13. It will likely not work on Verizon regardless of the radio, though, because Verizon doesn't want it on their network.
- Zak 13y agoVerizon doesn't want it on their network That strikes me as odd. Why would Verizon not want any phone on their network that isn't incompatible or defective so as to cause problems?
- 27182818284 13y ago>That strikes me as odd. Why would Verizon not want any phone on their network that isn't incompatible or defective so as to cause problems? I don't know, and whenever I ask people on Reddit and real-life phone people about that, I get vague answers that there is bad blood or that I"m wrong for asking.
- davidcollantes 13y ago4.95" 1920x1080 display (445 ppi), it reads. Does those specs make this phone the one with highest DPI ever? It is certainly above retina display, right?
- stickydink 13y agoThat's almost identical to the Galaxy S4, 441ppi
- depr 13y agoHTC One, 468 ppi
- frogpelt 13y agoThe ppi race is the new megapixel race. Who needs pixel perfection 200 ppi beyond what the human eye can perceive? No one. But the show must go on.
- nooneelse 13y agoWhat the human eye can perceive is dependent on the distance between the eye and the screen. Perhaps some people like to hold the screen very close.
- zokier 13y agoWell 1080p is nice in that it is quite widespread standard and as such eg display cloning from your phone to a desktop monitor/tv/projector should be trivial. Also you can play media content without needing to downscale (albeit this is fairly minor advantage).
- mappum 13y agoJust because you can't perceive individual pixels doesn't mean you can't perceive higher quality. Imagine if you wanted to draw a human hair to scale, you would need some small pixels to make that look good. However in most smartphone use cases, that's probably not an issue.
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- pedrocr 13y ago"Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet. We're working to bring devices to more countries as quickly as possible. Please check back again soon." I still don't understand why they only sell this in some EU countries and not others. Friends in the know tell me it's something to do with certification which seems strange inside the EU. But even if that's the case surely they could just show me the damn page and then tell me they can't ship to my address. That's what Amazon does for some things anyway. At least that way I could look at the damn thing and potentially have it shipped somewhere else.
- dotomaz 13y agoMaybe EU should fine google like they do microsoft. But the countries tat actually make those decisions don't get that message. So much for the EU equality.
- mwilcox 13y agoI think it's just simple economics- they would have weighed up the Google Play income they get from various markets and the benefits they get from subsidising the device in relation to that. I live in New Zealand which is just too small a market for them to worry about, even though it would be simple to ship here from Australia. We'll still get the device, like any other, but through LG's distributor's rather than from Google.
- fnbr 13y agoIt's disappointing that they're already sold out, less than an hour after this link was posted. After last year's debacle, I was expecting Google to prepare appropriately for the release.
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- benmorris 13y agoSold Out! wow
- smallegan 13y agoI was able to order one just now, are you in the US?
- goshx 13y agoit seems to be intermittent... sometimes both black and white version of 16gb show as out of stock, sometimes (like now) both show Nov 8th. Probably sessions that people left open and didn't buy.
- benmorris 13y agoI think you are right, I was able to purchase it a few minutes ago, I think they'll all be gone shortly though
- sergeykish 13y ago8.59 mm, 2300 mAh
- pa5tabear 13y agoIs that good?
- redthrowaway 13y agoSo the device is unavailable in Canada. Is this going to be another Nexus 4 debacle, with nowhere near enough stock to meet demand? If so, how long until we get another "email me when there's more in stock" app?
- poopsintub 13y agoI thought Canada was still in love with blackberry. It makes me wonder if this is some sort of marketing ploy microsoft tried with the surface having lines and being sold out.
- scott_karana 13y agoWas the Canadian populace ever in love with Blackberry?
- danudey 13y agoNo more than any other country.
- orbitur 13y agoThe Canadian media was in love with Blackberry.
- scott_karana 13y agoObviously, but does the Canadian media alone cause a Nexus cellphone to sell out within an hour? :P
- canistr 13y agoThe Surface lines weren't marketing ploys. They just happened to consist mainly of excited MSFT employees.
- redthrowaway 13y agoI haven't seen a blackberry in the wild in 3 or 4 years.
- kannanvijayan 13y agoIt seems like they are "metering" the sales by making them available at a certain rate. When I first went to the play store site, it showed "sold out". Later on, I refreshed the page randomly and it showed the price tag button which lets you order. I tried to order it, but by the time I got to the checkout page it showed my shopping cart as empty. Going back to the front page showed "sold out again". I waited a while, reloaded once in a while until I saw the price button again, and clicked through really fast to the checkout screen and I was able to purchase one. Your mileage may vary.
- knes 13y agoNearly ordered one. Last minute I though "Is this phone going to anything my nexus 4 can't?" And the answer was nope for me
- aiaf 13y agoThe Nexus 4 camera is the worst camera to ever grace the Nexus line.
- hahainternet 13y agoI have a G1, does that count? :)
- corresation 13y agoaiaf is likely talking from a relative perspective, and the G1, Nexus One, Galaxy Nexus S...they all were somewhat in line with contemporaries. The Nexus 4 was a massive regression compared to its kin.
- hahainternet 13y agoIt was said in jest.
- rio517 13y agoEven worse than the Samsung Galaxy Nexus?
- ChrisClark 13y agoMy Nexus 4 camera is better than my Nexus One and my Nexus S. Did the Galaxy Nexus have an amazing camera or something? All I heard was people complaining about that one too. It seems your comment doesn't fit with reality. ;)
- xijuan 13y agoI don't think it is your case..But I just want to tell you my personal story about why my dad kept on complaining that the camera is bad on Nexus 4. It turns out that there is a screen protector on his Nexus 4's back that actually COVERS the camera. The other two Nexus 4 I bought for myself and my bf also had screen protectors on its back but it was not covering the cameras.... So yeah..
- pwnna 13y ago5in screen... Man. I'm quite content with my 4.7'' screen. Why are we slowly and steadily moving the sizes of our phone screens up? A year or two ago we were happily at 4.3
- gtaylor 13y agoI believe the device itself is smaller, they've just thinned the bezel and made the screen use the entire front surface of the device.
- hahainternet 13y agoI believe it's around 7mm x 4mm larger. Not really very significant, but still quite large.
- Zarathust 13y agoI think that the overall phone size is rather constant, but the bezel on the side of the screen are constantly shrinking, allowing larger screens without transforming the phone into a tablet (yet).
- ewencp 13y agoThis is correct, here are the physical measurements: Nexus 4: 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm Nexus 5: 137.84 x 69.17 x 8.59 mm That said, I still find it frustrating -- the Nexus 4 screen is already too large for me to comfortably reach all parts with one hand.
- nollidge 13y agoLooks like the phone body is 2mm bigger in width and height than the Galaxy Nexus, so pretty neglible difference really.
- dman 13y agoAny news on the nexus 10 refresh? Either that device does not exist or google and asus have done an exceptional job keeping a lid on it.
- webo 13y agoOrdered one even though I didn't really NEED a new phone...
- farslan 13y agoActual link: http://www.google.com/nexus/5/ http://www.google.com/nexus/5/ (the current one can't be visited by countries outside US)
- danudey 13y agoUS and Canada.
- arvindsinghy 13y agoStrangely it's working here in India, but don't have the option to buy yet.
- wildchild 13y ago"Unavailable in your country". Probably I am not worthy. OMG how I hate all this.
- gingalakin 13y agoThe sensor list has an interesting addition (Hall Effect). I'd be curious to see how it's implemented and how to interface with it. Possibly connected with the wireless charging support? Sensors: Accelerometer GPS Compass Proximity/Ambient Light Gyroscope Pressure Hall Effect
- zokier 13y agoI suspect it is for covers, like the one for SGS3[1], and allow automatic sleep when cover is closed, like what Kindle does. [1] http://www.samsung.com/us/system/consumer/accessory/ef/c1/g6/efc1g6fbegsta/EFC-1G6FBE_Dynamic_400.jpg http://www.samsung.com/us/system/consumer/accessory/ef/c1/g6...
- patmcc 13y agoLikely for the smart case you see linked on the bottom of the page - likely when a magnet is brought near it goes to sleep, and wakes when it's moved away.
- jwoah12 13y agoI just ordered one, but I'm currently on Verizon. What does everyone think is the best way to go in terms of non-contract carriers for the N5? Heard some good things about Straight Talk, but also read that their customer service is horrible.
- robflynn 13y agoI had straight talk for a bit. If I used more than 2GB of data in a month they would threaten to cancel my service. I'm not sure how much you use but that's something to be wary of. Otherwise, my service was fine. They didn't do LTE at the time so I was stuck with 3G.
- rgraham 13y agoThere is widespread LTE on Straight Talk on both T-Mobile and AT&T in my area (Austin).
- pa5tabear 13y agoDid they threaten you about not using online media streaming?
- robflynn 13y agoThey just said that I shouldn't do it much. They were fairly polite about it. I seem to recall there being a line in their user agreement that mentions prohibition of audio and video streaming, though I suppose it's not really enforced unless you exceed the limit consistently.
- McGlockenshire 13y agoT-Mobile has non-contract plans. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans Scroll alllll the way down to the bottom, look for the $30/month plans. They include 5 GB of data per month at 4G speeds, after that you're throttled. I've never come anywhere near to hitting that limit, so I don't know what the throttle is. You can order a SIM card online, or pick one up in a store. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/phone-sim-card http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/phone-sim-card Once the SIM is in your hand, then you can go into one of their stores or online to get one of the $30/month options.
- solnyshok 13y agomy friend working at Samsung, tells me internal joke, that there must be a very well paid guy at Google HQ whos sole responsibility is to figure out how to cripple Nexus devices (micro SD slot, battery) and distribution (limited rollout to only bunch of countries) in order to NOT alienate other Android manufacturers.
- nollidge 13y agoIt's also $200-$300 cheaper than other manufacturer's top offerings, so...
- pilsetnieks 13y agoIf Nexus 4 is any indication, they will be available in other countries pretty soon as well, just not directly from Google, and they will be sold as LG Nexus 5, not Google Nexus 5.
- solnyshok 13y agoIn lost and forgotten European countries like Latvia, it will arrive much later, hopefully before Xmas
- sampo 13y ago> limited rollout to only bunch of countries Nokia used the same trick with their N9 phone.
- solnyshok 13y agoIn order to not alienate Microsoft... Luckily, I got one anyway.
- Zak 13y agoThe HTC One and LG G2 (which is closely related to the Nexus 5 by all accounts) also lack removable storage and batteries, as do all Apple phones and tablets ever. Most people don't seem to care. I care, but I still bought a Nexus 5 because it's barely over half the price of most anything comparable.
- neovive 13y agoAnyone know if the Nexus 5 will use a Micro SIM or Nano SIM? Straight Talk doesn't sell Nano SIM cards at the moment.
- kamjam 13y agoJust buy a tool to cut your SIM down to the correct size, should be available on ebay. The actual SIM part of the cards are the same - although I think you have need a LTE SIM for full speed, may depend on provider...
- jzila 13y agoIf it's anything like the 2013 Nexus 7, it'll be a micro SIM.
- r00fus 13y agoYou're in luck - MicroSIM.
- masonhensley 13y agoI printed off a template to cut my normal sim to micro/ nano (cant remember which) for my Nexus 4. I just used some kitchen scissors and a little hand file to clean up the edges.
- wil421 13y agoI would totally give up my AT&T S4 with a flashed Google Edition ROM but....there is no sdcard slot. What I am going to do without my extra 32gb of space? I like expansion and that was one of the main reasons I gave up my iPhone 4 for a S4.
- dfxm12 13y agoI don't know what you use that space for, but you could store things in the cloud. Google Music is great for this. You could delete things once you are done with them. If "expansion" is your most important feature, then this isn't the phone for you.
- eric_the_read 13y agoI wish Google would let me buy more than 20,000 songs. I haven't looked at my total count, but it's way over that, and there's no way I can see to buy more, even if I wanted to.
- wil421 13y agoI have easily 10gb of pictures that I can show anyone as long as I have my phone. Also, at least 15gb of music and I'm about to install Debian just because I can.
- angryasian 13y agoI'm pretty sure it supports USB otg, with this you can support a sd card too i believe
- neovive 13y agoDoes anyone know if the Nexus 5 uses a Micro SIM or Nano SIM? Straight Talk currently doesn't sell Nano SIM cards.
- benjamincburns 13y agoAnyone know if it's possible to order the international version from within the USA? I'm moving to New Zealand soon and I'd be tickled if I could get the one with support for LTE bands 3/7...
- rio517 13y agoIf you're still in the U.S., just order it. I bought my old nexus here and it works just fine in Europe and South America. Just need to pop out the SIM card. If it works on t-mobile, it basically works anywhere.
- benjamincburns 13y agoOh, don't worry -- I ordered it... It just won't work on Telecom New Zealand's new 4G network without support for LTE bands 3 and 7. This support is missing from the North American version. It will work just fine on their 3G service, but I'd like to get one with LTE support. Funny story, I waited on hold for a little over an hour. Sounds like the guy can swap it out but then their phone system hung up on me. Here's hoping Google has mystical callback powers!
- benjamincburns 13y agoFor anyone who's curious, the second guy I spoke with wasn't even aware that there were two versions. I had to tell him where to go on Google's site to see the difference between the two. Once he figured that out, he just simply said that there's no way I could get the international one. I'm going to try back in a few days or weeks once all the madness dies down and see if they won't exchange it. Or, maybe I'll get lucky it'll wind up being the same hardware with different baseband firmware installed.
- thepicard 13y agoMy nexus 4 is still an excellent phone, but I want to buy the 5 anyway... Brain... brain stahp...
- vladgur 13y agoSo i placed an order for a 32GB version and then a 16gb became available. Now im unable to cancel the 32GB order and I get this error message: "There Was a Problem We are unable to cancel your order at this time. If your order is being prepared for delivery, you will receive an email shortly if you haven’t already. For further assistance, please visit the Google Play Help Center." The orders are not shipped until Nov. 8, so this has got to be some sort of software glitch, but Im unable to find any info on how to contact support other than a link to cancel the order(that produced the original error) Any advice?
- justincormack 13y agoYou bought it, why do you expect to be able to unbuy it?
- pa5tabear 13y agoSame. I emailed support. I'm not worried cause it's not shipping for a week.
- jordanthoms 13y agoTry calling the store support at 1-855-836-3987 - Although they might be busy right now.
- hahainternet 13y agoIn the lower right of my order status screen is a help link and a free phone number for support. This is in the UK, so I don't know if yours is identical.
- hansy 13y agoDo the white Nexus 5s have a black front? Toggling the white color shows the device with a white back, but a black front. This looks kind of odd to me.
- pilsetnieks 13y agoYes, only the back is white.
- infinotize 13y agoIn retrospect of placing an order, I'm somewhat let down by lack of removable battery, if only that it's the only way I know for sure the device is OFF and not offering up my location for data mining by advertisers and spy agencies.
- unsignedint 13y agoLack of removable battery is the reason I didn't press the order button, at least as an impulse buy. I mean, I might end up buying it later should there be no alternative, but at least, it gave me incentive to look around. I'm not so much of battery swapper (or remover) but not being able to replace battery when it can't hold a charge is just ridiculous to me. I really don't understand the trend of non-removable batteries. I guess people (or the designer, maybe) want a thinner phone, but no one seems to care about practicality any more... (and I have bumper on my Galaxy Nexus, just because I can't comfortably hold it without fear of dropping as it is being too thin...)
- brandoncor 13y agoCan someone explain why Motorola Mobility wouldn't take over manufacturing Nexus devices?
- andybak 13y agoThe simplest one is that Google doesn't want to alienate all the other handset manufacturers. Just look at the trouble Microsoft has recently caused amongst it's partners by competing directly with them.
- hafichuk 13y agoBah. Typical online store crap. Why the hell can't they do real pre-orders instead of running out of inventory. You'd think that Google would have heard of kickstarter by now and actually figured out why that sales model rocks.
- hafichuk 13y agoThe funny thing is that I got their "sales" email 2 hours after they sold out of the last phone on Play.
- mwilcox 13y agoThe original Nexus 7 was launched with preorders, and it took weeks and weeks and weeks for people to receive their devices. This is functionally no different, they are still taking peoples' orders, they are just being more open about how long it will take for them to receive their devices, and not charging customers until they are shipped.
- jmomo 13y agoMy three year old Nexus One has more storage with it's 32GB SD card plus it's 512MB internal storage. In fact, I don't think any of the Nexus phone has had more storage than the Nexus One was capable of. Google is doing evil by "strongly encouraging by use of brute force" users to store their data in the Cloud/NSA, where governments and private parties can then inspect that data and figure out what a good/bad citizen you are and then take action based on your political beliefs, sexual preferences, religious beliefs, and race/gender, as they have repeatedly done in the past and continue to do today. Fortunately, there are a few phones with still support SD cards (SGS4), but I can imagine Google strong-arming them into discontinuing this support.
- andybak 13y agoI'm afraid you have tipped over into tin-foil hat territory there. There's a well documented usability argument by a Google engineer against removable storage. If you don't buy that then the next most obvious argument is that Google has direct business benefits for encouraging cloud storage. But your leap into "they want your data to be readable by the NSA" is just a touch too far for my tastes.
- hbbio 13y agoOrdered one about an hour ago (from France). Originally, the message after payment was: "Order not completed It is taking a little longer than normal to process your order. We will let you know via email when your order is complete. This can take up to 15 minutes." Now, it just displays "PENDING" in my orders... Fingers crossed!
- CWIZO 13y agoSame for me (ordered from the UK). I did receive an email though: "Thank you. You've made a purchase on Google Play. You will not be charged until your order has been shipped.". Did you get that?
- CWIZO 13y agoSame for me (ordered from the UK). I did receive an email though: "Thank you. You've made a purchase on Google Play. You will not be charged until your order has been shipped.". Did you get that?
- eikenberry 13y agoAny chance of a Nexus 3 for people who don't want a tablet in their pocket?
- phaus 13y agoI'd really love it if there were a 4" or 4.3" phone that still featured high-end specs. Unfortunately most of the "mini" devices seem to be intentionally bad in comparison to the flagships. If they weren't so expensive, I'd rather have the much smaller iPhone 5S than a Nexus 5, but the price is so cheap I can't really justify going with Apple. There was a time when I was on-board with the large-screen phone trend, but now that I have a tablet that I take pretty much everywhere, I don't really need a gigantic smartphone in addition to it.
- dman 13y agoLook at the Sony Z1f.
- phaus 13y agoThat actually looks close to perfect. Unfortunately early price estimates put it not too far from the iPhone 5S.
- mtgx 13y agoIt's a high-end phone, just like iPhone 5S. If you want a mid-range phone, you can look at cheaper ones.
- Zak 13y agoThe Nexus 5 is also a high-end phone that's spec-comparable to the iPhone 5S. For me, and I think a lot of other people, the Nexus brand has come to mean high specs, stock software, future upgrades and low price. Those asking for an iPhone-size Nexus are asking for a device under $400.
- skizm 13y agoSo does anyone know what US carriers this will work on? I wish they would just say it somewhere.
- xanderstrike 13y agoIt's LTE, so any carrier with LTE that lets you use unlocked phones, which I believe is AT&T, TMobile, and Sprint, but not Verizon.
- Zoomla 13y agoI was hoping for a waterproof device...
- waterflame 13y agoDownload a VPN app like TunnelBear (www.tunnelbear.com), and choose the country you want to appear in
- doctoboggan 13y agoMy only wish is that Google would allow Google Now email notifications to work with google apps accounts. I bought a Nexus 4 on the first day after reading about Google Now, it was the number one feature I was most excited for. When I learned that my google apps email address would not work with flights reminders, tracking numbers, etc I was very angry. This was only advertised in small font somewhere deep in google's help pages. Why does google alway force google apps users to be second class citizens?
- taopao 13y agoBigger than 3.5 inches, not interested.
- laughfactory 13y agoI LOVE my Nexus 4 (running on Straight Talk) and can't wait to upgrade to the Nexus 5. The Nexus 4 has been my single favorite Android smartphone EVER. And I've previously owned a host of Android smartphones. Most of them just didn't work as well as advertised. The Nexus 4 does. Previously I had a Galaxy Note, for example, which I absolutely hated. It had all kinds of lag and performance issues, and I really hated getting updates so slowly. It's camera was crappy, its keyboard worse. The only thing I liked about it was the big beautiful screen. However, the Nexus 4 has a beautiful (if smaller) screen, too, and WAY better performance. I will NEVER purchase a non-Nexus Android phone (unless they let me down sometime in the future). I've been tempted by some of the HTC's but ultimately dissuaded by the fact that they still take a while to get the latest and greatest Android updates. LG and Nexus FTW.
- driverdan 13y agoIf you're happy with your Nexus 4 why would you waste money on a 5?
- rfnslyr 13y agoNot everything in this world has to be the most pragmatic, practical, logical, reasonable decision. You have money. You like gadgets. Fuck it why not? It's fun.
- gtaylor 13y agoAlso, these things are priced pretty cheaply for what you get. Even if you buy a new one every year, you're still coming in cheaper than buying most high end smartphones.
- laughfactory 13y agoThat's exactly how I feel. I'm absolutely overjoyed that I can buy a phenomenal phone--every bit the equal of an iPhone 5S (in my opinion)--for a fraction of the price. And my wife goes through phones so quickly that she's always in need of a new one. But since she's so hard on her phones, she always gets my hand-me-downs. It's a great system. I get the latest and greatest (like the Nexus 5) because I take good care of my electronics, and she still gets a darn good phone (in this case my Nexus 4)...which she'll beat to death in the next 12 months...just in time for me to get the Nexus 6 and pass along my lightly-used Nexus 5. Perfect!
- izietto 13y agoHTC One is better
- piyush_soni 13y agoThey have this seemingly new sensor called "Hall Effect". Anyone knows what does it do?
- alexhill 13y agoThey vary voltage in response to a magnetic field. Among other things they're used to detect current in a wire without interrupting the circuit.
- pervycreeper 13y agoMeasures ambient magnetic fields, presumably to work with accessories such as cases or docks, etc.
- admsyn 13y agoJust FYI, Hall Effect sensors are pretty actually old school[1], simple sensors. The kind of thing that's easy to play with via an Arduino, for example[2]. [1] : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_effect [2] : http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/HallEffect http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/HallEffect
- zik 13y agoIt's basically a magnetometer aka a digital compass. It's particularly useful when orienting your map the right way.
- orbitingpluto 13y agoJust a tip: Make sure you are logged into your Google account. Until I logged in it was showing as "Out of Stock". 32gb black was available when only the 16gb white was available previously. edit: Also note that mine is a Google Play Dev Account, which may or not affect availability.
- hafichuk 13y agoI'm logged in (non-dev account) and not seeing the purchase link. I wonder why they made so few. Seems ridiculous that they'd sell out within a couple hours.
- antsam 13y agoHm. A 784kb PNG image downloaded on my phone when i tried to view that :(
- chinmoy 13y agoFor the people who can't view the Play store link, this should do fine: https://www.google.com/nexus/5/ https://www.google.com/nexus/5/
- Eleutheria 13y agoHey Google, I don't want to buy your phone yet, but let me see the damn thing at least!
- samstokes 13y agoAccording to the Kitkat developer notes, the Nexus 5 has a built-in pedometer: http://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html#44-step-detector http://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html#44-s... (That is, it has built-in pedometer sensors - not sure if it also ships with a pedometer app.)
- vinayp10 13y agothese things are bad ass. Going to buy one asap
- Zenst 13y agoWhat bugs me is the exchange rate used. $349 is not close to £299, more like £220, sure allow margin for flexability etc. But still £80 more however you look at it just a bit evil. Least the exchange rate on the 32GBversion is less evil, but still evil.
- dman 13y agoWe live in blessed times where the threshold for being evil has fallen so low.
- Zenst 13y agosarcasim? Take it you do not live in the UK and with that not effected by such evil exchange rates! FYI in the UK they are charging an extra $128.20 if your able to get your head around that.
- r00fus 13y agoDid you account for VAT? That 20% pushes your £220 up to £264 ... Only 35 quid difference.
- Zenst 13y agoNo I did not, you are correct that could and would make a difference. Though no mention was made that stoof out too me regarding VAT. Indeed do the $ prices include any form of TAX/VAT/sales TAX?
- pbreit 13y agoSorry, but, get over it. Different things are accessible in different parts of the world. That's probably unlikely to change. Ever.
- kseistrup 13y agoAvailable in Denmark from mid-November for about DKK 4k: https://twitter.com/LGNordic/status/396017139578306560 https://twitter.com/LGNordic/status/396017139578306560
- taude 13y agoAll I wanna know is how's the camera?
- josteink 13y agoI'd be a lot more interested in this if Google didn't just shutter everyone's trust in the Nexus program by obsoleting the Galaxy Nexus, a phone less than two years old. It only got one major OS upgrade since launch, which is less than most regular Samsung phones (which typically receive two). Basically, Google's flagship phone wtih 1GB RAM just got dumped on. By Google. As they launch Android 4.4 which "should run great on devices with just 512MB ram". That's just outright offensive. Buying whatever Nexus is out there when I needed a new phone has always been a no-brainer. Not so anymore.
- sghill 13y ago> Buying whatever Nexus is out there when I needed a new phone has always been a no-brainer. Not so anymore. Interesting, I would not have expected so much importance to be placed on unspecified rolling updates. My current phone is the only Nexus device I've ever had, but it was easily my best unlocked option at $250-300 US. I think that holds whether it's running 4.2 or the latest.
- josteink 13y ago> Interesting, I would not have expected so much importance to be placed on unspecified rolling updates. The Galaxy Nexus was sold on software and on software alone. It's hardware was if not underwhelming, certainly not best of breed available in the market when it was launched. And it was launched with a price to match high-end phones from other Android OEMs. If you bought this phone, you bought it because you wanted software updates. And when you consider today's smart-phone market, phones have enough RAM, CPU cores and god knows what. New hardware is not really that interesting. All the good, new and exciting stuff happens in software. From that point of view, Google just shit on the only thing which made the Galaxy Nexus worth buying in the first place. They just outright told the market: Not even a recent Nexus is guaranteed Android updates. That's a severe breach of trust.
- throwaway1979 13y agoNexus One and Nexus S buyer here. Had a terrible experience with both these devices. The way I see it, customer service isn't a priority on these devices. But the devices are pretty open so the community finds solutions. I'll give you a shocking example. There was a bug on one of the Nexus devices I owned where if you were in a deadzone for more than a few minutes, the radio would crash. I kid you not! The stupid radio would crash whenever my train went into the deadzone of the Grand Central approach. No fix, no official word. Then, some programmer released a free app where if your radio was out for more than 1-2 mins, it would automatically shutoff your radio. Got me going. This is why I would not suggest my wife or any non-tech person to get a nexus device. If you are a tech person, it is probably okay. I'm considering a Nexus 5 myself.
- meerita 13y agoA long time iphone user here. I will buy this phone soon. Been using the Nexus 4 and it looks solid in every aspect, both hardware and OS. I think Android team did an excellent job here. Apple besides, made it wrong, awful and it amazes me some people don't see it. The last OS is crap. The phones, aside the new iPhone 5S, aren't that much impressive and they're way expensive. 600 euros for a phone is nuts.