Nexus 4 ordering process

To be fair, you say that as if Google don't actually want to sell the device in Ireland or have as many people using their media store as possible. As near as I'm aware, the reason that we don't have Play Music/Movies/Books in Ireland is because getting something like that up and running here is made very difficult by the laws and licencing in this country. iTunes was and is far less good in Ireland when you compare it to the amount of content available for users in other countries (this is something which is improving, but still), look at how long it took Spotify to get to market here and look at other services such as the PSN store.

The entire reason why Google is selling it so cheap, as noted, is to get people spending money on music, movies and books. When it cannot do so in this country right now, for whatever reason, it simply does not make business sense to try and get the device into the hands of Irish users ahead of other regions where they'll actually make money by doing so. And this is coming from someone who desperately wants a Nexus 4 and is considering paying far above and beyond the €299 price tag to do so.

Similarly, as noted by Android Police last week, it was almost literally impossible for them to gauge demand for it and as a result having the stock to match demand was practically impossible. Apple has far more experience at launching its own devices and besides anything, what Google is doing here is incredibly important for the consumer. How much is a new iPhone unlocked? How much are we all getting riddled for on eighteen month or two year contracts? Google may have botched this launch to some extent but I think when we're looking back at this in five years it will be seen as a landmark moment in a lot of ways. Gaining some control from carriers without spending huge amounts of money up front for a top of the range device is very, very important in my opinion and anybody attempting to provide this is doing a very positive thing in my opinion.

belmulletman wrote: »

I've just heard from a number of different, unrelated sources that Google are planning on trailing a retail store here in Ireland.
That would also lend credibility to the online store being available here as well.

Maybe they read it here http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-09/google-plans-first-retail-store-at-europe-headquarters-building-in-dublin.html

Which Google were quick to deny http://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/item/25729-google-says-no-plans-to-ope

Though the denial did seem a little half hearted

"We already have an online store selling things like Google T-shirts and pens.We have the option of a small space doing the same in our Dublin office but we've not made any decisions, it's simply a planning application"

I'd love a device store to open up here, I also love to be able to buy the likes of music and or movies here, but I really don't see it happening soon, by soon I mean the next few weeks.

As i've got a work pc and work laptop for home, I dont want to start messing around with IP addresses. I will do it on my sisters laptop when I am in her house.
If these are out before Christmas I am going to get a friend to bring it home from NY for me (in my opinion i think this is a marketing ploy and they will definatly be out before Chrismtas, if they are not, google have been pretty stupid, but thats just my opinion).
What I want to ask is there phone covers and accessories also available to buy on the site? I think someone said here there is an option for wireless charging, how much is this extra gadget for example?

Will be interesting to see the price in shops over here

http://www.gsmarena.com/nexus_4_carphone_warehouse_surprising_price-news-5111.php

thomasj wrote: »

Will be interesting to see the price in shops over here

http://www.gsmarena.com/nexus_4_carphone_warehouse_surprising_price-news-5111.php

Ugh
I don't know why they would even bother when the play store is so much cheaper and available in the UK.
Unless google intends to only sell a very small amount themselves.

To anyone who has got one could you tell us what you think of it please.
Cheers.

Yep. All the time. I see the 3G nexus 7 came back into stock during the night. Like you said I'd re-stock at random times.

Nolimits wrote: »

Does anyone else check to see if it's back in stock if they wake up during the night? I've started doing this, I checked it on my phone at about 4 this morning :-)

My thinking is, if I were in charge that's probably when I'd put it back after what happened last time, at least you wouldnt get the rush of thousands of people at the same time.

anyone using a vpn? if so can you have a look at the US play store and see if they have any nexus 4 in stock. i have some some family on holiday there this week. does it give guaranteed delivery times? thanks folks.

emo72 wrote: »

anyone using a vpn? if so can you have a look at the US play store and see if they have any nexus 4 in stock. i have some some family on holiday there this week. does it give guaranteed delivery times? thanks folks.

I'm in the US till mid Dec, have a page monitor running on the site and still feel compelled to check almost on an hourly basis! Will post here as soon as they come back up, better be before I leave!!

Incompetent wrote: »

At least I'm not the only one unreasonably obsessed with checking.

I generally have this tab open all the time, and check every hour or so. I know there's a good chance it won't be before december, or even during december, but I can't help myself.

Does anyone know if you can just enter a non-legit phone number for the UK?

Order 2 and ill give you my legit phone number to use which I have when working over there

A friend mentioned last night that the Nexus 4 had LTE, bunch of videos on YouTube about it.

tylerdurden94 wrote: »

A friend mentioned last night that the Nexus 4 had LTE, bunch of videos on YouTube about it.

Not a person wrote: »

It has an lte chip as its part of the processor but it doesnt have the other stuff that it requires to work.

As mentioned by MiCr0 earlier, and also stated in the clip tyler linked, the Nexus 4 works on LTE at 1700/2100 MHz (Band 4) which is not the right frequency for Ireland. Below is the table MiCr0 posted regarding recent spectrum auction by Comreg:

MiCr0 wrote: »

Frequency Band|Licence Period|Hutchison 3G Ireland Ltd.|Meteor Mobile Communications Ltd|Telefonica Ireland Ltd|Vodafone Ireland Ltd
800 MHz|2013-2015|-|2 × 10 MHz|2 × 10 MHz|2 × 10 MHz|
|2015-2030|-|2 × 10 MHz|2 × 10 MHz|2 × 10 MHz
900 MHz|2013-2015|2 × 5 MHz|2 × 5 MHz|2 × 10 MHz|2 × 10 MHz|
|2015-2030|2 × 5 MHz|2 × 10 MHz|2 × 10 MHz|2 × 10 MHz
1800 MHz|2013-2015|2 × 10 MHz|2 × 10 MHz|-|2 × 15 MHz
|2015-2030|2 × 20 MHz|2 × 15 MHz|2 × 15 MHz|2 × 25 MHz

So unfortunately the best you'll get here on the Nexus 4 is HSPA+

This is unreal, that this phone not available here.

And if those reports are true that it will be retailed at €420 here, they **** right off. I wanted this on release, but since we are a ****bag country who couldn't organise a birthday party, I'll just hang on till I travel abroad or a friend does, mental stuff.

TheDoc wrote: »

This is unreal, that this phone not available here.

And if those reports are true that it will be retailed at €420 here, they **** right off. I wanted this on release, but since we are a ****bag country who couldn't organise a birthday party, I'll just hang on till I travel abroad or a friend does, mental stuff.

Don't blame the country, blame the company who refuses to sell it. We're cheap labour for them (or a tax haven), but aren't worth selling to.