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Nexus 4 8GB £159, 16GB £199

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  • 28-08-2013 2:01am
    #1
    breathn
    Registered Users Posts: 483 ✭✭breathn


    The Google Play store UK has a price drop on the (unlocked) Nexus 4.

    8GB model was £239 and is now £159
    16GB model was £279 and is now £199

    I bought one a few months ago. Created a Google Wallet account with my Irish mastercard, set my Northern Ireland Parcelmotel address as the shipping and billing address and bought the nexus 4 that way.

    https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_4_8GB?id=nexus_4_8gb


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    #2
    Dman001
    Registered Users Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭Dman001


    Just nabbed myself one, and just came here to post! :D Cost me about €200 for an 8GB delivered. Delighted, because I've been looking at one for ages. And tbh it was at a cheap price before today's discount. Go quick guys, they'll be ate up!

    Edit: Also shipping date is coming up at 1st September for me. May be waiting a while for it to come, with Parcel Motel and all.


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    #3
    Mezcita
    Registered Users Posts: 2,328 ✭✭✭Mezcita


    Amazing price. Fantastic piece of kit. Pile in!


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    #4
    Dothehustle
    Registered Users Posts: 516 ✭✭✭Dothehustle


    i am very tempted but only thing that's putting me off is that there no SD slot
    might just get the 16 gb one


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    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,209 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Great deal. Pity I already bought one!


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    #6
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,852 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Cheers for the heads-up lads.

    Bought a 16GB using TunnelBear (VPN), Google Wallet and Parcel Motel.

    £208.99 was the total.

    PS - was gonna buy one after I got back from holidays via Flubit, but when they changed their Amazon policy - I didn't bother.


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    #7
    paikea
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭paikea


    Howdy Partners,

    What are the benefits of buying the Nexus 4 that way against paying €24.40 a month plus €269.99 one off to Meteor for a Galaxy S4?

    https://store.meteor.ie/phones/bill-pay-phones/galaxy-S4

    Well, that taking in consideration that one would need a data plan with a provider anyway. Not playing smart here, I just want to see if I am missing something.

    Cheers!


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    Jonny7
    Registered Users Posts: 6,696 ✭✭✭Jonny7


    The no SD slot is a deal breaker

    I have 32 gb on my current and its almost maxed out


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    cruhoortwunk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭cruhoortwunk


    paikea wrote: »
    Howdy Partners,

    What are the benefits of buying the Nexus 4 that way against paying €24.40 a month plus €269.99 one off to Meteor for a Galaxy S4?

    https://store.meteor.ie/phones/bill-pay-phones/galaxy-S4

    Well, that taking in consideration that one would need a data plan with a provider anyway. Not playing smart here, I just want to see if I am missing something.

    Cheers!

    If you buy a phone out right, you can avail of cheaper plans from the likes of lyca mobile. Ranging from €9 for 100MB and 150 texts and minutes to 29.99 unlimited everything. http://www.lycamobile.ie/en/Bundles
    Much better value when you add it up over the duration of the meteor contract. And if you don't like them you can change to someone else, as there is no contract involved


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    #10
    cruhoortwunk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭cruhoortwunk


    Jonny7 wrote: »
    The no SD slot is a deal breaker

    I have 32 gb on my current and its almost maxed out

    I have an 8GB internal storage on my phone and have only used about 4GB. Depends what you use it for. If it is your main camera and mp3 player too, you need a fair bit of storage all right.


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    Alpha Dog 1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭Alpha Dog 1


    cruhoortwunk wrote: »
    I have an 8GB internal storage on my phone and have only used about 4GB. Depends what you use it for. If it is your main camera and mp3 player too, you need a fair bit of storage all right.

    With the 5 GB, does the OS use any of that?


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    #12
    natnifnolnacs
    Registered Users Posts: 755 ✭✭✭natnifnolnacs


    Jonny7 wrote: »
    The no SD slot is a deal breaker

    I have 32 gb on my current and its almost maxed out

    It depends, if you have a good data plan and buy into the google ethos there isn't a problem. All my music is on google music so I just stream it, photos upload to dropbox automatically so I have to clear them off every now and again but that's not exactly much of an issue.

    I had an S3 and I much, much prefer the nexus


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    gflann
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭gflann


    I'm getting "devices not available in your country" just yet.
    Anyone else getting that?


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    #14
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,209 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    I've a €35 unlimited plan with emobile. If I find a better deal that suits I can switch easily. Handy for traveling abroad. Can use local sims.


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    #15
    natnifnolnacs
    Registered Users Posts: 755 ✭✭✭natnifnolnacs


    gflann wrote: »
    I'm getting "devices not available in your country" just yet.
    Anyone else getting that?

    Yes, you can't buy google devices in Ireland yet. There are work arounds for it, have a look in the stickied threads in the android forum. The flubit one isn't really current anymore as they are now just dealing with amazon. You basically have to fool google into thinking you are in the UK and get parcel motel to deliver it for you.


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    #16
    padyjoe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭padyjoe


    You must have uk ip number to gain access to Nexus devices. Vpn is your friend or someone who lives over there.


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    #17
    Jet Black
    Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Jet Black


    Details of how to order http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=83159392


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    Fresh Pots
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,234 ✭✭✭Fresh Pots


    Does everyone get charged £9.99 postage or was that just me? I ask because I couldn't get it to work for a while with tunnel bear, then it eventually worked, but says I bought from google dublin on receipt! I then went to switch off tunnel bear and it was already off so it appears I ordered in £ from the Irish google store. Odd.


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    #19
    Paddy_man
    Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭Paddy_man


    They are all sold out of Google Dublin, its one of the Tax dodging things. Selling from Ireland but not to the irish, gotta love them.. Might have to pick this up as a spare :)


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    #20
    boardie100
    Registered Users Posts: 387 ✭✭boardie100


    link doesnt work for me, or is that because i need to use tunnel bear to view it?


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    #21
    Fresh Pots
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,234 ✭✭✭Fresh Pots


    Might have to trawl an entire 4 posts back to answer that!

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=86242086&postcount=17


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    #22
    oldholborn888
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭oldholborn888


    Exactly. You need to use Tunnel Bear. The one problem I've had is when asked for a telephone number for the credit card billing address. What are people entering as won't accept any form of Irish number?


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    #23
    September1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭September1


    You can give flubit link from amazon to Nexus phone and see what price they offer... if it is decent then it may make sense to use them.


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    #24
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,852 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    September1 wrote: »
    You can give flubit link from amazon to Nexus phone and see what price they offer... if it is decent then it may make sense to use them.
    From reading the other Nexus 4 thread in the Android forum, Amazon price's have gone up this morning. Not close to what Google Play are offering.


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    #25
    Woofstuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 239 ✭✭Woofstuff


    16GB storage is useless. Fook that. I know what your saying about streaming music etc but data is unreliable in certain parts

    (trying to justify my recent s3 purchase)

    But hey, for most people 16GB will be enough. 8GB is a joke though these days.


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    #26
    crazygeryy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    Basq wrote: »
    Cheers for the heads-up lads.

    Bought a 16GB using TunnelBear (VPN), Google Wallet and Parcel Motel.

    £208.99 was the total.

    PS - was gonna buy one after I got back from holidays via Flubit, but when they changed their Amazon policy - I didn't bother.

    how did they change their policy?


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    #27
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,629 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    Sounds like the replacement for the Nexus 4 might be coming soon.

    Still an excellent deal.


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    #28
    September1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭September1


    Basq wrote: »
    From reading the other Nexus 4 thread in the Android forum, Amazon price's have gone up this morning. Not close to what Google Play are offering.

    It is not that relevant, they require to get Amazon link and then they make offer. If you like offer you buy, otherwise you might reject it and as a reason give them link to cheaper product somewhere else. I think switching to Amazon for "original" offer would mean for them more offers rejected, not less work...


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    #29
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    crazygeryy wrote: »
    how did they change their policy?

    They only accept Amazon URLs.


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    #30
    syncosised
    Registered Users Posts: 708 ✭✭✭syncosised


    Ordered this with a little bit of hassle, but mostly grand.

    I set up a Parcel Motel account, and went on to Google Play using Tunnel Bear. I had to clear my cache to get the UK site though. I ordered the phone, and then logged in with my normal Google account. I put in the Parcel Motel address for delivery, and used my Irish card with my Irish address but with the country set to UK (no choice there), and the Parcel Motel postal code. I got an "Oops technical error" the first time, but the next time it went through fine.

    Thanks for the heads up on this, it's a great deal!


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    #31
    Ilyushin76
    Registered Users Posts: 668 ✭✭✭Ilyushin76


    I ordered the 16gb and seen the money is taking from my card,I thought the didnt take it till the shipped it?


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