Sim free Google nexus 5 - £240 delivered at Carphone warehouse

My order from eglobalcentral.eu arrived today. Nothing to pay on import duty/customs. Took less than a week to arrive. I'd be happy to buy from them again.

The price of Nexus 5 has also been reduced there. Now €298 delivered.
http://www.eglobalcentral.eu/lg-nexus-5-16gb-sim-free-unlocked-black.html#.Uyw15PnV9NI

Edit:
Forgot to say, try adding the coupon code Chkout5 to get an extra fiver off.

baldshin wrote: »

Is this the 4g version??

Specification from website. 4G bands below

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
SIM Micro-SIM
System OS Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
CPU Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400
GPU Adreno 330
Display Type True HD IPS+ capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size and Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, 4.95 inches (~445 ppi pixel density)
Camera Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, optical image stabilization, LED flash
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps
Secondary Yes, 1.3 MP
Data GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed DC-HSDPA, HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
USB Yes, microUSB (SlimPort) v2.0, USB Host, USB On-the-go
Features Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Radio No
3.5mm jack Yes
Memory Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Card slot No
Battery Capacity Non-removable Li-Po 2300 mAh battery
Stand-by (2G) / Up to 300 h (3G)
Talk time (2G) / Up to 17 h (3G)
Size Dimensions 137.9 x 69.2 x 8.6 mm (5.43 x 2.72 x 0.34 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz)

It's the European model, D821, which works on 4G here. Has the model number printed on the box.

I was a little wary of that too before ordering. But I had seen that eglobalcentral ship to a few different European countries. I went to their German site and the Nexus 5 listing there clearly stated that it was the D821 model.
http://www.eglobalcentral.de/lg-nexus-5-4g-lte-16gb-schwarz.html

So knowing that they ship all their stuff from Hong Kong to Europe I figured it was going to be D821 for Ireland too. And it was. (phew)

Has anyone ordered from this site before? Are they ok to deal with?

Fieldog wrote: »

Car phone warehouse?

Would you not get it from Google themselves?

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_5_16GB_Black?id=nexus_5_black_16gb

From eglobalcentral.ie they are €60 cheaper than google

Used eglobalcentral.ie to purchase the nexus 5 for €292. No issues at all. Ordered on Wednesday with free shipping arrived with DHL this morning. Can confirm its the EU D821 model as well.

ballooba wrote: »

Any feedback on how long it takes once shipped from Google?

You should have it tomorrow afternoon or Wednesday at the latest. Ordered mine over a weekend and it was delivered the Tuesday afternoon. You woont always get the shipping email instantly.
I read my shipping email on the Nexus 5!

Contact them and ask them? I would also ask what the situation would be should there be a problem with the phone, would you be able to return to the UK base for that website or would it have to be shipped back to Australia should you run into a problem.

Eg: 9 months down the line (providing the warrenty still covers it) it won't turn on, what support is available to you now that you are the other side of the world?

frankled wrote: »

Just regarding this phone- I'm in Australia for the next 8 months or so and need a new phone. This one looks great, as seen here , but I'll shop around, look at reviews of that website, etc.

Looking at the specs (frequency bands, etc), can anyone second my assumption that if bought here, it will work when I'm back home? I assume so, given these specs and also the fact that the phone I have now works here.

Anyone else have any issues with Aus-bought phones brought back? Cheers.

It will work here same as over there, including 4g. Not sure about the warranty though. I'm moving to Australia this week and was gonna get the nexus here but discovered the 32gb version there works out at roughly €50 cheaper than the 16gb here so it's a no brainer to wait!

Steviemoyne wrote: »

Contact them and ask them? I would also ask what the situation would be should there be a problem with the phone, would you be able to return to the UK base for that website or would it have to be shipped back to Australia should you run into a problem.

Eg: 9 months down the line (providing the warrenty still covers it) it won't turn on, what support is available to you now that you are the other side of the world?

baldshin wrote: »

It will work here same as over there, including 4g. Not sure about the warranty though. I'm moving to Australia this week and was gonna get the nexus here but discovered the 32gb version there works out at roughly €50 cheaper than the 16gb here so it's a no brainer to wait!

RunDMC wrote: »

The D821 is the model I have, and it works fine here, 3G and 4G. The other model is primarily for US networks, the D820.

R

Great, thanks for the help.

Regarding the warranty- I might be sacrificing some of that- it'd only be for a year anyway, and given that I should be in Australia for at least 8 months I wouldn't worry too much about it. I'd be risking a 3-month period of the warranty but it's at a good price and I need the phone soon enough.