Nexus 5 on sale

lau1247 wrote: »

at the shopping basket level just before check out it say on the bottom the delivery is mainland uk only :mad:

Just use parcel motel. Maybe someone in NI could let us know when they are on the shelves up there.

TBH I would only upgrade if the camera is substantially better than my Xperia T. I haven't been impressed with LG cameras in the past.

Grecco wrote: »

Very ugly phone

..whats so ugly about it...looks fairly similar to other phones on the market..

Evil_g wrote: »

Any one know if bricks and mortar Car Phone warehouse stores in the North might be stocking these at some stage?

Heh...their IE account is being bombarded: https://twitter.com/CarphoneIE

I've asked their UK account.

You can reserve one on their website and collect it up north. As far as I am aware it is just the 16gb and it is 15 pound cheaper than Google Playstore.

Ugggggggggggggggh it doesn't have an Apple logo on it!!!111oneoneone

bren2001 wrote: »

You can reserve one on their website and collect it up north. As far as I am aware it is just the 16gb and it is 15 pound cheaper than Google Playstore.

I tried reserving one for Newry and it wouldn't let me

micks_address wrote: »

I tried reserving one for Newry and it wouldn't let me

Rang them about 10 times, (other stores too) but none Would answer the phones...
Was willing to drive up there if they would keep one but never did.

Kristopherus wrote: »

£259.00 with free delivery from Amazon.co.uk. I don't know if they'll ship to Parcel Motel in N.I. But they will take an Irish credit card.

Do you have a link to Amazon? Can't find it for sale on there

spr1nt3r wrote: »

Hate all the waiting. You always see stuff in US, then trickled down to UK for 40% higher price and eventually deliveries to IE or IE stores selling for another 15% on top. Joke..
Also if it goes the same path Google dongle went might as well buy something else than wait. It all looks good in trade shows until it actually reaches the stores with hefty premium.

In fairness prices in the US don't include tax, which is usually under 10% when added whereas us and the UK prices will include VAT at in or around 20%

spr1nt3r wrote: »

Hate all the waiting. You always see stuff in US, then trickled down to UK for 40% higher price and eventually deliveries to IE or IE stores selling for another 15% on top. Joke..
Also if it goes the same path Google dongle went might as well buy something else than wait. It all looks good in trade shows until it actually reaches the stores with hefty premium.

Just in case you were going to get this phone from the US for a cheaper price as you say, be warned that it will not work on 4G networks in Europe.
There is a US spec LTE Nexus 5 with US only bands and then the rest of world version with US and Asia 4G LTE bands.
If this doesn't concern you, like using 3G only, then getting the US version is worth it.

Zascar wrote: »

Any idea if O2 etc will have this soon? Why does the UK get it and we can't??

I'd be interested to know this myself; any reason why Google has closed off an entire market for their product(s)?

Has to be carrier induced? Strange to see a behometh like Google be bullied if that's the case.

bromley52 wrote: »

For anyone interested CPW uk and the UK Google store are selling the Nexus 5. CPW is £15 cheaper if you can buy from them.


mod edit:

Carphone Warehouse link - £295 (16gb only)
NOTE: seems they will only ship to mainland UK

Anyone looking to buy through the UK playstore could try these steps

The price has changed on the carphonewarehouse site to £429

how is this a bargain?
its 349 on google (germany) in euro, so the UK price is dearer.

if its not available in Ireland then its damn bloody ironic seeing as its billed to google hq on barrow st!!
I had to buy one for a lad whose wife worked in google, yet couldnt get a poxy up-to-date google phone. Near fell on the floor with laughter when I saw who was "selling" it to me!!! EDIT: same office as yer one actually worked at!!

but the real problem is that the phones never actually see Ireland, only the cash does, on its way to the bahamas to another shell company that google (saviours of the world and all round good guys) have there as the end destination for their untaxed european incomes.

free_man wrote: »

Google Play UK still has it for 299£ + 9.99£ postage. Its very dear now.

????

What is very dear? The postage?

The overall cost is dear.

308.99£ equates to 495$ and that for 16GB.
In US 16Gb one is going for 359$ + Tax which will bring it closer to 400$. So UK is abt 100$ dearer.

I call that dear.

free_man wrote: »

The overall cost is dear.

308.99£ equates to 495$ and that for 16GB.
In US 16Gb one is going for 359$ + Tax which will bring it closer to 400$. So UK is abt 100$ dearer.

I call that dear.

Its still cheap for what it is and the US model is of no use here as the LTE bands are different.

Got a 32gb white from the UK play store which worked out at 423 delivered including parcel motel and currency conversion. If I was to buy a new unlocked version of its peers I'd be looking at 200 on top of that. There's very little between this and my HTC One, certainly less than 200 euro anyway. Maybe an extra 10% battery at the end of the day tops.

ShoulderChip wrote: »

Hi,

query on this, why is the US version no good?
Is it purely because 4g won't work? or is there something else I should know before purchasing?

Thanks

4g would be the main part. Now it might not matter to some, and it is only beginning it's roll out. As slow as the networks here usually are if you're living in a major centre you're going to miss the boat. And if you sell your devices on afterwards the US versions will be ones to avoid.

I'd also wonder what the story would be with warranty claims if you needed to make one. Could be a right pain.