What a tease.
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What kind of release is this? No prior invites and just random middle of the day launch? I didn't even know N5 was released today til I got home and read the forum. I guess this is one way to prevent the awful Google Playstore servers from crashing.
I'm not too happy with the price of the phone. It's too expensive. And 4.4 KitKat seems pretty underwhelming based on the features reading. How can Galaxy Nexus not get 4.4 KitKat update? I thought the whole point of KitKat was it can run on devices with low memory and low specs? This is straight from the Google page:
It sounds like Galaxy Nexus could benefit from 4.4 KitKat. So Galaxy Nexus basically got one update, JellyBean. So much for direct Google update.
That's what battery charger packs are for.
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Certainly I'll post a bit about it afterward. I think this will be an opportunity to get reacquainted with stock AOSP. I'm on a business trip Tues/Wed so we'll see how this goes. Some people report the units are shipping out of CA, so if that's the case I could get it by Monday if i'm lucky.
Bah...I see the time has increased from "2-3 weeks" to "3-4 weeks".I just came from work and it looks like I didn't miss much of anything.
I've been out of the house since 8am this morning and just got back home around 10:30pm.
As for the Nexus 5, it looks like there is still plenty of stock right now so I'm not too eager to click the order button just yet.
32GB Black(which is what I want) has an estimated delivery date of 2-3 weeks.
I might as well wait for a review and also wait for people on XDA to settle on which case is the best/recommended.
I will continue to monitor the inventory levels closely and should it change to 4-5 weeks or 5-6 weeks latest, I will consider pulling the trigger.
I want the phone by December 23rd, so I'm targeting a ship date of December 16-18th.
Yes, but 15 minutes is very late. If you're anytime after the first 5 minutes, most of the enthusiasts have already ordered... Remember 15 minutes after the Nexus 4 went on sale, it was already OOSDamn you!!!! My order time is 15 min 18 sec after yours and my order is still pending and says it will ship BY November 5th. Did yours say the same thing ("Pending" and "Ships by November 5th") up until it was changed to shipped?
If they would have had a REAL announcement instead of just kind of sneaking it onto the Play store I might have been on earlier. I only knew about it because I went to Engadget at work and saw the article saying it was already on sale.
You like having a battery pack dangling from your phone when you make phone calls? Okay then....
But carrying those SUCKS. Have you ever tried to fit one of those in your pocket? Not comfortable at all.
Someone said so on Reddit earlier this afternoon. Those were the guys who got shipping confirmations around 4-5pm (PDT). But maybe you're right and they saw Google's address and got excited not knowing that's just Google's HQ.Are they really shipping from CA? Somewhere on my order it showed Google's address in Mountain View but I'm pretty sure they don't have a warehouse there. I remember my Nexus 10 shipped from Indiana. Also, just because it is shipping from CA doesn't mean it will be any faster. A lot of times things travel way out of their way because of how packages are routed. Everything from one pickup location might go to one of carrier's major routing hubs before being resorted and sent to the final destination. I live in northern California(Benicia) and I once sent a laptop in for repair. The final destination was southern California(Simi Valley if I remember correctly) and it first went to like Atlanta or someplace in Tennessee because the carrier(don't remember who it was) had a major routing hub there.
could i get wun of the these and then get the st sim card at wallymart and be in business?
im curious, did they release an lte version of nexus 4 and if so at what price. i dont know why anyone would get that dog at this point unless its really durt cheep
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the Nexus 5 is the first Nexus phone with LTE support.
Yes, but 15 minutes is very late. If you're anytime after the first 5 minutes, most of the enthusiasts have already ordered... Remember 15 minutes after the Nexus 4 went on sale, it was already OOS
Is there a phone that has LTE for both Europe and the USA? Anything?!
LTE isn't uniform all over Europe but phones like the iphone and S4 will cover pretty much everything. I can even use them in parts of Asia and Africa.
I don't like having multiple phones and I travel all over the place so this is a pain in the ass watching another phone get released with very limited LTE bands.
What's the hold up on getting a phone that works with the Americas and the rest of the world?
LTE isn't uniform all over Europe but phones like the iphone and S4 will cover pretty much everything. I can even use them in parts of Asia and Africa.
I don't like having multiple phones and I travel all over the place so this is a pain in the ass watching another phone get released with very limited LTE bands.
What's the hold up on getting a phone that works with the Americas and the rest of the world?