Nexus 5

As an African&#x2F;Nigerian I am not even allowed to see what it looks like. Talk less of trying to make a purchase [1].<p>Last Night, I had to lie that I am in the US so I would be allowed to by Remote by 37Signals on my kindle.<p>Quite ridiculous and annoying.<p><a href="http://imgur.com/eS8agor" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;eS8agor</a>

I&#x27;d be a lot more interested in this if Google didn&#x27;t just shutter everyone&#x27;s trust in the Nexus program by obsoleting the Galaxy Nexus, a phone less than two years old.<p>It only got one major OS upgrade since launch, which is less than most regular Samsung phones (which typically receive two).<p>Basically, Google&#x27;s flagship phone wtih 1GB RAM just got dumped on. By Google. As they launch Android 4.4 which &quot;should run great on devices with just 512MB ram&quot;.<p>That&#x27;s just outright offensive. Buying whatever Nexus is out there when I needed a new phone has always been a no-brainer. Not so anymore.

I LOVE my Nexus 4 (running on Straight Talk) and can&#x27;t wait to upgrade to the Nexus 5. The Nexus 4 has been my single favorite Android smartphone EVER. And I&#x27;ve previously owned a host of Android smartphones. Most of them just didn&#x27;t work as well as advertised. The Nexus 4 does. Previously I had a Galaxy Note, for example, which I absolutely hated. It had all kinds of lag and performance issues, and I really hated getting updates so slowly. It&#x27;s camera was crappy, its keyboard worse. The only thing I liked about it was the big beautiful screen. However, the Nexus 4 has a beautiful (if smaller) screen, too, and WAY better performance. I will NEVER purchase a non-Nexus Android phone (unless they let me down sometime in the future). I&#x27;ve been tempted by some of the HTC&#x27;s but ultimately dissuaded by the fact that they still take a while to get the latest and greatest Android updates.<p>LG and Nexus FTW.

Actual link: <a href="http://www.google.com/nexus/5/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;nexus&#x2F;5&#x2F;</a> (the current one can&#x27;t be visited by countries outside US)

Any chance of a Nexus 3 for people who don&#x27;t want a tablet in their pocket?

4.95&quot; 1920x1080 display (445 ppi), it reads. Does those specs make this phone the one with highest DPI ever? It is certainly above retina display, right?

my friend working at Samsung, tells me internal joke, that there must be a very well paid guy at Google HQ whos sole responsibility is to figure out how to cripple Nexus devices (micro SD slot, battery) and distribution (limited rollout to only bunch of countries) in order to NOT alienate other Android manufacturers.

&quot;Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet. We&#x27;re working to bring devices to more countries as quickly as possible. Please check back again soon.&quot;<p>I still don&#x27;t understand why they only sell this in some EU countries and not others. Friends in the know tell me it&#x27;s something to do with certification which seems strange inside the EU.<p>But even if that&#x27;s the case surely they could just show me the damn page and then tell me they can&#x27;t ship to my address. That&#x27;s what Amazon does for some things anyway. At least that way I could look at the damn thing and potentially have it shipped somewhere else.

It seems like they are &quot;metering&quot; the sales by making them available at a certain rate.<p>When I first went to the play store site, it showed &quot;sold out&quot;. Later on, I refreshed the page randomly and it showed the price tag button which lets you order. I tried to order it, but by the time I got to the checkout page it showed my shopping cart as empty. Going back to the front page showed &quot;sold out again&quot;.<p>I waited a while, reloaded once in a while until I saw the price button again, and clicked through really fast to the checkout screen and I was able to purchase one.<p>Your mileage may vary.

Are there any reviews out yet on the echo cancellation? The Nexus 4 suffers from a bug that makes most VOIP apps useless. [1] Even though this should have been fixed by now, I would upgrade to the Nexus 5 if it only fixes this.<p>1. <a href="https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=41626" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.google.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;android&#x2F;issues&#x2F;detail?id=41626</a>

The sensor list has an interesting addition (Hall Effect). I&#x27;d be curious to see how it&#x27;s implemented and how to interface with it. Possibly connected with the wireless charging support?<p>Sensors: Accelerometer GPS Compass Proximity&#x2F;Ambient Light Gyroscope Pressure Hall Effect

I just ordered one, but I&#x27;m currently on Verizon. What does everyone think is the best way to go in terms of non-contract carriers for the N5? Heard some good things about Straight Talk, but also read that their customer service is horrible.

It&#x27;s disappointing that they&#x27;re already sold out, less than an hour after this link was posted. After last year&#x27;s debacle, I was expecting Google to prepare appropriately for the release.

It&#x27;s quite depressing that a 350$ phone will probably translate to 460€ in Belgium and the Netherlands. That&#x27;s 626$ if you use the official exchange course between euro&#x27;s and dollars.<p>We don&#x27;t have phones on Google Play.<p>EDIT: Strike that, it&#x27;s dropped to 399€, that&#x27;s still 543$.

Nearly ordered one. Last minute I though &quot;Is this phone going to anything my nexus 4 can&#x27;t?&quot; And the answer was nope for me

Weird links on Play store. The default link takes you to the 16gb black version but doesnt show the other options.<p>This link shows me both colors as well as 16&#x2F;32 gb options. <a href="https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_white_32gb" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;devices&#x2F;details?id=nexus_5_whi...</a>

So the device is unavailable in Canada. Is this going to be another Nexus 4 debacle, with nowhere near enough stock to meet demand? If so, how long until we get another &quot;email me when there&#x27;s more in stock&quot; app?

That&#x27;s kind of interesting. They seem to be tracking the expected delivery date really well. At first, it says 1-2 business days. Then it went to November 5th, then it moved to November 8th. The black 16gb is moving the quickest at the moment.

I would totally give up my AT&amp;T S4 with a flashed Google Edition ROM but....there is no sdcard slot. What I am going to do without my extra 32gb of space?<p>I like expansion and that was one of the main reasons I gave up my iPhone 4 for a S4.

So i placed an order for a 32GB version and then a 16gb became available. Now im unable to cancel the 32GB order and I get this error message:<p>&quot;There Was a Problem We are unable to cancel your order at this time. If your order is being prepared for delivery, you will receive an email shortly if you haven’t already. For further assistance, please visit the Google Play Help Center.&quot;<p>The orders are not shipped until Nov. 8, so this has got to be some sort of software glitch, but Im unable to find any info on how to contact support other than a link to cancel the order(that produced the original error)<p>Any advice?

A long time iphone user here. I will buy this phone soon. Been using the Nexus 4 and it looks solid in every aspect, both hardware and OS. I think Android team did an excellent job here. Apple besides, made it wrong, awful and it amazes me some people don&#x27;t see it. The last OS is crap. The phones, aside the new iPhone 5S, aren&#x27;t that much impressive and they&#x27;re way expensive. 600 euros for a phone is nuts.

Can anyone verify that the Nexus 5 won&#x27;t work with Verizon? I thought I saw support for VZ&#x27;s LTE bands but maybe I misunderstood?

Any news on the nexus 10 refresh? Either that device does not exist or google and asus have done an exceptional job keeping a lid on it.

Bah. Typical online store crap. Why the hell can&#x27;t they do real pre-orders instead of running out of inventory. You&#x27;d think that Google would have heard of kickstarter by now and actually figured out why that sales model rocks.

My only wish is that Google would allow Google Now email notifications to work with google apps accounts. I bought a Nexus 4 on the first day after reading about Google Now, it was the number one feature I was most excited for. When I learned that my google apps email address would not work with flights reminders, tracking numbers, etc I was very angry. This was only advertised in small font somewhere deep in google&#x27;s help pages.<p>Why does google alway force google apps users to be second class citizens?

According to the Kitkat developer notes, the Nexus 5 has a built-in pedometer: <a href="http://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html#44-step-detector" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.android.com&#x2F;about&#x2F;versions&#x2F;kitkat.html#44-s...</a><p>(That is, it has built-in pedometer <i>sensors</i> - not sure if it also ships with a pedometer app.)

Anyone know if the Nexus 5 will use a Micro SIM or Nano SIM? Straight Talk doesn&#x27;t sell Nano SIM cards at the moment.

Ordered one about an hour ago (from France).<p>Originally, the message after payment was: &quot;Order not completed It is taking a little longer than normal to process your order. We will let you know via email when your order is complete. This can take up to 15 minutes.&quot;<p>Now, it just displays &quot;PENDING&quot; in my orders...<p>Fingers crossed!

They have this seemingly new sensor called &quot;Hall Effect&quot;. Anyone knows what does it do?

So does anyone know what US carriers this will work on? I wish they would just say it somewhere.

Just a tip: Make sure you are logged into your Google account. Until I logged in it was showing as &quot;Out of Stock&quot;.<p>32gb black was available when only the 16gb white was available previously.<p>edit: Also note that mine is a Google Play Dev Account, which may or not affect availability.

Can someone explain why Motorola Mobility wouldn&#x27;t take over manufacturing Nexus devices?

I ordered 2x 32GB version (from UK). There are also white ones available, apparently.<p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_white_32gb" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;devices&#x2F;details?id=nexus_5_whi...</a>

In retrospect of placing an order, I&#x27;m somewhat let down by lack of removable battery, if only that it&#x27;s the only way I know for sure the device is OFF and not offering up my location for data mining by advertisers and spy agencies.

Only the black 16GB version in the UK store at the minute. Selling for £299.99. Looks like a really nice device. I got the Nexus 4 in July and have liked it but found it lacking in a few areas. Looking forward to trying the 5.

Anyone know if it&#x27;s possible to order the international version from within the USA? I&#x27;m moving to New Zealand soon and I&#x27;d be tickled if I could get the one with support for LTE bands 3&#x2F;7...

Available in Denmark from mid-November for about DKK 4k:<p><a href="https://twitter.com/LGNordic/status/396017139578306560" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;LGNordic&#x2F;status&#x2F;396017139578306560</a>

For the people who can&#x27;t view the Play store link, this should do fine: <a href="https://www.google.com/nexus/5/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;nexus&#x2F;5&#x2F;</a>

5in screen... Man. I&#x27;m quite content with my 4.7&#x27;&#x27; screen. Why are we slowly and steadily moving the sizes of our phone screens up? A year or two ago we were happily at 4.3

Do the white Nexus 5s have a black front? Toggling the white color shows the device with a white back, but a black front. This looks kind of odd to me.

Sorry, but, get over it. Different things are accessible in different parts of the world. That&#x27;s probably unlikely to change. Ever.

Does anyone know if the Nexus 5 uses a Micro SIM or Nano SIM? Straight Talk currently doesn&#x27;t sell Nano SIM cards.

It said it would be shipped before November 4, after 10 minutes it said it would be shipped by November 8, WTF?

Download a VPN app like TunnelBear (www.tunnelbear.com), and choose the country you want to appear in

I&#x27;m only seeing T-Mobile as the supported carriers? This isn&#x27;t supported on Verizon, is it?

What is the price difference between 16gb and 32gb devices? Can&#x27;t see it in my country.

So, have they completely dropped the n4? Did they clear them out at the old low price?

Are they already out of stock or there is just none available in my country (Canada)?

Hm. A 784kb PNG image downloaded on my phone when i tried to view that :(

I wonder if they plan to put out a 32GB version? My Nexus 4 is 32GB.

What bugs me is the exchange rate used.<p>$349 is not close to £299, more like £220, sure allow margin for flexability etc. But still £80 more however you look at it just a bit evil. Least the exchange rate on the 32GBversion is less evil, but still evil.

Ordered one even though I didn&#x27;t really NEED a new phone...

All I wanna know is how&#x27;s the camera?

I was hoping for a waterproof device...

Sold Out! wow

My nexus 4 is still an excellent phone, but I want to buy the 5 anyway...<p>Brain... brain stahp...

these things are bad ass. Going to buy one asap

8.59 mm, 2300 mAh

HTC One is better

Hey Google, I don&#x27;t want to buy your phone yet, but let me see the damn thing at least!

Bigger than 3.5 inches, not interested.

&quot;Unavailable in your country&quot;. Probably I am not worthy. OMG how I hate all this.

2gb of Ram is disappointing, extra memory really helps a smart phone keep up after two years of use.

My three year old Nexus One has more storage with it&#x27;s 32GB SD card plus it&#x27;s 512MB internal storage.<p>In fact, I don&#x27;t think any of the Nexus phone has had more storage than the Nexus One was capable of.<p>Google is doing evil by &quot;strongly encouraging by use of brute force&quot; users to store their data in the Cloud&#x2F;NSA, where governments and private parties can then inspect that data and figure out what a good&#x2F;bad citizen you are and then take action based on your political beliefs, sexual preferences, religious beliefs, and race&#x2F;gender, as they have repeatedly done in the past and continue to do today.<p>Fortunately, there are a few phones with still support SD cards (SGS4), but I can imagine Google strong-arming them into discontinuing this support.