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Nexus 4: The Australian Thread

Hey Guys!
So the Nexus 4 has been released upon the masses with the first batch of the 16GB being sold out in 22 minutes and the 8GB being sold out a few hours later.
This thread will be a general area for Australian owners and potential owners to hang out, ask questions, get advice and get help quickly and within your time zone.
If anyone helps you or offers you advice don't forget to hit the ":good: Thanks" button in the bottom left corner of their post!
Please let me know if there's any important Australian specific information and I will put it here in the OP!

I'm buying one as soon as we are able to on the 13th. I purchased a nexus 7 on release day from the Google play store and received it 3 days after the funds were taken out of my bank account.
Generally they're pretty good with postage. I wouldn't trade my nexus 7 for anything!
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Hey can any of you guys tell me how I can get the Nexus 4 in New Zealand from Australia? Don't have an Australian credit or debit card, btw.
Also what are the shipping costs and the price of the phone there? (16 GB)

Mohit12 said:
Also what are the shipping costs and the price of the phone there? (16 GB)
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Not sure about the price to ship to NZ but the shipping cost here for me when it was the N7 launch was $20 2 day shipping.

Will be ordering the nexus 4 day one, 12 midnight on the 13th?or US time.? Still keeping my HTC one x
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I'm from India, but my dad will be visiting Australia soon, and I can't wait for him to bring home a Nexus 4.
If a boxed piece is carried, would we have to pay customs/taxes? Any info on this anyone?

Buying one as soon as it hits the Play Store - my F5 key is unaware of the storm that's coming.
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Same here, really hope that it is going to be released 12am on the 13th which means we will may - if they start shipping that day - have our orders start to be processed before the US even has the option to order hehe..
That is provided they do something similar to the Nexus 7 launch but in a more organised manner. Which I believe is the case.
(ie. Send large amounts of stock to each country that is selling it, wait for them all to get to respective countries, open orders, all send on the same day worldwide.)

I'm getting 16gb model a few days after launch (pay day)
Do they come from an Australian retailer or do our orders get shipped from the US?
My SGS2 has been good to me. My girlfriend will love it! I just can't pass up paying $399 outright for a phone that on paper, is probably the best on the market? You couldn't pay less than $400 for any other phone on our market could you?

Anywhere we can find a silicon case for the nexus4? Google releasing any at launch? Can't find any info
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I'm going to get the 16gb on the 13th also with accessories. Can't wait
mafia187 said:
Anywhere we can find a silicon case for the nexus4? Google releasing any at launch? Can't find any info
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Someone in one of the other threads said that this will lauch with a bumper case for the nexus 4

I'm totally buying on the 13th, it just annoys me that I have to pay $40 more than in Canada, considering I've only been here for 2 months... WHY COULDN'T THEY RELEASE IT WITH THE NEXUS 7?!

I'm looking at upgrading from my Galaxy S1 to the Nexus 4 when it comes out. I really don't mind the lack of LTE since I'm on TPG (who don't give access to LTE anyway). I'm pretty sure they do give access to Optus HSPA+ though, which should give me a speed bump from my S1 anyhow.
The only thing I am unsure about is using the Nexus 4 as my main music player, which is one of the main things I use my S1 for, apart from the usual phone and mapping stuff. Registering (through an American proxy) for Google Music and uploading all my music seems like the easiest method of doing this, but I am worried whether all the music streaming I would do would chew through my 1.5GB data allowance per month. Can anyone speak to their experience with music streaming with their monthly data allowance? Any better methods than Google Music in Australia? I've tried Spotify and found they didn't really have all the music I would like to listen to, and their app was still Gingerbread styled... ew.
Another (minor) problem is travelling overseas and having music. Data is too costly if travelling, so I suppose I would be stuck using my S1 while travelling, which I would probably keep as a backup phone anyhow.

I'm going to get this in store rather than on the Play Store since I can't convince my parents to shop online so I'm hoping that JB Hi-Fi will sell this by the end of the month (Does anyone know if it will be in stores next week at all?). Otherwise, can anyone name any stores in Melbourne or Sydney that has a possibility of selling this?
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hey guys im in melbourne, i convinced my dad and hes said he will order it for me on the 13th november. But probably not 12 am maybe in the evening after he goes home from work. How long do u guys think it will take until the nexus 4 stock for australia runs out? I am paranoid that it will run out when I get it (13 november evening) its probably not possible but im just paranoid :/

shayne77 said:
I'm getting 16gb model a few days after launch (pay day)
Do they come from an Australian retailer or do our orders get shipped from the US?
My SGS2 has been good to me. My girlfriend will love it! I just can't pass up paying $399 outright for a phone that on paper, is probably the best on the market? You couldn't pay less than $400 for any other phone on our market could you?
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Does this $400 AUD include shipping and taxes?

Mohit12 said:
Does this $400 AUD include shipping and taxes?
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Nope it doensn't include shipping and tax, 2 days shipping is going to cost roughly 20$

Mighty Arceus493 said:
I'm going to get this in store rather than on the Play Store since I can't convince my parents to shop online so I'm hoping that JB Hi-Fi will sell this by the end of the month (Does anyone know if it will be in stores next week at all?). Otherwise, can anyone name any stores in Melbourne or Sydney that has a possibility of selling this?
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RsurNexusS said:
hey guys im in melbourne, i convinced my dad and hes said he will order it for me on the 13th november. But probably not 12 am maybe in the evening after he goes home from work. How long do u guys think it will take until the nexus 4 stock for australia runs out? I am paranoid that it will run out when I get it (13 november evening) its probably not possible but im just paranoid :/
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Soooooon haha
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/11/the-nexus-4-will-likely-hit-store-shelves-soon/

i too will be one of those sad cases that stays up till midnight pressing F5 JUST IN CASE i can order it 8 hours before the next person

shayne77 said:
I'm getting 16gb model a few days after launch (pay day)
Do they come from an Australian retailer or do our orders get shipped from the US?
My SGS2 has been good to me. My girlfriend will love it! I just can't pass up paying $399 outright for a phone that on paper, is probably the best on the market? You couldn't pay less than $400 for any other phone on our market could you?
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Not sure but when I pre-ordered the Nexus 7 it said
Purchased from:
Google Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
8 Marina View, Asia Square 1 #30-01
Singapore
018960
Singapore
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so I assume it will be sent from the same place meaning 2 to 5 days delivery on average

UK Retailers stocking N4

I went into Carphone warehouse today hoping to have a look at one but they didn't have the handset and they thought they wouldn't have one for 1-2 weeks.
If you find a London retailer stocking the handsets, please post here as I'd love to have a look at one before I pull the trigger.

dknotty said:
I went into Carphone warehouse today hoping to have a look at one but they didn't have the handset and they thought they wouldn't have one for 1-2 weeks.
If you find a London retailer stocking the handsets, please post here as I'd love to have a look at one before I pull the trigger.
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Try an o2 shop if you have one near by, mine had a couple but no display model.

Didn't O2 get a 1 month stock exclusivity for the N4? Or am I imagining that?
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/01/o2_touts_extortionate_tariffs_for_nexus_4_exclusive/

even if they sell you them simfree, arnt they doing a ridiculous price!?

Yep, £399 for the privilege...

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Didn't O2 get a 1 month stock exclusivity for the N4? Or am I imagining that?
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/01/o2_touts_extortionate_tariffs_for_nexus_4_exclusive/
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They have an exclusive for contact subsidized phones, not SIM free.

Car phone here have them
But won't sell them without contract
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Please use the existing UK Nexus 4 users' thread.
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UK shipping

I think we can all agree that the original "Play Store orders and shipping thread!" thread has gotten pretty out of hand.
I was lucky enough to have ordered the nexus 4 in the morning. And like most of you my play store thing says "Shipping estimate: November 15, 2012"
Has anyone actually received any tracking information?
Also I see that the payment went to somewhere in Ireland. According to a Google rep, all devices will be shipped from America but some people are thinking that it would come from Ireland. Can someone with some tracking info clear that up?
I see that some people have bought the nexus 4 early from the various places already from the UK, but let's keep this for play store purchases.
Let's see who's the first forum member to receive the device in the UK as well!
Thanks

At least if it did ship to the UK from the US it would justify the ludicrous shipping price for 2 day delivery.

antonusklesk said:
At least if it did ship to the UK from the US it would justify the ludicrous shipping price for 2 day delivery.
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When I ordered my Nexus 7 from the Play store that was also £9.99 and said two day shipping. In reality though, they were all sent next day.
I'm pretty sure that is what will happen with the N4's. At least, that's what I am hoping.

OriginalBilly said:
When I ordered my Nexus 7 from the Play store that was also £9.99 and said two day shipping. In reality though, they were all sent next day.
I'm pretty sure that is what will happen with the N4's. At least, that's what I am hoping.
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I thought this would be the case as if you go here http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411789#GB it says that Google use TNT, who only have next day delivery options.
Yet if you go through the help section on a different page it says they use DHL who do have 2 day shipping http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&hlrm=en&answer=2715831
Complete miscommunication from Google for all of this, makes it really confusing for the customer.

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At least if it did ship to the UK from the US it would justify the ludicrous shipping price for 2 day delivery.
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It is quite ridiculous for a domestic shipment.

No shipping for me yet. And I really can't imagine them sending all devices from US, seems kinda silly. I think the money has to go each area's 'HQ' (in our case, Dublin) but I think it will be shipped from some random warehouse in the UK.
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Don't really think this needed a new thread. Google doesn't ship to the UK from the US. They pay a distribution company manage the processing/sending out of orders.

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I thought this would be the case as if you go here http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411789#GB it says that Google use TNT, who only have next day delivery options.
Yet if you go through the help section on a different page it says they use DHL who do have 2 day shipping http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&hlrm=en&answer=2715831
Complete miscommunication from Google for all of this, makes it really confusing for the customer.
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Hmm that is confusing. On my order it says expected delivery 15th November, so hopefully it will arrive then or before.

Since all the nexus7 devices are shipped and returned to the UK there would be no reason for it to ship from the US. My nexus7 came from Ireland so my bet is it will be the same for the n4.

Purchased from:
Google Commerce Ltd
Gordon House, Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland
GB 117 313 544

well if it looks like they're shipping from Ireland doesn't that mean that they should've atleast done some orders today by now? Did any of you get shipping details?

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Purchased from:
Google Commerce Ltd
Gordon House, Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland
GB 117 313 544
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That's just the registered office address. They will ship from a distribution companies warehouse somewhere in the uk

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That's just the registered office address. They will ship from a distribution companies warehouse somewhere in the uk
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Oh ok, I wonder how TNT/whoever are going to handle shipping. I wont be in tomorrow, wonder if they will leave it outside my door for it to be stolen, give it to my neighbour or bring it to the DEPO which is a good 30min drive from me, and I dont drive ):

So are any of you expecting it tomorrow?

Why would it arrive tomorrow?
Have people had shipped notices yet?

Google operate their business out of Ireland for tax reasons, I think its exceptionally unlikely that they would also operate their stock and shipping from there.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20288077 - Bottom of this article briefly mentions the reason behind the "Ireland" location.

Higgsy said:
Don't really think this needed a new thread. Google doesn't ship to the UK from the US. They pay a distribution company manage the processing/sending out of orders.
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You already have the answer here ^^^
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I'm pretty sure it says estimated shipping date 15th...... I don't think anyone has received anything about shipping today...

Please continue this discussion here
UK thread - Contracts, rumours, information, etc.
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[PT] Nexus 5 - Portugal thread

I've searched but I didn't found any thread for the portuguese market.
So, I think that we needed this place to talk about the long waited Nexus 5.
Last year was very to us to get the Nexus 4 (at least at a fair price). Due to the stock crash only in January or February it was available at the main stores like Fnac or MediaMarkt but priced over 550€.
I hope that this year we could have it a lot earlier. Last year Google released some of his services in our country, like books or music. I hope (ok, I haven't that much hope...) they carry on launching their services so that we could have Play Devices but it is unlikely.
Lets see what comes and which retailers would sold it. And we'll alwways have services like forward2me and, my favorite, friends all over Europe :laugh:

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I've searched but I didn't found any thread for the portuguese market.
So, I think that we needed this place to talk about the long waited Nexus 5.
Last year was very to us to get the Nexus 4 (at least at a fair price). Due to the stock crash only in January or February it was available at the main stores like Fnac or MediaMarkt but priced over 550€.
I hope that this year we could have it a lot earlier. Last year Google released some of his services in our country, like books or music. I hope (ok, I haven't that much hope...) they carry on launching their services so that we could have Play Devices but it is unlikely.
Lets see what comes and which retailers would sold it. And we'll alwways have services like forward2me and, my favorite, friends all over Europe :laugh:
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I approve of this post. I've also looked around the Nexus 5 forum and only found a way that involves using Tor and setting up a fake Google account, then buying from the UK, sending to a UK address and having the phone re-shipped to Portugal. This is way too much of a hassle for me and I can't say I fully trust it to work or be particularly cheap.
If anyone knows of a reputable online retailer that stocks the Nexus 5 and ships to Portugal, can you give us a heads up please? Or if you come up with an easier way of getting this candy into our hands?

Handtec has it on pre-sale with delivery expected arround November 11th. It's a litle pricey, it'sm about 359£ to the 16GB and about 401£ to the 32GB version. I'm not sure if we must add shipment dosts to Portugal but if so I don't that is over 10€.
I've read on another forum that forward2me has a special to this device that theeirselves bought the device and just ship it to you but needs to check this.

Thanks, ToneJeco. I'll check out those options. It's a bit of a markup compared to the £299 on Google Play or £295 at Carphone Warehouse, but who knows?
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Personally, I'm going to try one of the The Phone House stores (The Phone House = Carphone Warehouse in Portugal, and other countries) and see if they could get a Nexus 5 in. Somehow.

I might do that as well. Did it in Media Markt already (they'll warn me if and when they get the Nexus 5), as they previously had the Nexus 4 for some time.
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Fnac.pt will unveil the nexus 5 next week, so next week we'll know if it's an official LG launch or not.
If it is the phone will be available in practically every major chain.
For those thinking about buying via playstore and forward2me it's much cheaper to buy from carphone warehouse (less hassle with mbnet declines, free postage to forward2me and no need for personal shopping)
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i think ill have to do it like a i did with my nexus 4.
find a friend in uk and ask them to buy it and send it to me... its cheaper...
but first i need to sell my n4, money isnt that much in my pocket...
but good idea to start a thread for our contry...

Managed to grab two 16GB Nexus 5 (BLK) directly from the German Play Store, through a work colleague based in Germany and should have 'em with me sometime during next week. :victory: :fingers-crossed:
sudoeste said:
Fnac.pt will unveil the nexus 5 next week, so next week we'll know if it's an official LG launch or not.
If it is the phone will be available in practically every major chain.
For those thinking about buying via playstore and forward2me it's much cheaper to buy from carphone warehouse (less hassle with mbnet declines, free postage to forward2me and no need for personal shopping)
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Really ?! Because I've called FNAC today after reading your post and they had no idea what the heck I was talking about. And based in a past experience, ordering from Carphone Warehouse (even to a UK forwarding address) was actually a PITA.

Nexus Phreak said:
Managed to grab two 16GB Nexus 5 (BLK) directly from the German Play Store, through a work colleague based in Germany and should have 'em with me sometime during next week. :victory: :fingers-crossed:
Really ?! Because I've called FNAC today after reading your post and they had no idea what the heck I was talking about. And based in a past experience, ordering from Carphone Warehouse (even to a UK forwarding address) was actually a PITA.
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You called a store correct? See Fnac.pt 's facebook
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You called a store correct? See Fnac.pt 's facebook
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I've called several FNAC stores and checked their website. Also, I couldn't find any official statement about the Nexus 5 availability at their facebook page.

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I've called several FNAC stores and checked their website. Also, I couldn't find any official statement about the Nexus 5 availability at their facebook page.
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check "posts by others"
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sudoeste said:
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Found it, thanks!
The answer given by FNAC's representative wasn't, well... Too convincing. But yeah... Let's see what happens next week and, above all, how much they will ask for it.

I've ordered a black 32Gb one from the UK play store... Well, not me, but a friend of mine who's working in London.. He will then send it to me through Royal mail. I hope to have it by the 11th or 12th of November..!
Cant wait!
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sudoeste said:
Fnac.pt will unveil the nexus 5 next week, so next week we'll know if it's an official LG launch or not.
If it is the phone will be available in practically every major chain.
For those thinking about buying via playstore and forward2me it's much cheaper to buy from carphone warehouse (less hassle with mbnet declines, free postage to forward2me and no need for personal shopping)
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I'm a litle afraid of Fanc's prices since last year they sold Nexus 4 @ 600€ but things may be diferent if LG make it official. I hope so since they seem to be trying hard to push their image and get their space in the smartphone's market with G2. A Nexus device is always a good way to increase that recognition.
I almost bought N5 this weekend but I believe is better to chill a bit and wait, I really have no hurge so I'll wait to see how the things evolve and how will be the availability here in Portugal. But that price from carphone is very tempting

ToneJeco said:
I'm a litle afraid of Fanc's prices since last year they sold Nexus 4 @ 600€ but things may be diferent if LG make it official. I hope so since they seem to be trying hard to push their image and get their space in the smartphone's market with G2. A Nexus device is always a good way to increase that recognition.
I almost bought N5 this weekend but I believe is better to chill a bit and wait, I really have no hurge so I'll wait to see how the things evolve and how will be the availability here in Portugal. But that price from carphone is very tempting
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Nope, you got the same problem. LG wanted to charge 600 for the N4. They'll probably do the same for the N5. So, even if it's an official release, we'll have it for 600€ over at FNAC.

ToneJeco said:
I'm a litle afraid of Fanc's prices since last year they sold Nexus 4 @ 600€ but things may be diferent if LG make it official. I hope so since they seem to be trying hard to push their image and get their space in the smartphone's market with G2. A Nexus device is always a good way to increase that recognition.
I almost bought N5 this weekend but I believe is better to chill a bit and wait, I really have no hurge so I'll wait to see how the things evolve and how will be the availability here in Portugal. But that price from carphone is very tempting
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Problem is, it isn't that easy to get CPW to send you anything to Portugal, even through a UK forwarding address. Firstly, because you need a credit or debit card associated to an UK billing address (I don't think you can do that with MBNet) and secondly, you need a real UK mobile phone number, something that services like Forward2me do not provide.
And I highly doubt FNAC Portugal will have the Nexus 5 in the coming week as a representative stated at FNAC's facebook page. Right now, the availability of the Nexus 5 in B&M stores isn't a reality with CPW being one of the very few exceptions so it's highly unlikely they'll have it in stock this week. But let's see what happens.

Lg has several country wide launches scheduled for this week, so I don't thing that's so unlikely
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Lg has several country wide launches scheduled for this week, so I don't thing that's so unlikely
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Source ?

Hi everyone.
If I buy a Nexus 5 in the UK to use in Portugal (I have a friend in London that can buy it) will all radios work correctly in Portugal? I know GSM is the same in all Europe but what about 3G LTE. Can anyone confirm or tell me how I can check it?

Wonder when preorders will ship?

Just curious if there have been any hints about when the preorders might ship from Google?
Do you have an guesses?

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Just curious if there have been any hints about when the preorders might ship from Google?
Do you have an guesses?
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the receipts that people have been getting say 11/21 or 11/26 as the ship date. No reason to really doubt that currently

My order from today says it leaves the warehouse on the 21st. I don't really expect it to ship any sooner than that, though I'd certainly be pleasantly surprised if it did.

Orders show 21/26 of Nov. It's not uncommon for them to ship early but my Nexus Player has been showing the 14th since the day I put the order in and that hasn't budged yet. I have overnight shipping on both so we'll see what happens. Hopefully the both go out a week or so early. Would love to have them in hand before the 12th when I could just walk into my TMO store and grab one.

Like ALL Play Store devices I've bought on the store day 1, it will ship earlier. I'm honestly expecting the people that preordered last week to get shipping labels by end of Friday at the very latest.

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Like ALL Play Store devices I've bought on the store day 1, it will ship earlier. I'm honestly expecting the people that preordered last week to get shipping labels by end of Friday at the very latest.
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I hope you're right. I ordered last week.

cheami said:
Like ALL Play Store devices I've bought on the store day 1, it will ship earlier. I'm honestly expecting the people that preordered last week to get shipping labels by end of Friday at the very latest.
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You'll get it before t mobile for sure.

Ordered 2 today. The white N6 ships by 11/21. The blue N6 ships 11/26

Nexus 6 in Europe
Hi All
Does anyone out there have any idea as to when the Nexus 6 will be available in Europe and if the carriers will be selling them too? I am curious as I have heard that it could possibly be as late as End of December which means that for Europe it will be classed as a 2015 device.

lavinasjoe said:
Hi All
Does anyone out there have any idea as to when the Nexus 6 will be available in Europe and if the carriers will be selling them too? I am curious as I have heard that it could possibly be as late as End of December which means that for Europe it will be classed as a 2015 device.
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Most sites are speculating preorder will be up on late December for Google Play store. For carrier store on the other hand, it wouldn't be available until Spring 2015 at the earliest. Google Play store preorder is only for US, but maybe the motorola store will ship internationally.
Personally, I doubt it is late December, because rarely do consumer products release near Christmas