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Nexus 4 |OT| Quality for everyone
- Thread starter Blablurn
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i would do it but the buy and return policy is a lil too complicated here in germany.
fluffydelusions
Member
Get a shitty cheap phone on ebay or craigslist to hold you over lol. If you REALLY want the nexus then don't settle for something else. Just wait it out.
criesofthepast
Member
Ah that sucks. Well Google about to lose a lot of customers and its all on them. This whole thing puts a bad taste in my mouth. Real unfortunate they don't know how to do business in 2012.
Taco_Human
Member
Right now it is worth it to me. I got a nexus One and this thing is outdated badly now. It's my brothers phone line that will be upgraded so to me yes it's worth it because I've already started waiting my two years for my next upgrade. He has to wait for me to lock him into an extra two years by me picking a phone for T Mobile to mail it to him. (me)
Unless there's something extra out of ordering from Google, I don't see why I shouldn't. It's just a when issue.
OriginalThinking
Member
They totally fucked this up. I don't understand why it's so difficult.
1) Make device available for pre-order to assess demand well before actual retail release
2) First come, first served on pre-orders
Easy. Total clusterfuck. I couldn't even order mine.
1) Make device available for pre-order to assess demand well before actual retail release
2) First come, first served on pre-orders
Easy. Total clusterfuck. I couldn't even order mine.
fluffydelusions
Member
I think they underestimated the demand. Nexus has primary been a developer phone but now non-devs are buying it up like no tomorrow.
OriginalThinking
Member
Google have never heard of box breakers. It's common in the UK. Guys who buy up subsidized phones and then sell them on at a profit in territories where they can charge more. I mean even If you sold the Nexus at a £50 markup it's still ridiculous value. It should have been 1 per customer only. I guarantee a lot of the purchases were from people looking to make a profit, who could then ship it to Asia and make a killing. I don't have a problem with this, but I do take issue when people who actually plan to use the phone and not just sell it on can't get one. By comparison the Nexus 7 stuff was tame. All they had to do with the N7 was have it released to retail a week after the pre-orders started shipping and the furor wouldn't have been there. Instead of doing that for the N4, they ballsed up even harder. At least ASUS didn't have stock issues.
The Faceless Master
Member
well there's also the issue of Google having a 3 week delay, so yeah, get it from T-Mobile.
Rob Schnoddor
Banned
WTF? 3 weeks delay? Wow ... i couldn't imagine this clusterfuck of already epic proportions would become even more epic. Google fucked this up so hard, that has to be a record or something.
@Blablurn
How about you keep your order and i buy it from you when it finally arrives? I cannot imagine that orders will be allowed anytime soon in the playstore ... so we could both "win".
@Blablurn
How about you keep your order and i buy it from you when it finally arrives? I cannot imagine that orders will be allowed anytime soon in the playstore ... so we could both "win".
The Faceless Master
Member
this. Google may be good at other things, but they're TERRIBLE when it comes to selling hardware.
sry man, its hard, but i think i keep it :|
apparently you haven't ordered hardware from google before
Phanatic8390
Member
I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll probably be waiting till after Xmas to get one. In the meantime if a great holiday deal pops up on another good device I'm just going to jump on that.
I'm well overdue for an upgrade. I'm still rocking the original Droid Incredible.
I'm well overdue for an upgrade. I'm still rocking the original Droid Incredible.
GoldenEye 007
Member
Just got the dreaded email. YAY!
Rob Schnoddor
Banned
Indeed, i haven't.
And im not sure if i ever will, or will again. Too bad that the phone is more expensive when sold by Media Markt in december ...
The Faceless Master
Member
if?
how long did they take to merge the 4.1.2 changes? 3 days?
Samsung Galaxy S III = 96 cents in Sam's Club on Black Friday
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Spot on. Google really screwed this up.
Me too. Going to ask for a shipping refund now. Oh, don't have to. It's automatic. I hope you guys bickering about shipping fees are happy. Thanks a lot, guys
"Well send you a notification when your order has shipped and will credit the shipping charges."
Indeed, i haven't.
Too bad that the phone is more expensive when sold by Media Markt in december ...
I don't think it's too bad. The only thing that broke was the new payment system. I think that they should have staggered the release of the Nexus 4 and the Nexus 10 to keep everything under control. Even a separation of 24 hours would have drastically helped.
Indeed, i haven't.
Too bad that the phone is more expensive when sold by Media Markt in december ...
they are fine if you don't buy on release day.
II can't fathom to think why they had a 10 device limit.. It should have been 2 at most. The only people who would buy 10 would be scalpers.
Yes, the device limit was the height of stupidity
Vita looked so amazing when it first came out. The launch game selection was outstanding.
fluffydelusions
Member
lol no just no
Thank you for your recent purchase on Google Play. Due to overwhelming demand, your Nexus 4 is on backorder and is expected to ship within three weeks. We’ll send you a notification when your order has shipped and will credit the shipping charges.
Fuck you Google. Cancelling this shit and getting a Note II.
Fuck you Google. Cancelling this shit and getting a Note II.
tfur
Member
I just got the email.
Rage mode... engage...
FU googy pls. Rent some Amazon elastic compute cloud you bunch of pathetic bit trickles. Wow, your random, redundant server blocks are so cool. LOOVE your painted data centers, and groovy lunch plans. Hows about you build a fifo for online orders like the rest of the planet. Choke on a Jellybean.
Whatever, no big deal. I already have a GN, but was looking to play with something fresher.
Rage mode... engage...
FU googy pls. Rent some Amazon elastic compute cloud you bunch of pathetic bit trickles. Wow, your random, redundant server blocks are so cool. LOOVE your painted data centers, and groovy lunch plans. Hows about you build a fifo for online orders like the rest of the planet. Choke on a Jellybean.
Whatever, no big deal. I already have a GN, but was looking to play with something fresher.
fluffydelusions
Member
I think people with that 3 week notification should just wait it out. I seriously doubt it will be 3 weeks. That is likely worst case scenario so companies can cover their own ass.
Beer Monkey
Member
Shit, got the 3 week email. Guess I'm going to have to pay for one more month of Sprint. At $87. Ugh.
I think what has happened is that they underestimated the demand and thought that there would still be plenty left after the day was out.
So to generate the sold-out hype they allowed customers to purchase up to ten each. They would then be able to put up the sold-out in one day poster.
I'll never understand how hard it is to set-up a pre-order that stops once you know the allocated hardware you are expecting is all gone.
They fucked up, plain and simple and has been stated this just shows that apple are ahead of the curve on this.
So to generate the sold-out hype they allowed customers to purchase up to ten each. They would then be able to put up the sold-out in one day poster.
I'll never understand how hard it is to set-up a pre-order that stops once you know the allocated hardware you are expecting is all gone.
They fucked up, plain and simple and has been stated this just shows that apple are ahead of the curve on this.
Yeah. I'm hoping, too! And I didn't notice that they said they'd credit the shipping charges, which is cool.
I'm not too mad though, I just put CM10 on my One S and it is awesome. And I get to see how other people react to the phone (and see what kind of development support it will get) and cancel my order if it doesn't sound good.
saltinekracka
Member
At least you guys are getting an update. I'm still left in the dark on my order. :\
Still in "complete" status.
Still in "complete" status.
Have you called Google? They told me my order had been processed and sent to TNT. I haven't received this dreaded email yet but would not be surprised if I do. I haven't received any other information though, and the order is still 'pending'. So I'm still in limbo as well.
FallingEdge
Member
I have "complete" as well and still got the email. Then again, I have two orders with the other still having a shipping date of today. I should contact google and see what they say.