Nexus 4 (2D) for sale for $489 at Warehouse Stationery

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#869910 1-Aug-2013 13:08

JimmyCorrigan: Thanks for that gcorgnet - sounds like it is still well worth it. Might wait to see what the Motorola/Google annoucement is later in the week, but it's hard to imagine it will be a better deal than this one for the Nexus 4.

The Moto X looks interesting, Love the look of it, just hope it is easy to root and develop for like a nexus device and not a giant pain like Moto devices have been historically. If rumors are true it will be a mid price phone too which could bring it into competition with the Nexus4 price point.

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#869929 1-Aug-2013 13:23

The Moto X does look interesting, hopefully it's got decent enough specs and it's not too large.

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#870158 1-Aug-2013 17:29

Got my wife a Nexus 4 off 2 Degrees 2 weeks ago - She phones daughter and son in Australia at least 2 x week so with the Aussie minutes a Nexus 4 at $0.00 on a $49 plan was an absolute bargain for us coming off a Vodafone plan where Aussie minutes cost - and I get to share the 1GB data on my phone.

And the Nexus is a great phone she loves it - Google is a breeze to use. I have to say it's a better overall phone than my S3 - tried my best to swap with her, no way!

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#870185 1-Aug-2013 18:14

That's a good idea. I currently pay $39/month for my plan with my own phone so by moving to $49/month I get the Nexus 4 for $10x24 or $240.

Staying in Wellington. Check out my AirBnB in the Wellington CBD. https://www.airbnb.co.nz/h/wellycbd PM me and mention GZ to get a 15% discount and no AirBnB charges.

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#870215 1-Aug-2013 19:03

Went and got one today,
Not great service had to wait for 10 Minutes for them to find one,
Got it home, Seal on box is broken,
Touch screen has a fault (Part of it doesn't recognise touch)
Not impressed, Taking it back tomorrow

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#870239 1-Aug-2013 19:23

lchiu7: That's a good idea. I currently pay $39/month for my plan with my own phone so by moving to $49/month I get the Nexus 4 for $10x24 or $240.

Thats a real good way of looking at it - if I was a bigger user I'd be selling my S3 and getting a nexus, but I'm only on a prepay, darn, got me thinking though.

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#870270 1-Aug-2013 19:49

still thinking whether I should get the nexus 4 or just wait until moto x release and import one from US...

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#870278 1-Aug-2013 20:03

Is this a newer version with rubber feet? or the older model??

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#870323 1-Aug-2013 21:09

Peejay:
lchiu7: That's a good idea. I currently pay $39/month for my plan with my own phone so by moving to $49/month I get the Nexus 4 for $10x24 or $240.

Thats a real good way of looking at it - if I was a bigger user I'd be selling my S3 and getting a nexus, but I'm only on a prepay, darn, got me thinking though.

Actually I will probably give it to my daughter in the US who has a Nexus S and it's struggling. The Nexus 4 on Google is $389(US) including tax and shipping so this is a great deal on a new phone for her.

Staying in Wellington. Check out my AirBnB in the Wellington CBD. https://www.airbnb.co.nz/h/wellycbd PM me and mention GZ to get a 15% discount and no AirBnB charges.

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#870623 2-Aug-2013 12:23

Took It back this morning, Swapped for a new one,
All good now!

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#870635 2-Aug-2013 12:34

Just nipped into WS and got one. Looks and feels great, especially compared to my creaky Galaxy Nexus! (No rubber feet on this model, for the person asking)

Now if I could just find someone willing to sell me a case, I'd be very happy indeed. Even trademe had only a couple of listings and they were ugly wallet-style cases.

Hopped onto Amazon, who have a decent range but will not ship them to NZ. Yes i could YouShop one, but it seems like a lot of palaver for a USD$9 phone case!

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#870639 2-Aug-2013 12:54

Try ebay for cases, shipping is often direct and cheap or included. I got a pretty decent case for my RX100 camera from ebay for about $12 shipped.

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#870831 2-Aug-2013 16:23

JimmyCorrigan: Just nipped into WS and got one. Looks and feels great, especially compared to my creaky Galaxy Nexus! (No rubber feet on this model, for the person asking)

Now if I could just find someone willing to sell me a case, I'd be very happy indeed. Even trademe had only a couple of listings and they were ugly wallet-style cases.

Hopped onto Amazon, who have a decent range but will not ship them to NZ. Yes i could YouShop one, but it seems like a lot of palaver for a USD$9 phone case!

Thank you for letting me know. Last question - has anyone done a Speedtest to see what sort of download speed you get with your Nexus 4? I guess in Auckland CBD or somewhere with the best signal in offpeak and peak?

Cheers, I am contemplating switching to Nexus 4 from my Galaxy S3 4G (which I like)....

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#870839 2-Aug-2013 16:34

sbaird: Took It back this morning, Swapped for a new one,
All good now!

Excellent - so you've had a couple of hours play time - whats the verdict?

Wife got a case off ebay $13 + free shipping from China, it was wallet type advertised as cowhide. received it after about 6 days and suprise surprise - looks and feels excellent even thou it's pink. How can they do it so cheap? definitely looks more than $13 worth.

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#870871 2-Aug-2013 17:31

Peejay:
sbaird: Took It back this morning, Swapped for a new one,
All good now!

Excellent - so you've had a couple of hours play time - whats the verdict?
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Very good!
Have the Galaxy Nexus the Nexus 4 is for my partner )-:
Not a huge difference between the look of the 2 of them.
The Nexus 4 has a better feel to the touch screen, looks a bit nicer and seems faster
OTA upgrade to android 4.3 was available and has been installed (-:

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