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[Nexus 4 General] znanev:
I've ordered on 13th Nov @ 8:19. My credit card limit has been deducted with the whole amount of the order on Monday, but no Google-related transaction has appeared yet, which probably means that they have just authorized the card and it is not charged yet.

I think the last email I received from Google tells the truth for the first time in these almost 3 weeks:

Highlighting is mine, the change of the order the agent writes about is in regard my previous email - I asked them to split the order and send the N4 + N10 and leave the bumper for whenever it becomes available. It seems that somebody had already moved the things in this direction, as yesterday quite a lot fellow forum members received their devices without bumpers. So it seems that in fact everything is in the hands of the shipping company. I think that everybody who was sent the "Shipping this week" email on Monday should receive the devices ordered on 13th today or early next week.
[Nexus 4 General] phillevy:
My bumper just arrived - I suddenly feel a big hole in my life - end of the Google saga - except both my items still say pending - I haven't checked, but maybe they will both never be charged!
[Nexus 4 General] adjuk84:
When did you order your bumper?
[Nexus 4 General] monkfish_lad:
Got both of my bumpers through today. As withy N4's there was no shipping information and my play store still states pending. Still not been charged.
[Nexus 4 General] phillevy:
Same time as the phone - Nov 13 at 8.20
[Nexus 4 General] tosin01:
I've pretty much given up any hope of getting the Nexus 4. If i cant get on by January, there's no point.
[Nexus 4 General] james_d:
Bumper has arrived but no phone. Would you believe it!
[Nexus 4 General] JeepoUK:
Phone has arrived but no bumper here. No shipping emails or anything, lucky I was home! Also I called TNT this morning to check they had no record of ANYTHING for me or my address, so I sent a nasty email to my Google "Specialist" and 2 hours later its here. Man they could not organise anything.
[Nexus 4 General] 007xico:
Haven't received the bumper yet but I was wondering if I should call them because everyone else is getting free delivery.

Calling an 0800 would be more expensive than the delivery charge???
[Nexus 4 General] LenAsh:
0800 numbers are free
[Nexus 4 General] james_d:
Who did you contact to get a specialist's email?

I called up an hour ago and spoke to a nice guy and he said he would talk to shipping to see what's going on with TNT. But not had any email from him.

They're making something easy so difficult.
[Nexus 4 General] KrishB26:
So ive had the phone for about a day now and one word: BEAUTIFUL.

Im actually in love with it, the design is extremely premium and 4.2 runs buttery smooth. The curved glass edges is the best thing that has happened to touch screen phones. amazing.
[Nexus 4 General] yinkus:
Is it me or is the bumper very flimsy. Not sure this thing is worth £15. It's coming apart already. I will need to superglue it together.:eek:
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Can you post pictures of the phone in the bumper please?
[Nexus 4 General] ste1164:
Its meant to be, as it needs to get around the phone its fine once on it. Same with the iPhone 4/4S bumpers.
[Nexus 4 General] yinkus:
Thanks, the fit is good though

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[Nexus 4 General] james_d:
Google Play support just hopeless.

Hello James,

Thank you for contacting us at the Google Play Store, I do apologize that you are frustrated because you have not received your nexus 4. As promised on the phone I will consult the specialty team who will then contact me via email on the progress of your order.

If you have any further questions please feel free to directly reply to this email, or you can check out our support link at

http://support.google.com/googleplay/?hl=en&authuser=0

Sincerely,

Jason S.

Google Play Store Support Team

This guy told me something different and that the Special Support are now gone for the weekend. So no phone for me until next week I would guess. He sounded like Napoleon Dynamite too (frickin idiot).

Tried the contacting TNT directly approach that some have tried but told without a tracking number there is nothing that can be done. I'm convinced it was undelivered on Thursday as living in a block of flats we don't get missed cards and rely on tracking.
[Nexus 4 General] manook:
I live in a house and I've never had a card from TNT. Had two desperate deliveries this week and the only way I can find out where they have been left is checking the signature online. Lucky I get on with my neighbours but its very poor policy
[Nexus 4 General] phillevy:
I have to say that I was surprised after fitting the bumper how much larger the phone feels in the hand, however it makes it so much better to grip - I was feeling very uneasy holding it before. Combination of phone with bumper is very classy IMO.
[Nexus 4 General] Deeco7:
google your taking the piss now. Scuuumm
[Nexus 4 General] Josh98:
I love Google but they NEED to sort themselves out customer service & ordering wise.

Had to go into an Apple store today (not for myself I might add..) and they really reminded me how customer service should be. Only went in there for a charger & had someone personally come and see to me, take my order right there on the spot via an iPhone and everything while the store was packed (flagship London store).

As much as I dislike a lot of what Apple do, I can't fault them in that respect. Google need to up their game.
[Nexus 4 General] CrazyPeter:
And you are paying DOUBLE the price for your products, to pay for that privllage.

You pays your money and takes your choice. I wouldn't touch an Apple product if they paid me, their products are WAY overpriced and WAY to limited in function.
[Nexus 4 General] Josh98:
I never said you're not.. I agree entirely about their products, particularly iOS based ones, and particularly the iPhone.

BUT just because Google have managed to sell these at incredible prices does not mean we can just wave away their faults with their customer service.

I'm a massive fan of Google, a proper fan can see their faults for what they are and not just brush them aside and leave excuses..

Fact is they need to improve in that area. If not for their customers then for themselves. Will have cost them dearly not having supply to meet the demand & not dealing issues well enough.

Still can't wait to get my Nex4, and I will wait till they're available again :)

PS: You're a either a fool or a liar to say you wouldn't touch their devices if they paid you.. Stupid thing to say in my opinion.
[Nexus 4 General] ermacwins:
So what would happen if you block your card?
[Nexus 4 General] Talminator:
Today I finally had enough of the Play Store woes, bit the bullet and paid the £100 premium to buy a Nexus 4 from my local Carphone Warehouse...

I've been waiting to get my hands on one of these since November 13th, much like the rest of you, and I know how hard the waiting game is. I didn't even have a phone at all from end of October until today, which in a sense made the wait even harder for me.

So my aim right now is to convince you the wait is worth it, despite all the negativity going around on these forums. I've given my Nexus 4 a full day of use and come to the conclusion that not only is it the best android experience out there, but it's the best smartphone experience full stop. I came from having a Samsung Galaxy S2, which was by no means a terrible phone. But absolutely nothing could prepare me for how good the Nexus 4 is. I was unable to find any way to slow the phone down, finding myself enjoying the smoothest android experience yet- more so than my Nexus 7, and easily as much so as the iPhone 5. The screen is BEAUTIFUL. Crisp, clear, no yellowing, and seems to remain remarkably clean of fingerprints. Miles better than the super amoled I got used to with my SGS2, and I have to admit I even quite liked the heavily saturated amoled screen. The build quality is incredible, the phone feels sturdy, battery life has been more than sufficient, data speeds have been incredible on T-Mobile network (better than I used to get on my SGS2). Earpiece buzzing? Practically non-existent. Lower benchmark scores? I see no slow-down in real life use WHATSOEVER. Chrome browser? Super fast. Touchscreen sensitivity? Very responsive, hasn't missed a single screen press and frankly is more accurate and easier to use than my SGS2's overly sensitive screen.

I have to admit, I was quite nervous before getting my Nexus 4. I'd never had a Nexus phone before, and I'd read a lot of forum posts before buying it which started to make me worry about issues I was going to have with the device. I haven't had a single one of those issues. I want to tell you guys to keep faith. Google and LG have done an incredible job here, making a near-perfect phone and selling it at a bargain price. I paid £389.95 for my Nexus 4 (over £110 more expensive than the Play Store) and I still consider it entirely worth it. For £279, I honestly can't imagine a better bargain.

Keep faith, people. I promise you it is 100% worth it in the end. :)
[Nexus 4 General] cm6291:
So can you just walk in and buy on Pay and go or do you have to purchase online? Looking to call into a o2 store tomorrow and getting it?
[Nexus 4 General] everett_psycho:
Yup, if there's stock and the sales folks are willing to sell it too you as payg. Some people have had run ins with staff refusing to sell them on payg but you should be able to get one from o2 or carphone warehouse
[Nexus 4 General] ste1164:
I think O2 are being funny about PAYG handsets. Ring up the store and check first.
[Nexus 4 General] cm6291:
Yea i will do that, i actually remember they refusing me the galaxy s2 on PAYG even though they advertised it. I will just order of the website if they refuse it.
[Nexus 4 General] tonybhoy:
day 18 in the big brother house....still no nexus 4 at the permantly empty google play store,in fact i have more chance of getting a tv at comet and some pick and mix at woolworths
[Nexus 4 General] Brodel:
Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere on the forums already or not...

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/ne...mposes_sale_ceiling_non-authorized_sellers123
[Nexus 4 General] zukuvybz:
Does any one know how you get the gesture keyboard to detect offensive words that are already in the dictionary?
[Nexus 4 General] adjuk84:
Maybe they could buy there own hardware company and have control over stock levels...... O'wait.
[Nexus 4 General] stennett:
So tempted to just go and buy one from CPW, no messing, no waiting for round 2, no pressing F5 repeatedly, no errors when trying to pay for what is in my basket (then kicking me back to the start).Then on the off chance you complete this process you have to wait for a parcel to turn up (who knows how many weeks later) with no shipping emails ect.

But my wallet says no to CPW. (tight bastard)

Rant over, morning coffee time!
[Nexus 4 General] r0cafella:
They already did, it's a cluster**** called motorola.

They also choose not to use it.
[Nexus 4 General] steviewevie:
Sarcasm detection fail ... ;)
[Nexus 4 General] @home:
I know what you mean - I went to buy a second handset & was awash with ummimg & arring about selling it payg.

Just shows how contact is a rip off, they must make a fortune...

I got one in the end & It's all nice sim free...
[Nexus 4 General] cm6291:
I just picked up my Nexus 4 from o2 store. First Store i phoned said that they are only on a pay monthly deal, the 2nd store said no problem they have 2 in stock. Although the guy tried to get me to but a oneX+ haha.
[Nexus 4 General] @home:
O2 eh, just gotta love em :eek:

Congrats on the Nexus 4 - Your happiness is about to begin :good:
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
How much is HOX+ on payg? Just curious.
[Nexus 4 General] jvmaniac:
I'm now convinced that my nexus 4 is jinxed.

So today I got up super early and made me way to the TNT depot, all excited to get my hands on my N4 and N10. Lo and behold, they told me my parcel had been misplaced. They promised to call me when they'd found it and to deliver it to me today. Fine.

2 hours later and still no call. Called the depot, no answer. Called the TNT helpline, and my heart sank. Apparently the driver had not delivered my parcel as he'd found that the packaging had been opened. The person who delivered it to the office for inspection is not in today, so the earliest they can get back to me is on Monday. Best effin' news I've heard all year.

So I turn to you guys for advice. What should be my next course of action?
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Driver probably had a look inside himself :D
[Nexus 4 General] cm6291:
Tbh never even got that far in the conversation, i have no interest in the OneX. The fella had a S3 himself and was also trying to convince me to stay with my S3, i was like o2 "just take my money"!
[Nexus 4 General] pampyre:
I missed the 13th 'rush' and had been waiting since. I cracked a couple of days ago and popped in to O2 and picked up the phone on contract for £180 / £13.50 and went for the free TV deal. I figure, presuming the TV arrives, it's not worse than going via the play store as we could do with a new TV (will be third monitor/XBMC setup). I'll either eat the ETF soon as the TV arrives or pass it to the missus.

Word is that stock will be available in Germany on/by the 6th - hopefully it'll be the same in the UK for those still waiting.
[Nexus 4 General] tonybhoy:
only lyndsay lohan has had more release dates than the n4
[Nexus 4 General] @home:
Buy an iPhone :eek:
[Nexus 4 General] Michealtbh:
My Best Skins Ever full body skin arrived today... too bad I won't have the money to buy a N4 until January. Looks like they won't be in stock til then anyway.
[Nexus 4 General] SreePillai:
torn between waiting for play str to get stocked up or order from cpw..play store seems to be running of out stock of everything the bumper which was in stock has now sold out, almost everything else says "ships when available"... not too keen on paying an extra 100£ but don't want to wait too long and have cpw out of stock as well.
[Nexus 4 General] tonybhoy:
page monitor going off again but google play still sold out,i think they know they are annoying me
[Nexus 4 General] james_d:
At least you know where yours is. No idea where mine is and Google haven't a clue. I'm sure it's sat in a TNT depot somewhere in London.
[Nexus 4 General] Brodel:
It's all down to how long you can wait. I've decided that I'll wait and use some of the saved money to get platinum insurance on it so it's even covered if I lose it...and still have £40 left over. I think I'll enjoy it more with the peace of mind.
[Nexus 4 General] letom:
Have had my Nexus for a few days now just thought I'd give some information that might be relevant for you guys that are still waiting, i.e. possible concerns.

-Coming from the One X, initially I thought the One X screen was better but looking at them next to each other over time, the One X screen is certainly more saturated but also seems more cartoony now. The nexus 4 screen is definitely crisper, people say you cant tell the difference but you most certainly can! The nexus screen and build quality make it just feel like a grown up premium device. It doesn't actually looked washed out, it looks toned down, which is quite different.

-The sensitiveness is certainly not up there with the One X but it's totally fine, you get so used to it almost instantly, I find that the only the touches that don't register as much as are the ones where I hit the touchpad with the side of my finger, thumb touches always register. It's really not an issue, if a ROM changes it, cool, if not, not bothered.

-There is a buzz when the phone is on but I really have to put it by my ear and turn it around. You wouldn't have noticed it if the threads didn't exist, I imagine those people have the issue wheres its very loud

-It's not THAT slipper/breakable/fragile, if I drop it do I think it would break? Yeah, then again its exactly the same for my Desire HD and One X. I think Josh from the verge grossly exaggerated.

Honestly it's a step above the One X, I was running CM10 and this quite clearly blows it out the water, it's really really smooth. Is it worth the stress, probably not, it's not a generational leap or anything, it's more refinement.
[Nexus 4 General] furrypotato:
Not willing to pay over £100 extra so I guess I have to have patience.

Pity the wait for US store so long as I looked into buying the US one using a service that gives you a US address and then ships it to UK. Even with shipping and duty it would have only come to £300 to £320 I think for 16gb version which is fine, just too long a wait now.
[Nexus 4 General] knowlesy:
but how long is that wait gonna be :( (in the same boat)
[Nexus 4 General] hmethven:
Does anyone know what to do if you want to RMA a nexus 4 bought on o2? Should I contact Google or o2?
[Nexus 4 General] snowdej:
RMA

Hi

o2

They took your money

You can insist on refund or swap

No delay - no send away - you are entitled its well within 28days

Jools
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
This. In fact, it's up to a year, but after 28 days it gets complicated.
[Nexus 4 General] hmethven:
Thanks for the replies, should I just take it to the shop I got it from or call them up?

And will this affect me getting the tv deal?
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Wait till you get tv. It shouldn't affect you as you are not cancelling, but exchanging, but to be on a safe side. Or DM O2,explain situation and ask for their advice. They've been pretty good.
[Nexus 4 General] :
If and when Google return it to on sale in the UK play store i have a funny feeling it will say something like 'ships in 12-14 weeks'.

If it does i think i will just laugh with despair...
[Nexus 4 General] gbroon:
But this being Google I'd ignore that really and assume anywhere between next day and 6 months.
[Nexus 4 General] manook:
funny enough ive been holding out for the nexus 4 from the play store. I bought one from cpw and returned it due to faults. Ive been looking at the padfone 2 and very tempted to just order one and import.

The delay is losing google customers. The lack of communication is awful for a company trying to sell at retail.

Dont get me wrong I really liked the N4 but im on a backup xperia arc waiting for it but i cant wait forever!
[Nexus 4 General] FrankDrebin:
Yesterday I finally upgraded to 4.2.1 :).
[Nexus 4 General] androidsnax:
You should be fine, i had to return mine and o2 on Twitter just asked that i send them a pic with the exchange receipt and phone box in it, as well as a DM with the imei number (i just sent a dropbox link with the pic for privacy)

Out of interest, what was wrong with it? Mine was auto brightness, I'm seeing more instances of it now so it must be more common than i thought..
[Nexus 4 General] furrypotato:
Or my other hope is that once it goes on general sale Dec 13th there might be clever seller that will realise that they could sell hundreds if they knock £50 off the price the networks are charging.....
[Nexus 4 General] oddlyshapedstickman:
I had it in my cart and everything but it kept on giving errors at checkout :(

Guess I'll have to wait for batch two!!!
[Nexus 4 General] pichu23:
google you're sucha troll.

awake the whole night for nothing. :(

disappointed. worst part is, they told me the payment will complete momentarily.

froze froze froze...
[Nexus 4 General] rudedog1979:
Now I got "Page not found" Come on Google!
[Nexus 4 General] AshVash90:
Bugger it. Not worth all the effort for the phone. Going to bed. Good luck to everyone staying up trying to get one. Hopefully they'll be available to buy properly soon. [:
[Nexus 4 General] 666fff:
Blue spinning circle of death on 'purchase complete momentarily screen'
[Nexus 4 General] Audioboxer:
Finally got to pay, then it done this and error'd out. Hope it hasn't taken the money and I now try again and buy multiple!
[Nexus 4 General] TeRRa4:
Sick of people refreshing. :P

EDIT: I can order an 8GB one no problem, but 16GB? Forget about it. That's the one I really want, too.
[Nexus 4 General] 3473:
Managed to order the 32gb 10, now I'm trying to get the 16gb 4

I know that means I'll have to pay twice for shipping, but at least I know I'll get something now!
[Nexus 4 General] EddyOS:
I'm just gonna wait 'til the new year, makes more sense than to get a launch device
[Nexus 4 General] ste1164:
Yea I might wait now. See what launch issues crop up.
[Nexus 4 General] AvRS:
Anyone got the number as I'll happily phone and give them this error 3 crap but their support page for contact us isn't loading!
[Nexus 4 General] uberNoobZA:
I had the same on my first attempt. I left it there till I was able to make a second purchase. once I was in my basket for second purchase, I closed the window of first (after 10 minutes it still said 'your purchase will complete shortly') and was successful with second purchase.
[Nexus 4 General] rudedog1979:
I don't care!

I will refresh as much as I want!
[Nexus 4 General] savo83:
I'm on the completing momentarily sc reen but there's no blue circle anymore. Should I wait it out?
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Basically we just had a ddos on Google servers lol. But seriously? If it's out of stock why such a low stock? and why not just postpone it till they have more stock available? Very unprofessional imho.

8gb out of stock too now.
[Nexus 4 General] vido.ardes:
I put it in my basket literally about 20 times, no dice... now I have no new phone and I am late for work. I would love to know how many they made available for order, either it is a massive success, or Google allocated about 500 devices per region. It's been the same everywhere, Germany, France, Spain, Australia... did they not expect it to be in demand?
[Nexus 4 General] Higgsy:
guys i got that spining circle when I ordered, but it had also opened another window behind it asking me to select my shipping address/confirm, check for that.:good:
[Nexus 4 General] Baldyman1966:
pink box

got through the order process (after many attempts) got the google wallet pop up then got pink box saying

called Google support and they tell me order was successful. So i am utterly confused.
[Nexus 4 General] 12078215:
I got that but it looked like it was trying to charge my card twice so closed it... That said it is now showing in my google wallet purchase history and the balance has come off my card so fingers crossed!
[Nexus 4 General] Audioboxer:
Hmm conflicting messages, not great. If Google start charging people twice they could cause problems for some.

Spent 50 minutes trying to buy an 8GB, unsuccessful, not it's even at coming soon.
[Nexus 4 General] iucidium:
Carphone Warehouse are doing N4 web exclusives on Orange: free handset - £26 a month if anyone wants to know.

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/buy/LG_NEXUS_4_PA26T_WCON

Nexus MAXX
[Nexus 4 General] landwomble:
What's the camera like compared.to the one x? Sick of bodging cm10 on mine, v tempted by a nexus replacement. The one x camera under sense is spectacular though...
[Nexus 4 General] tonybhoy:
orange dont even have that on their website lol,so i just phoned orange (who im with)and they said its nothing to do with us,cfw just use our network??crazy
[Nexus 4 General] pichu23:
got mine from cpw last night.

couldn't risk waiting to order it and get it before christmas.

loving itttttt
[Nexus 4 General] Tibbz96:
I know this is a bit off topic, but Carphone Warehouse are selling the Nexus 7 32GB for £179. Think I'll be getting one :D

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/mobile-phones/ASUS_NEXUS_7_WIFI_32GB/HANDSET
[Nexus 4 General] hicks12:
It sucks that O2 and carphonewarehouse are hogging all the stock... i wish they would sell them around £320 - £350 and I would actually buy it right now, just struggling to justify buying it for £100 more!.

hmmm.
[Nexus 4 General] tonybhoy:
bargain,i got my 16gb for £199
[Nexus 4 General] calyxim:
Got the last one. Cheers mate proper bargain.
[Nexus 4 General] 12078215:
Has anyone received a Nexus bumper yet? I ordered one because it showed as being in stock on the play store but now i'm hearing they are out of stock and won't know when they'll be available?