[Nexus 4 General] ShutUpYouFace:
Ordered 6th dec.

Est. ship date: 16th Jan

date changed today from 2nd Jan to 17th Jan.

I'm still not really hopeful. Granted, I haven't waited long, just reading other peoples responses, the whole thing has left a bad after taste.

I was not planning on buying this phone, until I broke the screen on my galaxy nexus. I was actually very happy with my galaxy nexus and didn't want to upgrade. It was cheaper to buy the n4 than to buy a new digitizer for the gnex.

That aside, I do regularly have brand loyalty. If there is a certain brand that truly innovates and develops decent and useful products, then I will follow that brand for as long as they remain competitive, innovative and grateful for a brand following.

Ultimately, that's the success story behind Apple. Excessive brand loyalty.

But with all of this, I'm not sure anymore and whatever brand loyalty I had, it's long gone.

Google could easily have come out and given people a reason, a real one. "This is the issue, this is why things are delayed, this is when we expect new stock" etc. How hard is it really to give a bit more information? Is it really necessary to be silent? Except from that useless comment that "Dan" guy made and in later on, essentially told every one else to just piss off and stop commenting on his google+ about the n4. His statement apologising and blaming LG didn't do jack, it was worthless, baseless and contradictory.

The latest thing Google has said is that it's LG's fault, LG has come out and said all is fine at their end.

Who to believe? I believe LG. LG isn't a small company, and manufacturing products it is something it is capable of doing and knows about. I'd say they have been more open and given more information than what Google have.. In fact, Google hasn't said anything of substance at all. The top Google execs are probably sitting around and thinking "those impatient b4stards, its just a phone, have some patience". Well, we live in a 'right now' world. People want things - right now. That doesn't mean something is wrong with people, it's the way society is moving towards. You try and sell someone a steam powered car and see how far you get - it doesn't mean there is something wrong with the person not wanting a steam powered car - times have changed, move with the times!

And lastly, and most importantly - just look at the stock for the bumpers. Who's fault is that? Who's fault is it that the bumpers are also in ridiculously limited stock? Nothing techy about the bumpers, it's just some rubber and metal.

Take the delays in the phone, the delays in the bumpers and lack of communication. Who is the common denominator? - GOOGLE.

So while I will continue to patiently wait, I have, officially lost *all* brand loyalty towards Google because of this. Some may say it's premature, so may say I'm being daft and the Google execs won't give two monkeys. But for me, it's a matter of principal and if a supplier is going to be so amateurish with a product release, completely messing it all up yet compounds the problem with silence, inaccurate CSR replies and just plain BS - then don't expect me to stick around and use the services of said company. I would rather spend a little more, experience a bit more inconvenience and keep my principals.

/rant - I feel much better now :)