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[Nexus 4 General] TheSobadef:
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?!
[Nexus 4 General] MrWulf:
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.
[Nexus 4 General] Mighty Arceus493:
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?
[Nexus 4 General] RsurNexusS:
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 :/
[Nexus 4 General] Mohit12:
Does this $400 AUD include shipping and taxes?
[Nexus 4 General] RsurNexusS:
Nope it doensn't include shipping and tax, 2 days shipping is going to cost roughly 20$
[Nexus 4 General] bryanlim05:
Soooooon haha

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/11/the-nexus-4-will-likely-hit-store-shelves-soon/
[Nexus 4 General] n7of9:
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
[Nexus 4 General] DarkRyoushii:
Not sure but when I pre-ordered the Nexus 7 it said

so I assume it will be sent from the same place meaning 2 to 5 days delivery on average
[Nexus 4 General] lellouchftw:
Exactly. That's why I think it was real, and we have no more stock now.
[Nexus 4 General] rogimo:
Does anyone have any idea how long the restocking will take?
[Nexus 4 General] :
It was real. The 16GB Nexus 10 is still for sale right now. Only the 32GB sold out.

I'm thinking there'll be more stock tomorrow though :)
[Nexus 4 General] EvilStevious:
If it was the legitimate release, I'm rather frustrated that no notification emails were sent out. I stopped checking the play store around midday as I had to be away from my computer for a little while, but an email alert would have arrived at my phone and I could have at least had a chance to place the order with my phone instead. Grrrr @ Google.
[Nexus 4 General] TheKaptone:
What a bummer I tried throughout the night to get one but it always says coming soon, I will try at 6:30pm Adelaide time for one but i wont hold my breath for it. On the bonus side it could mean it is as good as we are told and thats why everyone wants one, better than being the only one bought i guess LOL

Hopefully i can get the bumper at the same time .

EDIT: what was the added postage for you guys who managed to get one
[Nexus 4 General] chronophysicist:
I think email notification gets sent out when they have a more stable supply of stock. it just creates more trouble if they sent you the notification and then you end up not getting it and blame them for not having any. Plus if you've visited the site you would've seen the disclaimer that says available on Nov13 which you could then set a reminder for yourself. That would defeat the purpose of having a "Notify me" option there. When they do notify with an email, I think you should have a very high chance of seeing it available when you check the store.

But I understand your frustration, here's hoping for more stock
[Nexus 4 General] s3ct0r:
Well, words of advice.. don't call google :P

Pretty much they have no idea when they will be restocked and they have sold out of the Nexus 4, since it was already for sale here in Australia.

So now I'm contemplating whether to try again tomorrow and if so what time :P
[Nexus 4 General] poid:
$19.99
[Nexus 4 General] :
Everyone watching to see if anymore get released at 7PM (midnight California time)?
[Nexus 4 General] hacksteal:
order more the 5

hey

did anyway over in australia able to order 5 or more nexus 4

thanks
[Nexus 4 General] rogimo:
shh too busy mashing F5...
[Nexus 4 General] Xalies:
No Nexus for you!
[Nexus 4 General] lgftsa:
I only ordered one, but on the order page I was given a pulldown to order from 1 to 10.
[Nexus 4 General] TheKaptone:
oh yeah I am watching but it does not look good
[Nexus 4 General] DarkRyoushii:
To everyone wondering if it was a mistake or not. NO It was not a mistake. They aimed to launch it at a random time or else they would have told the media their plans. Besides, they are Google, they are the company that took down and fixed the Sesame Street YouTube Channel Porn Hijack in minutes, why would they take 22 minutes and 3 hours to remove their 'mistakes' of releasing each device early?

I believe a more reasonable scenario is that they will distribute an 'allowance' each day to avoid their shipping getting backed up like it did on the launch of the Nexus 7. To avoid us all waiting, calling and being generally pissed off for the next 3 weeks while they work frantically to get all the orders processed. This way they do a day's worth of orders in one day, and then do it all over again tomorrow. We'll see anyway...
[Nexus 4 General] TheKaptone:
so do i have to be up at midnight every night till i get one then
[Nexus 4 General] n7of9:
they didn't go on sale at midnight, they went on sale at around 12.15 PM, at lunchtime
[Nexus 4 General] TheKaptone:
oh yeah ,me and my stoopid 24 hour clock mad me think the other way round HA HA
[Nexus 4 General] ngkongArm:
anyone has already order this Nexus 4? :confused:
[Nexus 4 General] DarkRyoushii:
I did, got a 16GB model at around 12:15pm EDT basically as soon as they opened up their ordering.
[Nexus 4 General] n7of9:
yep, me and my bff got 16GB
[Nexus 4 General] thesab:
I got a 16gb Nexus 4 and 10 :)
[Nexus 4 General] funkyblue04:
I do not understand why we cannot order and it just ships when available?

This is just stupid.
[Nexus 4 General] psy:
Im hoping it ships soon howeve suspect I won't get it until next week.
[Nexus 4 General] DarkRyoushii:
OMG It's PSY! :P member since 2007, this guy's legit! xD

In other news I'm in the same boat, would love for it to ship and arrive at my door on November 15 like their website suggests, but there is way more chance that it will start shipping then and get here next week. :(
[Nexus 4 General] :
On my play store account, its changed a few times between "estimated shipping" and "estimated delivery". At the moment it says "estimated DELIVERY November 15th"!

No joke. Very excited now!
[Nexus 4 General] jackierobinson:
I was right, but now my Shipping Estimate has changed to Delivery Estimate. I'm not sure if that now means It will arrive on Thursday. Their wording is leaving me confused. Anyway, looks like it's estimated to arrive on the 15th after all. Hooray!

Has your order also been updated?

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oh I posted a few seconds after you joey..
[Nexus 4 General] :
Screenshot attached
[Nexus 4 General] jackierobinson:
Yeah same message on mine. How much did you have to pay for shipping on your bumper Jo?
[Nexus 4 General] psy:
Mine still says shipping estimate :(
[Nexus 4 General] :
Unfortunately when I ordered the phone, the bumpers were still "Coming soon". But I kept an eye on the bumpers and they opened up shortly after. They charged me about $10 for shipping 2 of them.

Update - $10.99 to be precise
[Nexus 4 General] poid:
Prolly cos then they cant say its sold out!

Mine still says shipping estimate as well. I suspect they are working through the orders.
[Nexus 4 General] chenthechen:
Us New Zealanders are even more unlucky. The damn thing isn't even available here, retail nor Playstore. :(. Want this phone so fricken bad, my P500 is becoming severely outdated.
[Nexus 4 General] poid:
if you just relent and join the mainland you wouldnt have that problem :D
[Nexus 4 General] lbrewer:
Nexus 4 order Status

Gents, first time I have purchased a device from Google Play Store so please go easy. I see throughout the thread that some ppl have estimated shipping/delivery date on their order page. I have Status as complete. Is this normal? I have seen no delivery/shipping date throughout the process (apart from the normal 3-5 days during the original order). I am a little worried as I think I got in at the very last second. The reason I say this is that my mate tryed to order a matter of seconds before me and got the 'coming soon' banner and I had the add to cart, sign in, purchase etc. Got an email confirmation of the order as to be expected. As soon as I finished the order process I refreshed and had has the 16GB model listed as coming soon. Hoping I ordered in time and went through for current stock not some sort of back order status??
[Nexus 4 General] :
Its strange, coz mine has changed a few times from estimated shipping to estimated delivery, then back again. Not sure whats going on, just hope I get it on Thursday! :)
[Nexus 4 General] psy:
Odd they didn't release them at the same time.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Click your info page and post what you see? (Blank out any personal details)
[Nexus 4 General] lbrewer:
Done, screenshot attached.

Cheers!
[Nexus 4 General] chenthechen:
No thanks, the ladies are finer here. ;). Although I don't think I'ma need one once I get my hands on one of these sweet thangs. :silly:
[Nexus 4 General] :
Ok your info page is exactly the same as mine, but on the order page mine definitely doesn't say complete. Strange but I'm sure we're all good!
[Nexus 4 General] lbrewer:
Thanks man, as someone mentioned a few posts ago they may be working their way through the orders? As you can see my order was placed at 12:38:40, which from looking over a few forums is pretty close to end game for this thing today. I'll keep an eye on it.
[Nexus 4 General] chronophysicist:
maybe they're working upwards from the bottom of the list? :fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 4 General] s3ct0r:
Any rumors for a restock tomorrow?

Not sure how Google Play store sells devices and restock them.

Anyone with experience?

I'm hoping for another 12pm sale :)

Thanks :)
[Nexus 4 General] leighk91:
I'm really hoping this is the case! I can't see how they could have possibly exhaust ALL of their stock so quickly. Like a few other people have been saying here, perhaps its taken on a daily basis and the allocation is relative to how many they can realistically process and ship out the same day...
[Nexus 4 General] Mischaseb:
How much was shipping for us Aussies? I missed the ordering window :(
[Nexus 4 General] samthe2can:
Mine was $19.90 bit I ordered another for my partner, not sure if that added anything to the cost
[Nexus 4 General] Mighty Arceus493:
I just want to ask, if the Nexus 4 ships here in Australia sometime on Thursday, are any of these 2 possibilities possible?

1. The Nexus 4 will start to appear in stores around Thursday or by the end of the week.

2. The Nexus 4 will start to appear in stores after the first few batches of Nexus 4's are successfully delivered to people who ordered them online.

Or would I have to wait until the end of the month or early December? I know nobody knows, but could someone take a good guess? I need to know soon since I need to organise getting a laptop as well but I have to work out whether I should get my laptop soon, with the Nexus 4 or another time by the end of the year and I need to know what I should do with my Nexus S (I can't spend all of my money)

Good night.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Bad news... the reason why some people are getting "estimate shipping" and "estimate delivery" is due to the language selected on the page.

If you go down the bottom of the Orders page that shows all the devices and apps you've ordered, there's a language drop-down box. If you have English UK selected, it'll show "estimated delivery date"; on the other hand, if you have English US selected, it'll show "estimated shipping date". You can swap it between the 2 languages and you'll see it change back and forth immediately. Damn :(

Regardless, I still have a feeling that we'll get this phone by the end of the week! :)
[Nexus 4 General] chronophysicist:
can I ask the guys who bought nexus 7 before in aus, can I know if anything's supposed to happen after placing the order? like if we're supposed to get some sort of tracking number, or some email about the item being shipped?
[Nexus 4 General] leighk91:
From memory you can check the status of the order through google play directly by going to "My Orders and Settings" Or by logging into Google Wallet and viewing the particular transaction. You won't get the tracking number until it actually ships.
[Nexus 4 General] s3ct0r:
Come on.. new stock.. new stock :P
[Nexus 4 General] :
Morning everyone.... anyone have any updates on their order info page? Anyone received a tracking number??
[Nexus 4 General] Mischaseb:
Anyone called support to ask when more stock will be available to us aussies?
[Nexus 4 General] CHAMAVELI:
I emailed them yesterday, this is their reply.

”Hi Michael,

Thank you for contacting Google Play support.

We're working to stock additional inventory and hope to have Nexus 4 available soon. I’m unable to provide a specific date of availability at this time.

If you've already ordered, please rest assured that your existing order is in no way affected and will ship according to the timeframe listed at the time of your order.

If there is anything else I can assist you with please let me know by directly replying to this email or by visiting our help center.

Thanks,

Brittany

Google Play Team”
[Nexus 4 General] Mischaseb:
bugger
[Nexus 4 General] tedfox:
Did they clarify what exactly "shipping estimate" and "delivery estimate" means? Is it the date where it ships or is that a date where it is delivered.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Have you guys had a read of some of the other threads in General this morning? A few UK O2 users have picked up some N4 in-store and they're having issues. A yellow-tint on the screen when it gets warm, a rattling noise and one guy's phone failed after 2 hours. Not good :(
[Nexus 4 General] Mischaseb:
who cares, either way it won't make your nexus come any quicker. They'll let you know the tracking number when it ships if i remember correctly from the n7. Until then you can't know anything meaningful. At least you got your order in!
[Nexus 4 General] Sean88:
People get faulty devices it happens it doesn't mean all of the devices will be like that. Lemons happen in all devices even Apple's
[Nexus 4 General] satek:
I too missed the sale after checking at midnight, 9am, then deciding the rumored 7pm Australian launch must be true... ha ha.

A lot of tech companies seem to have less than anticipated shipments on launch day of a product, to get the positive news headlines of the device selling out, then they push mass quantities of the device onto the market soon after. Do you think this is the case with the Nexus 4, or were Google really not anticipating how popular the phone would be? This would be surprising considering most people waiting to order through the Play store would have signed up for the e-mail notifications... and we all know Google are very intelligent with data.

With the nexus 7 I pre-ordered from the play store after reading it would not hit retail stores for months... then found it had arrived at stores for sale on the same day I received my tablet from Google Play...

I have read a few places now stating that LG will have the nexus 4 available at retail in Australia. So I wonder who the retail partners will be and if the Nexus 4 will be available at any stores before Christmas.
[Nexus 4 General] CHAMAVELI:
That's all they said, I copied the whole email.
[Nexus 4 General] shayne77:
Totally agree with you!

I don't understand why they can't accept the order and then unlike all you guys above saying shipping is 3-5days, just say shipping is "estimated" X to X days/weeks.

I imagine the fact their system was overloaded that's another reason they've shut ordering down.
[Nexus 4 General] s3ct0r:
Sold Out?

Hey,

Upon my rapid refreshing i"m noticing it is saying its Sold out, then goes back to Coming Soon
[Nexus 4 General] TheKaptone:
Getting exact same thing as well
[Nexus 4 General] s3ct0r:
I'm kinda curious.. since they did come out yesterday around this time.

Does this mean they're finally updating it to Sold Out after yesterday..

Or, are they're about the change it for their new stock for today..

Come on new stock :P
[Nexus 4 General] Teejai80:
Strange, 16gb is sold out and 8gb is coming soon.

No swapping around for me too.
[Nexus 4 General] s3ct0r:
Both appear to be going between Sold Out and Coming Soon
[Nexus 4 General] Teejai80:
Lucky I put my email in there ages ago.............. that helped heaps. :/ #sarcasm
[Nexus 4 General] arathkone:
As per the guys above, the 16GB has now changed to Sold out. "We are out of inventory. Please check back soon"

Edit: and 8GB too now.
[Nexus 4 General] s3ct0r:
Oh I know... because of it I got my Nexus 4 .. #Sarcasm
[Nexus 4 General] NIK516:
Back to coming soon dam it lol hard to refresh when at work using my mobile lol
[Nexus 4 General] PashaK:
16GB nexus 4 now showing as Sold out. No more coming soon
[Nexus 4 General] s3ct0r:
every couple of seconds it changes, has been since 11:48 ish

Yeah.. I'm really hoping it changes to Add to Cart :P
[Nexus 4 General] Teejai80:
I would say its just dns entries proliferating (or something) more than likely all sold out. Especially considering they sold out everywhere.
[Nexus 4 General] s3ct0r:
Yep, sold out...

Now how long will the wait be
[Nexus 4 General] thesab:
Bad luck guys, hopefully you don't have to wait too long. If it wasn't for darkryoushii messaging me, I wouldn't have one either.
[Nexus 4 General] luckymjohnson:
Was hoping for a shipping notification by now. Looks like we won't see them arrive before next week?
[Nexus 4 General] NIK516:
Owe well was not meant to be for this week
[Nexus 4 General] TheKaptone:
Ok so its sold out no biggie will get one eventually

Out of interest his many units worldwide do you think Google would have made of them is it to far fetched to think they had 5 million of our would it be way less
[Nexus 4 General] ngkongArm:
So it cost 399 for 16Gb? What about shipping fee?

How much total cost?
[Nexus 4 General] :
Just spoke to the Play Store (aussie contact number 02 9336 4966) - my order is marked Est Shipping Nov 15th - the agent said that my order is currently with Fed Ex and hopefully should be delivered Friday, latest Monday. He said Monday would be the end of the 3-5 day shipping window.
[Nexus 4 General] DarkRyoushii:
Thank you very much for the contact number for Australians.. may I ask where you found it and what it actually is the number for? wouldn't mind updating OP.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Its the Australian number for the Google Play Store. Routes through to the US-based call centre that deal with all Play Store enquiries, ie. ordering, shipping, returns etc.

Edit:

I'm not sure that its actually listed anywhere on their website - I got it off a previous post in this thread. Regardless, very handy to have!

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$399 for 16GB

$19.99 for shipping

$418.99 total

:)
[Nexus 4 General] jok4h:
Mine states "Shipping estimate: November 15, 2012" also

I swear i thought Google wrote somewhere that once, sent they will provide a tracking number of parcel. Could be wrong thou

Did he provide you the tracking number?
[Nexus 4 General] psy:
There's a 1800 number on the wallet invoice.

I just rang Google. My device hasn't shipped yet. The rep I spoke to did think I'd get the device on Monday though.

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They said they would provide a tracking number when it ships.

I have a shipping estimate of 15/11 also, but Google say it hasn't shipped yet.

Originally the rep said it was with their shipper, but then said it hadn't. Odd.
[Nexus 4 General] lbrewer:
status completed

My order status is still listing as complete. No shipping/delivery estimate. Anyone else got this? Thanks.
[Nexus 4 General] chronophysicist:
in the receipt for our orders it says that we would not be charged until our orders have shipped, so if the amount has already been deducted from our account does that not indicate that the item has shipped?
[Nexus 4 General] jok4h:
Thats my point, conflicting information.

Im in no rush to get this (ideally would love to play with it over the weekend) but from the sounds of things, im lucky that i even have one on order.

Going to let this run its course

Seriously thou, If Google intends on selling phones with their name/brand

They really should employe some some retail and/or supply chain experts.
[Nexus 4 General] :
My agent also said that it was with the shipping company. He said the tracking number would be sent shortly as they're still processing them. He said that it should arrive by the end of the week, if not, absolute latest Monday.

He said its probably already on its way, just a technicality with processing that nothing has updated etc.

In saying that though, from the other threads it sounds like staff have been giving differing information re: ordering times and shipping/delivery times.
[Nexus 4 General] psy:
As far as I know its only a hold on the funds. Hasn't actually been charged yet.
[Nexus 4 General] jok4h:
Curious, what time did you place the order, or when the order confirmation got to your email.

My email confirmation arrive @ 12:24 and IIRC status was always on "shipping estimate....."

My credit card states "Pending"
[Nexus 4 General] :
There's another thread about this - people seem to have 3 different states on their orders, either "Est Shipping 15 Nov", "Complete" or "Preorder".

People are saying that the orders marked Complete and Preorder are automatically cancelling. But the "Complete" status sounds to me like it would be further along than the "est shipping" ones?
[Nexus 4 General] psy:
To be honest I hope it arrives before the weekend. Won't be the end of the world if it doesn't, but given I bought stuff from a non online store over the phone late Monday and had it Tuesday (Syd-Melb) you'd think Google could ship a phone within a few says.
[Nexus 4 General] Teejai80:
All of this and with the over heating issues are giving me second thoughts again. Living in Cairns the phone will get hot and the Razar HD has such a better battery, but then software............ arrrgh I don't know, so much doubt!
[Nexus 4 General] jok4h:
I wouldnt be totally comfortable with "complete" to be honest.

Firstly, I would be checking the credit card, if there are any "pending" payment flagged.

If nothing there, ill be calling Google!

I think: Delivery Estimate > Shipping Estimate
[Nexus 4 General] Nark.GA60:
Mine says that and the info page only has two entries:

Impatiently waiting. :(