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[Nexus 5 General] tosin01:
Anyone know what the back of the white nexus 5 will be made of? The back of the black one doesn't look great.
[Nexus 5 General] akhan47:
Looks like the same rubbery type material that's on the back of the new Nexus 7.
[Nexus 5 General] ChazzMatt:
3D 360 degree render taken from Sprint website of "white" Nexus 5.

http://www.androidheadlines.com/2013/10/exclusive-take-360-degree-tour-nexus-5-sprint.html
[Nexus 5 General] Rox598:
So hypnotic O.O
[Nexus 5 General] Khaiyan:
I don't understand why some people here are even contemplating buying the phone from a retailer. Even with a subsidised handset price, wouldn't the total price still come to more than buying it on Google Play with a SIM only deal?

I mean just an idea...but why not get the 32GB model for £320 on Google, and buy separately the £15 Three One plan (unlimited 4G data incl. tethering, 2000 mins, etc)?
[Nexus 5 General] akhan47:
Because buying on Google Play isn't as easy as it should be. I managed to purchase the Nexus 4 before it went out of stock but then got an email saying my ordered only went through because of a glitch (I was still charged) and I wouldn't be getting the device yet. They couldn't tell me when I'd be getting it. I waited around a week then just paid extra and got it from Carphone Warehouse. I'm I did because some people were waiting months whilst on 'backorder'.
[Nexus 5 General] Rox598:
depending on the price difference if its a little it's still worth it as i'm never at home during the day and home about 6 which means the collection office is closed swell
[Nexus 5 General] ste1164:
Just ordered mine at 18:00:59 :)
[Nexus 5 General] llcarlj:
Well that went way easier than last year. Ordered a 16gb, then seen the price of the 32gb so got that instead.

With this and the xbox one I hope my family aren't expecting christmas presents!
[Nexus 5 General] big_b0sss:
carphonewarehouse selling them for 295? 16 gb plus free nexus tablet wtf?
[Nexus 5 General] Michealtbh:
Three allows tethering on the One Plan
[Nexus 5 General] nawz:
Just a bit confused here, if anyone minds clearing this up for me.

Google says my nexus 5 is shipped, "Great news! Your order on Google Play has shipped. " But has dispatch status set to "Dispatches by 8 November 2013". Ordered mine 31-Oct-2013 21:55:47

I've also got a parcel force ticket number. I guess I will expect a delivery on Tuesday?

Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] Biohead:
Really enjoying the handset. It does feel a little bit cheaper than my old iPhone 5 but not by much (personally I prefer the builds of the N4 and iPhones 4/4S).

Just waiting for 3 to roll out their 4G service now - just hoping to extends to Heathrow! Although like others, I'm already getting 20mbps on HSDPA so no reason to moan there! Especially considering I get barely above 3 mbps on giffgaff/o2!

Officially, you can't tether on the £12.90 plan. You should be able to find a way to do it though - but if they block it one day, you won't have a leg to stand on.
[Nexus 5 General] deanwray:
well I like it, compared to my previous phone, still sat here (galaxy nexus) I have no words to express just how quick it is :) Makes me feel like I have been developing my app with the wrong focus at times (thinking something was a little too slow when it actually wasn't) due to lack of speed of poor old galaxy nexus...

Time to look for a case, gnex has otterbox commuter and i'm a fan, but no nex5 versions yet :(
[Nexus 5 General] MattSkeet:
Tere is no point cancelling the contract.

Idea of buying phone off contract is to save money in a long run.

do some simple calculation.

price of N5 + future contract price per month x 24 (it can be 12 as well) - estimated price of the phone you currently have that you will sell in the future e.g in 6 months

vs

price of the remaining contract x 6 (is it 6 months you have left?) + any early termination fees if there are any + price of N5 + future contract price per month x 24 - estimated price of the phone you currently and will sell e.g tomorrow

So for example:

£309 + £15 x 24 - (galaxy s3 in 6 months will be lets say £100) = 309 + 360 - 100 = £569 after 2 years

vs

£24 x 6 + 0 (no ETF) + 309 +15 x 24 + (galaxy s3 sold tomorrow will be 150) = 144 + 309 + 360 - 150 = 663 after 2 years.

This is best cases scenario , i dont know your phone type or plan price, but are you willing to sacrifice over £100 just to get something earlier ?? Bare in mind in 6 months you might get N5 much cheaper or find a different phone all together
[Nexus 5 General] Acrodroid:
Hello,

Im from Estonia and would like to buy N5. I have a friend who lives in UK. And i just wondered if she orders through the GPW does she get attached some contract or something or she can just ship me the phone and i can start using it ?

And are the prices same if u ordrer from GPW or Play store?

Thank you
[Nexus 5 General] xiFIL:
LOL! Should have waited for it then? A few days ain't gunna kill you?
[Nexus 5 General] HiddenAdmiral:
I don't plan on tethering a lot, so I'm not getting the One plan. But the ability to tether occasionally would be very useful and thus I'm hoping 3 won't block it if I do use a tethering app.
[Nexus 5 General] Kenneth131:
Carphone warehouse (cpw) sells only the 16GB and this is off contract simfree as it would be from play store for £295 no delivery charge within UK.

Play store has 32GB versions though.

In the UK mobile network o2 have exclusivity on the 32GB version but they are charging £549 (or something close) off contract.

So play store for 32GB or cpw for 16GB in the UK if you want best price
[Nexus 5 General] deanwray:
actually yes, I needed to seriously figure out what I was going to do with SmartMessenger ASAP.. and start testing it in kitkat since I just release open beta... and with the problems of LG and supply last time, I didn't want to be without for months etc. was a risk and had to gamble! And now I have 1 more nex5 than any of you!! naaanaa!
[Nexus 5 General] xiFIL:
What do you mean by GPW?

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Cheeky Cheeky ;) I'll have mine in due course baby!
[Nexus 5 General] Acrodroid:
I ment CPW. http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/ was the page.
[Nexus 5 General] nigelw:
If you buy the phone for 295 from CPW there is no contact, so you can use the phone wherever you like.
[Nexus 5 General] Deeco7:
I know this should not be the case, but have tried requesting the 'Home Signal Box'?

I'm pretty sure plans are non-negotiable to new customers.
[Nexus 5 General] Aircondition:
anyone know if parcelforce delivers on sunday? Google says its been shipped so they must have trucks driving on sundays.
[Nexus 5 General] gilljoy:
Nope they don't.

It'll arrive tomorrow or Tuesday most likely
[Nexus 5 General] felleese:
I don't think the details on the play store are too accurate, for me it says the phone has been delivered whilst it has not.

Hopefully we'll all have it sometime next week
[Nexus 5 General] springy:
Can I ask a question. I order my Nexus 5 on CPW late on saturday night and have my order ID but I never received an email confirmation. I double checked my email and it is correct. Anyone else had that? Got the off contract price.
[Nexus 5 General] hrcoprco:
he he...me too :):good:
[Nexus 5 General] Oli1122:
Officially yes, but its very easy to tether on any of their plans with a little bit of googleing ;)
[Nexus 5 General] supercakefish:
I got my shipping email Friday but tracking status hasn't changed, it's been sitting at the London depo all weekend, no movement - what are chances of delivery Monday?

The quickcover case thing which I actually ordered after the phone is in the local depo, loaded onto lorry. But not the phone :(
[Nexus 5 General] Ungrateful Basta:
Does anyone know a cpw store that has stock in Leicester area? Coventry, Nottingham, Birmingham or anywhere around would do.
[Nexus 5 General] Rox598:
Well my tracking finally moved

Apparently it's been received from the customer twice -_- think i'm being trolled

03.11.2013 11:00	London NWest Depot	Received at collection depot

01.11.2013 07:21	London NWest Depot	Received at collection depot

01.11.2013 07:21	London NWest Depot	Collected from customer
[Nexus 5 General] cchderek:
They sent me an email this morning that they were not able to get authorisation for the card I paid with,

I called the bank, they said CPW charged me twice

Now, I am so confused. I paid twice for nothing
[Nexus 5 General] Aircondition:
Use VPN to buy from UK and use a package forwarding service like borderlinx to send it to your home adress.
[Nexus 5 General] ck.chunkeat:
I thought there's something wrong and I did it 3 times.. I have 3 different order number but receive no email. :(

Think I'm not the only one here . I tried calling the customer service but after 1 hour, they still havent pick up my call.
[Nexus 5 General] springy:
Yeah I tried calling today and they said they were closed. Will try tomorrow if I still have not received an email.
[Nexus 5 General] Oli1122:
Fail. Im in the same boat..

I had that too, then my device got taken to the Manchester depot which is around 3 hours further away fro me. Im not holding high hopes for a delivery tomorrow :(
[Nexus 5 General] chrisjcks:
Any orders that have been loaded to a van for delivery this weekend will be delivered tomorrow before 2pm.

So what's the worry?
[Nexus 5 General] Oli1122:
My worry is that its not in a van, its in Manchester and now the tracking isnt updating.
[Nexus 5 General] Khaiyan:
Sure, tethering may work on non-tethering plans but that doesn't mean Three won't catch on. If you tether exorbitant amounts of data (i.e. you watch a film), Three may notice the irregularity. So there's no peace of mind when tethering, you always have to be careful how much data you're using. The One Plan is definitely the way to go if you are looking for peace of mind tethering.
[Nexus 5 General] Deeco7:
Anyone know, if this scenario is possible:

Order 'Three Sim on 30 day rolling contract (One Plan) >> Transfer my 'T-Mobile' number to 3 >> Suppose I wasn't I wasn't happy with '3', I cancel and I will be able to move back to my previous contract with T-Mobile or will my account be terminated?

I never moved networks, so I have no idea in this...would appreciate help, thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] Rox598:
What, Manchester? how does that even make sense? :S How does mine make sense xD I have no idea why mine has been scanned in the same place after 2 days! hopefully it's on it's way over her now but I doubt it
[Nexus 5 General] MrPhilo:
You should get it tomorrow. They used 24h Express Delivery.

Atleast it's better than me, mine still in London since Friday -.-
[Nexus 5 General] TonyHoyle:
Three detect tethering by monitoring usage patterns, not data volume - if I watched movies on my phone for 3 hours I would use exhorbitant amounts of data too but I'm not tethering. It does false positive occasionally, but jumping in and out of airplane mode fixes it (for a while it was quite oversensitive to VOIP clients, but that seems to have been tuned a bit recently).

TBH for the extra £2ish a month to jump to the one plan it's not worth the hassle of working around it if you do want to tether.

btw. They use two APNs - three.co.uk and 3internet. The 3internet one bypasses their proxy/filter stuff and is in my experence much more reliable, OTOH you can't use 'mythree' on the phone whilst connected to that.
[Nexus 5 General] FlexiPack:
To transfer your number you'll to need to tell T-Mobile you're leaving and ask them for a PAC code which you'll then give to Three. Once your PAC code has been used by Three, your T-Mobile contract will be terminated.

If you want to test the waters with Three before losing your T-Mobile contract I would suggest not using the PAC code straight away (They're valid for 30 days) and just use the number that Three gives you for a few days (or however long you want to test it). Once you are sure that you're happy with Three, give them the PAC code.
[Nexus 5 General] Oli1122:
I doesn't make sense. In some ways its more annoying than it just being in London. this is a massive fail on googles part DPD would have had the device in my hands on the Friday
[Nexus 5 General] MrBelter:
Just walked in to a Carphone Warehouse and bought one for £295, not like when the N4 came out is it lol
[Nexus 5 General] FlexiPack:
Whilst most of us are waiting for our shiny new toy. I was wondering what device you're upgrading from?

In my case it's a Desire S, so it will be quite a jump. Thanks to the devs here at XDA I've been running a stable and fast (for the Desire S) unofficial CM 10.1 (JB 4.2.2). It's looking like that's as far as the Desire S will go though as development is drying up. From single core 1.0ghz to quadcore 2.3 will be nice! :D
[Nexus 5 General] stuart0001:
Exactly what I've done. Yesterday I bought the one plan for a month for £18 and will try it out in my usual haunts to test before jumping ship.
[Nexus 5 General] Rox598:
Hell Royal mail special Delivery would have had it here swell by at least saturday
[Nexus 5 General] cchderek:
I called CPW an hour ago

they said I could pick up my order tomorrow!!

(I made my order on Friday morning)
[Nexus 5 General] xspyda:
Snap, been like this since Friday. Not holding out a ot of hope now for delivery tomorrow. Stranger things have happened I guess but they need to get a shift on. Not sure why it hasn't been loaded onto van yet - maybe as I'm not local and it's going to be put on a lorry later for a long journey up North?
[Nexus 5 General] Asanar:
Yeah, that works for me as well, says 2/11 and no info about the current status. I phoned them today and they said it's most likely coming on Tuesday but there is a slight chance of it arriving tomorrow as well. Guy also told me if I'm not at home when they deliver it, I can easily request a redelivery the day after, which is great.
[Nexus 5 General] tosin01:
Wife's phone will arrive tomorrow while mine should arrive on tuesday i think.
[Nexus 5 General] supercakefish:
Why has nothing happened? I'm almost giving up on hopes of Monday delivery now :(
[Nexus 5 General] snapples:
Ordered a 32GB White from Google Play at 11.55 this morning & received shipping notification at 15.01
[Nexus 5 General] summer_love:
I ordered some screen protectors from amazon (using prime) due for delivery tomorrow. They sent them via parcelforce express 24 at about 4am this morning. Generally speaking my prime orders arrive on time (and amazon extend the subscription by a month if not so it's in their interest for it to arrive on time).

My phone shipped Friday at 9am and tracking doesn't work. Screen protector tracking also doesn't work. Therefore I'm thinking even if your tracking doesn't work right now there's still a decent chance you'll get it tomorrow.

I'm up north so it might just be that they weren't tracked in at the depot yet.

I'm trying to think positively haha.
[Nexus 5 General] Lawliet:
Which screen protector did you order via Amazon Prime?
[Nexus 5 General] Rox598:
Dunno what the hold up is it's annoying to see them not move.

Hell mine got scanned again at the same depo at 11am today for some strange reason
[Nexus 5 General] DHTC:
Lol come on guys even staff at Parcelforce are entitled to a day off Sunday. Start complaining if it doesn't arrive tomorrow or even the date Google said which was the 5th Nov.
[Nexus 5 General] chyk35358:
pracelforce track information doesn't work

Got my email of shipment on 16:30 Saturday.

It's been almost 24hrs. But I can still track nothing on ParcelForce's website.....

Anybody knows what's going on?
[Nexus 5 General] summer_love:
This but it looks like the prime ones sold out. Used it on my note & it was great.
[Nexus 5 General] PhilipL:
Hi

I posted elsewhere about this as I have the same thing, I'm up North. It is quite likely these are being held to travel tonight. I've also known for ParcelForce to show no tracking information at all except for 'collected' then 'signed by'.

Plus these are being sent by Express 24 Secure, so maybe taking a different journey than bog standard items which might just be on a slow freight train, and/or are sent with other secure items in a sealed box, and only the box is being tracked not the items in them.

So fingers crossed for Monday.

Regards

Phil

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Hi

If there is no tracking information it means ParcelForce have not yet scanned the parcel, because they haven't collected it. The likelihood is your parcel will be collected on Monday (where it will appear in the system as Collected from customer) for delivery Tuesday.

Regards

Phil
[Nexus 5 General] xspyda:
Google state that it leaves the warehouse by 5th Nov. as it's already left (been collected) it's reasonable to assume it will be delivered next working day as the service used is Express 24 secure.

Agree that parcelforce staff deserve a rest though on a Sunday. Most likely things will start moving in the small hours...
[Nexus 5 General] Deeco7:
Just ordered. Exp: 5/11. Will port number if satisfied with Three, cheers all for help!
[Nexus 5 General] Michealtbh:
I ordered these too along with a Spigen case early this week in anticipation, think they arrived yesterday but nobody was home, going to pick them up tomorrow morning
[Nexus 5 General] Kid_droid:
Who is insurancing their nexus 5? Any idea of the best deals. Some say insure to go is good. But from all the people that have claimed they say its terrible.

Monthly price you were paying for your current smartphone.
[Nexus 5 General] summer_love:
Let me know what you think of them when you get them! Still debating which case to get... Considering holding out for the official one.
[Nexus 5 General] EddyOS:
Three have been good since I moved to them from Vodafone so worth a go definitely
[Nexus 5 General] gilljoy:
Anyone else have there status update again today to the exact same status as before?
[Nexus 5 General] Rox598:
indeed

I hope so! if it travels tonight I should have it for tomorrow with any luck
[Nexus 5 General] J.S.C:
My tracking code still doesn't work :( so I have no idea where in the country my new toy is sat or how long it will be before it arrives.... Sigh
[Nexus 5 General] Lammin:
Mine is showing the same as yours. I pretty confident it will come tomorrow. I've ordered next day before and they do get about over night. If i wake up in the morning and they have not moved I will think about complaining.
[Nexus 5 General] hurry54:
My track number only updated once at Friday 11am said it collected the parcel in London North West Depot, I am not sure whether I could get it tomorrow. PS: I ordered three minutes later after it logged on to the play store.
[Nexus 5 General] i860:
Same here mine is 18.15 on Friday...

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http://www.insurance2go.co.uk/money-saving-expert

Use the code MSES4 - by 31 Dec 2013, to get £7.50 off the annual premium on the already cheapest pick from Insurance2Go*.
[Nexus 5 General] Michealtbh:
I usually get my devices insured but I'm not going to bother this time as I'm always very careful, a decent case will do me.
[Nexus 5 General] mELIANTE:
To whoever's interested, apparently there are still 2 available in streatham pl.
[Nexus 5 General] Oli1122:
Ive been doing it for three years, i torrent around 10GB of legal data every month over my phone tether, ive never had a problem.

A very broken galaxy s2, had a broken home, lock and menu button for months :p

Don't loose hope, there is still a chance.

Maybe because Parcleforce are one of the most incompetent couriers to grace the uk with its presence?

Mine is covered by house insurance, its usually cheaper to do it this way and it covers all your tech ;)

---

Phone Google today and complained, got given £5 play credit which was nice but as I told them I really just wanted my nexus. :/

Parcelforce on the other hand told me that my nexus could take up until Thursday to get here!!!!! I asked them how this is acceptable on a 24hr delivery and they told me that due to high amounts of shipping this week that they are running slow.. it was at this point I got very angry with the man from Parcleforce and told him exactly what I though of the company, his reply was oh well thats your problem not mine and hung up... he hung up on me..

Ive now lost all hope of getting this device tomorrow or even the next day..
[Nexus 5 General] jparnell:
Guys... Stop panicking! My phone is still in London depot and is due to be delivered to me down in Devon tomorrow. I'm confident they will all travel overnight and be with us tomorrow :)
[Nexus 5 General] Kid_droid:
If mine delays another day I'm not fussed now. Cors my case is not gonna be there. I might just insure with the bank again. Might be a hustle though.

I don't wanna ride the N5 naked or without screen protectors.
[Nexus 5 General] i860:
That is bad news with Parcel force....
[Nexus 5 General] TonyHoyle:
Same here, but I expect it'll start updating overnight once the parcels start moving again after the weekend.
[Nexus 5 General] PhilipL:
Hi

You should never insure something you can afford to replace yourself. Essentially be your own insurance company. Don't buy insurance, and instead but the money saved into a savings account, do this for all types of "upselling" insurance policies, i.e. extend warranties, GAP insurance on cars, etc. You then make the profit and not the insurance company, and you will treat your own claim with prompt and courteous service with no red tape :laugh: These insurance policies make companies a lot of money because most people don't claim, or try to claim, and find their claim invalidated.

Regards

Phil
[Nexus 5 General] Oli1122:
I completely agree which is why I recomend getting tech covered by your house insurance, Something everyone should have. I only pay around 500 a year and that covers the house, including contense and all of my tech for both accidental damage and theft no matter where I am in the UK :)
[Nexus 5 General] prawnguevara:
I'm also coming from a desire s, as it went through the washing machine!
[Nexus 5 General] uzair.shaz:
when i track my device it says 'collected from customer' what does this mean? it's been like this for the past 2 days
[Nexus 5 General] exxpired:
it means parcel force have collected the phone from google
[Nexus 5 General] t0ph0id:
My tracking ref has just started working on http://tracking.parcelforce.net/
[Nexus 5 General] lf2k5:
My tracking says:

Date	Time	Location	Tracking Event

01-11-2013	11:07	London North West Depot	Collected from customer

They're going to need to pull their finger out to get it to Norwich and get it on a van for a Monday delivery...

...so the question I have is, "work from home Monday" or "work from home Tuesday"? I can't work from home both days...

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Suppose I should follow that up with "do they deliver on two shifts"? e.g. am shift is 7 til 2, pm shift is 2 til whenever?

i.e. if it isn't here by 2pm, it isn't coming...?

My only experience with Parcelforce is that is turns up when it feels like it, and the tracking status doesn't actually reflect where the package is.

I'd have thought Express24 secure ought to be here 24hours (exc. weekend) from them collecting...
[Nexus 5 General] Oli1122:
Unfortunatley because Parcelforce are a crap company they will only deliver on weekends for extra money, which google haven't paid!
[Nexus 5 General] nh1402:
I'm expecting mine tomorrow, its at the Reading Depot, not too far. Only thing is the screen protector which comes on the phone has a big fat "nexus5" thing on the middle of the screen, and due to it being my first android phone with a glass front, I don't want to use it as a main phone until I get a screen protector, and a case. Which could come next week (not coming week) :( , will post what time I get it if anyone's interested.
[Nexus 5 General] Acrodroid:
I read somewhere before the release that the 32g will be 3000 mah?

Or was it just rumour?
[Nexus 5 General] prawnguevara:
Rumor
[Nexus 5 General] J.S.C:
I sure hope you're right, I will update the forum as it goes so that we can see how each other get on.