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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
There are lesser android phones/phones in general that cost more than $530. I am more than satisfied with my phone.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x986123:
Thats good! I'm leaning on my desk thinking about pushing the "Buy" button, and I think (...Know...) I have my answer.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negroplasty:
Worth every penny.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uansari1:
Where do you live? How's T-mobile's 3G saturation where you live? If you definitely want to stay with T-mobile, then go for it. Otherwise, I'd wait.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x986123:
I'm with AT&T, so I have to pay $530 for the unlocked model. My friend tried their 3G and Edge coverage with TMO, and in San Francisco, it isn't anything specially, AT&T has better here.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sassyness77:
wait,

I didnt think that the nexus one could get AT&T 3G...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TailsNeon556:
it only works on EDGE on AT&T ... but as for now t-mobile is a faster network.. HSDPA soon to be HSDPA+ at least here in NYC / LI .. other than that.. this is BY FAR the best phone ive ever even seen... always get comments on it.. and that display is just gorgeous :cool:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JHaste:
couple things to assess here from my point of view...

who is your carrier and how is their service in your area? Since you have ATT you will not have 3g, if you will have access to wifi most of the time i would say this balances it out, but N1 on edge seems pointless to me... i would say thats a "dont buy point"

what is your current phone? in my situation, i upgraded from the HTC Excalibur (the Tmobile Dash) so 530 dollars gave me a night and day difference... if you are going from a comparable level phone i would say its not worth full price... unless is one of this icky iphones... :P

what else can you do with 530 bux? it is a good chunk of money that you can do a number of other things with, so it really is a matter of how bad do you want the phone... for me i worked myself up to buy the thing until i finally cracked and broke the credit card out ...

for me, it was an excellent buy... i went from an old school windows mobile phone to a top of the line android phone so it was literally a night and day difference and I can do so much more with my N1 that i ever dreamed possible... it was worth every penny to me, but will it be for you? I had no idea really what i was buying, i had no experience with android, hell i had to figure out how the OS worked when i got the phone lol
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docsparks:
i was real resistant to buy this phone, as i have plenty of things i need to spend 500 on, before the phone.

anyway, last week i got mine, and coming from the moded g1's, even with the awesome mods n such, this phone kills any of them.

its nice to have a phone respond, and do what its told,when clicked.

500$ was worth every mila-second i dont have to wait, ever again.

especially when my ride just left, as i walked out the door, and my

phone has a locked screen, or other random issue, causing me to

panicly push too many buttons, thus freezing the phone more, and

causing a reboot... giving my ride even more time, to get far enough

away, to be assholes and not wanna turn around and pick me up.

see how far that 500$ got me? worth every penny.

Zing.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AbsoluteDesignz:
amen, even when I have like 30 apps running in Modaco's Desire ROM it all works perfectly. My boy who has an iPhone 3GS saw my phone, played around with it and his first words were "Holy F%CK this is fast" I then grabbed the phone and checked ATM and I had 27 tasks running and only 69mb's left of RAM and everything was super responsive....granted he wasn't too impressed when I loaded up the the Cyan ROM (which visually compared to Desire is lacking) but still, he will be buying a Nexus One :-)

and docsparks...you should change ur sig, I just changed mine from G1 to Nexus.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PISSANDVINEGAR:
People don't buy this phone for it's superior sound quality, nor excellent coverage 3G/H/etc.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grainysand:
$530 is cheap. Maybe you aren't used to buying unlocked phones, but around the world an unlocked 3GS costs in the region of $750-800, and it's a far, far inferior phone that's nearly a year old. Taken a look at the prices of unlocked Sony Satio, Nokia X6 or N97 lately? They're all pieces of **** with garbage hardware, abso-****ing-lutely terrible software (Symbian!), inferior everything. They're all priced at $640-727 respectively. How about the LG Chocolate BL40? Retails at over $700, and it's a goddamn feature phone.

$530 is nothing.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Namuna:
Look at it this way, the N1 sells for HIGHER than the $530 pricetag on eBay. There's currently no other phone out there with comparable hardware specs.

Buy the thing now, if you decide you don't like it (within the 15 days), you can return it to Google for refund (without the fee). If you decide you don't like it after that, throw it on eBay and sell it for at least what you paid.

...For me, I love my N1.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
No wai! :eek:

Don't listen to all these guys.

It's totally NOT worth it!

The N1 is terrible.

Get the iPhone. MUCH better device.

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What kind of responses were you expecting to find here? lol
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gonesingle:
it cost me $250 and that's the most i'd personally pay for a phone. My phone is rooted and all that goodness but all in all - the only reason i gave up my G1 is because of the speed. (or lack of). I'm a conservative person but i like having nice things so i bit the bullet and found 1 on Craigslist for $400, then i sold my G1 for $150 = $250 total out of pocket. Love the N1, but would never pay $530 for a phone. That's nearly the price of a 42inch TV you can find nowadays, or a PS3 and a XBOX360, or like 2 1/2 car payments...all for a phone?!?!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iohue:
To put it in perspective, i paid 700 for N1 to get it in toronto. I only have edge but i still love the phone and think it was worth every penny.

I genuinely have no complaints about the phone.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nardoae:
For me it was worth the $530. I am on deployment right now, so when we pulled into port in Thailand we were offered local SIM cards if we wanted. To be able to pop the card in, buy basically 300 minutes for $7 and be able to talk to my family while I was there was so worth it.

Knowing that when I go back to Japan for the rest of this det I can do the same thing, worth it.

Knowing that I can learn to develop my own apps without having to buy a mac or pay $100 developers fee, worth it.

I have TMo service at home and have been happy with it, in AZ only Verizon offers 3g so I don't miss that. I had an unlocked 1stgen iPhone and edge was fast enough for the browsing that I did so no loss there. Plus when I travel I can still get 3g if they have it. So for me it was completely worth the $530. Now I just have to wait for manufacturers to give us some nice cases.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmj1086:
That's a bingo [movie reference]

It came out to $579 with tax and the best $579 I have ever spent. It's definitely worth every bit of it. I think it is definitely the best phone out. I never buy a phone unless I think it's superior to any other phone on the market. Rooted or Not Rooted you're going to love it. There is absolutely no waiting on anything. The only thing that has to "load" is Google Navigation because it's loading a lot of information. Even then, we're talking 5 seconds at most. I do remember using my G1 and MyTouch and getting in a rush and freezing the phone. Most irritating thing in the world. An example of the N1 speed: When I receive an SMS I pull down the notification and click the message. Before the notification bar has time to return the message has already appeared underneath it.

It mostly depends on what you want. If you like using your phone for more than making calls then I would say go for it. I've had up to 49 apps running at once with zero lag. One thing I can tell you before you get one is to read the link in my signature about getting a Task Killer and DON'T get one :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maedox:
Because I live in Norway, I "had" to pay about $820-830 for it. I would do it again. :D

It is the best phone I have had or tried.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsychoKilla666:
Basically its the Jesus Phone
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x986123:
Why would you tell me this? I'm coming FROM the iPhone and I hate it. I'm all for this phone. Buying. And edge in my area is not bad at all! Its actually faster then 3G on my iPhone.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diceman4:
Lol, I guess your browser can't display the sarcasm font.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TailsNeon556:
defenitely not sarcasm..:rolleyes:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x986123:
Apparently Chrome is missing the Sarcasm font... Any download link? :rolleyes:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x986123:
OK, thanks guys! Ordered the Nexus with FREE overnight shipping.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JHaste:
i am pretty sure everyone else in the US got free overnight shipping as well ;)

enjoy your new phone

I think one of the big sell points for me was the fact that I do not want to have to carry around a laptop to my college classes... this phone covers all the needs a laptop would have for me... I have a beast desktop for gaming at home so buying a laptop seems pretty stupid to me... typing notes as an educator/math major is pretty dumb, idk if anyone has ever tried to type math notes but its just plain dumb lol so i just use good old pencil and paper
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x986123:
Same, I have a beast desktop, and need a great phone!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mi|enko:
I work for T-mobile, get a nice discount on phones, and still plopped 530 down on a nexus. . .and going back to the day, I'd do it again. I absolutely love this phone/mini-netbook (basically).
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danguyf:
I paid the full $530 for my N1 and every day I think to myself how worth it it was.

Plus, I switched to the contract-less "Even More Plus" plan with T-Mobile, so my bill is $20 less a month. Over two years, that's $480 I saved, making the actual cost of the phone basically $50!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigacgomez:
I moved from the motorola linux phone (E680i & ROKR E6) to the Nexus 1... and I'm glad I did... yeah, I enjoyed my time with MotoLinux... the modding and custom firmwares I created... but the N1 is wayyyy better... $577...well worth every cent!!! especially since mods and custom ROMs are moving full speed ahead... Android is the way to go... and the N1 is the Android phone to have!!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x986123:
Cool! Mine arrives tomorrow at 3:00, it says. Thought it would come today, but thats what I get for ordering at 8:00PM lol. Can't wait, any tips for making school go by faster?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erebusting:
I do not think it is worth it. I do not feel comfortable owning this phone while I know that it has issues with multitouch and there are other phones out there (i.e. Incredible and Supersonic) with a better multi touch pannel which are about the same price or LESS and come with more than this phone did. I love the Nexus 1, but if it was cheaper then it would be worth it. $530 is too much for any phone honestly, like someone else said here : you could get a 42" tv for that price or even a PS3/ XBOX/ Wii/ PSP/ LAPTOP etc.... yes it is a nice phone, but $570 (including tax) ? ? ? come on seriously, money does not grow on trees -now for some of you maybe you have money to spend but I feel I would rather hold out for some better tech...

still on the fence about it....but in the end I believe it is not worth the money...but it is a really nice phone....
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mythamp:
I dont live in the US and that is why I get surprised when I hear 530usd is too much for a phone like n1. Bro, please calculate what you would pay for an iPhone 3Gs, throughout a contract/no contract, atleast 700-800usd.

500USD is the cheapest price possible for a smartphone. I dont consider Nokia's Symbian S60 phones "smart"much but take N97 as an example, it costed around 650usd!

The sony ercisson x10 costs 600 usd and it has 300mb ram with android 1.6 os! SE Satio, Symbian S60 - resistive screen - 600 USD!!

Google gave americans a great price and now apple and other companies will have to reduce their prices to match. You should use the n1 as a benchmark for smartphone pricing when you go into your next "contract"/cheating the consumer!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeoS:
I couldn't agree more. The N1 is very decently priced, compared to other devices. Heck, even my Touch HD was 600 euros when I bought it. That's 797.55 USD!

Now, about the device: Android keeps amazing me. Especially on the Nexus. Only thing i'm missing (coming from Winmo) is installing apps to SD. I know it's possible with a2sd but I would prefer it if the OS supports it natively. Hopefully it's included in Android 2.2.

The Nexus One isn´t the very best hardware out there, but definitely the fairest priced, compared to others. And still, top of the line.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaximReapage:
fyi the 8gb iphone is $600 unsubsidized. I spent less than that getting the N1 and my 16gb sd card.

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htb2050:
getring mine next week...

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turbobee:
the nexus one has been worth every penny for me; just got mine the other day.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erebusting:
you have a point, but I was never interested in getting a iPhone 3Gs. Anyways...what about the Incredible unsubsidized: 599$....you get more out of it, the only thing is you must have the right network for it (not GSM)...

also I did not pay 500, I payed about 570 or so which is pretty close to 600....has me thinking twice...maybe I will just keep it and down the road I will still be able to use my upgrade pricing or even get another phone and possibly sell this one...it all depends on if I get a summer job also...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OrganizedFellow:
ZERO REGRETS.

I didn't quite have the funds at the time, but with the proper sacrifices, I was able to purchase it two days after announcement.

I then promptly rooted it within 3 days.

By the 4th day, I have bricked it, but successfully, with the tons and tons of topics here, I was able to save it.

I continue to use Cyanogen Mods latest stable on my Nexus One.

And at least once a week, I get to show it off to a friend, friend of a friend, or some total stranger.

At least once a week, I test a new app that does something I didn't know I could do.

Worth the $572.64 I spent on Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 3:27 AM.

REALLY, I just copied/pasted that from my confirmation Order Receipt from Google :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S_Dot:
haha I love that
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h2opoloplyr_11:
did you end up returning the phone for the att 3g version?

worth every penny like everyone said! And plus it was nice to sell the iphone for a profit so i purchased this phone with little and i mean little out of my pocket. :)

and on the up side, i still have my contract upgrade open. so come june/july im ready to test out new phones. But will definitely keep the n1, and just resell whatever phone i get since im not leaving ATT anyway. LOL.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyXL:
Definitely not worth $530

Hell no, it's not worth paying $530. You can get it for significantly less...around $475 and it'll still be in mint condition. I sold my T-Mobile version about a month or so ago when the AT&T version came out for an even $500. At the rate phones devalue, you should be able to get one for less...a lot less if you're patient. I wouldn't be surprised if you could get one in really good condition for a little over $400. If you're like some people (such as myself) it's put in a plastic case with a screen protector so you can't even tell it's used and you'll never see the difference. Is the Nexus One a good phone? Absolutely, it is the best phone I've ever owned and the only thing I find regrettable about it is the lack of a keyboard since I still make many mistakes texting and typing URLs (well, that and the occasional multi-touch wonkiness which can be frustrating). Is it still worth the $530 premium when it can be had for less with the same functionality? I think the answer is absolutely not. Pay less for the pretty much the same. The only reason I paid almost $600 (including tax since I live in California) was because it was really the only respectable game in town at the time for 3G, Android, and a WVGA screen. You have choices at this point so use them. Just my 2 cents...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gizmo2431:
Paid $450 on craigslist approximately 6 weeks ago for a 1 month used nexus one. I waited patiently for about 2 weeks before finding it for that price. I had a second seller that was going to sell for $450 as well, but I stayed with the first seller that took my offer. So $530+tax+shipping? Maybe... After all, I didn't get a warranty. I have been the beneficiary of a perfect phone though. Had some issues with battery life, but for some reason after flashing CM5.0.6 those issues were rectified.

BUY IT!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sassyness77:
365.72

Okay i dont know if this has been mentioned but i just got my Nexus One for 365 dollars and change on T mobile with NO contract. I ordered the 179 version and then just simply cancelled my contract the next day only recieving the google ETF for 150. I already had a t mobile contract, which ALSO sort of helps with the no option to upgrade with a family plan as well. It comes out a LOT cheaper than 530, which in turn turns into around 560 i believe.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x986123:
Yea I got mine for the AT&T version.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
You'll get the other ETF soon enough.

Trust me, that idea has been discussed to death around these forums ;)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erebusting:
lol..I wonder if he knows there is a fee from google AND a fee from Tmobile....? well he will soon enough anyway..
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sassyness77:
My Beliefs.

First off, i spent many nights reading every contract that has to deal with the nexus one and t mobile.:)

Well I don't really mind if you believe in the ETF from t mobile, but I have already cancelled the contract (before i even received the phone) and i will not receive another ETF, this has been confirmed by MANY t mobile representatives and "managers".

I simply don't see where you guys are coming up with ANOTHER $200 from T mobile? Yes, there is an ETF IF you cancel after 14 days, however there IS a grace period in which you can cancel and receive NO ETF. I was told to just hand the phone back to the fed-ex driver so it would be sent instantly to Google again so i don't get GOOGLE'S ETF, but i would not receive any fees from T-Mobile not even the $35 activation fee, they simply "voided" that contract considering i never even received the phone yet.

I'm not yelling or angry at anyone :) I just don't see your reasonings behind the two ETF's.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
but I read that Google has their own etf that will be added once Google gets your cancellation notice since view will have lost money for subsidizing that phone. this loophole you are doing has already been addressed when the nexus was first released. I wouldn't trust t-mobile to know the correct answer to tell you. just be ready for it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OrganizedFellow:
we'll just have to wait and see then.

(personal note: if he gets charged well over $530 for both EFTs, i highly doubt he'll come post about it - to avoid the "i toldja so!" flame)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
Wait... Do you honestly think you can cancel within the 14 day trial period and then just... Not return the phone... And think they won't find out about it?... :D

Yes there's no ETF because they're expecting you to return the phone. If you don't, that's basically stealing haha!

If they said to return the phone, how do you suspect to get away with not doing so?

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sassyness77:
Okay, that is what im trying to explain I am completely planning on paying the $150 ETF FROM GOOGLE for not returning the phone. but there wont be a second ETF from t- mobile like you guys believe.

$215 for the discounted new T-mobile customer

$150 for googles ETF

$0 for T-mobile

$365 :)

And also I cannot be charged well over $530 for the phone anyways, the most T-Mobile could charge is $200 which would bring the total to $565 which is what the phone comes out as buying it unlocked. See It makes complete sense to charge me $200 from T-Mobile because then they would be making $565 dollars again(although split between T-Mobile and Google), but there is that 14 day grace period that i believe they are hoping people forget to read about. :)

I will keep you guys posted if i ever do recieve a second ETF(although i still haven't even received my first one from google), Im ready for all the flaming possible :) and i don't mean that sarcastically, if i messed up i'll take it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
Read through this:

http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Nexus-One/Getting-the-Nexus-one-cheapest-way-possible/m-p/314849

And this:

https://www.google.com/phone/static/en_US-tmobile_terms_conditions.html

Still think you can get away with it?

Good luck and keep us posted... if you're brave enough :)

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sassyness77:
My last reply,

Yes i have read everything i can find on the contracts :) And it states you can cancel within 14 days with no ETF, the contract i had with t mobile is only for the service to use the phone, the phone aspect of this deal is all about google. T mobile has NO control over the phone therefore voiding out the possibility of them charging me anything for not returning "their" device (because it is NOT their device what-so-ever) I am most definitely brave enough and i will let you know if i ever recieve anything from T-Mobile. :)

Thanks for the luck :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Wonder what happened to those couple of people that tried that. I may make a new thread and see if they managed to get away with the "lower price".
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xboomer55:
arrived today. completely satisfied.....finally!

if you have the bucks....there is no risk.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hahajoker:
I have been watching this thread for a while now and I agree it is dishonest, but I enjoy saving money more than I enjoy being honest. :)

I am selling my HD2 for $400 this week. I want to use this method to buy a new Nexus One. Let me say this before I get flamed, I am fully prepared to pay the ETF from Google and up to the full price of the phone ($520). My thinking is, if I can possibly get it for $180 to $330 then why not.

My question is, I currently have the smartphone data plan on my numbers account for when I was using the HD2. When I receive the Nexus One and insert my SIM card, can I just go online and remove the HD2 smartphone plan and replace it with an android one?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hahajoker:
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