Nexus 5

aidan_r

I'm going to be in the US for a couple of weeks at Thanksgiving, should I wait and try to get one there or buy now from carphone warehouse uk?

What's the deal with the 4G, will it matter where I buy it for that?

JTMan

I have my phone.

marcbrophy

Fungus wrote: »

I have my phone.

Quick, start the Nexus 5 owners thread

seanaor

On my way to pick it up...

gzoladz

In the past it has taken exactly 90 minutes for my pm orders to get from the Dublin depot to my motel.

It is 85 minutes and counting now...

mr.u

Mine are still marked as in transit :-(

gzoladz

Pin received!

C-Shore

aidan_r wrote: »

I'm going to be in the US for a couple of weeks at Thanksgiving, should I wait and try to get one there or buy now from carphone warehouse uk?

What's the deal with the 4G, will it matter where I buy it for that?

Yeah unfortunately it will matter. The US 4g bands are all different to the EU 4g bands so you need to get the UK version to support the 800/900/1800 bands.
3g would work fine I think but unfortunately it won't support 4g here.

IrishStuff09

Aaaaaaand it's up
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057075979

fredotf2

gzoladz wrote: »

Pin received!

Which motel if you don't mind me asking?

Crimsonforce

I have mine!

AND it's really nice!

aidan_r

C-Shore wrote: »

Yeah unfortunately it will matter. The US 4g bands are all different to the EU 4g bands so you need to get the UK version to support the 800/900/1800 bands.
3g would work fine I think but unfortunately it won't support 4g here.

Cheers for the reply, out of curiosity would the UK version work in the US for 4g or are they incompatible both ways?

JKGT

gzoladz wrote: »

In the past it has taken exactly 90 minutes for my pm orders to get from the Dublin depot to my motel.

It is 85 minutes and counting now...

Mines checked in the parcel motel depo 70 mins now not budging and I'm on the south side and the depo is in finglas afaik.... Grrrrrrr

Amalgam

fredotf2 wrote: »

Which motel if you don't mind me asking?

C-Shore

aidan_r wrote: »

Cheers for the reply, out of curiosity would the UK version work in the US for 4g or are they incompatible both ways?

It works both ways unfortunately

4g is a bit of an unregulated mess globally at he moment as it seems to have been a bit of a race to market and so they took whatever spectrum was free in order to make it available and didn't consider global compatibility too much.
It may perhaps work itself out in the future in terms of standard frequencies but I doubt it because of the money it would cost.

However, the good news is that Qualcomm (I think) seem to have developed a chip that has radios to handle all frequencies which will arrive to market soon. That's not much use to you now I guess, but maybe it's some consolation!

marcbrophy

The earliest I ever got a delivery from PM was 5:30 the following morning!

I have a long wait for my text message :pac:

emo72

i cant believe mine hasnt checked in at all yet. not on their system even though its there since 1100 this morning. bummer for emo.

aidan_r

C-Shore wrote: »

It works both ways unfortunately

4g is a bit of an unregulated mess globally at he moment as it seems to have been a bit of a race to market and so they took whatever spectrum was free in order to make it available and didn't consider global compatibility too much.
It may perhaps work itself out in the future in terms of standard frequencies but I doubt it because of the money it would cost.

However, the good news is that Qualcomm (I think) seem to have developed a chip that has radios to handle all frequencies which will arrive to market soon. That's not much use to you now I guess, but maybe it's some consolation!

Cheers, I'll go with the UK so.

C-Shore

aidan_r wrote: »

Cheers for the reply, out of curiosity would the UK version work in the US for 4g or are they incompatible both ways?

I just had a closer look, and it seems that the only frequency common between the UK version of the phone and those that us carriers use is 2100 on at&t and T-Mobile.
The only problem is that they might only use that in certain areas and so the signal could be patchy and unreliable.

Crimsonforce

You will definitely need a case for it
It's very slight and could slip out of your hand very easy
The build is similar to nexus 4 so the screen is built into the fone un
If it falls and cracks your screwed just like the 4

My first reaction....

But it's nice , got it in white..

IrishStuff09

marcbrophy wrote: »

The earliest I ever got a delivery from PM was 5:30 the following morning!

I have a long wait for my text message :pac:

Always around 6 for me

JAMM222

How much in euros is this costing for a 16gb?

IrishStuff09

JAMM222 wrote: »

How much in euros is this costing for a 16gb?

Just under €370 inc. PM charge and Delivery

JKGT

What locality are the people who have got there phones already from??? Dublin North- dub south - Waterford- cork - Galway ect ect???

mr.u

Didn't receive mine yet (Dublin South) though it is still in transit since 2 hours ...

lafors

Mine arrived in my pm box in santry at 21:25
I've had 4 beers so no going to get it now NOOOOOOO WHYYYY I'm an idiot, never thought it'd get there after it only checking in at PM at 19:34
I'll get it on the way to work in the morning.

seanaor

Mine was Dub North.

gzoladz

fredotf2 wrote: »

Which motel if you don't mind me asking?

Sandymount.

JAMM222

lafors wrote: »

Mine arrived in my pm box in santry at 21:25
I've had 4 beers so no going to get it now NOOOOOOO WHYYYY I'm an idiot, never thought it'd get there after it only checking in at PM at 19:34
I'll get it on the way to work in the morning.

You should get a taxi down and back..... Go on, you know you want to

bidiots

I'm in Galway and got mine....












No I didn't