When is this bad boy hitting the play store?
When is this bad boy hitting the play store?
If this does, lets not get our hopes up too high. i want to say mid spring 2013. that's enough time to ease it into the play store without people exploding. I mean, if it were to hit the play store before this year's end, I would take out all my anger on a Google rep, corner him into a corner crying until he replaces my back ordered 16GB version for a 32GB
Agreed, don't expect one until mid-spring at the earliest. Possibly when carrier-branded models are released (such as on Sprint).
Most likely never. Google has goals with the Nexus 4:When is this bad boy hitting the play store?
Most likely never. Google has goals with the Nexus 4:
-Show that top of the line hardware specs can be coupled with brilliant software for $300 off contract. Corollary: Ease market control over devices by carriers. Force standard development and compliance independent of carrier branding.
- Push the cloud. Push Google Music, Google Drive, etc.
Neither of those goals is served with a 32 GB Nexus 4. The price point is attractive at the $300, even $350 level - which is a little more than what people pay for top of the line phones ON contract. Producing a 32 GB model might force them to raise its price to $400, and I doubt Google is interested in doing this.
Second, it's also not helpful to Google's cloud strategy. The cloud is important to Google because it frees people from their devices. When there is no pain to "move" photos and music over, and it's just a matter of signing in, it's much easier to persuade people to buy a new device, and do so without having to set foot in a store to have their people get your device "up and running."
The thing with the "cloud" is its not very realistic unless you have constant Wi-Fi or constant excellent signal. And even with a LTE phone on Verizon, constant excellent signal isn't possible.
I have at least 15 GB of music, and 5 GB on my phone. If I want to download a couple of movies off the play store to watch during a flight, I'd have start deleting stuff to make room with 16 GB
When and if they do release the 32gb variant, they'll likely discontinue the 8gb and drop the 16gb to $300 and sell 32gb for $350. That's what I think they'll do, much like the N7.
I have gone cross country multiple times and almost always have cell coverage,
I drive from the bay area to the Baltimore area every couple of years, sometimes it is from the phoenix area to baltimore, I have used sprint and at&t now it will be t-mobile(have not done the drive with them yet) but I almost always have coverage, even when i don't have coverage there is no reason for 30 gigs of music and movies for at the most an hour
I doubt that they will do this with the Nexus 4. Google is probably already selling the Nexus 4 at cost, and I sincerely doubt they will eat extra cost just so they can add more storage. The evolution of the Nexus phone has NOT been towards more on-board storage. The unlocked GSM Galaxy Nexus - the one that Google sold - was only available as a 16GB model. And with the Nexus 4, they are offering an 8GB model. It does not sound to me like Google is gearing up to add extra storage options. In fact, it sounds to me like just the opposite.When and if they do release the 32gb variant, they'll likely discontinue the 8gb and drop the 16gb to $300 and sell 32gb for $350. That's what I think they'll do, much like the N7.
Well, I was just talking about the phone not being a movie watching device (primarily). I will readily admit that if you regularly download and watch movies on your phone, and that's a critical consideration, the Nexus 4 is not the phone for you. Wouldn't the movie watching experience on a flight be much better served with say, a Nexus 7 or Nexus 10?The thing with the "cloud" is its not very realistic unless you have constant Wi-Fi or constant excellent signal. And even with a LTE phone on Verizon, constant excellent signal isn't possible.
I have at least 15 GB of music, and 5 GB on my phone. If I want to download a couple of movies off the play store to watch during a flight, I'd have start deleting stuff to make room with 16 GB
What about my airplane/airport scenario?
Most airports I've been to don't offer free WiFi, and I've been on one plane that offered Wi-Fi.
Edit: I only get WiFi at home, and I travel a lot, driving through parts of the country where the only two radio stations are Jesus talk radio and praise Jesus country music.
Well I don't know the mood I'm going to be in when I leave for the airport, so which music should I load up? And moving a few gigabytes takes longer than a minute. A movie alone will take up a few GB. Two movies, 5 GB, sound right?
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