and in the UK I hope
Me too !!! I would love a less fragile nexus(ish) device with a little more built in memory.
Just noticed that you can't get to devices from the app. C'mon Google lol.
https://play.google.com/store/devices?feature=corpus_selector
Is it on Google Play in the US yet?
If it's anything like when the Nexus 4 got released, start getting in line between 1100 and 1130 and refresh like crazy and expect server issues.
Edit: Should add that those times I listed would be EST. So if you're in a different time zone, adjust accordingly.
Wowza. I wasn't part of the Nexus 4 fiasco. I'm actually going back to GSM for the first time in over 7 years.
Good lord I hope that doesn't happen again. The Nexus 7 launch wasn't pretty, but the Nexus 4 launch was an abomination on all scales. Hopefully they don't have there server issues that they had in the past. Supply might be an issue because both companies aren't making a lot of stock, but I'm not expecting a mass exodus of purchases at 600/650 full retail plus tax and shipping.
Are you going AT&T or T-Mobile? I ask because I could have sworn I saw that the One GE didn't support T-Mobile's 1700 HSPA frequency. Then again, you being in NY/LI probably means you have LTE already.
T-Mobile, but yep, we already do have T-Mobile LTE here and it's relatively quick too.
EDIT: I'm actually having a difficult time deciding which GE device I want.
I don't know how much traveling you do, but if you're going to use T-Mobile, I'd look at their frequencies once Google posts them and see which one, if any, support the 1700MHz HSPA. There's nothing worse than traveling and being stuck on EDGE.
Mostly out of country traveling. Not much inner country jetsetting.
HSPA/WCDMA: 850/1900/2100 MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
LTE: 700/850/AWS/1900 MHz (US)
For GSM (2G) it's 900/1800 only.Europe mostly uses 900 and 1800 if memory serves me correctly.
For GSM (2G) it's 900/1800 only.
3G is mostly 2100, though IIRC there's some 900 in some countries.
LTE is 2600, 1800 or 900, depending on country/network, but roll-out is pretty variable.
So in Europe you'll get 2G and 3G, but not 4G (which I here use in the sense it's used here, ie LTE - HSPA is 3G for this purpose).
If it is ever released in the EU I expect they'll use the European model with the GE ROM - would make no sense to do anything else.
If it's anything like when the Nexus 4 got released, start getting in line between 1100 and 1130 and refresh like crazy and expect server issues.
Edit: Should add that those times I listed would be EST. So if you're in a different time zone, adjust accordingly.
Google, it's 11:30 AM EST - do you know where your Google Edition devices are? Lol.
I'm so pissed with VZW. I pay through the nose and they N E V E R get the hot phones any more? What the hell is wrong with them?
12pm is the official time from what I've read, but that was what it was when google launched the nexus 4. Then they surprised everyone by posting 30 minutes early. Was just hoping to let some people in on that knowledge.
Quite simply, they bank on the fact that you'll pay through the nose and not care about having a limited phone selection in order to have their stable and huge coverage offered by their network.
Still nothing posted and it's just about 12:30 lol.
Which judging by their number of subscribers is giving them all the proof they require to maintain that thought process (for devices).
Google fails so hard at device releases
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