Thursday, October 31, 2013

Hurry up or you'll miss out: Nexus 5 and Kit Kat official (Updated)

Done and done.  Bought it online via the Google Play Store, a white 32GB Nexus 5 for $399 + $9.99 shipping.  That's the price for an unlocked phone that runs on Sprint or T-Mobile (for now), unsubsidized, which, if you've shopped for phones at the T-Mobile store, you know how big of a bargain this is.

So you know how the Moto X has the always-on microphone ready for your voice commands?  The Nexus 5 has it built in, too, but at a much lower price.  I tell you, jump fast at this, or else you're going to end up waiting until after January for inventory to open up.

Seriously, I bought mine at 11:44 am with a ship date of Nov 5th, and 25 minutes later it's now Nov. 8.


Nexus 5 specs:

  • Android 4.4
  • 4.95" IPS 1920x1080 display (445 ppi)
  • Gorilla Glass 3
  • 1.3MP front facing / 8MP rear facing w/ image stabilization
  • 69.17 x 137.84 x 8.59 mm
  • 4.59 oz (130 g)
  • 2,300 mAH -- 17 hrs talk / 300 hrs standby / 8.5 hrs WiFi internet / 7 hrs LTE internet
  • Wireless Charging built-in
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, 2.3GHz
  • Adreno 330, 450MHz
  • Dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4G/5G) 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
  • NFC (Android Beam)
  • Bluetooth 4.0 LE
  • 16 GB / 32 GB
  • 2 GB RAM
  • Micro USB
  • SlimPort enabled
  • 3.5mm stereo audio jack
  • Dual microphones
  • Ceramic power and volume buttons
  • Accelerometer
  • GPS
  • Compass
  • Proximity/Ambient Light
  • Gyroscope
  • Pressure
  • Hall Effect
  • GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  • CDMA: Band Class: 0/1/10
  • WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
  • LTE: Bands: 1/2/4/5/17/19/25/26/41
  • T-Mobile / Sprint
  • UNLOCKED

Updates:

Spotty inventory on Google Play, with the 16GB versions going in and out of availability, currently the black 16GB is out of stock.  It's starting to look a lot like a repeat of the Nexus 4 release where sales were brisk and availability became spotty through the end of the year.

Also, with the Nexus 5 supporting Qi wireless charging, a new charger has been revealed, but not yet available for sale.  Of course, since it's compatible with Qi wireless, you can get a non-Nexus-branded wireless charger for a lot less, right now.

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