Nexus 4 - Google aggressive on price

DUTR

thegoodman wrote: »

It seem Google is moving more and more towards its own devices, like iPhone. The Samsung have helped Android to become popular with Galaxy range but Google have under cut S3 and a few HTC phones by around £200. I am sure sales of S3 will go down unless Samsung cut the price as well.
It would be difficult to justify buying S3 or HTC X. Why would you pay extra £200 for Sd card or bit more memory?
For most 8 or 16 GB of memory would be enough.

This is not a bad marketing from Google, with the purchase of Motorola, Google can also dump LG and have a control over softwar and hardware.

Good for Google not so good for others. I am sure Samsung will feel bit used by Google.

Can't see how they would feel used, it's not as if they have not made profit from the venture.....it's called business.

thegoodman

DUTR wrote: »

Can't see how they would feel used, it's not as if they have not made profit from the venture.....it's called business.

With the price drop like this I can't see Samsung and HTC will be making profit from Android phones for too long. The numbers are already down for HTC.

For us, the end users what Google is doing is good thing. Unlike Samsung, Google/Motorola do not need to make the money from the hardware.
The Samsung helped Android to become popular, now if Google sideline the Samsung I am sure it's management will feel used.
The Google have played the same trick twice, one with iPhone and now with Samsung

almillar

thegoodman - a wee history lesson for you because Google are not 'starting' to make things themselves.
The first Google phone was the Nexus 1 - made by (someone else).
There was the Galaxy Nexus made by Samsung, then the Nexus 4 made by LG. Asus make the Nexus 7 tablet, Samsung make the upcoming Nexus 10.
Google have always had these devices, they say, as a way of setting the bar for the platform as a whole.
The Nexus 7, 4 and 10 are the most aggressively priced so far, which is great!

thegoodman

almillar wrote: »

thegoodman - a wee history lesson for you because Google are not 'starting' to make things themselves.
The first Google phone was the Nexus 1 - made by (someone else).
There was the Galaxy Nexus made by Samsung, then the Nexus 4 made by LG. Asus make the Nexus 7 tablet, Samsung make the upcoming Nexus 10.
Google have always had these devices, they say, as a way of setting the bar for the platform as a whole.
The Nexus 7, 4 and 10 are the most aggressively priced so far, which is great!

That's what I have said, good for the end users not good for manufactures such as Samsung.
With the Nexus the Google is under full control.
The Motorola, a part of Google have already started to do phones, what stops Google to just focus on Motorola?
I am sure Googles share holders want Motorola to make profit not others.

SellyOakBlade

Nice to see that Google are being agressive on price.

A shame to see that the mobile carriers are not. O2's cheapest contract with a free nexus 4 is £36. Complete rip-off given the sim free price...

Sim free may be the way to go...

MillicentBystander

SellyOakBlade wrote: »

Nice to see that Google are being agressive on price.

A shame to see that the mobile carriers are not. O2's cheapest contract with a free nexus 4 is £36. Complete rip-off given the sim free price...

Sim free may be the way to go...

At these prices sim-free is definitely the way to go! Some amazing SIM only deals knocking about.


PS o2 have always been very expensive IME.

wdw2003

I've been with O2 for 15 years, but will be leaving in January when my contract's up to buy the Nexus 4 and go to Giffgaff or someone.

O2 have totally lost the plot with their Nexus 4 pricing. Maybe they'll see sense and change their minds.

c-m

If you need a lot of storage then it's obviously not the phone for you.

For those that moan about the lack of 4G. HSPA+ that's rolling out, or already rolled out in some areas will eventually see speeds of over 40Mbps. Why pay more for 4G unless it's on the 800mhz frequency and you currently suffer with signal problems.

[Deleted User]

c-m wrote: »

If you need a lot of storage then it's obviously not the phone for you.

For those that moan about the lack of 4G. HSPA+ that's rolling out, or already rolled out in some areas will eventually see speeds of over 40Mbps. Why pay more for 4G unless it's on the 800mhz frequency and you currently suffer with signal problems.

I'm more concerned about the battery - how the heck are you going to 'take it out' to correct the odd frozen handset?

HSPA+ is great - I can't honestly see the need for anything faster on a mobile handset. I've had full screen TV streaming on my ipad using HSPA+. They just need to invest in better national coverage

neil40

I think i would rather pay £279 for this than £529 for an iphone 5