Had to laugh - "We've never heard of Google"

[PaulMilander]

I ordered on a Wednesday got my phone Friday night. My order said 1-2 weeks but it shipped the next day.

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Wait, you ordered it wed and got it FRi? WTH.. I ordered it Thursday at 5am and it still hasnt even shipped

 

[Kevin Harvell]

Tmobile store prices are $150 over Play Store, because Google is subsiding the phones they sell.

And Walmart doesn't sell the N4. The Galaxy Nexus, maybe, but not the Nexus 4.

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Actually they do. Not all Wal-Mart locations will have them, but the supercenter by our house has them for $150 on contract, and $550 without.

Our local store had two last night.


Went to another supercenter about 20 miles away earlier in the day (which has a much better, and separate wireless center) and that store did not have them either in stock, or display.

 

[sting7k]

I was in TMobile today, switching over from the contract to prepaid, and someone brought back an N4 8gb phone. When asked why, they told the salesman "we have never heard of Google, oure friends havent either, get a Samsung."

So when the salesman asked what they use for a search engine, they looked at each other like deer caught in headlights. It all came down to either paying more for a Samsung phone or getting a case for the N4. When they heard the difference in price, they elected to keep the phone and just buy the case instead.

They couldn't even come with Yahoo as an answer? I wonder what they do with their smart phone if they've never heard of Google.

 

[Andrew Cottle]

Tmobile store prices are $150 over Play Store, because Google is subsiding the phones they sell.

And Walmart doesn't sell the N4. The Galaxy Nexus, maybe, but not the Nexus 4.

Just swung by my local Walmart and happened to notice that indeed the Nexus 4 is sold there. It was being offered for $149 with a 2 year contract. Definitely was not the G Nexus.

 

[ConTejas]

That's great that you have a pleasant experience. Unfortunately, there are some people (like myself) who just can't seem to understand why our orders seem to be stuck in limbo w/o any support from Google. I will try again, though, on Monday. When you ordered, what shipping estimate did you receive? The 2-3 week or 1-2 week? I'm going to try to order the 16 GB this time around and see if there's any difference.

I ordered 2 16gb N4s on 2/6/13. It said 2-3 weeks shipping. I received a shipping notification later that day and had them in my hands less than 48hrs later on 2/8/13. Certainly not trying to salt your wound, but that was my experience.

 

[ConTejas]

Just swung by my local Walmart and happened to notice that indeed the Nexus 4 is sold there. It was being offered for $149 with a 2 year contract. Definitely was not the G Nexus.

Do the math my friend. Most of the time it is MUCH cheaper to pay $350 (hell even $600+) and be month to month over the same 24 month period.

 

[gone down south]

Look at it in context, though, almost no-one has heard of the "Google Phone". The Nexus tablets have some traction in the general market, even if they still blend into the whole Galaxy Tab/Asus/Kindle mess in the average person's mind. The phones aren't even on the radar of most people.

 

[Fairclough]

Ordered 2 16 GB ones the day the came back in stock. Ordered on a Tuesday, had the phones three days later on Friday. Well worth waiting a few days to save $200 per phone.

Lucky ordered on the 4th and waiting.

 

[shadowdriven1]

I've seen the Nexus 4 in two Walmart Stores now, not all carry them.

 

[shadowdriven1]

The idea that they've never heard of Google is preposterous, it makes less sense considering the phone is made by LG.

 

[Tall Mike 2145]

I used to work in a tech support call center, and the kinds of things I've heard from customers would curl the average tech-savvy person's hair.

 

[Andrew Cottle]

i agree, i wouldn't buy the N4 on contract as it is not a good deal. i was just replying to the previous poster how mentioned he wasn't aware of the N4 being for sale at Walmart.

 

[Evoken]

How can they have actually never heard of Google? I'm baffled.

 

[Tall Mike 2145]

How can they have actually never heard of Google? I'm baffled.

It's the same way there have been people who think it isn't legal to run something other than Windows on their computer, or can't understand why their computer can't connect to the Internet at home when they don't have an ISP, or can't see why they should do this ?charging" thing to make their laptop work. It's called ignorance or, in some cases, willful ignorance.

 

[PaulMilander]

It's the same way there have been people who think it isn't legal to run something other than Windows on their computer, or can't understand why their computer can't connect to the Internet at home when they don't have an ISP, or can't see why they should do this ?charging" thing to make their laptop work. It's called ignorance or, in some cases, willful ignorance.

When my dad got his first cellphone two years ago, he called me on his landline cause his cellphone was broken because it didnt have a dial tone lol

 

[mzanette]

Never hearing of "Bing" or "Ask Jeeves", maybe...but Google? C'mon now.
That's pretty ridiculous close to impossible.

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I always get a good laugh when someone asks me a question and I say "let me Bing that". Good times!

 

[Unicorn Rancher]

I hate to sound like a Noob...but who is Sam Sung?:-[

Sam Sung Blue. Everybody knows one.

 

[Chex313]

The idea that they've never heard of Google is preposterous, it makes less sense considering the phone is made by LG.

My take on the OP was that they were confused... When reminded of their search engine "they looked at each other like deer caught in headlights". Meaning they just then realized boy are we dumb! Its that Google!

Thats just my take on the OP.

No one I know, knows what a Google branded phone is. Most of them still walk into a carrier and takes the advice of idiots, who probably don't know what a Google branded phone is either.

 

[Tall Mike 2145]

All we can do, ethically, in a free society, is to facilitate access to knowledge. You can lead a horse to water...