Nexus 5 discontinued

[raqball]

Rumor at this point depending on if you believe Android Pit..

According to Android Pit the N5 has been discontinued by Google and will no longer be sold once the stock has depleted itself..

Exclusive: the Nexus 5 is dead! - AndroidPIT

 

[Golfdriver97]

I just looked on Play and there is a message of out of inventory. and to check back soon. I am not totally sure I believe the rumor of the device getting killed. I can understand reducing the colors if red and white didn't sell so well.

 

[raqball]

I just looked on Play and there is a message of out of inventory. and to check back soon. I am not totally sure I believe the rumor of the device getting killed. I can understand reducing the colors if red and white didn't sell so well.

I don't believe the rumor either.. With the N6 being to big for many it would make sense for Google to keep selling the N5..

I am going to keep an eye on the Play store and grab another N5 just in case the rumor is true. This device rocks and if my N5 died and I could not get another I don't know what I'd do..

I'll grab a new one and just keep it unopened and new in box until my current N5 dies..

 

[TheDroidKid]

Correction Red and white were discounted in North America. Google will most likely keep selling the Nexus 5 32/16gb Black one. Nexus.google.com Nexus 5 is listed it will be staying. If it was going to go it would of went with the Nexus 7.

 

[belodion]

Why should Google make such an announcement exclusively to AndroidPIT? (Or as Google themselves would prefer to have it, PIT For Android.)

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[Shilohcane]

This story on Cnet about the N5 hints they will be available next year and another says Get it while you can.

Nexus 5 all but dead and buried? - CNET

 

[Nonymous666]

Why should Google make such an announcement exclusively to AndroidPIT?

When the author says, "we have now exclusive information from Google...", she probably means, "I ate lunch with a girl I know who has a boyfriend that works for google and she said, that he said, that his work buddy thinks he overheard...".

 

[jvai]

I got pressed a purchased an extra nexus 5 from radio shack last month as a back up (it was a sprint version w/o a sim removal tool & that bag for recycling).. It's cost was an arm & leg..


also, the sim hot swap is an android lollipop thingy;

I just switch my sprint sim with a truphone sim, & without rebooting, it lost the lte /cdma service, then regained the tmobile gsm / hspa service in less than 1 minute..

 

[pirateghostabc]

I just looked on play store and this is what it says now:

This device is not for sale at this time.

Black 32gb.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I checked again myself, and here is what I got:

 

[crxssi]

Google seems to like to change that page a lot lately.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if they are discontinuing it now and just selling old stock. But if they are, I think that is a horrible thing. The N5 was an exceptional deal, especially compared to the N6 (which is not a deal at all). And the N6 is way too large.

 

[belodion]

^^^Yes, the N5 is just right in various ways. A Mk2 version with a bigger battery along the lines of the LG G2 would be welcome if it could be done and I should think they'd be able to run it for many months. There's nothing about the N5 that really says 'This device is nearly life-expired'.

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[Golfdriver97]

And the updated article: http://www.androidpit.com/exclusive-the-nexus-5-is-dead

From an AOSP M8

 

[crxssi]

And the updated article: Exclusive: the Nexus 5 is dead! [updated: Nexus 5 will be available through Q1 2015] - AndroidPIT

" Update: In an email to The Verge, Google has stated that the Nexus 5 will continue to be sold in Q1 2015. "

 

[pirateghostabc]

In stock right now.

 

[Ed Briggs]

In stock right now.

It will be "in stock" for a LONG time on various websites. Just because Google may stop selling it does not mean it's going away anytime soon.

 

[patruns]

Both the black 16GB and 32GB phones are now it stock in the Play Store.

 

[brosko]

It will be "in stock" for a LONG time on various websites. Just because Google may stop selling it does not mean it's going away anytime soon.

Yeah but it seems that no one has it for 349.99 (for the 16gb version)

 

[raqball]

Yeah but it seems that no one has it for 349.99 (for the 16gb version)

If you factor in tax and shipping when ordering from the Play store a 16GB N5 ends up at $387 for me.. There are plenty of new in box N5's on eBay with no tax and free shipping from very reputable sellers that are about the same as the after tax and shipping price from Google..

The only down side is that Google will not honor your warranty and you'd need to go through LG..

 

[salmanahmad]

If you factor in tax and shipping when ordering from the Play store a 16GB N5 ends up at $387 for me.. There are plenty of new in box N5's on eBay with no tax and free shipping from very reputable sellers that are about the same as the after tax and shipping price from Google..

The only down side is that Google will not honor your warranty and you'd need to go through LG..

Living here in Pakistan where Google doesn't ship and most sites have extremely high shipping costs, I bought my Nexus 5 for 40,000 PKR which is equivalent to $400 and I got the 16GB version.

Guess what? No warranty either.

But do I regret purchasing this beast? Nope.