This is amazing. This is LITERALLY amazing. Google’s online direct sale site now includes the just-announced Nexus 4, revealing that the LG made Android 4.2 phone will launch for a SIM-free price of just £239 for the 8GB version of the handset. That has just blown the entire mobile phone world into A MILLION TINY PIECES.
The 16GB version of the Nexus 4 is also listed by Google in the UK, costing just £279. Both are 3G versions. We suspect LG might well have finally found the Android model that’ll sell quite a few units. Amazing. LOOK. LOOK AT THAT NUMBER:
Check the prices out here. We simply can’t quite believe they’re real. At that price, who won’t be buying one?
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
The HTC One V is HTC’s third entry in its high-profile new HTC One range, offering a smaller 3.7″ display running on a single-core 1GHz processor. It is is very much the “affordable” option in HTC’s newest Android series, but…
The HTC One S is the piggy in the middle of HTC’s 2012 line-up, offering a 4.3″ AMOLED display inside a very slim and stylish aluminium chassis. The end result is a phone that’s very, very slim and stylish.
HTC’s new quad-core monster, the 4.7″ flagship for 2012 that introduces the Tegra 3 processor to mobile phones, updates HTC’s range to Android 4.0 and brings us the supposedly streamlined version 4.0 of HTC’s Sense user interface.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
ABS
/ October 29, 2012“At that price, who won’t be buying one?”
Well, I won’t. I found out I live in the wrong part of Europe. Again.
“Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet.”
Damn it :)
Hasan
/ October 29, 2012Still got stupid 5 months on my 24 month contract. I might still buy one in a couple of months time, and get a sim only contract. This price is really attractive.
jrb
/ October 29, 201216GB max memory! :) have they not learned from htc ? they have had to release the one x+ with 64GB. that is more sensible. i am really sad as i had hoped for at least 32 which i would have bought.
Hasan
/ October 29, 2012I have a feeling they’ll release a 32gb version few months later, just like they did with the nexus7.
jrb
/ October 29, 2012and having checked google web site, the 16GB is not even available yet. only 8GB. no expansion. and i don’t live on google campus with WiFi everywhere. not even ubiquitous 2g, let alone 3g or LTE.
Gary_C
/ October 29, 2012Neither are “available” yet as they’re both not yet… available. Given that these are priced at HALF the cost of the HTC One X at launch, I think you have to be prepared to compromise a little somewhere.
Bry
/ October 29, 2012Unbelievable pricing!!!
Mike C.
/ October 29, 2012Unfortunately it only has 8 or 16GB onboard. That is nowhere near my need. I will pass.
zidnrfhwvbytk
/ October 29, 2012Great price but 2 things are missing. Nexus 4 would be perfect with SD card slot and radio.
Rob Thompson
/ October 30, 2012I disagree, it needs a toaster and a curling tongs to be complete.
Pal, you have to be joking – a superphone for £239 SIM Free and you are whinging about radios and SD card slots. Go and buy another phone that does have an SD card slot and a similar spec, for around £400+
zidnrfhwvbytk
/ October 30, 2012@Rob Thompson: Please read with attention. Firstly I said “Great price” and I think it is a bargain phone. Secondly I said “would be perfect” it is still very good phone. “I disagree, it needs a toaster and a curling tongs to be complete” offcourse You got right to disagree and maybe you expect different features in your handset. Please be aware that other users might have different expectations as for the phone features. There are people who would like to listen radio on the go or be able to expand phone’s memory and that might deter them from purchase.
MarkT
/ October 30, 2012the limit in expansion slots is a downer, but i’ll buy one at this price even if it is only 8gb :-p
Adrian68
/ October 30, 2012If I didn’t have another 12 months to go, then I would seriously consider this even with “only” 16Gb. It’s a shame there’s no 32Gb model due out, but then that would mean the LG Optimus G would be rather redundant.
I recently bought The Bards Tale, that’s 3.35Gb also Horn (during the Google 25 billion app offer) is 1.73Gb.
I’d have to delete some of my music & videos to “squeeze” my data into the remaining user memory. The obvious thing is that it would have less bloatware than my One X even though I rather like HTC Sense
FJ_Nav
/ October 30, 2012Pricing is competitive and really compelling. Still I’m going to get one from the US where the 16 Gb is still cheaper than the UK 8Gb!
Harry
/ October 31, 2012After killing the 7 inch Android tablet market, Google now kills the Android phone market as wel. Way to go Google,..
Andy Burns
/ October 31, 2012@Hasan and @Adrian68
You may be part way through a contract, but this is a contract free phone, if you want one, why not buy one and use it on your existing contract? OK you’ll need a microSIM but your network provider should send you one on demand, then flog your old phone on fleabay …
Gary C
/ October 31, 2012Nexus 4 for self, old phone to wife/girlfriend/kids/ebay is indeed the only sensible option. It’s been a tough year. Let’s all treat ourselves.