France 24,
13 November 2012
AFP - The
latest Google smartphone sold out in some countries within an hour of its
release on Tuesday.
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| The latest Google smartphone sold out in some countries within an hour of its release on Tuesday. |
Nexus 4
handsets made by South Korea's LG Electronics were available at Google's online
Play shop, where stock was quickly depleted and notices posted asking shoppers
to leave email addresses to be alerted when more are available.
"There's
been so much interest for the Nexus lineup that we've sold out of some of our
initial stock in a few countries," the Nexus team said in a post at
Google+ social network.
"We
are working hard to add more Nexus devices to Google Play in the coming weeks
to keep up with the high demand."
At a
starting price of $299 for smartphones not bound to particular carriers, and
therefore unsubsidized by telecom companies, Nexus 4 models were deemed a
bargain at half the price of similarly "unlocked" iPhones from Apple.
"Nexus
4 is the new smartphone from Google," the Play store page said. "With
cutting edge hardware, the latest version of Android, and the best Google apps
-- Nexus 4 puts the world's information at your fingertips."
Reports
early Tuesday indicated that Play sold out of Nexus 4 smartphones in the US,
Britain, Germany and elsewhere, with people complaining of frustrating
experiences at the inundated online shop.
Google on
Tuesday also began selling new seven-inch and 10-inch Nexus tablet computers as
well as rolling out the latest version of Android mobile operating system as an
over-the-air update to Nexus devices.
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