How did you swing that one?!

 

lol, when I ordered it did say it was available, then at checkout it said dispatched by the 8th. Suppose it has been dispatched by the 8th

Only problem is, parcelforce are doing the delivery

 

I was tempted to buy one but the 32gig limit has stopped me. Looks like i may just buy a phone that can take my 64gig memory card

 

Hang on a minute. I assumed that the paltry amount of storage could be supplemented, is it the maximum?

 

yep its the maximum like a 32gb iphone but as people say there is always the cloud

 

More like, as people say on here "WTF, no removable storage, what a load of ****"

Bloody shame as I'm only just managing with 64gb, couldn't live with less.

 

What on earth do you put on your phone to need 64gb worth of storage?

 

I struggle to fill 16gb, only get close if I stick a few films on my current phone if I am working away. Can access everything else remotely

 

Apple press videos

 

Only time I ever come close to using a lot of space is on a track day when I'm taking 4 or 5 4gb videos in 1080p

On my Galaxy S3 I've got a 64gb SD Card which they all go on, with the Nexus I'll just use a card reader.

In any case, leaving 64gb of data on a device like a phone is absolute suicide - it should be backed off to a cloud source (or computer, etc) as quickly as possible. I use my SD Card for 5 or 6 hours every couple of months then it's emptied off accordingly, would be silly to keep any data of value on a phone regardless of how careful you are.

I don't even download my spotify playlists anymore, turned into a bit of a stream *****.

 

Practically all of my music, all of my pictures, lots of documents, apps, at least one porno. All in sync with my iPad, MacBook and iMac, the last two are backed up to a time capsule, music is also backed up to iTunes Match, documents also on iCloud, Google Drive and Dropbox. Think I have it covered.

 

By having it stored locally, you're just duplicating a lot of data.

I think it's just a shift in usage mentality for hosted storage for backing up/duplicating, to "streaming" your stuff on demand right down from hosted storage, hence not needing a tonne of local space.

Nobody can really argue that Google/LG have hit a pretty brutal price-point with this device considering it's spec, and the only obvious limitation I can see is their decision not to offer more than 32gb local storage and/or an SD slot. Personally I'm happy with this in exchange for £300 in my pocket, as I'm confident that I can stream any/all of my data when I need it thanks to unlimited data and good coverage where I need it.

If you absolutely can't live without a local copy of all your stuff, then I guess the Nexus is not for you.

 

never hurts to be prepared eh?

 

I bet you could lose half that 64gb and you'd not even miss it

And if you did you be feeling embarrassed about

 

I probably could dump a lot, but if I have the storage why leave it empty, I won't be going backwards. I'm on the road a lot and although I have unlimited data on my iPhone I don't on my iPad, plus 70% of my year is out of country, streaming is out of the question.

 

can you not tether the iPad to the iPhone or is that tariff dependant? good news is I think they are reducing data costs whilst roaming soon.

 

It's an extra £10 a month to tether, or I could jailbreak. Stopping roaming charges would save me a lot of money.

 

Never had a problem using "tethering" on my HTC Desire, but iPhone-loving family can't do it, despite using the same network. Is this an Apple vs. Android thing, or have I just been lucky?

 

What is an apple v android thing ??

 

Tethering has been a great feature for Android phone to tablet or pc. Just yesterday I was having a dinner out at a countryside restaurant, my wife needed to reply an work email promptly, her S3 on Vodafone didn't have signal so she tethered to my EE Note 3

 

She could have just used your note ??

My mother has just inherited the original iphone off bro in law / my sis. I was attempting to get it to tether with playbook I got her

It wouldn't, only by usb I think. I assumed the later versions would work though. ( she will get handed down next incarnation in a few weeks.

No problem tethering to my Sony Ray. This was in France and I was using vodafone euro travelet

 

It's a contract thing. If I renew my contract I get tethering but I lose my international calling plan, which is more important to me.

 

Apple and the network providers for some unknown reason won't allow you to tether an iPhone to anything including iPad's without incurring some form of cost to the user.

I think (although I may be wrong) that it was to encourage sales of 3G iPad's, as if you could just tether your iPad to your iPhone then you'd have no need for a 3G enabled iPad.

I can't say I tried tethering an Apple product to an Android product (or vice versa) when I had handsets and tablets of both OS's so I don't know if it's possible in any combination.

If the Apple policy has changed then I'll apologise in advance.

 

I've just had an email from Google stating that my Nexus 5 has been despatched.

 

Nothing to do with Apple. I think they all offer tethering now.

 

Dumbass question incoming!

Is there a difference between "tethering" and then using my phone as a wifi hot spot?

How could a provider know whether I'm providing 3G via wifi or not?

 

That's good to know, it was the robbing networks all along then.

 

Check to see if you need a sim adaptor. If you do then currys do them for £2.99 or carphone warehouse for about £4.99

 

I'll check, to be honest that never even occurred to me.

 

I've just had a look and the Nexus 5 uses a micro sim, the same as my Samsung S4.