Amazon just dropped the price for the Nexus 6 to $349.9
shame that our Australian $ losing value day by day and make it harder to us to enjoy oversea offers
CamelCamelCamel.
Our Australian Dollar will soon be at parity.. With the Zimbabwe Dollar that is, the way things are going.
Low dollar not good for shoppers and Oz travelers going overseas, but others are thankful of the lower dollar, otherwise we may well be in a recession by now.
Will get worse in a couple of years when all imports will attract customs and duties charges. Wonder how Ruslan Kogan will react now that Gerry Harvey finally has his way.
Some of the items in your order cannot be shipped to the selected address. Please select a new address to see your estimated order total.
How do I get this delivered here for $511.43?
Just did a test checkout, shipping is working fine for me.
The "estimate shipping" thing gives the above quoted response. But on your post I went into the checkout procedure and yeah, it'll ship here. For only $7.83. Weird. That's gotta be an error. But it's an error we can use.
its ship to Australia for me !!
AUD dropping value is good for businesses and will create jobs as a result.
Good for exporters, education and overseas travellers coming to Australia. Bad for importing Ozbargainers, importers and anyone wanting to go on an overseas holiday.
A low Aussie dollar is good for the long term as it gives a competitive advantage compared to other developed nations through being able to offer cheaper goods.
Don't know why you were negged, there's a positive and negative to every exchange rate movement.
Too many stupid people who know nothing about economics (why he was negged)
Yeah I agree, it's surprising how many people no nothing about basic supply and demand. It is a vital skill in todays economy.
Actually I negged him because his comment was irrelevant to the deal.
Who imports Ozbargainers?
What's the normal price?
I don't know but they are BOGOF currently and come with a pack of Eneloops :)
@ShamelessBargains: You got ripped of then. Every time I import OzBargainers I also end up getting a couple of Dick Smith codes and Hungry Jack's vouchers as well as a pack of Eneloops.
It's something you're going to have to get used to. Importing is going to be hurt even more when you have to pay GST on all imports. There will be less impulse buying when that happens.
Fully at least our noble government kept the car industry supported through the high dollar hard times so we can now make hay. Lol.
thats why blackmore is all over asian!! I love it!
Clearly not true, "good for business"??? Good for exporting businesses (Aka mining), not importing ones.
Also not good for ozbargainers who are buying from overseas.
Well, fewer people will import, and will buy locally, which means good for local business.
Small conflict there.. How can I buy locally if the seller makes more money exporting?
Lower AUD means the shops spend more money importing the goods to sell, and usually that extra cost is passed down to the customers. It's not good for both because when customers see that things are so expensive sometimes they just decide to not buy at all - bad for the shops. Customers pay more - bad for the customers.
@clse945111: When the dollar goes up, they didn't pass on the savings, so if it goes down, they shouldn't pass on the costs. Some will because their supplier will raise the costs for them, but it won't be immediate.
It used to be a minimum saving of 10% to import (the GST) if not more. That part of it is gone from the equation, and depending on how the dollar does, it might be just enough to tip the scales towards buying locally.
I'll still import, but only if it's a really good deal and it's something I need, and not something I will put away to never use like I have been doing. I think I can build a dollhouse out of eneloops.
they shouldn't pass on the costs.
There's a difference between increasing price and decreasing price, when they decrease they get less money… So do you think they would do it? They raise the price because then thay'd get more money, or the same amount of money they used to get when AUD was high. I see a lot of shops increasing prices but never saw them decrease prices (except sales and discounts).
It's not so hard to understand, they shouldn't pass on the extra costs but they do, don't be so naive, since when do shops just suck up big amounts of extra cost? Making things more expensive as a way to pass on the extra costs is just how people do business. So I'm still not convinced low AUD is good for us in general unless you do exports, but I stand corrected.
Not to mention Australia hardly manufactures anything for exporting, what do we export other than coal and beef etc.? We import like pretty much EVERYTHING else.
@clse945111: He's not talking about manufacturing or exporting. He's talking about local retail.
MSRP for video games on console has been $89 for years, in spite of the continuous decline in the AUD. Its price has not gone up. Same with game consoles and handhelds (still $500 for a PS4, which is cheaper than importing). So not everyone raises their prices. Basic small cars haven't gone up in price for their usual 19,990 drive away give or take either. The costs of most of local items have not changed that I've noticed, aside from CPI inflation. Supermarkets is where you'll find this most obviously. Many items have gone down in price not up.
Not everyone is passing on the costs of a falling dollar. The only exception that immediately comes to mind is Apple. Otherwise you would expect almost everything in every store to have gone up. All electrical and computers, TVs, USB sticks, batteries, coke, pepsi, confectionary, etc..
@clse945111: Depends on how we look at it. with AUD going down, global companies will look at getting works outsourced to Australia rather than getting it all done locally. This could, in current scenario, save them more than 30% if compared against having to pay someone equal salary in USD. Remember the days when AUD 1.0 used to be around USD 0.65 and lower, all global mining + Oil & Gas giants decided to get a lot of work (even for non Aussie Projects) done in Australia. With rising AUD, those jobs were gradually steered away from Aussie Market on the name of restructuring.
Now if there are no jobs, any cost/price (lower / higher) becomes unaffordable.
Due to their historical heavy investments here, the prices in Australian markets sky-rocketed and they aren't coming down by much to offset the effects of slowdown anyways. So the only way to go now is to think about attracting them again to do more business here.
Tony's plan clearly wants revive the mining giants to create snow ball effects here and increase our employment and our pays etc to offset the price increase of our basic necessities because of low AUD.
Warrenty?
who's warren
Exactly!
Does Google have a world wide warranty program, otherwise the extra $$$ worth purchasing here especially with Australian consumer law in case they refuse.
I spelln good twonight.
Title should be formatted as such:
$357 US / $511.43 AU
Didn't know about camelcamelcamel, very useful website for tracking pricing trends. Thanks for the great bargain OP!
3 years on OzBargain and you're only finding out about camelcamelcamel now????? Don't tell me you're a casual or part time OzBargainer?!?!
I apologise for my foolishness. Please accept this pack of Eneloops as a peace offering
Accepted. Your behaviour has been forgiven.
This would have been $475 with our dollar just a few weeks ago at 75c :(
Any issues with using this in Oz (in terms of 4G bands etc)?
The page isn't clear if it's XT1100 or XT1103. XT1103 will be lacking Band 28, which is needed for Optus and Telstra. Both have Band 3 which is the one most used right now.
I can't tell if it is XT1100 or XT1103 either, but you'd think it would be the XT1103 (US version), which does not have band 28 according to here:
http://ausdroid.net/2014/12/01/nexus-6-comes-thinkofus-shipp…
I was reading through the questions and answers, some people were saying it was XT1103, some others that it's XT1100.
Confusing.
one of the answers to a questions says bands 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26, 29, 41
which matches the XT1103 version, which is the US version, so no band 28, but I am just going by the Amazon answers and the ausdroid article, so I could be wrong
another Q&A from the Amazon site:
Q:
Is this the XT1103 or not?
A:
If purchased from Amazon.com, you will receive the XT1103.
Sorry in advance for the long post, found it on amazon webpage
Motorola Nexus 6 Unlocked Cellphone, 32GB, Midnight Blue (U.S. Warranty)
Great phone, BUT MAKE SURE YOU GET THE US VERSION (XT1103)!
By Matt F. on Jun 21, 2015
You may not be able to know for sure if you will get the XT1103 (model 00630NARTL) or the XT1100 (model SM4034AW4N3) when you purchase this phone on Amazon. I bought one for myself (sold directly from Amazon) and then bought one for my wife about a month later (sold from DeltaMobiles via Amazon). I got the XT1103 US model on the first order (from Amazon), then got the XT1100 international/euro model on the second order (from DeltaMobiles). This is a problem because the XT1100 cannot use 3G or LTE on my carrier (Consumer Cellular, which piggybacks on the AT&T network) or on virtually any other US cellular carrier. So even though I went back into my Amazon order history and purchased the second Nexus 6 using the same product page as the first that I bought, the second was a different model that will not be able to utilize high-speed data. See the photo attached to this review which shows both boxes side-by-side. I am returning the XT1100 and I bought my wife another Nexus 6 directly from the Google Store to be sure I will get an XT1103 that is set up for US data networks (it was the same price as Amazon when I bought it just now). I use Amazon all the time for all kinds of things, but in this case I would recommend that you avoid purchasing a Nexus 6 through Amazon unless it is clear exactly which model you're going to receive. You are SUPPOSED to get an XT1103 when you buy the phone on this product page - note that in the Technical Details section on the product page it specifically has "00630NARTL" as the item model number, which is the US-compatible XT1103, so if you get an XT1100 (model SM4034AW4N3) you are getting the wrong phone. I am suspicious that DeltaMobiles is purposely sending people the wrong phone.
I love this phone. This is my first Android phone after three iPhones and I couldn't be happier. I love the huge, bright screen, the camera is pretty nice, the phone is fast, and LTE is awesome.
But here's why I wrote this review: I purchased my Nexus 6 on May 7th, 2015. It shipped from Amazon (in other words it says "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com" under the price on the Amazon product page), and I got the XT1103, which is the US model. It only took a few minutes to set it up on my service (Consumer Cellular, which piggybacks on the AT&T network), and it hooked up to LTE immediately. You probably already know this if you are shopping for a high-end smartphone, but LTE (aka 4G LTE) is the most recent high-speed data network. It means faster downloading, web browsing, etc. and is one of the major benefits of upgrading to a new phone if your current phone is not LTE-capable.
My wife was jealous of my new, giant, beautiful phone, which is understandable since I intentionally showed it off to her all the time and often suggested the inferiority of her old iPhone (which was a hand-me-down from when I made my previous iPhone upgrade). So for our anniversary, I bought her a Nexus 6 as well (purchased on June 16th, 2015 - a little over a month from when I bought mine). I gave it to her today, and then started setting it up for her. Everything in the setup went normally just like it had with my phone, but when I disabled the wi-fi to test the data network, I noticed that her phone was not connecting to LTE (or 3G for that matter). I set both our phones side by side and checked the APN settings and some other phone settings to verify that they were set up identically, which they were. I had only taken the phone itself out of the box up to this point, and when I removed the rest of the contents I saw the European plug on the phone's charger. I compared the box of her phone to mine (see attached photo) and finally realized by looking at the labels that my wife's Nexus 6 was the XT1100 (euro/international model), and that I had gotten the XT1103 (the US version). While the XT1100 looks identical, has an identical OS, uses the same nano sim card, etc., it has a very different setup in terms of compatible cellular networks and will not use US 3G or LTE. Note that the XT1100 will still work for making calls and using basic cellular data (GSM), but you will not be able to access 3G or LTE.
I was pretty certain that I had bought my wife's Nexus 6 from the exact same product page on Amazon from which I had purchased my own, so I went back into my order history to verify this. Both of the orders do point to the same product page, but the first order (XT1103 US model) was sold by Amazon, while the second order (XT1100 international model) was shipped/sold by DeltaMobiles. Currently (June 20th), the product page says it is being sold/shipped by Amazon again. I didn't even realize that it was a different seller when I made the second purchase.
This situation is pretty frustrating because nobody buying this phone to use it in the US would likely choose the international model instead of the US model since the international model will not perform as well on US networks, so I don't know why they are sending the XT1100 to US customers. Because the seller (DeltaMobiles) covered the SM4034AW4N3 model number on the box with a separate tag (see the photo attached to this review) I became a little suspicious that they are intentionally sending people the wrong phone because many people may not know that the XM1100 is the wrong phone. After all, it is a genuine Nexus 6, it will place phone calls in the US, and it will be able to use cellular data, so many people may start using it and never realize (or only realize too late) that they've gotten the wrong phone that can't use the much faster 3G and 4G data networks. If it is possible for a seller to make a little more money by sending the XT1100 to customers in the US than by sending them the correct XM1103, I bet this would explain why DeltaMobiles is sending out the wrong phone.
For your reference, these are the compatible networks for the two versions of the phone:
XT1103 (Model 00630NARTL) :
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
CDMA band class: 0/1/10
WCDMA bands: 1/2/4/5/8
LTE bands: 2/3/4/5/7/12/13/17/25/26/29/41
CA DL bands: B2-B13, B2-B17, B2-29, B4-B5, B4-B13, B4-B17, B4-B29
XT1100 (Model SM4034AW4N3)
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
WCDMA bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8/9/19
LTE bands: 1/3/5/7/8/9/19/20/28/41
CA DL bands: B3-B5, B3-B8
And if you put the search term "List of LTE networks" into Google, you can go to a Wikipedia page that will show you all of the individual networks and what bands they use for LTE.
@cisco: Which version is better for use in AU? And what if someone was to travel to Europe - would either version work better there?
Thanks Cisco, that rules it out for me.
DADSARSE deal much safer, thanks TA.
Still um-ing and ah-ing.
The new Moto X Play and Nexus 5X are both interesting.
Not sure why would some narrow minded person give my previous post -ve vote but I guess its freedom of speech.
@astero: As per the above post I think XT1100
for more information
http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/mobile_phone_frequencies
@undead:
In australia the x play is locked to vodaphone or virgin (one of them, i forget, they both start with a v) :'(
I keep forgetting to +v peoples posts, fixed now.
cisco and RI4V4n, the Moto X Play is indeed a Vodafone only phone, some info here:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/08/moto-x-style-moto-x-play-m…
The article says it has a Snapdragon 808, but the Motorola website says it has a Snapdragon 615.
I read somewhere else (can't remember where, faulty brain) that Motorola plan on releasing a non-Vodafone version in Australia in the future.
info on the Nexus 5X here (still rumour) but these guys have some credibility, I think:
http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-nexus-5x-release-price-le…
How is the battery life? Got LG G3 battery sucks
I thinking of changing over to Apple, At least battery life last a day. Haven't had a single Android phone where battery would last a day.
If u r a little comfortable tinkering with the handset, do try euphoria ROM
I'm getting about 5-6 hours screen on time , which is great
The battery life is not spectacular on stock ROM
It is not as bad as LG G3 as the screen is an Amoled compared to the LCD on G3
The smart Ozbargainer would have known that the Au/US $ parity wouldn't last long a few years back. They would have bought US $ in anticipation of future bargains such as this.
Either that or they'd have moved to the States
I dont remember being rich, stocking USD for a long time seems rich to me.
Thanks, Obama!
Ok nostradamus
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Not really BNIB, good price through.
Price differentials like this from the USD to AUD just makes you realize that our lifestyle just went down the gutter :(
So haz our spelling…
Our spelling is fine…may be you want to check who ruled the world in the last 50 years and will do for the next 50?
What have cheques got to do with it?
If this was the price at release then I would have a nexus 6 now. At this point $500+ is still too much imo.
What seems like better value out there? I haven't upgraded in awhile, and I'm getting back around the better options.
just an update - been waiting to pull the trigger on this and today have seen that amazon now ships BOTH the blue and white and EITHER the 32 or 64 GB to aus
I was just about to pull the trigger and I looked up the product code and it is XT1103, no 4G for me…………….pointless
Confirmed this on the Amazon Livechat- definitely XT1103 if through Amazon.com themselves as the supplier.
Was tempted for a moment for $570 landed for the 64GB.
mate…i ordered this phone via Amazon…looks like I will be getting XT1103…will I atleast be getting 3G on Optus network with this phone ??…please respond
I have ordered this phone via Amazon. From the comments looks like I will be getting XT1103…so whats the impact. I am currently on Optus prepaid.
Will I atleast be able to access 3G with this phone ?
cheaper at kogan..
any advantage in paying about 20$ extras at amazon?
EDIT: postage extra at kogan.
Damn, if we were at parity I'd be all over it.