As anticipated, the Motorola built Nexus 6 has gone on-sale in the Google Play store in the US this morning. Unfortunately for us here in Australia there’s still no sign of the behemothly large phone on the Play Store. Links to Nexus 6 on Google Play are still showing the devastatingly familiar ‘Nexus 6 is not available in your country’.
The phone, which is available in Midnight Blue & Cloud White is being sold on Google Play in the US for US$649 for the 32GB version and US$699 for the 64GB version with a shipping charge on top. From early reports it seems like delivery of the phone is still a while off, with reports stating that the units are expected to begin shipping from the 21st of November.
The links for the various models include :
Though it’s tempting to purchase a Nexus 6 from the Play Store in the US and have it shipped here via a shipping forwarder, there are small differences in the radios between the US Nexus 6 and the International version which is expected to launch in 28 countries over the coming weeks.
The US version of the Nexus 6, model #: XT1103, will ship with the following bands :
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
While the International version of the Nexus 6, model #: XT1100 will ship with :
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
CDMA: not supported
WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8/9/19
LTE: Bands: 1/3/5/7/8/9/19/20/28/41
CA DL: B3-B5, B3-B8
Google Australia for their part have not actually announced a date for the Nexus 6 to go up for pre-order, or indeed on-sale in Australia. Rumours are circulating of an anticipated launch on Telstra in December, so perhaps it may be a late launch similar to that of the Galaxy Nexus. If you do have credible information about a launch date, we’d love to hear from you.
