The Nexus 6 is still not available in Australia, despite assurances from Motorola that the phone would arrive in November, with pre-sales on Google Play in October. The phone is available for pre-order from third party suppliers in Australia, although at least one is advising shipping has been delayed till January. A new contender has shown up, claiming they have the Nexus 6 in stock and ready to ship.
Online store ThinkOfUs has advised that they have the Nexus 6 in-stock in both Midnight Blue & Cloud White, with 32GB and 64GB options available. ThinkOfUs is asking $790.00 for the 32GB model, while the 64GB model will set you back $890. There’s an additional $24 shipping charge on top no matter which one you go with and ThinkOf Us is advising they have the devices ready to ship, with a 7-10 day lead time.
Hold your horses though, because ThinkOfUs has advised that the units they are shipping are the US model. On the specs section for the Nexus 6, ThinkOfUs are advertising the following network support for the phone they’re selling:
- 2G: 900/1800
- 3G: 850 (NextG)/900/2100
- 4G LTE: 700/850/1700/1800/1900/2600
LTE bands can be a tricky minefield though. The 700MHz network we’re using here in Australia is Band 28, which the International version of the Nexus 6 supports, but the US version doesn’t and ThinkOfUs don’t actually list which 700MHz band is included, but if it’s the US version, it won’t be compatible.
To refresh everyone’s memory, this is what the band support on the XT1103 (US version) and the XT1100 (International Version) look like :
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
If you live in an area which mainly supports the 1800MHz LTE Band(Band 3) and don’t require much else, you should be right, but if you want more, you will probably be better off waiting for Google Play, or approaching Yatango or Kogan who will both have the International version of the Nexus 6.
If you’re sick of the waiting game, you can jump over to ThinkOfUs and check out the 32GB or 64GB version of the Nexus 6 and make up your own mind.
