The elusive Nexus 4 wireless charging orb — one of the most striking features of Google's Android flagship — is finally on sale through Google Play, a few months after the phone's launch. It's currently selling for $59.99 in the US, with shipping times quoted as around a week; we're not yet sure of overall international availability. The Nexus 4 itself has only recently come back in stock on the Play Store, after Google apparently massively underestimated initial demand, so this is fairly good timing. We've also seen longer delays on some other Google accessories, like the Nexus 7's dock. The Nexus 4 orb recalls the now-discontinued Palm Touchstone, and Nokia's Lumia 920 has also incorporated wireless charging based on the Qi standard.
Nexus 4 wireless charging orb finally selling through Google Play for $59.99
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US only it seems. “Not available for sale at this time” in Canada, but at least it is listed
By thewunderbar on 02.11.13 1:49pm
Same in the UK
By guicane on 02.11.13 1:50pm
I want a bumper :’(
By EngadgetVerge on 02.11.13 2:12pm
I want a better bumper. Mine is busted. It’s really weak at the bottom near the plug. I guess I fiddled with it too much, and it weakened the metal strap that goes around the bottom.
By ken.mccartney on 02.11.13 4:58pm
Get the $10 one from Amazon by poetic. They had issues earlier in which the rubber part came apart the plastic part. But after I emailed them, they sent a new one (free) which has solved the problems.
By a2z2913 on 02.11.13 5:19pm
Thanks. I’ll look into that.
By ken.mccartney on 02.11.13 9:40pm
Thats the one I ended up getting because I got tired of waiting. Very satisfied with it and it ended up saving me 10 bucks.
By SharksFan1 on 02.12.13 12:13am
Buy a better bumper because better bumpers bump better.
By Sibelius on 02.11.13 7:34pm
Ba-dum BUMP!
By barry99705 on 02.12.13 10:00am
As well as in Germany
By regiobaden on 02.11.13 3:11pm
We can’t buy anything else than apps in our Google Play in The Netherlands lol. So I guess it won’t come any time soon.
By RenoTi on 02.11.13 3:23pm
Yeah, I hope they will bring play devices to The Netherlands.
By casvlaco on 02.11.13 3:47pm
I still prefer my Galaxy Nexus over the Nexus 4. I wish they sticked with Amoled. Now I’m looking forward to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4
By Mugen on 02.11.13 4:24pm
The blacks are obviously better, but other than that I think the Nexus 4 display is far better.
By Razormike on 02.11.13 4:38pm
We’ve also got the LCD3 technology to look forward to.
By Whatyousayin on 02.11.13 6:29pm
I miss true red. :(
By numberoneoppa on 02.12.13 7:23pm
I can’t think of any advantage AMOLED has over ICD except for blacks. I know AMOLED can use less battery if you keep everything black, but that does not show off the display.
By MrLadoodle on 02.11.13 4:44pm
I always had issues with colors on my fascinate and galaxy nexus also. Some phones had white that was like tannish color and the rest the white was just really blue.
By MikeRic on 02.11.13 5:04pm
CM and CM based ROM’s allowed you tweak the colors. My Nexus 1 and my Sprint GS2 was too yellow and too blue and I was able to dial the color temperatures back so they looked better.
By The_Vergen on 02.11.13 5:17pm
less battery consumption with darker images on the screen is a huge advantage.
true blacks don’t show off the display? are you kidding me? that’s like saying miles davis sucks because he didn’t play the trumpet enough on his albums.
By frescagod on 02.11.13 9:35pm
AMOLED burns in the screen much better than lcd…. I can still see my Waze screen icons even when browsing the net….
By barry99705 on 02.12.13 10:02am
I couldn’t wait to get off the awful Galaxy Nexus screen.
By Qassim on 02.11.13 5:39pm
Pentile is crap. Samsung has only ever used a RGB matrix on an AMOLED display on the SGS2. Although I won’t get it, they can impress me with such a display on the S4 — if they’re smart.
By ddpacino on 02.12.13 2:08am
The fuzzyled display on my Gnex was the single most disappointing thing about it.
By tomflack on 02.12.13 7:29am
Maybe if Samsung had actually supported the device Id be with you but right now the overblown display and blacker blacks are the only positive things I can say about the GNex.
So far, as an OEM, LG is far superior as a Nexus partner. They have already sold more accessories with the bumper than Samsung has for all of their Nexus devices (they only had the pogo accessories avalable for a short while and for GSM only and still jack for the Nexus 10).
By archercc on 02.12.13 2:58pm