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Google Nexus 4 rubber bumper is bumped

Posted: 14 Mar 2013, 08:02, by Alan F.

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Google has decided just like that, to no longer offer the black rubber bumpers for the Google Nexus 4. The stock Android handset had been nearly impossible to find for most of last year and currently the 16GB model ships two to three weeks after an order is placed with the Google Play Store. T-Mobile had a huge sale for the device last month with the price slashed to $49.99 with a signed two-year contract. Like the phone itself, the bumper had an up and down history of being available in the store. Last week, the grey cover for the Google Nexus 7 tablet was also pulled from the store.

The black bumpers for the Google Nexus 4 will no longer be sold

It is possible that Google has stopped selling the black bumper in order to replace it with a different color. Recently, a white rubber bumper for the Google Nexus 4 was spotted at a Canadian retail store. The strange thing about the whole affair is that the black bumper was just re-stocked for the online store earlier this week.

If you're an Android fan, there is a positive thought you can take away from this. Perhaps the bumper, and the Google Nexus 7 cases before it, are getting pulled before some new models are introduced that make these accessories obsolete. A nice thought, yes? And Google I/O is not that far away!

source: GoogleNexus4RubberBumper, AndroidPolice via AndroidAuthority

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1. dragonscourgex posted on 14 Mar 2013, 08:12 1 0

I believe Google should still offer at least one tier device back after each new Nexus that comes out. Such as, offering the Nexus and the Nexus 4 for sale. Choice my friends, is a good thing.

2. Nikolas.Oliver (limited) yesterday, 05:08 posted on 14 Mar 2013, 08:19 2 1

Does anyone know how to buy nexus 4 in non-google play country? I want it so badly but it's $570 in my country

8. imkyle posted on 14 Mar 2013, 08:50 0 0

Have you tried eBay lately? The prices have come down since the beginning of February.

3. xperiaDROID posted on 14 Mar 2013, 08:22 0 0

That's disappointing, because the Nexus 4's glass back is slippery, how can those users protect their Nexus from sliding off?

5. TylerGrunter posted on 14 Mar 2013, 08:39 1 0

Buying any other protective case?

6. xperiaDROID posted on 14 Mar 2013, 08:45 0 0

Nexus 4+other protective case= NO MATCH

10. TylerGrunter posted on 14 Mar 2013, 10:58 0 0

What are you talking about?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_15?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=google+nexus+4+case&sprefix=google+nexus+4+%2Caps%2C206

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11. xperiaDROID posted on 14 Mar 2013, 11:02 0 0

Thanks for the link, but what I mean "other protective case" is not from LG.

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12. Igneel posted on 14 Mar 2013, 11:24 1 0

you should try Rearth Ringke Fusion case! It's awesome!

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14. xperiaDROID posted on 14 Mar 2013, 11:37 0 0

Oh, that transparent case? Yup, it looks awesome!

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4. avin007 posted on 14 Mar 2013, 08:38 0 0

When is this google I/O event???

13. dragonscourgex posted on 14 Mar 2013, 11:27 0 0

May I believe.

7. imkyle posted on 14 Mar 2013, 08:46 0 0

I would have bought this, but $27 shipped for a bumper is a little crazy. Maybe $20 shipped I would have purchased it.

9. DHILLON_ARSH posted on 14 Mar 2013, 09:27 0 1

i want a white nexus 4...nd google should give a bumper for free with every nexus purchase....
++++ the next version of nexus should have huge battery nd it should be a replacable 1....+a microsd slot+metal build

ND A BETTER CAMERA
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1. dragonscourgex posted on 14 Mar 2013, 08:12 1 0

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8. imkyle posted on 14 Mar 2013, 08:50 0 0

3. xperiaDROID posted on 14 Mar 2013, 08:22 0 0

5. TylerGrunter posted on 14 Mar 2013, 08:39 1 0

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11. xperiaDROID posted on 14 Mar 2013, 11:02 0 0

12. Igneel posted on 14 Mar 2013, 11:24 1 0

14. xperiaDROID posted on 14 Mar 2013, 11:37 0 0

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