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  • the problem with this is that the people that will be most attracted to this service can’t afford a Nexus 6.

  • “But hey, if you own a Nexus 6 (hopefully not the AT&T model), you should be good.”

    You know there aren’t multiple models of the N6, right? Its kind of what makes the N6 so great.

  • You can tell the writer is not too happy about this.
    Being trying too hard to make the N6 irrelevant lately.

  • Maybe they just want to limit the initial amount of users….. You know, sometimes Google does stuff like that.

    • Google will have the only Carrier that doesn’t advertise, just hope it is not like an explorer program where you need an invite to join

  • Good! I don’t want any of these non Nexus 6 peasants using our Elite Service anyways.

    #Nexus6MasterRace#;)

  • Just had a thought, if this experiment works maybe google would buy both tmo and sprint and form iPhone company to compete with at&t and Verizon. They could leave it gsm and CDMA.

  • When the news first came I was super excited. With the information trickling down those days that there might be only one choice of a phone in selected markets, the excitement is going away. I’m about to switch to RW and I will hold it off until Google official announcement but I am not holding my breath anymore.

  • The idea of my phone constantly looking for a stronger signal and switching from one network to another and WiFi and back doesn’t appeal to me at all as I’m regularly going from place to place during the day…sounds like it would just kill my battery and drive me nuts…no thanks.

    I would however like to know when we can expect 5.1 on the n6 as the WiFi issues are driving me batty on this thing (authentication problem, refusing to transfer data when connected etc).

    • The very point of the project is to try and make it so that any transition/handshaking/network switching is invisible to the user – this includes battery use.

      That is the entire point behind this.

      No-one should *want* to use this at launch unless they are willing to experience a wide variety of issues/failures in order to help while Google tries to find some way to get it all working flawlessly. If/when they do, others (likely not Google) will be able to use this to make hand-offs and network roaming work much smoother.

      But hey…we wouldn’t want that right? “No thanks, Google. Go back to selling ads.”

      • While I understand your points, its still a service being offered (well, about to be) and I’m just saying its not for me.

        • That’s perfectly fine. It shouldn’t be “for me” to just about everyone here.

          …but I’ll thank them anyway, even if I don’t use it, for at least trying to make things better (and doing so without acutally forcing anything on anyone…)

  • I have the Nexus 6, but thankfully it’s NOT on the Sprint or T-Mobile networks.

  • nexus 6, check
    boss pays for sprint, however….i’d be on board with this if I was paying for my service

    • Why is it BS? At the end of the day Google is clearly doing this as a beta test and most likely to put pressure on the likes of Verizon that there is and “always” will be other options. Also they aren’t making you use it if it’s indeed true. Bring on more companies like T-Mobile to shake up the industry, they basically forced Verizon to fight for my business and give me 150 dollars a line to do it.

      • As of now this is just a rumor. No official sources are cited in the article and it seems to all stem from Pichai’s original comments when he said the network would “not operate on a large scale.” Notice the word “may” in DL’s own headline. It just seems like everyone is already taking this as gospel, but I remain skeptical.

  • Maybe off-topic but is there any update on when the N6 is coming to Verizon? Wasn’t it supposed to be last week?

  • Not too many phones with CDMA and GSM with all the disparate band support out there. Plus Google might be very limited by the carriers.

  • yeah this is just stupid. the nexus 5 runs on both sprint and t-mobile. Whatever they are doing the nexus 6 is capable of the nexus 5 is too.

        • I’m aware the N5 works with both of them, but it doesn’t have the same antennae as the N6.

          • You could be right, I would think it has more to due with whether it has the radios because it has antennae for both. The fancy sim card would allow both isp’s to work on the phone one would think.

  • Already worthless that’s no way to start out leave it to Google.

    The won’t go nowhere anytime soon. 

    • That’s kind of the point, smart guy.

      This is pretty much just an experiment right now. Start with a small pool of the same device so they can test and run the system on a small scale, and then ramp up from there as they see fit.

    • “go anywhere”

      Not the point, yarrell. You don’t get it. (There’s a shocker, right?)

      Troll on.

    • So much hate, do you ever try to experiment with things to see if you can make something great?

    • you obviously don’t understand how Google does things do you? Google is BIG on experimenting and trying out new things by using the General Public. While many people see this as a negative it actually allows their Apps and services to Improve Greatly and Grow Organically through real world use. It’s also called testing the market. This is why you see things like Google Fiber being slowly rolled out to different cities. No Better way to test something than in real world use, instead of some hired test lab or group that is usually inaccurate.

      I would think of all people you would understand this Considering Samsung does the same except they do it more with hardware. You remember the Galaxy Note 4 Edge? That was an experiment and as a result we have the Galaxy S6 Edge being marketed as Mainstream Now.

    • Yeah that Google company has no idea what they’re doing..probably will be gone by the end of the year.

    • Yeah, cause when starting a new project, you go all out and open it up to everyone. You clearly don’t have one iota of brainpower. Did Samsung produce the Note Edge in the same scale as the Note 4? Of course not. Because it’s a new, experimental project/product that Samsung had no clue if it would be a hit or not (it wasn’t that great). What a joke.

  • If it’s initial fine. But that would be like Google fiber only working for Chromebooks

    • It may just be one of Google’s many experiments that ends up going nowhere, either because Google decides it isn’t worth the long term investment, or customers just aren’t interested. In any event, at least they’re trying something new.

      • I don’t see why they bother. They haven’t bothered to being Google Fiber far, they sold off Moto, now this. But since they have the cash to throw away, they don’t mind.

        • Google Fiber is a huge investment. Hopefully the Net neutrality FCC ruling will help them be motivated to expand faster and further.

        • Did you really expect Fiber to be available from coast to coast in just a few years? Not a chance. Fiber is the kind of thing that could easily take at least 10 to 15 years, and likely longer, to fully implement.

          Moto was purchased pretty much for the patents only. Anything else Google got from the deal was just icing on the cake.

        • They bother because they are trying to put pressure on the wireless industry to not be so damn expensive so they can sell ad’s and put as many phones in the hands of consumers. Google fiber is also a huge undertaking, and if you were in one of those markets, I would have to assume you would be pumped about it, I know I would.

    • lol at all the commenters who have seemingly zero understanding of what this actually is and mistakenly believing the goal is for Google to “succeed” as a carrier/MVNO.

      DOA…smh

  • You could use your brain for half a minute and intuit that only the N6 has the radio tech they need to pull this magic off. I’m sure future nexii will as well. What they’re doing is super interesting and pretty uncharted waters. But let’s keep ragging on Googy because a blog writer can’t get service.

    • id love a service using Sprints network. So reliable and amazing, they’re like #1 right?

      • sprint has gotten better actually Ive been using them for 4 years now. I Worked at AT&T call center years back and I would constantly have people calling in about their bill being almost double for going over their data limit or they would often have random charges show up on their bill every month for no reason. Verizon has been know to do the same. I would hate having to constantly monitor my data usage. I don’t have time to worry about managing my data or wether my bill is the correct amount, also Sprint customer service for me has been above the rest.

        The way I see it They might not have the best Coverage in Data but they are getting better and finally got rid of WinMAx for the most part so I expect their service to improve a lot more over the next year or 2. Especially with Soft bank In Charge Now.

    • no it is not the only phone. remember that nova is a MVNO on sprint and t-mobile and the nexus 5 works great on both carriers.

      • And you could use your brain and figure that maybe Google wants to lean on AT&T and Verizon in the future, even if they don’t have ink on the contract NOW, considering those networks are leagues better than T-Blo and Sprint.

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