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Published on April 24th, 2012 | by Paterson Prosper

Google now selling unlocked HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus for $399

I’m liking the price. First, the Lumia 900’s off-contract price is $449, and now the Galaxy Nexus is only $399! The idea of not charging $799 for an unlocked phone is a great idea that more companies should adopt.

Google has just gotten back into the business of selling smartphones directly. The HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus is going to be for sale, unlocked, for $399 in a new “Devices” section of Google Play. Customers in the US could only get the GSM Galaxy Nexus previously from a “gray market” retailer, as only the Verizon and brand-new Sprint variants have been available to-date.
Both of those cost $199.99 with a two-year contract, which makes the unlocked (read: contract-free) version only twice as expensive. This may all sound a bit familiar if you’ve been following Google since it first introduced Android. The search giant originally only sold the Nexus One — the first “pure Google device” — in unlocked form directly from its website.

via The Verge