Google removes red and white Nexus 5 units from the Play Store - only black remains

We’re not sure if this means anything yet, but it’s worth noting anyway — Google has reduced the options of Nexus 5 units you can get from Google Play. The company has taken down the red and white color options, leaving only black for those who are still in the market for one.

There are a number of reasons Google could be doing this. It’s possible those models weren’t nearly as popular as the black one and so Google has requested LG to stop manufacturing them. It could also be early indication that the Nexus 5 is getting ready to be sunset on Google Play, and that Google still has too many black units remaining before they can make that happen. It is worth noting that the black model is currently showing out of inventory for both 16GB and 32GB variants.

It’d be a sad day to see the Nexus 5 wiped from the Google Play Store. While it’s outclassed by the Nexus 6 in many ways, it’s still a very great option and has powerful enough specs to hold its own. It’s also very inexpensive and could arguably be a better value than the Nexus 6 currently is.

Of course, it could also be possible we’ll see the Nexus 5 on the Play Store for a while yet and Google’s just doing a little tidying up in a digital storefront that’s starting to get pretty full.

16 Comments

Once you go black..

harold says:

11 December, 2014 at 12:04 pm

You buy red?

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the thought that they may have excess black stock doesn’t make sense as they’ve been out of stock a long time. (unless they are dumb enough to think that blocking n5 sales would help n6 sales)

bobfrealy says:

11 December, 2014 at 12:09 pm

more importantly–where’s 5.0.1 for my N5 and M360!? stop wasting time tidying up something that doesn’t need it!

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Erm…. according to this, they’ve delisted them because they have ceased production.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a615982/google-ceases-nexus-5-production-once-they-are-gone-theyre-gone.html

Wozn2 says:

11 December, 2014 at 4:36 pm

Mmmmm, collectors item… limited edition… connoisseurs choice…

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Why?I own 3,Nexus devices, the 5,and both nexus 7 tablet’s, all 3 are 32gb &,3g&LTE models,they are great for android users,still waiting for lollipop on both my nexus7 Tablets, but won’t. Be long before they get updated too!