The smartphone is now cheaper than in the Google Play Store

Jan 22, 2014 02:01 GMT  ·  By

Mobile phone users in the UK interested in the purchase of a Nexus 5 smartphone can now head over to the Carphone Warehouse to grab the 16GB flavor of the device at the same cost as in the Google Play Store.

In fact, the smartphone is currently listed at the retailer at £298 ($491/€363), which is even less than what Google asks for it, as Android Central notes. Those who will buy it will also benefit from free shipping.

Launched as the latest Google phone out there, Nexus 5 is the first handset to have been unveiled with the Android 4.4 KitKat platform loaded on top.

The phone comes with a large 5-inch touchscreen display, a 2.26GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor inside, 2GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel camera on the back, and front camera for making video calls.