08:12 or thereabouts, Google pressed play on the sale of the Nexus 4 in the UK. From the online noise in the preceding days it was quite obvious there was going to be a rush. Anyone waiting for the polite "Notify Me" email to tell them the shop was open, has probably missed all the boats leaving today.
The Play Store didn't handle the rush too well to start with, it took me multiple attempts to get the device in my basket and check-out, and even now I have an order number, I'm not totally convinced the order has gone through!
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I saw this a lot
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Being the self-confessed geek that I am, I was also monitoring the Play Store to get a heads-up on when it opened for business (using PRTG HTTP Advanced Sensor if you're interested). This graph shows how the server response times were steady all night, right up until the device went on sale!
The scale is in milliseconds response time to download the Nexus 4 16GB product page.
Wish me luck in trying to find out if I have a new phone in the pipeline, or if I have to join the back of the queue...
UPDATE: You'll be pleased to hear, I've received an email confirming my order :)
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