LONDON: Google will maintain a promotional and support page for the Nexus 5. But if users want to buy one, they will need about $300 and some time to find one on a site like eBay.
AndroidPit reports that manufacture of the phones officially ended last year with no plans to produce any more of the devices moving forward.
A spokesperson at Google told The Verge that the company is now putting all its focus into its new Nexus 6 mobile device. The new Nexus is a 6-inch phablet that, like the Nexus 5 before it, runs Android 5 Lollipop. Unlike the Google Nexus 5, however, it may not be the friendliest on the budget. The phablet starts at $649.
The disappearance of Nexus 5 from the Google Play Store corresponds with another major trend. Google is discontinuing all hardware sales from its Play Store. The Play Store will now focus only on marketing apps, music, and movies.
Meanwhile, phone sales, tablets, laptops, and other hardware accessories will be sold on the newly opened Google Store, a notification on the Play Store says.
Sales on Google Store require a Google Wallet account that allows users to pay with a credit or debit card. Google says that Google Play credit cards and gift cards cannot be used toward Google Store purchases.
