New Google smartphone sells out

SAN FRANCISCO —

The latest Google smartphone sold out in some countries within an hour of its release. Nexus 4 handsets made by South Korea’s LG Electronics were available at Google’s online Play shop, where stock was quickly depleted and notices posted asking shoppers to leave email addresses to be alerted when more are available.

At a starting price of $299 for smartphones not bound to particular carriers, and therefore unsubsidized by telecom companies, Nexus 4 models were deemed a bargain at half the price of similarly unlocked iPhones from Apple.

Nexus 4 is the new smartphone from Google. With cutting edge hardware, the latest version of Android, and the best Google apps. Nexus 4 puts the world’s information at your fingertips. Reports  indicated that Play sold out of Nexus 4 smartphones in the U.S., Britain, Germany and elsewhere, with people complaining of frustrating experiences at the inundated online shop.

Google  also began selling new seven-inch and 10-inch Nexus tablet computers as well as rolling out the latest version of Android mobile operating system as an over-the-air update to Nexus devices.