Nexus 5X and 6P in Canada: pricing, stock and carriers

Nexus 5X price history

The 5X launched at $499 for 16GB and $559 for 32GB. Google then cut the prices without calling it a promotion, to $439 and $499, which was $60 off the 16GB model. The post covering the change noted that the 6P had not dropped in price.

A further drop followed only weeks later, bringing the 16GB model to $389 and the 32GB model to $449. At that time every size and colour was in stock and shipping in one to two business days. One writer guessed that low sales were behind the cuts. Google also announced on Twitter that a $50 off promotion would end on February 12.

Stage	16GB	32GB
Launch price	$499	$559
First cut	$439	$499
After the $50 off promotion	$389	$449

Nexus 6P price history

The 32GB 6P stayed at about $699 for a long time. Google applied a $50 discount to both phones during two limited sales. The first marked the first birthday of the Google Store and also covered the Chromecast Audio (two had to be bought), running until March 27. The second sale, tied to Mother’s Day, ended May 6. In both cases the 6P cost $649, $699 and $799 for 32GB, 64GB and 128GB, and the 5X cost $389 and $449. For the second sale, the discount applied at checkout, and Google would refund the difference to anyone who had bought within the previous 15 days.

The Gold 6P arrived in Canada about three months after the other colours and was US-only until then. It sold for $649 for 32GB and $699 for 64GB, both with free shipping, which made it the first official price drop for the 6P in Canada. It was unclear whether the cheaper Gold pricing would continue.

Stock and shipping

• After launch, many Canadians who ordered a 6P before it sold out reported shipping notices, with delivery a day or two later.
• The 6P then disappeared from the Google Store for a while. When it returned, only the 32GB Aluminum model was available at about $700 with free shipping, and carriers were expected to follow.
• A week later, all three sizes were back but colours varied: the 32GB came only in Graphite, the 64GB in Aluminum and Graphite, and the 128GB in Graphite only. Shipping was slower, with units leaving the warehouse on November 12.
• Around eleven months after release, the 6P sold out in every colour and size. The 5X was still available but with limited choices. A report said Google did not plan to restock the 6P in Canada, a sign that new Nexus phones, codenamed Sailfish and Marlin, were close, with Android 7.0 Nougat expected by the end of that month.

Carrier availability

After the delay, Rogers, Bell and Telus all planned to carry the 6P. Rogers listed the Graphite model only, and Telus listed the Aluminum model with a launch date of November 2. The unlocked price was $699 at the time, and carrier pricing was expected to be about the same. Telus had no pricing at the time, and the colour Bell would carry was unknown. Telus had also said earlier that it would carry the Nexus 5X, and the 5X price at WIND had not been announced.

WIND was reported, via an anonymous post on a WIND subreddit, to be planning a November 4 release at $749 outright, or $199 with a $25 tab boost. That would have made it dearer than Google or the Big 3. Stock was said to be limited to about two units per store. This report should be read as unconfirmed.

Retirement at Telus

Later, documents obtained by MobileSyrup indicated that Telus would retire the Nexus 6P and Nexus 6 along with the BlackBerry Priv and Leap. Software updates would end for these devices at Telus. Both Nexus phones are long obsolete today.