Bright red Nexus 5 lands on Canada's TELUS

By Alex Dobie
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Free on contract or C$500 outright

Canadian residents wanting a Nexus 5 in one of their country's national colors can now pick up the "bright red" version of the phone from TELUS. The Canadian carrier is offering the current Nexus handset in red as well as the standard black, for free on a two-year contract or for C$500 SIM-free. That's a good deal more than the Google Play Store price, but TELUS is offering in-store pickup and up to C$250 off when you trade in an old phone.

In case you were wondering, the red Nexus 5 is a particularly vivid shade of the color, as Phil Nickinson explains in our hands-on feature with the device —

"This is a bright red phone. At times, it's almost neon red. It goes from startling to painful to "Oh, my God, what have I done?!?!" depending on your lighting source. Consider yourself warned."

More: Red Nexus 5 hands-on; Nexus 5 review

Source: TELUS (opens in new tab); via: MobileSyrup

Alex Dobie
Alex Dobie
Executive Editor

Alex was with Android Central for over a decade, producing written and video content for the site, and served as global Executive Editor from 2016 to 2022.

8 Comments
  • Late to Canada as usual with new products. Now where's my red Nexus 5 for Rodgers Google? Posted via Android Central App
  • It's Rogers. Thanks for trying. ;-)
  • And yet Rogers gas gotten plenty of exclusives. So Thank YOU for playing. ;) Posted via Android Central App
  • And I love every blinding moment of it. :-D
  • I love my Red Nexus 5. The colour is a absolutely amazing
  • Same here. When I first got it I was having some regrets, but now I'm glad I went it.
  • I would have thought they would say that after the battery lasting an hour or the first time they took a picture -------------------------------------------
    You really should see the crap I don't post. Sorry if honesty offends you
  • Love my red nexus 5 had to buy red headphones to compliment it. John lewis over ear stereo headphones, a snip at £40 just as good as my RZA chambers Posted via Android Central App