It's shown as coming soon but it appears the Nexus 6 has a price tag of £499 for the 32gb and £549 for the 64gb version. Both come with 6 months free Google Play Music Unlimited.

https://play.google.com/store/device...us_6_blue_64gb

At that price they'll be lucky to sell through 50,000 units before the end of the year.

I think Google now believe their Nexus line has a more mainstream following than it once did and think this means they can get away with higher prices.

Kiss my arse at them prices.

No worse than other high end flagship phones that it will compete with though.
Different strategy than previous nexus devices, but still not outlandish.
And assuming the device is offered through networks (as is planned I believe), then it will just be another option most people could choose when signing up for their 2 year contract.

I was hoping they would put the price of the Nexus 5 down when they did this but they haven't. Disappointed.

Yep. Thinking I will skip a generation at that price.

Nexus One, very expensive when launched. Limited network availability. Didn't sell many.
Nexus S, expensive when launched. Limited network availability. Didn't sell many.
Galaxy Nexus, very expensive when launched. Price was cut after a few months (though was still higher than the Nexus 4). Limited network availability (in the USA the Verizon model was a dog and they launched the Sprint model just as it was about to be replaced.)
Nexus 4, inexpensive. “Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé!" moment for geeks like me as we wouldn’t have to splash much cash. But limited network availability. Didn’t sell many.
Nexus 5, see Nexus 4.

None of these phones sold in any great number. The most popular was probably the Verizon Galaxy Nexus – because it was on Verizon subsidised through a contract. Now the normal reaction to any contract involving the Nexus 5 is “don’t buy it that way, buy it outright and get a cheap sim only deal”. It is certainly what I do. Most people don’t do that though, they don't want to spen £300 outright. They think they are getting a free phone (or in the USA the phone costs $199 instead of $649). The Nexus 6 is available on the 4 main US carriers plus US Cellular. That is massive. It will sell in larger numbers than the any other Nexus if they market it properly. If they get it on all the UK networks it will be a big success here as well. Google have said themselves that they expect to sell more by doing this as it is what the normals want. The very fact that we are taking the time to post in a mobile forum shows we are not the typical phone user.

And they still have the Nexus 5 for the devs which they should knock £50 off imho.

The 6 months free music is a bonus though. I pay £7.99 as I was an early adopter and I use it all the time.

The six months free music offer is only for new subscribers unfortunately.

With that mega expensive 6" 1440 x 2560 AMOLED screen one could argue the relative value. And they even future proofed it with enough Ram.

People do pay more.