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Nexus 6
Posted on 3/25/15 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 3/25/15 at 7:56 pm
If you have a Nexus 6, do you like it? I'm getting a new phone soon and this is my first choice but I have read a few negative reviews recently. Tell me what you think about it plz.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 8:05 pm to TigerBandTuba
I'm giving Microsoft 3 more months to announce the flagship windows 10 phone or I am jumping ship to the Nexus 6
Posted on 3/25/15 at 8:26 pm to TigerBandTuba
I have one and love it. However, if you tell me the main negative points you read about it, I can give you a fair, realistic assessment of how "bad" those things really are.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 8:34 pm to ILikeLSUToo
The main things that have worried me have been "lag" that is supposedly due to the default encryption, battery life, and a slow camera.
However, I currently have an S4 and the camera on it is fairly slow so I would imagine the nexus would be an upgrade from that.
However, I currently have an S4 and the camera on it is fairly slow so I would imagine the nexus would be an upgrade from that.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 8:51 pm to TigerBandTuba
I am decrypted, but didn't really notice lag before. Supposedly, this is improved with 5.1. Regularly get 5-6 hours screen on time in a day. Camera is a little slow for capturing moving objects... otherwise, takes great pictures.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:11 pm to TigerBandTuba
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"lag" that is supposedly due to the default encryption
That worried me, too, so one of the first things I did was unlock the bootloader and disable encryption using Wugfresh's Toolkit. So, I honestly can't tell you if the slower i/o would've actually been an issue, because it was so easy to just disable it. It's been that way ever since (bought mine in November), and it's working great.
Apparently, the recently released Android 5.1 drastically improves encrypted performance.
5.1 Encrypted:
5.1 Unencrypted:
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battery life
There's so many variables here that anecdotal evidence of battery life is not really useful. People run different programs/widgets on their phones, use different brightness settings, varying cellular strength plays a role, and people still on 5.0.x might be running some xposed modules contributing battery drain. And of course there are all the custom ROMs and kernels and the countless GPU and CPU tweaks. I hate that people use someone else's Screen On Time as a benchmark comparison for their own. My screen time browsing the web is going to have a far less impact on battery than screen time playing Dead Trigger or Fruit Ninja. If I'm doing hardware-intensive stuff like that, I might get to 20% battery with 2 and a half hours of total screen on time, while tomorrow I might browse TD all day and hit 5-6 hrs of screen on time. Reviewers call this inconsistent, while to me it's just the way batteries work.
I have no idea how the N6's battery ranks among other Android phones, but the important thing to me is that it not only easily gets me through a typical day, but would also not be the end of the world if I forgot to charge it before going to bed. Basically, the battery life is good enough that it's not a concern that's been on my radar. It's also worth mentioning that I have an Exchange account on my phone set to push e-mails as soon as they hit the server, and I get a steady flow of work e-mails throughout the day, which impacts battery life. I do use Greenify, but it's mostly to stop Facebook service from running in the background and using 100mb of memory like an a-hole.
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slow camera.
Without a doubt true. From what I've read, this seems to be typical of Android phones, and the camera speed is often compared to the much-faster iPhone (I can vouch for this, because even my iPhone 4s camera was faster.) However, it does take a damn good photo (arguably better than my 3-year-old sony point and shoot when comparing auto modes). Action shots are not a problem out in the sun, and still shots are not a problem in low light. But it's definitely not the ideal camera for trying to catch a still shot of your baby's first steps in typical indoor lighting. There are several camera apps out there with more sophisticated controls that improve the speed in various lighting conditions, but I find myself using the default Google camera app 99% of the time.
This post was edited on 3/25/15 at 9:14 pm
Posted on 3/25/15 at 10:12 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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ILikeLSUToo
This might be the most helpful post I've ever seen on the tech board, thank you
Most of the reviews I have seen have been using 5.0 and I have heard the 5.1 update was a vast improvement for several phones.
I'm planning on picking up my Nexus 6 tomorrow!
Posted on 3/26/15 at 7:03 am to ILikeLSUToo
Just for comparison, I regularly saw 2.5-3 hours screen time on my Nexus 4 with similar usage.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 8:18 am to TigerBandTuba
I have it and enjoy it immensely. I still have to manually upgrade to the 5.1
Posted on 3/26/15 at 8:30 am to TigerBandTuba
Nexus 6 user here. Rooted, but I haven't done any fancy things like removing decryption or messed with anything other than the bare necessities to root and remove all of the AT&T bloatware.
Phone flies. I love it. I have had literally 0 issues with my phone since I got it.
+1
Phone flies. I love it. I have had literally 0 issues with my phone since I got it.
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I still have to manually upgrade to the 5.1
+1
This post was edited on 3/26/15 at 8:31 am
Posted on 3/26/15 at 11:38 am to Hulkklogan
Thinking about upgrading from the M8 just because. Any opinions of that jump?
Does the tap to wake work?
Does the tap to wake work?
Posted on 3/26/15 at 12:54 pm to Pettifogger
Have to root and use an app or custom ROM for tap to wake, but it works well. It also has lift to wake on stock.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:05 pm to h0bnail
Considering it or the Galaxy Note 4. I don't think either will be revolutionary from the M8, but just doing it because I can. My last Galaxy run in (S4) was ok, but I got tired of it and I hated Samsung bloatware. I do like the idea of the Note's stylus, and supposedly they've toned down all the Samsung garbage.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 9:36 pm to Pettifogger
Posting from my Nexus 6, it is totally awesome so far.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 9:09 pm to TigerBandTuba
As an update, I got the Note 4 yesterday. Loved the Nexus too, but I have a 9 and it seemed so similar (just wanted to try something new). Still hate Touchwiz, but Note is certainly better than the Galaxys I previously had (I also like the size better).
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