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Re: Google Nexus 5x and 6P

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Post by choward »

shadeless wrote: post #84

As an owner of Nexus 5 I must say I'm a bit disappointed with this announcement. I was looking forwards to upgrading my almost two year old phone to Nexus 5x, but there doesn't seem to be a good reason unless Nexus 5 stops getting new Android updates. They have the same resolution, same amount of memory, same amount of storage. I don't shoot video, and I probably won't use fingerprint reader - but I do use wireless c…

The potential deal breaker for me is the storage space. You can't just rely on having WiFi everywhere you go. Cell phone plans have data caps. I need to be able to store data on my device. I really don't understand their reasoning. I can get over not having a removable battery, but not having expandable storage is idiotic.

They also just updated the apk file size limit from 50MB to 100MB. On top of that, they made the video camera capture at a higher frame rate which will take up more space.

My iPod from nearly a decade ago has 80GB of storage. I don't want to have an extra device just for music anymore.

Re: Google Nexus 5x and 6P

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Post by AcerbicZero »

shadeless wrote: post #84

As an owner of Nexus 5 I must say I'm a bit disappointed with this announcement. I was looking forwards to upgrading my almost two year old phone to Nexus 5x, but there doesn't seem to be a good reason unless Nexus 5 stops getting new Android updates. They have the same resolution, same amount of memory, same amount of storage. I don't shoot video, and I probably won't use fingerprint reader - but I do use wireless c…

I was a Nexus 5 owner up until I dropped it a few months ago, shattering the screen, and was banished to an iphone 5s. Wireless charging was one of the things I missed most about my nexus, and I was fairly disappointed when I heard these two wouldn't be including it.

If I still had my Nexus 5, I doubt I'd even be considering a 5x or a 6p.

Re: Google Nexus 5x and 6P

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Post by duncanawoods »

AcerbicZero wrote: post #162
shadeless wrote: post #84

As an owner of Nexus 5 I must say I'm a bit disappointed with this announcement. I was looking forwards to upgrading my almost two year old phone to Nexus 5x, but there doesn't seem to be a good reason unless Nexus 5 stops getting new Android updates. They have the same resolution, same amount of memory, same amount of storage. I don't shoot video, and I probably won't use fingerprint reader - but I do use wireless c…

I was a Nexus 5 owner up until I dropped it a few months ago, shattering the screen, and was banished to an iphone 5s. Wireless charging was one of the things I missed most about my nexus, and I was fairly disappointed when I heard these two wouldn't be including it. If I still had my Nexus 5, I doubt I'd even be considering a 5x or a 6p.

gah - sorry, accidental downvote

Re: Google Nexus 5x and 6P

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Post by xelipe »

jewbacca wrote: post #111
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #25

Why did Google bother with all of that work to fix SD storage in Android M[0] if they're still not going to put an SD card in their Nexus phones!?! I was holding out hope that I would finally have a reason to buy a Nexus phone with the 5X or 6P, but now that we have the final spec sheet, I think I'm going to just grab an HTC One M9 or something. The lack of expandable storage really kills it for me. [0] http://www.an…

1. The Nexus line is supposed to be something like Google's Android reference device, and implements the minimum common set of features -- up-to-date computing hardware and screen, reasonable-resolution cameras, standard set of sensors (GPS, acceleration, etc.). An SD card slot doesn't really add any technical possibilities. 2. Google probably wants to push the idea that any storage beyond local apps should be to the…

Google's advert claims "The ultimate Android experience", not the "The minimum common set of features Android experience".

Re: Google Nexus 5x and 6P

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Post by choward »

patrickaljord wrote: post #3
rjbrock wrote: post #2

16gb and 32gb? Why is storage always so low?

Because most people don't need that much, especially with the new auto-delete of photos that have been copied to the cloud in Google Photo, love this feature.

That's cool until you go to a place that doesn't have cell phone coverage or wifi. Then you are completely screwed.

Re: Google Nexus 5x and 6P

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Post by morsch »

oblio wrote: post #147

Google, please, please, just let me see the stupid page even if I'm not in the US. Just put a huge, red warning sign saying that the product is not available in my country.

The direct link to the product page should work: https://store.google.com/product/nexus_5x

At least it did for me. Even let me sign up for a waitlist.

Re: Google Nexus 5x and 6P

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Post by elboru »

ljk wrote: post #153
oblio wrote: post #147

Google, please, please, just let me see the stupid page even if I'm not in the US. Just put a huge, red warning sign saying that the product is not available in my country.

Now I'm curious, what does it look like outside of U.S.?

For Mexico it shows what it seems like a broken CSS page, with the previous models:

http://snag.gy/DCtTt.jpg

Re: Google Nexus 5x and 6P

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Post by chetanahuja »

Someone1234 wrote: post #32

I have the Z3 which is also 5.2" and has a 3100 mAh battery compared to the 2700 mAh battery in this. And seemingly that costs you no thickness as the Z3 is actually slightly thinner (7.3 mm vs 7.9 mm for this). They're both 1920 x 1080 LCD at 423 ppi. In my experience 3000 mAh at 5.2" is the sweet spot, as below that you might rarely run out of juice under heavy usage. Above that no matter how heavy your usage is yo…

Where?

A simple google search yields links like this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1091325-REG/sony_1289_... which is $560.

Re: Google Nexus 5x and 6P

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Post by JimmaDaRustla »

Canadian prices suck, they're higher than what our terrible exchange rate equates to when compared to USD prices. Also sounds like they're going to be locked to carriers? Nexus phones aren't the easy choice anymore.

Re: Google Nexus 5x and 6P

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Post by noinsight »

quasse wrote: post #22

The price is certainly right, but I really don't feel like the specs are any kind of leap that makes me want to upgrade from my Nexus 5. Hexa-core is neat, but honestly I'd rather have software polish that meant rotating my phone while using the camera in video mode didn't mean some probability of a system reboot. Unfortunately my experience with both the Nexus 4 and 5 is that the stability is either never quite ther…

Yeah, my Nexus 4 has started rebooting by itself pretty often and it also keeps "losing" the SIM card somehow (by checking uptime it seems it doesn't reboot, but it still asks me to enter the SIM PIN as if the phone had restarted). Really annoying. It means it's no longer reliable as a phone because you're unable to receive calls after either of those occurs randomly of course.

I don't really care about Android either, it's just a cheesy delivery platform for Google services which I don't want. But none of the alternatives seem much better either... Still, I started looking at Apple.

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