Nexus 6 • Hacker News Board

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by julianpye » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 5:52 PM UTC

What keeps me off buying another Playstore device is Google's terrible customer support, especially before they can command such a premium price. I have an unresponsive Nexus 4. I cannot just send it in for warranty repair. In order to return it, I have to go through a list of steps on their website, then get on a phoneline on which they state I have to wait for 45 minute to get a customer rep. Often the line is interrupted. I haven't been able to get my number for two weeks now.

Eric Schmidt recently said in Germany that Amazon is their biggest competitor. For that to be true, they need to seriously up their support.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by asdflkjasdflkj » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 5:54 PM UTC

the_mitsuhiko wrote: post #104

IkmoIkmo wrote: post #85

Can anyone explain to me what the fetish is with pushing the same amount of pixels as a freaking 27 inch display (which, by the way, I've always considered gorgeous)? I mean, does anyone actually notice the difference? Because if that difference means I'm paying $100-200 extra for a better screen, a better graphics chip etc, and it means my battery life is reduced, I really just don't get it. I elaborated a bit on th…

> I mean, does anyone actually notice the difference? Absolutely.

The pixels become obvious under the magnification of Cardboard.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by jusben1369 » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 5:54 PM UTC

The pricing is really high. Seems like Google is now no longer interested in forcing great phones out of Samsung/HTC etc. Now that great phones exist they raise the prices and no longer upset the hardware chain.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by moheeb » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 5:54 PM UTC

metabrew wrote: post #3

I've bought every nexus phone when they were released, but I'm not sure about this one. The nexus 5 is already a bit oversized IMO. This thing is ridiculous.

I think as more of the older crowd has gotten into smart phones the screen size has gotten larger to compensate for their poor eyesight.

I think this point is backed up by the fact that the rendered text size has not changed in any appreciable way.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by IkmoIkmo » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 5:54 PM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #188

genericuser wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You use your phone at arms length? I am usually holding mine at like 6 inches to 1 foot from my face. I could very much tell the difference between the 318 ppi of the nexus 4 vs the 445 ppi of the nexus 5 with my usage patterns. I am skeptical that I would notice further improvements though.

Huh. Yeah, I usually have it about two feet away. Not arm outstretched, like my dad, but only slightly bent.

> Not arm outstretched, like my dad

LOL, didn't know my brother was on hackernews, too. What's up man!

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by Mikeb85 » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 5:55 PM UTC

ihsw wrote: post #230

Mikeb85 wrote: post #221

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Brightness and total screen size matter more for battery life than resolution...

Whatever the hell the technical issue is -- more battery life is far more preferable to better displays.

Dumbphones had great battery life.

Yet we use smartphones...

Anyhow, my Nexus 5 lasts the day, I plug it in at night. That's good enough. And I like the screen.

Battery life only matters to a point - after that features and niceties matter more...

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by jack-r-abbit » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 5:55 PM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #118

jordanpg wrote: post #54

I see an important question looming on the 5-year horizon: how are people going to be carrying these large devices? Clearly carrying large phones in pockets is impossible for many, increasingly impractical for many more, and simply undesirable to the curious. Will handbags or hip bags become common for all? Will the average size of phones rebound and approach some smaller-screen equilibrium size near 5"? Everything d…

>Clearly carrying large phones in pockets is impossible... impractical... and... undesirable. People keep saying that and time and time again it's proven wrong. It has been wrong for years, and it will keep being wrong. If large phones were impossible, impractical, and undesirable, people would stop buying them. But they're not. They're demanding them in such large numbers that even Apple has put out a massive, massi…

I don't hear people saying "big phones will never catch on" but I do hear people saying "these bigger phones are too big for me."

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by rogerbinns » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 5:55 PM UTC

untog wrote: post #112

I had a Nexus 5, but I bought a Sony Z3 Compact a few weeks ago, and I don't regret doing so. This phone is simply too big. For anyone interested, I would highly recommend the Z3C. It's a fantastic phone and a really great size.

If only Sony would acknowledge the existence of wireless charging (Qi). It has been great having many recent Nexus devices use it.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by umsm » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 5:56 PM UTC

wlesieutre wrote: post #73

phaus wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm glad they released a 4.7" phone, but the plus is just ridiculous.

4.7" should be the plus, if you ask me. I'm dreading the day my 3.5" phone dies and has no reasonable modern replacement. EDIT : I'm open to switching to Android for my next phone if anyone can point my to a small one. Priorities are good camera, ok battery life, and not awful build quality. And maybe good support from Cyanogen? I'm out of the loop on Android and don't have a sense of how important that is these days…

Once your phone dies, go to the apple store and they will replace your broken phone with a new one (identical model) for $150 or $200.

Out-of-warranty cost:

iPhone 6 Plus: $329

iPhone 6: $299

iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5: $269

iPhone 4s: $199

iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, Original iPhone: $149

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by bobbyi_settv » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 5:56 PM UTC

4k wrote: post #62

Why the storage on all high end phones is stuck at 64gb? I honestly would like to have more storage space.

SD card support would be even better.

I recently got a 128 GB SD card for my phone and it's great to finally have as much storage for music as I used to have on my iPod Classic (I use Google Play Music All Access, which allows saving as much as you want to local storage).