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Re: Nexus 6

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Post by wlesieutre »

ZenoArrow wrote: post #195
wlesieutre wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

The Sony Z3 Compact is the most balanced Android phone in the market (IMO), but it's very new so don't know if CM supports it yet... http://gizmodo.com/the-sony-z3-compact-is-androids-best-kept...

Only marginally smaller than an iPhone 6, sadly. 4.6" vs 4.7" screen, though the smaller top/bottom bezel helps with pocket size, if not screen reaching.

Still more reasonable than the new Moto G/X and all their 5+ inch ilk. I'll keep it in mind!

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by auggierose »

codezero wrote: post #30

Very nice that all the physical buttons are on one side and also in the middle of the phone. The biggest gripe I have with the iPhone 6 Plus is that every time I try to lock it, I turn up the volume, and vice versa. The buttons are also way too high on the device. Not that it's particularly important, but the Nexus 6 was the model of the androids in Blade Runner, but I'm not sure if this phone is "more human than hum…

One upvote for the Bladerunner mention. That would really be the only reason for me to upgrade from my Nexus 5 to a Nexus 6 :-)

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by gohrt »

crucialfelix wrote: post #193

Ah, but the Nexus 6 only has a 4 year lifespan. Then .. time to die. I thought that Google decided not to release a phone named Nexus-6 out of deference to Blade Runner and Phillip K Dick's family who were annoyed that they used the name.

If Google could produce a phone that lasted 4 years, that would be incredible.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by Mikeb85 »

eva1984 wrote: post #239

This one is huge...And seems like Google didn't upgrade their Nexus 5 model?

As a Nexus 5 owner, I can see why. It's by no means obsolete (runs the newest games still, very smooth and fast, great screen), and easily has the nicest 'feel' of any phone I've ever used...

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by scintill76 »

freehunter wrote: post #176
jordanpg wrote: post #148

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> People keep saying that and time and time again it's proven wrong. Surely you agree there is an upper bound, though?

Sure. 27" is just too big to be practical for most. What I was specifically saying is that people here keep calling 5"-6" phones "too big" yet the mass market keeps buying them, in huge numbers. I'm not sure if you can walk into an Apple Store and pick up an iPhone 6 Plus off the shelf yet or if they're still sold out.

Aren't we getting to the point where you don't have a choice, if you want a new phone? The market wants phones, not necessarily with a strong preference for the sizes being offered. I recently bought a new phone, and found my options getting quite limited if I wanted less than 5" screen size, and SD card. If I compromised on SD card, maybe there's more options, but all the main choices seem bigger in general.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by IkmoIkmo »

mkozlows wrote: post #201
StavrosK wrote: post #116

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Really? Your eye can resolve the difference between 300 ppi and 500 ppi at arm's length? Also, don't be a stranger.

It is easy for me to see jaggies on a 300 dpi device (the N7 and N10 are both in that ballpark, as was my old 720p phone). You can too -- go to a browser, and type "www" and then look at those letters. The jaggies are just what you'd expect from 300 dpi. On the Nexus 5 (440 dpi), I can't see them anymore. Resolutions above this seem unnecessary to me -- but for the N6, 1080p would mean 360 dpi, so that might be sub-p…

> On the Nexus 5 (440 dpi), I can't see them anymore.

I can't see jaggedness on my iphone 4 at 'www' in the browser either, and that's at 326 PPI.

But fair enough. The low 400s range seems like a solid enough improvement. I just don't get the upper 400s like the Nexus 6's 493, and perhaps the 500 range next year. Obviously there's a bit of extra battery and a bit of extra processing hardware required for that, however small, I'd want to hang on to it beyond the low 400s PPI range.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by MichaelGG »

untog wrote: post #133
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'm all for pushing as many pixels as we can, but not at the expense of battery life. I'll happily take a 720p screen if it buys me even a mediocre improvement in battery life.

The Huawei Mate 2 has a 6" screen, 720p, and gets about 2 days (almost 40 hours) of battery. Unfortunately, they have a screwed up copy of 4.3, and it is really terrible and Huawei doesn't release enough info to make Cyanogen work on it.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by gohrt »

dmix wrote: post #58

Was the Nexus 5 refreshed at all? I can't tell by the website.

Last year, the N4 got a price cut before the N5 launched. This year, no such. The Nexus 6 is so hugely expensive that the line may just sit and stagnate on the "price:performance" frontier. :-(

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by andybak »

julianpye wrote: post #241

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 inte…

Weird. I returned a Nexus 4 last year and got faultless support. I was gobsmacked.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by IkmoIkmo »

eswat wrote: post #233
mesozoic wrote: post #182

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Basically you can see more pixels because you hold it closer to your face than a monitor typically. That said they may be getting beyond the point of visual perception for most reasonable distances now.

Didn’t Apple claim they had already hit that limit at 326ppi with iPhone 4? Seems we’re enter ludicrous ranges now…

I do really have trouble making out pixels on my old iPhone 4. My gf's nexus 5 is really nice (although it probably has more to do with non-resolution aspects of the screen) but that's lower 400s range. The nexus 6 is basically 500 PPI, I just don't get that range or beyond which we'll surely see next year.
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