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Re: Nexus 6

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Post by ibrahima »

radley wrote: post #367
dragonwriter wrote: post #348

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> A phone just under 6". This is possibly the biggest disappointment about the phone. Its simply too large for the average user. Quite a large portion of the people I know with phablets like the Galaxy Note series are petite women -- people with smaller hands than "the average user". While the line you present is the exact line that Apple kept trotting out while they were in denial about the market demand for large p…

I think it has to do with one-handed use with smaller hands. A phone would have to be really small (i.e. iPhone 3 & under)) to be useful, but you lose screen area. In contrast, phablets are a convenient mini-mini tablet that can also do calls and 4G data without additional costs of "tablet LTE".

Right, I think the threshold for one handed operation is actually closer to the iPhone 3 and once you go past that threshold you might as well go big or go home. People seem to be missing that. And I agree with the GP, you see a lot of girls with Note 3s because they just stick it in their purse or bag.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by final »

BigBlackCamry wrote: post #158
bdkauff wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you elaborate?

I think he's saying he rather use a landline, so they can't pin point his location via GPS

I think he's saying that in the last few years Google has become extremely thirsty for all king of user data. Their latest Android apps by default send a ton of personal data to the Google servers. E.g. the Android keyboard periodically uploads a list of the hundred most often typed words, unless you go to settings and disable this "feature".

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by baby »

Anyone knows how I can display this page in english? For some reason it displays in french.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by bcohen5055 »

natmaster wrote: post #119
bcohen5055 wrote: post #93

Can anyone confirm what is driving this larger screen war? I know when LTE was rolling out manufacturers needed space for larger batteries but couldn't make the phones thicker due to market backlash so bigger screens began to trend. Now I can't help but think it is completely consumer driven but if that is so what are the larger screens enabling users to do? Is it the resolution? The multitasking? This just doesn't l…

Many of us are not 5' tall and want to get things done on our phones.

True but 75% are under 6' [0]

[0]http://www.wolframalpha.com/share/clip?f=d41d8cd98f00b204e98...

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by baby »

jasonkester wrote: post #281

Anybody found a way to force it to display in English? I'm in France at the moment so I can't even read the text on the site. None of the usual tricks (?hl=en, etc.) work. No links on the site to change language or redirect. Seems silly to have to VPN into a box in the US just to read a website.

same problem here.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by ZenoArrow »

lacksconfidence wrote: post #428
ZenoArrow wrote: post #408

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Modern consumers seem to be perfectly fine with trading all-day battery life for better display" No, they're not. Plenty of people bitch about how frequently they need to charge their phone, and only tech-savvy people realise how large of a factor screen choice is on this battery drain.

you've got that backwards, bigger phones with bigger screens also have longer battery life. The increase in battery capacity by using a larger case is more than the decrease due to the extra screen space which needs to be lit up.

Not true though is it. Let's use the Nexus line as a case in point. Galaxy Nexus, great phone, terrible battery life. Nexus 4, another solid phone, bigger screen, bad battery life. Nexus 5, the pattern repeats again. Thankfully Motorola tend to understand battery life better than most and have bumped the mAh specs up nicely on the Nexus 6.

Or put a different way, default Nexus 4 battery was 2100mAh, default Nexus 5 battery was 2300mAh. People were already complaining about battery life on the Nexus 4, so why did they only bump up the battery capacity by so little for the Nexus 5? For comparison, note that a phone known for great battery life, Motorola Droid Razr Maxx, came with a 3300mAh battery and was still a slim phone.

My point is, just because it's the right thing to do to bump up battery life when using a bigger screen, doesn't mean that the manufacturers will go far enough when doing so.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by downandout »

computerjunkie wrote: post #271

5.96” - A phone just under 6". This is possibly the biggest disappointment about the phone. Its simply too large for the average user. The nexus 5 was already quite difficult to reach the top corners with one hand in my opinion with its 4.95”. you get over 24 hours of use from a full charge. - too many times I have heard this phrase from other smartphone manufacturers and its never true. Since this phone is made by M…

>Its simply too large for the average user.

Agreed. iPhone 6 Plus is too big for me at 5.5" and I have big hands. These "phones" are getting out of control in terms of size. The sweet spot seems to be between 4.7" and 5". Apparently usability engineers aren't being utilized very much these days.

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