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Re: Nexus 6

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Post by cweiss »

santosha wrote: post #439
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…

Why is reaching every corner of the phone such a big deal anyway? Speaking for myself, one of the biggest reasons I like large screens is that reading and viewing content is so much easier - I don't have to squint when I'm watching a video, or deal with awkward reflowing. Interface designers don't have to use the new real estate just because it's there, they can design touch areas that are well within reach, while us…

Sadly, even though interface designers don't have to use the new real-estate, they still do. Even Google is guilty of this - Google Maps has interface controls at the top and bottom of the screen. This is aggravated by the fact that Maps is one of those apps people tend to use while walking (or driving), specifically when two-handed use is most inconvenient (and just plain unsafe).Folks don't care as much if Facebook or Mail takes two hands because you're far more likely to be sitting down (or at least standing still) operating them.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by Bluestrike2 »

whizzkid wrote: post #339
DCKing wrote: post #303

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> Its simply too large for the average user. > Why can't smartphone manufacturers understand that a longer battery life is whats lacking in mobile devices? I think it's quite bold to speak in such factual terms when talking about the "average" consumer or the market. Your opinion does not necessarily apply to everyone, or even the majority of the users. Not that I disagree with you, mind. It seems to me that these ma…

I disagree with you. Just because a kid wants more chocolate does not mean you should give it to him. It may make him happy at first but is not good for him in long run. What are people/me saying here is that, we should/can achieve the same functionality with smaller phones. We should. In hundred years, people will laugh at these phones! Too big considering what it does and provides to people.

In a hundred years, I had better have my damned brain implant. Forget the phones.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by dnissley »

ZenoArrow wrote: post #408
cloakandswagger wrote: post #350

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Everywhere I go I see people charging their phones: at work, at the airport, in coffee shops, in the subway station.. Modern consumers seem to be perfectly fine with trading all-day battery life for better display, and manufacturers are perfectly fine with the higher margins that come with better displays.

"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.

As a tech-savvy person I'm not so certain about that. For example I see processors simultaneously get faster and more efficient year after year.

Do we have any hard data on this? What is the power draw of a 720p display vs a 1080p or 1440p display? A cursory google search doesn't bring up much.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by enlightenedfool »

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". That's what iPhone users told. "Anything over 4-inch is too big". Now every one is happy with 5-inch and more. People just adapt given a choice. I know people with small hands just fine with 5.5 screens. I agree the price is a too much though.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by bdcs »

WizzleKake wrote: post #487
bane wrote: post #483

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"was already quite difficult to reach the top corners with one hand" This is such a red herring. I switched from a smallish phone (a Nexus) to a Note 3 (which is just a fraction smaller than this) and it's absolutely amazing how millions of years of evolution equipped us to do things using both hands and how quickly we can accommodate ourselves to doing what nature intended. We even evolved walking upright just so we…

Not everyone wants to use both hands. Some of us would like to be able to respond to a text message while carrying something, for example.

I agree that I think I would prefer a 5" phone to a 6" phone. That said, there's no law requiring the keyboard to scale with phone size. For example, this[0] iOS (software) keyboard only fills the screen where it is easily accessible by your right or left thumb. Now if you're stochastically ambidextrous, well... I don't know what to tell you!

[0] http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/14/iphone-6-plus-one-handed-ke...

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by david »

autocorrector wrote: post #351
whizzkid wrote: post #339

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I disagree with you. Just because a kid wants more chocolate does not mean you should give it to him. It may make him happy at first but is not good for him in long run. What are people/me saying here is that, we should/can achieve the same functionality with smaller phones. We should. In hundred years, people will laugh at these phones! Too big considering what it does and provides to people.

I don't understand your comment. Are you saying people who prefer thinner/lighter phones over longer-lived phones are misguided? Maybe they have different priorities than you. I don't see how this relates to regulating a child's junk food intake. Do you think companies should decide what we can buy?

I think the point isn't that companies should decide what you can buy, that makes no sense...

I think the point is more that just because people seem to prefer a product at first glance/first use doesn't mean that that's the product they will prefer in the long run.

Something like the pepsi challenge ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_Challenge ), if people are given a sample of pepsi and a sample of coke and not told which is which, they generally prefer pepsi if they just take one sip because of the extra sweetness, but if they drink a whole can of each then coke (the less sweet beverage) is usually preferred.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by piyush_soni »

Completely off-topic, but I can't help but notice how posting a new-device link gives you a lot more Karma in one day than I earned in a few years. :)

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by mitchty »

kllrnohj wrote: post #270
mitchty wrote: post #138

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Is it even physically possible to notice the difference in that ppi at that range? I thought human eyes didn't have the capability. I think everyone saying "yes I see a difference" should be doing some double blind validation. I've had people tell me they could tell the difference between 720p and 1080p at 20 feet. That is physically impossible for the human eye.

The human eye does not have a simple resolution like that, and yes it's VERY possible to notice PPI differences in the 300-600 dpi range, especially for certain forms of content. See: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7743/the-pixel-density-race-an...

At what distance though, without that your statement isn't helpful. We all know the human doesn't have resolution like a screen but if we ignore the optics of our eyes I think thats pointless. There are people saying they use their phones 6" away from their face. Ok, but that is not at all how anyone I know uses their phones at least distance wise.

My example of tv screen and resolution is geared more to this: http://carltonbale.com/1080p-does-matter/

Take an 80" 4k tv, you need to sit about 5 feet for an average human to see the difference.

I'd like to see equivalents for phones and dpi/screen size and distance.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by foldr »

bane wrote: post #486
skynetv2 wrote: post #387

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I moved from a Galaxy Nexus to LG G3, which is smaller than the Nexus 6 and I find it incredibly hard to use. Can barely use it with one hand and it doesnt fit in my shirt pocket, sticks out, cant put it in my pant pockets, because it will break. Its very inconvenient size wise. awesome phone though and excellent battery life. Galaxy Nexus was so small I could put it anywhere on me and it would be just fine. Awesome…

> Can barely use it with one hand and it doesnt fit in my shirt pocket, sticks out, cant put it in my pant pockets, because it will break. Its very inconvenient size wise. awesome phone though and excellent battery life. I mean this in all seriousness, how small are your pants? When I got my Note, the first thing I checked was to see if it would fit in my pants pockets. No problem with a single pair. I keep seeing th…

> I keep seeing this complaint and the only conclusion I can come to is that people who complain about this really buy tight pants with tiny pockets.

Well, yes, lots of guys wear tight pants. It's not really the size of the pockets that's the issue, it's just that the pants follow the curve of your outer thigh, so you can't put a big flat device in there.

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