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Re: Nexus 6

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Post by wlesieutre »

ZenoArrow wrote: post #421
wlesieutre wrote: post #287

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> Well that's probably just because you use your current phone for these things. Who's to say that the bigger screen won't make you do more or other things with it? You may be right. But even so, I spend enough time on my phone even with the limited uses. If I had a bigger screen, maybe I'd use it for reading and writing emails. But I don't know that I want to. If I could get a 6" phone that was as comfortable to rea…

"If I could get a 6" phone that was as comfortable to read on as my Nook, I'd be all over it. The e-ink versions, not the Nook HD. Reading books is a great use case for a screen bigger than 3.5"." My next phone is very likely to be a YotaPhone, which includes an e-ink screen. The first model was terrible but the second model is shaping up very nicely. Perhaps you might be interested too... http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/…

YES I WANT THAT. I'm not sure I want it to the tune of $800-$960 though.

I'd be super paranoid about scratching it, since there's no really a safe side to set down. What sort of cases work for that?

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by pyrophane »

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 used to have a Note 3, and I found it annoying to carry around. The problem with my pants was not necessarily just how tight they were, but the depth of the pocket. Without really deep pockets the likes of which I don't seem to have on any of my pants, the Note jabbed me in the hip when I tried to sit down or climb stairs.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by rafaqueque »

Being a long time Android user with fairly large screens (+5"), I'm now using an iPhone 5C for three days and I really love its size. I guess that even the iPhone 6 is way too much for me. Around 4", it's the ideal size for me.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by sirspudd »

themartorana wrote: post #413
cloakandswagger wrote: post #362

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Your comment is pretentious and assumptive. Consumers want bigger phones and manufacturers are providing them, it's as simple as that. I'd say deriving moral superiority from phone form factor is sillier than a 6 inch screen.

Your comment is aggressive and uninformed. I have an iPhone 6. So does everyone in my office. All but one of us pine for our 5/5s - they were, in our opinions, far superior in usability for a one-handed device. The thing is, we could just go back to them, but then the 6s will come out, or the 7, and eventually, you have to either move to a new platform (Android maybe, but the options in high-end devices in smaller sc…

You voted with your wallet for a large screen phone, as people in the past voted with their wallet for large screen phones. You could have purchased the Z3 compact or some other device targeting the small device niche market, but you voted against it. Good job!

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by wlesieutre »

DCKing wrote: post #481
wlesieutre wrote: post #287

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> Well that's probably just because you use your current phone for these things. Who's to say that the bigger screen won't make you do more or other things with it? You may be right. But even so, I spend enough time on my phone even with the limited uses. If I had a bigger screen, maybe I'd use it for reading and writing emails. But I don't know that I want to. If I could get a 6" phone that was as comfortable to rea…

> Addendum - Fundamentally, I see my phone as a minor utility/convenience item. I use it for occasional tasks like making dinner reservations, finding cheap gas, ordering takeout, finding ATMs, tracking runs, checking weather forecasts. Again, that is probably only because you view your current phone as such. Who's to say that you won't see a larger phone an even more useful tool? I'm not saying that you will, I'm sa…

I do intend to do T-Mobile's 7-day network "Test Drive" once they switch it from the 5S to the 6, so I'll find out for sure then.

Maybe an extra 1.2" of screen is just the thing for comfortably finding gas stations. But does it make up for having to carry it around all the time?

For reference, http://i.imgur.com/ZbodDFx.png and my 4S are the entire contents of my pockets on a typical day. No car clicker, no trifold wallet, small phone.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by techsupporter »

nradov wrote: post #86

Does it have a removable battery or is it another sealed device? That's not clear from the web page. Everything else looks great about this device but if it lacks a swappable battery then that's a deal breaker for me and I'll have to get a Samsung Note 4 instead. Even a 3220 mAh battery is insufficient and external battery packs are just too much hassle to deal with.

Looks like a sealed case, based on an unboxing video on Boy Genius Report. That's disappointing, though wholly expected. It seems like only Samsung and Nokia make phones with removable batteries and storage card slots...

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

DCKing wrote: post #199
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…

> 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. There are several reas…

Not to mention that red lining (aligning to pixel boundaries to eliminate anti-aliasing artifacts) becomes less of an issue the more pixels you have, which makes it easier for developers to build decent looking apps.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by [deleted] »

shirro wrote: post #538
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 tried to post a point but got deleted by the Apple mafia on HN. The fact is I have seen large number of small handed users (asian females) comfortably carry and use large format phones like Galaxy Notes. The problem for the male dominated tech media and HN users is that they mostly do not carry a shoulder bag and cannot conceive of a device which does not fit in a pocket being useful. Add a bejewelled hello kitty p…

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Re: Nexus 6

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Post by bane »

2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #539
bane wrote: post #490

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Yeah sure, I understand that use case. I personally wish Apple had kept the 6 at the original form factor and made the larger phone as-is to give real choice. The way they did it was "go bigger" or "go biggerer" and I get that there are people who really do just want the smaller form factor for whatever reason. Okay, so I did have a moment the other day where I wanted to text somebody but one of my hands was full and…

You can't use speech recognition on public transport. And this line "so I made the extremely difficult decision to wait 5 minutes until I was in a better place to do what I wanted" sounds a lot like "you're holding the phone wrong" . I think there are software improvements that you can make though. Apple's Reachability feature is a step in the right direction. But not enough.

> You can't use speech recognition on public transport.

Sure, that's why I just waited the 5 minutes instead. It wasn't all that long ago that people waited weeks or months for responses to a correspondence, waiting a few minutes isn't the end of the world, somehow humanity got along just fine waiting a little. I already don't answer my phone if it's not convenient (it's why they invented voice mail).

There's some keyboards I suppose I could hunt around and install if I really need to text that very second.

While I'm at it I suppose I could just get a subvocal mic so I can talk to my texting app while on a bus.

https://www.thinkgeek.com/product/c8e1/

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by bane »

pyrophane wrote: post #542
bane wrote: post #486

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> 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 used to have a Note 3, and I found it annoying to carry around. The problem with my pants was not necessarily just how tight they were, but the depth of the pocket. Without really deep pockets the likes of which I don't seem to have on any of my pants, the Note jabbed me in the hip when I tried to sit down or climb stairs.

I swear when I read issues like this I think I must be an absolutely gargantuan man with vast pockets of holding (I'm not and I don't).

I mean really, if I can't fit my own not-very-large hand up to the wrist in pants I'm trying on I consider them defective and don't buy them. Turns out my Note is about the same size as my extended hand w/r to length and width and about 1/3rd as thick, so if I can fit my hand in my pants I can fit my phone. It also means I can fit my hands in my pockets when it's cold and to get stuff in and out of them.

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