great ... I'm in Japan (signed into Google/Gmail in English) and the whole page is in Japanese without any obvious way.
Great Job Google ...! (sorry for the rant, my Japanese is not so bad now, still it annoys me ...happens very often with google pages)
Nexus 6
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Re: Nexus 6
#5525.96” - 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…
I've had the Droid Maxx for about a year now. I watch documentaries on YouTube, stream music over LTE and WiFi, and use Facebook/Quora/Imgur/Hacker News throughout the day and never think about the battery. I charge it maybe every other day.
I've never had a phone that actually delivered on its promised battery, but this one comes quite close.
Re: Nexus 6
#553Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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…
Funny enough, when I'm in Korea, normal people there have phones that dwarf the Notes of the world (like 7") and being fashion conscious wear fitted trousers yet somehow have managed to figure out how to get along in their day, a seemingly impossible conundrum for the audience here.
Re: Nexus 6
#5545.96” - 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…
I have literally never heard anyone ever say, "I like this phone I bought, but after using it for a couple of weeks, the screen is just a little too big for my tastes." Like, NEVER. In all the complaints I've heard about people's phones, over the seven years that we've had smartphones so far. What I have heard is a lot of people pooh-poohing 4.7" screens, 4.9" screens, 5.2" screens, etc., and those screen sizes going…
lots of people carry a bias into their opinion on purchased items. sort of like a buyers' remorse, but with the goal of getting others to make the same mistake in order to achieve some sort of normality with 'the pack'.
Re: Nexus 6
#555Earlier quoted context omitted.
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".
I think he's saying that any modern phone has firmware on it that has the keys owned by a third party other than the purchaser of the hardware. Anyone with the keys can potentially be 'thirty for user data', which may include "Peaceful-country-turned-regime's" 's, new owners.
Re: Nexus 6
#556Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think he's saying he rather use a landline, so they can't pin point his location via GPS
You would need a very long cord for that land line for that to be an effective countermeasure! I think it is just generic Google-hatred.
why not just generic mobile-phone hatred?
they are all privacy intrusive in some way or another.
it's not all Brand Y vs. Brand X.
Re: Nexus 6
#557Earlier 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.
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.
Do you have an Android phone? If you go to the settings you can look up battery usage. As a general rule of thumb, battery usage is the top consumer of battery capacity. For example, on my GNex I've just checked the battery usage, screen is at 52% (and that's on a very low brightness setting, low enough that I don't bother using it outside).
Re: Nexus 6
#558Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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…
Good points, I guess I did make a sweeping generalisation on the "average user" part and I guess this is how the market will always work but it just slows down innovation dramatically for the sake of making that extra penny. Sigh.
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Re: Nexus 6
#559Earlier quoted context omitted.
"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?
Glad I could help you find something you like, I think it's awesome too. :-) I seriously doubt it'll be $960 at launch, even if that's what the data we have now suggests. I have no idea about cases, perhaps you could drop Yota Devices a line... http://yotaphone.com/ru-en/feedback/
Re: Nexus 6
#560great ... I'm in Japan (signed into Google/Gmail in English) and the whole page is in Japanese without any obvious way. Great Job Google ...! (sorry for the rant, my Japanese is not so bad now, still it annoys me ...happens very often with google pages)
Did you find a solution? I also have the same problem.