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Re: Nexus 6

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Post by jo_ »

kllrnohj wrote: post #668
jo_ wrote: post #667

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Thank you. I think I see where you're coming from. That article has some interesting phrasing which I think is causing confusion. (For me at least.) It looks like they're using 'normal' to mean 'average in the range' some of the time and 'mean population visual acuity' other times. Mostly they're using the former. So 'normal vision' or 'average eyesight' refers to the range of 20/20 eyesight and not 'mean eyesight'.…

No, the thing you are missing is that corrective lenses are a thing that exists. We're really quite good at taking someone with 20/100 vision and turning that into 20/20 or better.

Oh! Oooh! I see what you're saying. I thought you were asserting the mean _UNCORRECTED_ vision of an American Adult was 20/20. It's certainly much more plausible that the corrected vision is beyond 20/20.

I would recommend, for the sake of clarity, adding '20/20 corrected' or '20/20 rectified' to your original post. If I hear someone say, "I have 20/20 vision," my first thought is, "this person has perfect vision", not, "this person wears glasses."

I'll go back and add that clarification on my replies.

EDIT: It's too late to go back and edit my topmost comment. :(

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by Kequc »

lstamour wrote: post #575
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 can't smartphone manufacturers understand that a longer battery life is whats lacking in mobile devices? I can tell you haven't been using the Android L Preview. I have, and the battery life extension is fantastic. Easily the equal to Nokia's. Basically, when it gets down to low power, it can shift into a mode where only foreground apps and activities are in use, and the battery can last all day easily. iOS, of…

"Don't use the phone so much" is good advice.

I have an active social life and my Nexus 4 still lasts a day and a half when I don't plug it in. The people having trouble must be texting all day long. When I chat I use social media or chat programs, both of which are available on my computer. I would assume many users of HN use computers so I don't fully understand where the complaint is coming from.

I, too wish that batteries were better than they are. But currently you just can't expect to use a device which has power unthinkable 50 years ago. The size of 10mm x 6inches, to run all day from off of an internal battery. It's unreasonable.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by monstermonster »

selectodude wrote: post #669
monstermonster wrote: post #663

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Yep. I miss key a lot less than my old android. Plus I just found out you can download mp3s straight to storage and play them in xbox music. I'm selling the kids' iPhones and getting them winphones so I don't have to deal with itunes. Super happy.

I'm sure your kids will be thrilled.

Is that sarcastic? Can't tell on here ;-)

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by mkhalil »

illicium wrote: post #536
alex_c wrote: post #52

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I use one for development and love it. There is lag and it is noticeable - it's most noticeable for moving the mouse cursor, and it is somewhat annoying because it makes any mouse operation feel slower and less precise. The lag doesn't really affect anything else I do. Still worth it for the price IMO, the screen real estate makes a huge difference in my productivity.

If it only does 1080p, you're not getting any additional screen real estate, just huge pixels.

It's 4k.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by adrusi »

lmedinas wrote: post #642
nly wrote: post #477

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Indeed. People need to remember the number refers roughly to the size. It's entirely possible we'll see a Nexus 5 2015 edition with updated specs, once they've milked the Christmas market with the 6.

There is even no need for this. The Device hardware it's still very good for another year imho.

Battery life and camera could stand to be improved. I can't think of anything else the device needs, I'd pay $650 for a nexus 5 with a camera in the class of other phones at that price and a battery that can last all day without fail.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by mkhalil »

tanderson92 wrote: post #34
mkhalil wrote: post #24

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Just got up a Seiki 39" from Walmart.com for $329. After some flashing and calibration, its a beast! Highly recommended for day to day/dev use. Gaming, too, but not in 4k. It can do 1080p 120hz.

Can you elaborate on the flashing/calibration? Is that to get better than 30Hz at native 4K resolutions? For coding / web browsing, how good is the screen (i.e. can you notice lag for those use cases). I have heard mixed things about the Seki 39" but it looks like it could be a great development monitor

Sure.

Flashed it with SE50UY04, the 50 inch models, firmware. Just extracted the zip, put the install.img on a FAT32 formatted USB drive, and went into the secret menu (with the menu open press 0000) and updated the firmware.

After that I started with these calibration numbers: Contrast: 42 Brightness: 66 Color: 34 Sharpness: 0 Color Temp: normal Turned off Noise Correction.

--These settings can be changed in the secret menu - other settings options. Red Gain: 141 Blue Gain: 126 Green Gain: 132 Red Offset: 532 Blue Offset: 510 Green Offset: 504 DCC: Off Backlight: 75

And modified it to my liking. Actually had my Macbook Retina open next to it and sort of color matched. My numbers could vary greatly from these. My backlight is at like 50.

Overall, I'm really happy with it. Yes there is a mouse lag, but the 50" firmware makes it LESS noticeable. Also tbh, you sort of get used to it. In my case I try to minimize mouse usage anyway.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by AlyssaRowan »

Well, I want to see it, and hold it, but I fear the size is probably too big for my small hands, and I know the price is too big. The battery being big is nice, but with a screen that size I don't believe the battery life claims until I see independent reviews.

Given that the battery isn't removable too, this makes for a very shitty development phone. (What do we do if it freezes? How do we hard-remove power?) I think this won't do.

I'm also rather disappointed this isn't the Snapdragon 810 or 808. For a phone this expensive, it doesn't measure up.

Overall this is not what I hoped for from a new Nexus. Perhaps Android Silver will deliver something better, but I doubt the Nexus 6 will be my next phone.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by evv »

Is RAM not a worthy technical specification to list? I think its pretty critical.

Until somebody corrects me I'll just assume this thing has the 1GB of RAM which is pretty standard these days.. But not enough IMHO

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by btian »

evv wrote: post #678

Is RAM not a worthy technical specification to list? I think its pretty critical. Until somebody corrects me I'll just assume this thing has the 1GB of RAM which is pretty standard these days.. But not enough IMHO

It has 3GB of RAM. http://www.motorola.com/us/Nexus-6/nexus-6-motorola-us.html#...

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by kayone »

AlyssaRowan wrote: post #677

Well, I want to see it, and hold it, but I fear the size is probably too big for my small hands, and I know the price is too big. The battery being big is nice, but with a screen that size I don't believe the battery life claims until I see independent reviews. Given that the battery isn't removable too, this makes for a very shitty development phone. (What do we do if it freezes? How do we hard-remove power?) I thin…

> Given that the battery isn't removable too, this makes for a very shitty development phone.

When was the last time you pulled a battery on an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch. I think calling a phone 'shitty for development' just because you can't pull a battery is a bit over the top given the current landscape.

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