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Re: Nexus 6

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Post by ZenoArrow »

wlesieutre wrote: post #287
DCKing wrote: post #240

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's true that you use a 5" phone differently than a 3.5" phone. But a 5" phone comes with a lot of advantages of its own, which you might find hard to recognize if that's not what you're using. > All I need is phone calls, texting, GPS/maps, snapcat, music, and (usually reading only) email and OneNote. Well that's probably just because you use your current phone for these things. Who's to say that the bigger screen…

> 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/reviews/mobile-phone/3504276/yota...

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by XorNot »

jordanpg wrote: post #215
enraged_camel wrote: post #174

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>>If large phones were impossible, impractical, and undesirable, people would stop buying them. I think you're conflating several different things here. Something can be impractical but still desirable. For example, big SUVs are a pain in the ass -- they are inefficient, difficult to maneuver and hard to park. Yet people still buy them because of a simplistic "bigger is better" mindset. How many people with big SUVs…

I don't see the connection with SUVs. They aren't impractical in the same way. For example, for many people (men and women alike), a device above a certain size cannot be carried hands-free. This is a fact. For me, this would be a dealbreaker. It's not about status; it's more closely linked with my unwillingness to type anything longer than a sentence or two on a small keyboard and screen. On the horizon, I see a dis…

Women carry handbags. There's very obviously a lot of men commenting on this issue who cannot imagine that pocket size has been nonexistent for one genders fashion for a long time now, and so was never a practical constraint on device sizes.

Male fashion will just up pocket sizes in response - my dad when he goes traveling has a jacket he can fit a 13" macbook air into.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by sirkneeland »

enraged_camel wrote: post #174
freehunter wrote: post #118

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>Clearly carrying large phones in pockets is impossible... impractical... and... undesirable. People keep saying that and time and time again it's proven wrong. It has been wrong for years, and it will keep being wrong. If large phones were impossible, impractical, and undesirable, people would stop buying them. But they're not. They're demanding them in such large numbers that even Apple has put out a massive, massi…

>>If large phones were impossible, impractical, and undesirable, people would stop buying them. I think you're conflating several different things here. Something can be impractical but still desirable. For example, big SUVs are a pain in the ass -- they are inefficient, difficult to maneuver and hard to park. Yet people still buy them because of a simplistic "bigger is better" mindset. How many people with big SUVs…

There's also a difference for what seems like a good idea in the context of a retail showroom and what is a good idea over a year or two of real life usage.

The TV with the brightest, most overly saturated image might seem like the best choice when sitting on the shelves of Best Buy, but not the best choice overall.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by Raphael »

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…

When considering displays, it would be best to figure out the pixel density per angle of view, which depends on the expected distance between your eyes and the screen. So if a screen is 1800px wide and you position it such that it takes up 90 degrees of view, then it is 20px per degree, or 0.05 degrees per pixel.

So a phone may end up needing a higher resolution than a larger monitor because you hold it closer. Although I haven't run the actual numbers.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by habith »

prlambert wrote: post #310
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…

This screen size is so, so disappointing. I'm an iphone 5s user and was eagerly awaiting the new Nexus to make the switch to Android. But 6" is a tablet that can make calls, not a phone. I WANT to switch to Android/Nexus for hundreds of reasons but this screen size is a deal break. I need a phone I can use like... a phone. I've tried the iphone 6 plus in person and it's a monstrosity to use, definitely not a one hand…

> I'm an iphone 5s user and was eagerly awaiting the new Nexus to make the switch to Android

I highly recommend that you borrow an Android phone from a friend before making the switch and spending some time with it.

Also, check the permissions on most of the apps on Google Play[1] (scroll down and click view permissions) and ask yourself if they're justified[2].

Once an app is installed there's no controlling of the individual permissions. You do not get prompts asking you to authorize an app to access your contacts, location etc. It's an all or nothing approach.

Some people will tell you to root/flash the phone and install an app to allow you to do what should have been a default OS behavior.

I switched from Android to iOS about 2 years ago, and will never go back until Google fixes up the permissions system.

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.k...

[2] http://inc42.com/buzz/facebook-wants-read-confidential-user-...

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by chrisBob »

benmorris wrote: post #94

I bought the Nexus 5 as soon as it was released and have really liked it, however, I'm not sure I'll be buying this one. The biggest issue I have is the screen size. I just think 6" is over my threshold. At $649 I can basically buy any other phone off contract. One of the original appeals of the Nexus 5 was the low price. No wireless charging either? Not a dealbreaker, but I did use it on my 5.

I wanted an iPhone, and bought a 5s shortly after they announced the 6 and 6+. I am sure I am not alone in wanting a smaller phone. Just because the newest one has a big screen doesn't mean you have to buy a phone with a big screen. I will be interested to hear how the iPhone 5s/c and the Nexus 5 sell now that their larger replacements are out.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by spacecity1971 »

whizzkid wrote: post #380
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.

I still can not see, much can be achieved with bigger screens. Google glass approach at least sounds better than this, by separating power to smaller devices will let people interact with real world better than trying to hold this phone with 2 hands.

Bigger screen allows me to sketch more easily on my iPhone 6 plus, and use iA Writer in a more satisfying way. Just two examples of what a bigger screen achieves (for me). A smartwatch coupled with this will perhaps fill the one-handed (and voice activated) use case rather well.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by lacksconfidence »

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.

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.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by morsch »

chrischen wrote: post #342
DCKing wrote: post #329

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We shouldn't use screen size as our only measure though. The iPhone 6 is a 4.7", but is quite a bit bigger than the 4.7" Moto X 2013, and about equal in size to the 5" Nexus 5 [1]. Apple uses a bit more bezel on their phones, so in physical dimensions they are closer to some of their Android competition than you might think based on screen size. [1]: http://www.phonearena.com/phones/size/Motorola-Moto-X,Apple-...

I've held both and the iPhone 6 is noticeably smaller than the Nexus 5.

iPhone 6: 138.1 x 67 x 6.9 mm (5.44 x 2.64 x 0.27 in)

Nexus 5: 137.9 x 69.2 x 8.6 mm (5.43 x 2.72 x 0.34 in)

So 63 cm^3 vs 82 cm^3 in volume, and 92.5 cm^2 vs 95.4 cm^2 in front area.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by final »

pierrec wrote: post #218

Slightly off topic, but is it just me or does this page brutally ignore your browser's language settings? (as well as those of your google account.) Apparently it guesses a language based on your IP address and serves you an inappropriately localized version. Kind of a noob-ish mistake to make for such a campaign. Too bad for you if you're abroad! There's a language drop-down in the "help" section, but it's not store…

>> Too bad for you if you're abroad!

You should use a VPN anyway :)

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