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Re: Nexus 6

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Post by alex_c »

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 basically the equivalent of four 20" 1080p monitors with no border between them. For (nowadays) a bit over $300. Pretty nuts.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by natmaster »

bcohen5055 wrote: post #454
natmaster wrote: post #119

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Many of us are not 5' tall and want to get things done on our phones.

True but 75% are under 6' [0] [0] http://www.wolframalpha.com/share/clip?f=d41d8cd98f00b204e98...

Nice.

Seriously though. Why wouldn't you want as large a screen as fits comfortably in your pocket? For touch devices screen size is important even beyond having more context for what you are doing. Since it is also your interface you get larger buttons to press, thereby increasing the speed of your interaction. [0] This is especially important because your screen is also your keyboard, so every little bit counts.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by natmaster »

natmaster wrote: post #99
joliss wrote: post #64

Full specs: https://i.imgur.com/S0ifg2B.png Of note: Nano SIM, 493 ppi display, 4K video recording. (The specs on the Google page have a button to expand them. It's a bit hidden and not linkable, hence the screenshot.)

But how much volatile memory does it have?

3GB FYI ^^

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by mjcohen »

My main gripe is lack of memory. Since it has no sd card, it should have at least 128GB like the iPhone 6.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by mitchty »

kllrnohj wrote: post #598
mitchty wrote: post #529

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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:/…

Read the link I posted, it explains it all. Also 20/20 is not only not perfect vision, it's not even average [1]. So using that as the baseline is stupid, it's the low end not the high end. Second the human eye does not have a fixed arc resolution, different specific detail scenarios have different degrees of accuracy. But if you're going to use this shortcut, you better go with a number on the upper end of things in…

I guess thats the key, I never really have my phone closer than 12 inches from my face. I still think we'd be better off with better batteries than trying to pack more pixels into a window.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by lstamour »

monstermonster wrote: post #613
lstamour wrote: post #576

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If people knew that Google finally works under IE mobile in version 8.1, I think they'd re-consider Windows Phone. But that's not necessarily the HN crowd pleaser here ;-)

It has done since WM7.5 for ref.

Right. If you like looking at the ugliness that is pre-iPhone Google search for mobile: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/google-search/5b...

Even in their own app!

We did not get proper, modern-looking iPhone-style touch-optimized mobile search results from Google for well over 20 months while Windows Phone 8 was fully capable (thanks to not using IE6) of displaying such touch-optimized CSS. I know, Googling or using Google services was IMPOSSIBLE on my incredibly modern Lumia 920 in January 2013. They just never bothered to optimize for any touch whatsoever and treated the platform as many companies did, like Windows Phone 7, and not something modern and new.

It wasn't until Windows Phone 8.1 that IE11 began pretending to be an iPhone -- and oh look, search finally works (design-wise) if you use other providers than Bing! I re-tested before performing the 8.1 upgrade -- to this day, they still think Windows Phone 8 has not evolved from Windows Mobile days.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by transpy »

LLWM wrote: post #670
eloisant wrote: post #434

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Or, it's just that battery life is not something you realize when you're in the shop. You see the device, the screen, how responsive it is, but until you've lived a few days with the device you don't really know what the battery life is. So it's harder to market.

Or most people have their phones charging all day in their office and all night at home so it really doesn't matter that much.

Yes, because most people work in offices.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by pcvarmint »

wlesieutre wrote: post #100
romanovcode wrote: post #5

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4k monitors are not that rare/pricy. You can get pretty cheap 60hz ones from Asus and the best ones from DELL. Problem is that most consumers who would buy those monitors would expect every application to run on it without problem, that includes games and for that you need to spend a lot of money on GPUs.

Before anyone goes jumping on the "best ones" from Dell, take a read through this 35 page support discussion about their UP2414Q: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/peripherals/f/35... Anecdotal, but a friend and I both have problems with ours, and he got lucky with the 1.1 firmware revision (Dell won't let you upgrade it, you have to go through support for a replacement, and they'll send you a refurb that m…

I have my UP3214Q working just fine. You need to A) make the SIMULATED_* monitor settings match the 4K ones; and B) use an HDMI cable along with the displayport cable. My instructions are here:

http://jmswrnr.com/blog/the-firmware-issues-of-dell-up3214q-...

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by LLWM »

transpy wrote: post #707
LLWM wrote: post #670

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Or most people have their phones charging all day in their office and all night at home so it really doesn't matter that much.

Yes, because most people work in offices.

I don't understand your pointless comment.

Re: Nexus 6

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Post by louis8989 »

jclarkcom wrote: post #27
Cakez0r wrote: post #10

Display 5.96” 1440 x 2560 display (493 ppi) Insane!

1440 x 2560 is becoming more common. LG G3 has the same resolution but a higher pixel density (538 ppi). Samsung also has a 1440 x 2560 phone.

Hey jclark, I read some of your comments on another thread and wanted to ask how extensive your knowledge on optics is. We might be interested in looking for someone to help us consult in this subject. If it's something you might be interested in please email me at louis8989 at gmail dot com thanks
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