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[RoadHazard]

Got one of these through work, very happy with it so far! I'm coming from a Nexus 5 (which I finally had to let go as I dropped it and shattered the screen, also the battery was shot), and this is a nice upgrade for sure. The size difference was a slight shock initially, but I'm getting used to it and enjoying all that screen real estate. A bit of a tight fit in my front pocket though, and I'm a bit scared of sitting down with the phone in there, but I got a pretty sturdy case, so it should be fine.

Finger print sensor works ridiculously well, it gets it right every time. The lack of Qi charging (the only actual downgrade from the N5) is a shame, but oh well. The jump in storage space (went from 16 to 64 GB) is very nice, I can finally have pretty much all the music I want available offline and still have plenty of room for other stuff. Previously I'd have to pick and choose a bit.

 

[psp12345]

Are the issues with phones bending common? I'm considering getting a Nexus 6P, but I really turned off my the dozens upon dozens of Reddit posts with people saying their phone ended up bent near the power button bezel and Huawei refuses to acknowledge it as a defect and don't offer warranty support for it. It would be hard to drop $400 on a new phone only to have it bend a month or two later and being told to pound sand when I attempt to get it fixed.

Unfortunately some people have had issues even though they claim to have handled the phone with care and not even had it in their pockets.
Some think that the bending is caused by heat (the battery expanding).

I have had mine for three months and had no problems with it.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

What's the likelihood the next Nexus is leagues ahead of the 6p? I'm been debating getting one for a few months but I can't pull the trigger. I'm stuck on the idea that I should get the most out of my current phone, which is 15 months old (droid turbo 1). But I think the battery is getting worse and I'm still on lollipop. But now we are 6-7 months away from the next one.

If I wait, I have to charge my phone each afternoon/evening and stay on lollipop for an untold amount of time. Deal with a terrible update cycle. Or I can wait and still get the 6p if the next one isn't that great.

I'm on Verizon, BTW. Are the updates pushed straight to the phone on Verizon? I don't have to deal with Verizon's shit?

 

[Tripon]

What's the likelihood the next Nexus is leagues ahead of the 6p? I'm been debating getting one for a few months but I can't pull the trigger. I'm stuck on the idea that I should get the most out of my current phone, which is 15 months old (droid turbo 1). But I think the battery is getting worse and I'm still on lollipop. But now we are 6-7 months away from the next one.

If I wait, I have to charge my phone each afternoon/evening and stay on lollipop for an untold amount of time. Deal with a terrible update cycle. Or I can wait and still get the 6p if the next one isn't that great.

I'm on Verizon, BTW. Are the updates pushed straight to the phone on Verizon? I don't have to deal with Verizon's shit?

The next phone will likely be on a 820 Snapdragon, vs the 810 that the 6P is on.

 

[HawkeyeIC]

What's the likelihood the next Nexus is leagues ahead of the 6p? I'm been debating getting one for a few months but I can't pull the trigger. I'm stuck on the idea that I should get the most out of my current phone, which is 15 months old (droid turbo 1). But I think the battery is getting worse and I'm still on lollipop. But now we are 6-7 months away from the next one.

If I wait, I have to charge my phone each afternoon/evening and stay on lollipop for an untold amount of time. Deal with a terrible update cycle. Or I can wait and still get the 6p if the next one isn't that great.

I'm on Verizon, BTW. Are the updates pushed straight to the phone on Verizon? I don't have to deal with Verizon's shit?

Direct (monthly) updates straight from Google.

 

[Aiii]

The next Nexus won't be a huge upgrade. There's also a good chance there won't be a new 6" Nexus this year at all, given how it took them two years to upgrade the 5 and how well the device holds up against the current new flagships.

 

[Weckum]

Anyone else installed Android N and now Google Now on Tap and SwiftKey are very slow?

 

[emag]

The next phone will likely be on a 820 Snapdragon, vs the 810 that the 6P is on.

810 is excruciatingly slow. 820 is reasonable. I'm pretty confident we'll see an update this year. Hopefully one with a good camera.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

810 is excruciatingly slow. 820 is reasonable. I'm pretty confident we'll see an update this year. Hopefully one with a good camera.

I occasionally hear this about the camera. From most impressions I see, the camera is seen as quite competitive in most situations with other phones and of course much better than any Nexus before it(which doesn't say much). With it beginning to falter with low light situations.

Now I have heard the actual camera app is barebones and leaves more to be desired for customization, but the actual hardware is seen as pretty good.

 

[Ashes]

810 is excruciatingly slow. 820 is reasonable. I'm pretty confident we'll see an update this year. Hopefully one with a good camera.

Not everybody is as fast as you emag. You forget the rest of us are mere mortals.

 

[[Agent]ZeroNine]

810 is excruciatingly slow. 820 is reasonable. I'm pretty confident we'll see an update this year. Hopefully one with a good camera.

Nonsensical comments like this make me avoid tech blog comment sections. Well,
that and random racist comments.

 

[Kevyt]

My Nexus 6p has been extremely slow and laggy in the past days. The core clock according to CPU-z is 1.56 MHz maximum frequency and I recall seeing the core clock would go up to 1900~ mhz

It's also running much hotter now.

What is happening?

It used to run cool and be a fast non-laggy phone.

This is a really drastic change all of a sudden. Is anyone else experience something similar?

 

[m_shortpants]

My Nexus 6p has been extremely slow and laggy in the past days. The core clock according to CPU-z is 1.56 MHz maximum frequency and I recall seeing the core clock would go up to 1900~ mhz

It's also running much hotter now.

What is happening?

It used to run cool and be a fast non-laggy phone.

This is a really drastic change all of a sudden. Is anyone else experience something similar?

Happens to me occasionally where it crawls to a halt. Opening up the recent apps and closing everything speeds it up, but that runs counter to what I've always heard about Android OS managing its own memory.

 

[SliChillax]

My Nexus 6p has been extremely slow and laggy in the past days. The core clock according to CPU-z is 1.56 MHz maximum frequency and I recall seeing the core clock would go up to 1900~ mhz

It's also running much hotter now.

What is happening?

It used to run cool and be a fast non-laggy phone.

This is a really drastic change all of a sudden. Is anyone else experience something similar?

Had my phone since October, no issues here. But I don't usually multi task that much and I don't play any games on my phone so it never over heats. It only started lagging once where I was taking pictures for an hour straight at a car show, I had to restart the phone.

 

[Tiberius]

I'm looking for a car mount for the nexus 6p do you have a good model in mind ?

 

[Jazzy Network]

6P is 425 for 32gb and 475 for 64gb on Amazon.

 

[Bboy AJ]

That's a heck of a deal. Jump on it. Link to Amazon sale. $425, what a steal.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Amazon:Said it ships in 3-5 weeks?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/huawei-...ed)-gray/4796400.p?id=bb4796400&skuId=4796400

$425 from best buy.

Damn, I got three hours on my droid turbo and it was at 32% battery. I might have to bite sooner rather than later.

 

[Rengoku]

I'm looking for a car mount for the nexus 6p do you have a good model in mind ?

I use this one in my car, fits great and sturdy:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HRKI5V2/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[Menaged]

Damn, that's a great price.
I'll definitely try and jump on that, although I'm quite concerned about how big it is...

 

[mekes]

Help please!

Left my phone on the table for half an hour. Picking it up, I tried to use the fingerprint scanner and it said I was locked out for too many false attempts. I tried to use the unlock pattern and it was saying the same thing. I powered down the phone and restarted, and its not recognizing my unlock pattern at all. Its lagging, taking 5 seconds to check every time before saying it is wrong.

So I'm locked out of my phone, and I have no idea why. Nobody else touched it, I'm at home alone. Any tips?

EDIT. Cancel that, my sisters home and she had wandered off with my phone. We have the same phone!

 

[Aiii]

Haha, at least get a different background then

 

[RootCause]

Help please!

Left my phone on the table for half an hour. Picking it up, I tried to use the fingerprint scanner and it said I was locked out for too many false attempts. I tried to use the unlock pattern and it was saying the same thing. I powered down the phone and restarted, and its not recognizing my unlock pattern at all. Its lagging, taking 5 seconds to check every time before saying it is wrong.

So I'm locked out of my phone, and I have no idea why. Nobody else touched it, I'm at home alone. Any tips?

EDIT. Cancel that, my sisters home and she had wandered off with my phone. We have the same phone!

Lmao happy it wasn't any phone problem.

 

[OneEightZero]

I bought mine just before all these discounts. That timing.

I super can't complain, though. I still love this phone. ^_^

 

[spinz]

semi-relevant questions about contract jumping since i just switched to a nexus 6p
after i cancel service (att) how long does it take them to bill you if theres termination fees?
Also are they going to ask for the old phone back even if a high % of the contract was done?
Back on topic though... im loving the 6p, perfect fingerprint sensor placement.

 

[BeforeU]

810 is excruciatingly slow. 820 is reasonable. I'm pretty confident we'll see an update this year. Hopefully one with a good camera.

lol

 

[adamYUKI]

Posted this in the official Android thread:

Updated my 6p to Android N over the air. I'm really liking everything so far, save for a few things: Jswarts CAF Chromium browser not working, and the annoying "Signing in..." message whenever I launch Hangouts (it's a minor annoyance, but still irritating for me), etc.

One thing I noticed immediately was that while charging with the official charging cable and wall adapter, it no longer says "Charging rapidly". It just says "Charging".

Anyone else notice this?

 

[GameAddict411]

810 is excruciatingly slow. 820 is reasonable. I'm pretty confident we'll see an update this year. Hopefully one with a good camera.

I think you should checkout MKBHD review of the Galaxy S7. You will see that the camera on the Nexus 6P is still very competitive. The biggest problem is the camera app being too simplistic. Performance is only 15%-25% improvement on the new chip. It also runs hot and people are complaining about overheating issues on the S7 and S7 edge.

The biggest issue with the Nexus 6P so far(since I own one) is the battery life. It's just not reliable or consistent enough for it be considered good IMO. I am coming from Xperia Z(the original Z), it was infamous for having a shitty battery life, but the Nexus 6P is barely an upgrade. It has a 3450 Mah battery, but I don't feel like it.

 

[GameAddict411]

Posted this in the official Android thread:

Updated my 6p to Android N over the air. I'm really liking everything so far, save for a few things: Jswarts CAF Chromium browser not working, and the annoying "Signing in..." message whenever I launch Hangouts (it's a minor annoyance, but still irritating for me), etc.

One thing I noticed immediately was that while charging with the official charging cable and wall adapter, it no longer says "Charging rapidly". It just says "Charging".

Anyone else notice this?

dude, it's only a beta! It was not released for everyday use and Google warned that it's very buggy. I would recommend flashing the old update back.

 

[soundahfekz]

810 is excruciatingly slow. 820 is reasonable. I'm pretty confident we'll see an update this year. Hopefully one with a good camera.

Slow for what? Not everyone plays videos games on their phone

 

[GameAddict411]

Slow for what? Not everyone plays videos games on their phone

Actually, the Nexus 6P is very fast. It's like saying the GTX 980 is extremely slow because the GTX Titan just came out lol.

 

[adamYUKI]

dude, it's only a beta! It was not released for everyday use and Google warned that it's very buggy. I would recommend flashing the old update back.

Oh, I'm not complaining. I really like the beta! I was aware that some things wouldn't work. I was just genuinely curious if anyone else encountered the "charging rapidly" issue.

 

[ctfg23]

Oh, I'm not complaining. I really like the beta! I was aware that some things wouldn't work. I was just genuinely curious if anyone else encountered the "charging rapidly" issue.

I rolled back to Marshmallow but when I had the N beta I noticed this too.

 

[Aiii]

It still charges rapidly, it just doesn't say it is.

 

[TimeLike]

It still charges rapidly, it just doesn't say it is.

Yeah I noticed the word rapidly was missing. Maybe it is charging fast still or not. I can't tell. Placebo effect feels like it's charging more slowly.

 

[Tekniqs]

Help please!

Left my phone on the table for half an hour. Picking it up, I tried to use the fingerprint scanner and it said I was locked out for too many false attempts. I tried to use the unlock pattern and it was saying the same thing. I powered down the phone and restarted, and its not recognizing my unlock pattern at all. Its lagging, taking 5 seconds to check every time before saying it is wrong.

So I'm locked out of my phone, and I have no idea why. Nobody else touched it, I'm at home alone. Any tips?

EDIT. Cancel that, my sisters home and she had wandered off with my phone. We have the same phone!

lol i love the progression of this story

 

[Aiii]

Yeah I noticed the word rapidly was missing. Maybe it is charging fast still or not. I can't tell. Placebo effect feels like it's charging more slowly.

I charged from 2% to 100% in 80 minutes just yesterday. Fairly certain it is still charging just fine.

 

[adamYUKI]

I charged from 2% to 100% in 80 minutes just yesterday. Fairly certain it is still charging just fine.

Thanks for the update!

 

[m_shortpants]

My phone is starting to annoy me.

1) battery life has been garbage. It's been getting bad these days, maybe 3 hrs SOT
2) wonky updates with Android wear have been giving me issues connecting to both my huawei watch and my car via Bluetooth
3) sometimes the phone is just excruciatingly slow. Even my note 3 didn't crawl to a halt like this does.

Maybe it's time to get a custom ROM....oh boy.

 

[adamYUKI]

My phone is starting to annoy me.

1) battery life has been garbage. It's been getting bad these days, maybe 3 hrs SOT
2) wonky updates with Android wear have been giving me issues connecting to both my huawei watch and my car via Bluetooth
3) sometimes the phone is just excruciatingly slow. Even my note 3 didn't crawl to a halt like this does.

Maybe it's time to get a custom ROM....oh boy.

That's really strange. I've got a launch 6P - I'm completely stock and most everything is enabled, yet battery life is still 5.5+ hours and everything is buttery smooth. Then again, I'm a moderate user (i.e. no gaming or tons of video watching, etc.).

 

[NoWayOut]

Just got a 6P 64GB few days ago. Flashed CM13 Snapshot 1 right away and it has been running great. Performance and battery life are great for me, especially coming from a Nexus 5. I am very impressed.

 

[VisceralBowl]

My 6P isn't opening PDFs from the broswer. I get a "cannot display" message when drive opens up. I have to download the file and then open it that way.

Is that normal or is something wrong? I recall being able to just open the files on my old Note.

 

[m_shortpants]

That's really strange. I've got a launch 6P - I'm completely stock and most everything is enabled, yet battery life is still 5.5+ hours and everything is buttery smooth. Then again, I'm a moderate user (i.e. no gaming or tons of video watching, etc.).

Oh and another thing. My fingerprint sensor just flat out doesn't do anything sometimes. It's random too...once I unlock it with my pattern it works after. No idea what's going, buggy patch or what.

 

[Bboy AJ]

Oh and another thing. My fingerprint sensor just flat out doesn't do anything sometimes. It's random too...once I unlock it with my pattern it works after. No idea what's going, buggy patch or what.

Never fails for me. Phone needs a reboot every few days, though, to keep from chugging. I've gone two weeks and the thing seriously stalls out.

 

[outsidah]

My phone is starting to annoy me.

1) battery life has been garbage. It's been getting bad these days, maybe 3 hrs SOT
2) wonky updates with Android wear have been giving me issues connecting to both my huawei watch and my car via Bluetooth
3) sometimes the phone is just excruciatingly slow. Even my note 3 didn't crawl to a halt like this does.

Maybe it's time to get a custom ROM....oh boy.

Battery isn't amazing, but definitely not garbage. Never had any of the other issues you describe.

Maybe you got a dud? Did everything update already?

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I don't know if it's a normal thing, but when I got the phone, it came with a tiny strip of a sticker on the back with the S/N and Model number on it. Did this happen for anyone else or is it a usual thing?

 

[Bboy AJ]

I don't know if it's a normal thing, but when I got the phone, it came with a tiny strip of a sticker on the back with the S/N and Model number on it. Did this happen for anyone else or is it a usual thing?

Normal.

 

[23qwerty]

found this neat app called Pixel Filter for amoled screens that can turn off half the pixels (or however many you want) to save battery life. turning off half the pixels is pretty much unnoticeable due to the pixel density so it's pretty sound in theory.

 

[Elitist1945]

Every so often my phone will start to lag and then completely freeze and become unresponsive to even the power button. Any ideas why?

 

[Rentahamster]

I still have emoji that are not being recognized even though I'm on Android 6.0.1. I looked at the Unicode 8 emoji here: http://emojipedia.org/unicode-8.0/

The ones I can't see are the modifier Fitzpatrick ones. Is there a way to enable those on Android phones?