BoboBrazil
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To be the biggest phone out. It's going to flop. Size and price killed most people's interest in it.
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To be the biggest phone out. It's going to flop. Size and price killed most people's interest in it.
The Faceless Master
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justify the MSRP
Printed out the to-scale image of the Nexus 6 and slapped some cardboard to it for thickness......
and holy shit it's not that bad at all.
Can't wait for others to try it in store and have the same realization.
Also can't wait to flaunt it and catch some double-takes when they realize it's not another plastic TouchWiz device.
What? It looks VERY similar in size to the Note 4. Like within millimeters.
and holy shit it's not that bad at all.
Can't wait for others to try it in store and have the same realization.
Also can't wait to flaunt it and catch some double-takes when they realize it's not another plastic TouchWiz device.
What? It looks VERY similar in size to the Note 4. Like within millimeters.
BoboBrazil
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Looks much bigger in hand to me. Wider, taller, and thicker.
-Pyromaniac-
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uhhh I've tried out smaller phones that I think are huge and this phone is huger. It's a huge phone.
WhiskerFrisker
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Thank you. I just think people have some really small hands. I held the Note 4 yesterday (Great looking and feeling phone btw) and it fit right into my hand. It didn't feel huge at all. That's why I contemplating a Nexus 6. My stupid 4.5" display feels way too small for me.
Jazzy Network
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I wonder if there will be test units at carrier stores. I wanna see it in person.
WhiskerFrisker
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I'm sure they will. T Mobile still has test units for the Nexus 5. There is no doubt that Google wants to push the Nexus 6.
BoboBrazil
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Bloatware on Nexus 6? There shouldn't be any. Sprint is just horrible though with data speeds.
osiris3355
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They added bloat on Galaxy Nexus but didn't on the Nexus 5.
Sprint network speeds are much worse to the point that they can hardly be called LTE. Tmobiles LTE is fantastic.
Keep that in mind if you are comparing coverage and sprints isn't significantly better.
Edit: Nice post delete.
Given that this is going to be pushed as a carrier phone, I'm 100% sure every carrier will have the N6 in their store.
My only concern with the N6 is how well it'll fit in my pocket. Given that the phone is huge, moving around with it in my pocket might damage the device.
It has nothing to do with people having small hands. Just because it fits in your hand doesn't mean it can't be less comfortable to use than a smaller phone.
I was always on the big phone bandwagon, but I seemed to have stopped right at the Nexus 5 size.
I won't be unrealistic and say that I'll never get a bigger phone, but I can confidently say now that I do not want a bigger phone than maybe the G3 at this time.
One inch difference from my Nexus 7 screen size...and I'm supposed to use it with one hand some of the time?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Android L new preview is fucking mega based on the N7!
Based Google!
Based Google!
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Are N5 users with the previous L dev preview able to flash the latest one without wiping?
Ruthless_Barbarian
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I'll just wait for the OTA then, shouldn't be too far along. Can't be bothered doing a wipe.
brotkasten
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But the OTA for the N5 is at least three or four weeks away. That's like 3 months. Why can't Google roll this out more quickly?
Or rather, why can't they all be like Apple in that regard.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Wait, isn't it coming out mid-nov for N5?
Does the new dev preview fix the tethering issue? If yes I'll be inclined to do it, if not I'll wait.
Does the new dev preview fix the tethering issue? If yes I'll be inclined to do it, if not I'll wait.
Wifi tethering works on the latest preview.
WhiskerFrisker
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Maiden in black...
RoadHazard
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I'm pretty sure this preview is feature complete. The final release will probably just been even more bug-free, and of course it will come with Gapps.
Given the rumours and staff changes we know happened, my suspicion is that between Silver and the plan to close the Nexus programme there wasn't a Nexus 6. Then the people pushing Silver left, everyone else decided it was a ludicrous plan, and they were forced to get a last minute handset from Motorola which they still had enough power to do. And all Moto had on that notice was a cancelled tablet.
I really dislike this. It looks so disjointed not to mention gaudy. The vertical logo was fine on the nexus 5 because the back was so simple. But here you have the huge ugly ass flash ring and the horizontal motorola logo that totally clash with it.
I don't like it at all, yet I'm considering getting one.
Baroquemantic
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Looks great, though I'm assuming it's not final hardware? That doesn't look like a dimple; it looks flat.
The dark blue color in press images also looks a bit better.
cuevas. PhD.
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I agree the back looks way too busy
WhiskerFrisker
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It's really funny to see opinions that are the polar opposite of each other for the Nexus 6. I understand where you're coming from Groof. The ring flash really disrupts the flow of the logos creating too many things in the back. However, I still like the look of the phone.
mingoguaya
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I also don't like the back of the nexus. The camera lens outer ring looks awful, I don't like the large Nexus logo and I'm not so sure about that outer ring of the phone that has a segmented design. Possibly the way they arranged as a line on the back, or because all of the features are so large.
RoadHazard
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Quoting myself from the 5.0 thread, in case anyone in here wanted to know:
Ah, "tabs-as-apps" indeed works in Chrome Beta. Here are three tabs in Recents:
What slightly annoying is that if you have this enabled you can't switch tabs from within Chrome at all anymore, you have to use Recents. Will take some getting used to.
BTW, GAF's mobile design needs an update, methinks. Let's get some flat/material goodness in there!
cartoon_soldier
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How do I get it on my N7?
There might be the Z3X. The specs for that show a larger screen.
BoboBrazil
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ART is the main and only runtime. No more dalvik. Also it has KNOX security built in or support for it anyway. It's also compatible with 64 bit processors.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Thanks.
I like how they made the navigation buttons smaller in the second L preview. They really bothered me in the first preview but now that they're smaller they don't bother me as much. The second L preview is much better. I might have dismissed Android L too easily with the first preview.
RoadHazard
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Download it from here: http://developer.android.com/preview/index.html
Then follow the instructions here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#instructions
It's very easy, the only real work you have to do is to install the Android SDK and get it updated with the latest tools you need. Takes a little time, but isn't difficult. Then you basically just run a flashing script included in the download, and you're done.
The smaller buttons are fine, but I don't like the new effect when you press them. The oval touch indication doesn't look very good IMO, and it's also missing the ripple effect it had in the last preview. That looked much nicer. Hopefully that small aspect isn't final yet.
cartoon_soldier
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k, I installed Android L on my N7
But for email, there is no option to setup an Exchange account or a Corporate account? What gives?
But for email, there is no option to setup an Exchange account or a Corporate account? What gives?
Beta means what exactly?
Well is there any history for numbered nexus phones with multiple versions?I wish there was given the number has come to relate to size. So I would have loved a N4(2015) or something.
That said I think a nexus QHD phone is a useful dev device with it being the midpoint between phones and tablets. Do apps use a phone or tablet layout?
If you wanted complete functionality why didn't you wait for the OTA update?
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