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Nexus 6 speculation
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It is never a bad purchase, even at full retail $649 considering iPhone 6 Plus is $749.
I had just read (and heard) complaints about the battery life, camera, apps crashing, and lag. I'm just wondering if it is good today or if I should wait and get my hands on either the S6 or the M9.
There are plenty of pure Android experiences... like .... errr .... Nexus 5? Nexus 4? OnePlus One? Okay, so maybe finding a pure Android experience isn't easy. I don't know why that is, though, pure Android was pretty good when I used it.
I just meant between the phones you are looking at. Samsung vs pure android is still a big aesthetic difference.
Tried the switch coming from a 6+, returned the Nexus 6. Loved lollipop, didn't enjoy the nexus screen (color calibration was off and super saturated, viewing angles were poor), battery was abysmal compared to the stellar 6+, and the camera was awful. Also, it was just too wide; the 6+ hit the sweet spot for me, especially with its width. A 6+ with lollipop would be great!
Great feedback, thanks!
You confirmed a lot of the things I would miss with the 6+ and where the nexus lacks. Battery and camera.
I guess I'll see what the one plus 2 brings to the table or a Google play edition of a flagship as well.
What is annoying is that the sensor is fine (good even), the Google Camera software is horrible though. No clue why it is as slow as it is (startup and picture taking).
And very few third party apps use Camera API2 so most replacement apps aren't much better.
I was thinking of waiting for the 1+2 too, but then I remembered it won't come with Cyanogenmod, so I'm not that interested anymore.
That's a great point. I heard that recently in a video and completely scared me off with them creating their own OS.
Disappointing as the OPO was easily one of the best phones I had ever used.
I think it's official. Their own rom is called OxygenOS, and after CM12S they will stop working with Cyanogenmod.
Maybe there's a miracle but if they're already working on their own rom then I would bet they will stick with it for their next phone.
They will lose a lot of customers, but maybe they can still release a flagship at a lower price and that could still attract many people.
i havent found it to be buggy but im not really getting a battery improvement and mt N5 is faster than it was.
Hmm... I've experience lags, stutters and redraws which I have been vocal about which is why I was looking forward to 5.1. All the reviews I've read have been positive so I decided to sideload the OTA and I can confirm that the improvement is very noticeable.
Apps are not redrawing
Lag in the dialer is greatly reduced and in some areas removed entirely
Animations are snappier
Accessing shortcuts from lockscreen do not hang at all
Could you post links to the negative reviews because I have not really found anything common.
Experience of people I know, specifically way more crashes since the update. It's possible they both had bad luck, I guess I'll check online and see what the reaction is although I'm still tempted to just wait for 5.1.1.