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Nexus X and Nexus P ( 2015 ) Smartphones
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Yeah the gold version looks really nice. That would have been my first choice but it wasn't available here either.
For those who have ordered next day, has it arrived the next day or is it still two business days then next day shipping?
I ordered around 12pm yesterday, it shipped last night and was delivered today.
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Awesome phone so far. Only had it for about a day, but the screen is impressive. I love the stereo dual speakers too, doesn't need to be HTC quality to sound good. The body design is sweet too. Impressive experience with the software and hardware. Much still left to test, but so far I am impressed. I think my Nexus 5X has to go back now.
Do you use the S-Pen ? Do you mind swapping extra customisability for consistency ?
How about Samsung Pay or other Samsung services such as S-Health ?
The Note 5 has a better battery life overall, how would you feel about losing 30-60 mins SOT ?
Do you use wireless charging ? Do you like features like adaptive audio ?
There are always trade offs and you need to be fully prepared for all of them otherwise it just wouldn't be a worthwhile side-grade.
I really like my 6P but I am fully at ease with the fact in many specific areas the Edge + & Note 5 were stronger - but for me consistency and performance alongside quickest android updates are things I'm willing to trade them for.
I can see many reasons why someone would legitimately prefer Samsung's flagships.
I actually sold my Edge + 10 days ago for €450 after Apple shipped my iPad Pro early.
The camera quality itself is very good indeed, but the problem with the 6P is googles Camera software. It's so bare bones it's ridiculous. It means you may have to rely more on Google Snapseed and after processing to get the most out of your photos afterwards. I'd love to see Google enhance their software with many of the features in the Samsung camera app.
The Note 5 / Edge + is still better, but the 6P is a massive step up from the Nexus 6.
3. The 6P is my main driver at moment and my second sim is in my 6S+. My Moto X Style has no sim in the moment. I generally go a week or two with one setup and then switch sims around so next week the 6S+ or Moto could be my main and the 6P secondary etc...
I think it's a downfall of stock Android. Why would Google leave some very basic features out? It is almost like they WANT OEMs to skin it to provide features. Like the camera software on the 6P in Marshmallow it is so basic for a phone t in this day and age of technology.
Interesting. I'm considering exactly these three phones. I've been an iPhone user since the very beginning, so I really want to like the 6s Plus - but it's hard for me to get excited about the hardware, especially the display (Smaller 5.5" low-res LCD screen) and the size/weight. It's unnecessarily huge (as is the 6P - Samsung really nailed design with the S6 & Note 5 this year). It's just not a good design for the price when you compare it to Android hardware at the moment. I've always felt the Apple premium was worth it because you received unquestionably superior hardware - but with the 6s Plus you are getting an inferior display in a large heavy package. 3D Touch is still a gimmick for contextual menus. The 6s processor performance and battery life are very nice though and I still much prefer iOS over Android.
With the Nexus 6P, I'm concerned over the bare-bones stock approach - especially after coming from an iPhone, as well as the screen brightness. I also don't like the rear fingerprint sensor. At least it packs a higher-res AMOLED display into something the same size as the iPhone 6S Plus while weighing less and costing about $350 less.
The Moto X Style/Pure Edition is the wild card. It's quite a bit less than an iPhone 6S Plus ($650 less right now in the US), yet it still packs a 5.7" Quad HD display (LCD rather than AMOLED) which is better than the iPhone, all while having a better screen-body ratio and lower weight. Performance may not be the absolute best, but I'm not sure it matters for me. It's drawbacks are lack of a fingerprint sensor, it's somewhat ugly design (in my opinion - at least compared to the other two), and it's thickness. I've also read that it has poor battery life. While it's not the best overall phone, I'm trying to decide whether it would be best to go with this to tide me over to the iPhone 7 with hopefully a much improved screen & better, smaller design (assuming it has a headphone jack - if not, that's another killer).
How do you compare the Moto X screen to the iPhone 6S? Does the thickness bother you coming from the other two devices? Also, what kind of battery life are you getting?
The iPhone may have a lower resolution but honestly I don't notice much of a difference resolution wise between any of the devices I've had this year and I've had many QHD devices.
What's more important are things like viewing angles, colour shift, brightness, outdoor visibility etc..
The Moto X Style has a very good screen, whilst there is a small amount of shift in off angle viewing compared to the others it's very mild. Not as pronounced as some reviews highlighted.
The colour accuracy is good and there is a more accurate colour mode buried in display settings.
The Moto X Style/Pure for its price point is an excellent phone although
1. It has a very high memory usage compared to Nexus 6P - even compared to the Moto X 2014. Not sure why the device will sit close to 2gb used on boot whilst the 6P will be just over half of that.
2. The hexacore 808 is less efficient than octacore of the 810 in the 6P. The 808 gets warm very quickly in fact the Moto X Style/Pure always has a generally warm feel to it even just in your pocket. The blackberry priv suffered same complaint with its 808. Yet the 6P rarely gets warm.
3. The Moto X Style / Pure has small moments of stutter, lag - likely due to the high memory issue. I thought marshmallow would fix this but it's still there compared to the 6P
4. Battery life isn't as good and it's probably related to issue 2 as mentioned above.
5. However the 20mp camera I am surprisingly very happy with this year.
It's a great phone for its price but with concessions. It's whether those concessions are worth paying an extra $100-120 for the 6P instead or an extra $400-500 for a 6S+
Does anyone know any decent waterproof cases for the 6P? As the phone itself isn't waterproof, I'd like a case to provide that protection so that I wouldn't have to think twice before making use of the camera's potential even if it's raining. I had a Catalyst case for my iPhone 6 and it was nice not having to care about where and when I pulled the phone out for a photo. Not having such a protection for my 6P is restricting its usefulness especially with this poor excuse for a winter we're having now in southern Finland. One of iPhone's benefits seems to be a much more extensive accessory market.
Yep, it's not cheap by any definition. However, the 64GB version was still almost 300€ cheaper than a 64GB 6s+. Oh the joys of being a Euroopan smartphone user.
Nope, only Aluminum, so far.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/huawei-...luminum/4787901.p?acampID=0&ref=8575135&loc=0
I am leaning towards returning the 5x but I got a good price and still have the Nexus 6.
I can return it and wait out the 6p for a lower price instead of pulling the trigger now, I would not miss the 5x that much considering what else I have.
