It's not a high bar to set.
I have more problems with my iPhone then my old note 5, with the exception of battery life. Freezing and some odd bugs, etc.
My nexus 6 set the bar for reliability.
I know what I'm getting into with android.
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Nexus X and Nexus P ( 2015 ) Smartphones
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I have more problems with my iPhone then my old note 5, with the exception of battery life. Freezing and some odd bugs, etc.
My nexus 6 set the bar for reliability.
I know what I'm getting into with android.
Nice.
The chain/leash is loose, but secure. She keeps me in line.
I meant wifi, but wife applies just as well!
The price isn't right for me to take the plunge as of yet, not even preowned. When it comes down, I'll revisit if I'm still interested. BY that time though probably more goodies will be released.
I can see that.
For me the price is what drew me in.
Now I realize my cell phone bill savings on Project Fi is null, because it doesn't widely apply.
But the Nexus P is getting rated as the best, or one of the best phones of 2016 by multiple websites. The price difference, FOR THE USA (important point), between the iPhone 6s Plus and Nexus 6p is large. There would need to be a vast performance and reliability difference to justify that, and I doubt there is.
I love Apple. I am typing right now on my Mac, and enjoy my iPad air 2, and current gen Apple TV. But I also enjoy my Nvidia Shield TV (android) and chromcast. I am beginning to see the quality gap of software and hardware between companies is becoming more and more narrow (6p vs 6s Plus, Macbook pro retina vs surface book, etc). So at this point, I am beginning to put my money where I see the most value for the dollar. I even did this on a recent TV purchase.
I am not saying everyone should, but its just my current philosophy.
But I digress, I won't have the phone until tomorrow. I have 14 days to return it, and a month to activate it on Fi. I plan on testing out both the phone, and if it satiates me, then Ill test out the network before fully making the change. Ill post my thoughts at a later date, for whatever my individual point of view is worth.
Does anyone else have trouble getting trusted locations under smart lock to work? Mine was working but now it never works when I'm at home. I'm using a 5X. It's pretty silly that a feature like this that is touted doesn't even work right.
Mine works fine in the car when it connects via Bluetooth but fails to work at home when it knows my location.
$50 off Gold 6P at Best Buy now.
http://www.droid-life.com/2016/01/26/deal-nexus-6p-in-gold-is-50-off-at-best-buy/
http://www.droid-life.com/2016/01/26/deal-nexus-6p-in-gold-is-50-off-at-best-buy/
With the fingerprint reader I find that trusted locations is pretty much irrelevant. The phone is instantly on the moment I touch the reader and don't think TL + some other method of waking would be any faster/easier. I had some issues with dodgy TL on the MotoX'14/Lollipop and found that setting the addresses/locations immediately adjacent to my location helped. It effectively expanded the TL radius.
Well I like having trusted location on so when my phone is sitting on the desk I don't have to pick it up and use the fingerprint scanner to unlock it.
I wish Google would include a trusted wifi option. Even though one element of location services is wifi I'd find that even though I was connected to my home wifi TL sometimes wouldn't recognize my home as a TL. Weird and frustrating.
Newegg has matched the $499 for Gold as well, but they included a free external battery pack as well. No tax either unless you live in one of their warehouse states.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16875606073&cm_sp=
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16875606073&cm_sp=
Well I ordered the 6p and it is on its way from BB. 14 day trial and hopes of a larger price drop before the S7 which would be matched.
It really hasn't moved much on the preowned market, there are always would be profiters trying to sell it above current asking price which is ridiculous.
It really hasn't moved much on the preowned market, there are always would be profiters trying to sell it above current asking price which is ridiculous.
I was getting 4 - 4.5 tops, however since 6.0.1 with average of 3.30 only.
A couple of us here have had poorer batter lately for some reason.
I seem to be the anomaly. Mine increased from 4.5-5 SOT to 5.5-6 SOT. I have been keeping my phone charged above 20% vs before I usually let it run down to 5%.
I still have the occasional 4.5 SOT when I am doing heavy browsing on LTE.
EDIT: forgot to mention, doze has "failed" to work in about the pass 2 months for me. I put failed in quotes because I lose about 5% in 7 hours. With doze working it is usually 2-3% so it is still not bad imo.
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As I mentioned upthread my usage is much lighter than most due to alternatives (landline phones, tablets and laptops etc) at work and home, so Doze factors heavily for me. Here are my GSam averages per complete charge since mid-December:
Battery life: 2d 6.6hrs
Screen on: 3h 58m (max 5h 23m)
I rarely run the battery below 15%. I lose .3-.4%/hr under Doze and conservatively figure 30h of the 54h battery life is under Doze, so that's another ~12%. So that's 25%+ unused capacity from the numbers above. I figure under heavy use in a 1-day period I could get 6hrs+ SOT. My SOT is mostly Chrome, Google now, Bleacher Report, GReader pro, GMaps navigation, calendar, email/SMS etc. YMMV.
...adding, I've seen no difference in SOT on 6.0.1.
I'm getting about 4 hours regularly, but I'm always listening to music on the thing, so sometimes I get less. Not enough to really matter. It's usually entering "Battery Saver Mode" around 10:30 at night if at all. Right now I'm at 50%. Can't complain.