Google Nexus 6, 9 & Player

[BlackWizzard17]

I didn't know a phone needed 3gb of ram to call
If you can even call these devices smart phones anymore, they are just in a whole different category of technology far away from the phone category.

 

[Vipera]

Will it be capable of no lag after months of usage that every other Android phone has after weeks?

 

[Qtis]

Will it be capable of no lag after months of usage that every other Android phone has after weeks?

After about 10 months of using the Nexu 5, I've yet to see it lag. As the new devices have better specs, I see no reason for them to lag.

 

[PityOnU]

Will it be capable of no lag after months of usage that every other Android phone has after weeks?

This issue stemmed from lack of TRIM support, which is solved in 4.3+

 

[Foxi4]

No SD card slot = no purchase. If I wanted an iPhone, I'd knock on Apple's door.

 

[Taleweaver]

At some point I was considering maybe getting the next iteration of the Nexus phones, but I can't really say this new version interests me one bit so I'll probably just stick with my Moto G.

Motorola will upgrade their moto series (E, G (2013), G (2014) and X) to Lollipop.

I gotta admit I'm curious (I also have a moto G). Not because of that "organic design" stuff, but that new way of compiling that not only supposedly boosts speed but apparently actually delivers that as well.

 

[Quietlyawesome94]

Looks like I'll be sticking with my OnePlus One. Snapdragon 801, 3GB RAM, 5.5inch 1080P display, 64GB storage, and the best part? $350 off-contract. I fucking love this thing, man.

HMU if you're interested, or join my IRC channel on freenode, ##OnePlusOne.

 

[Mario92]

I'm interested to see what changes they have made as it's whole new version number or did they simply give it number 5 because of release of new nexus.

Will it be capable of no lag after months of usage that every other Android phone has after weeks?

Samsung phones definitely had that going, but they have some stupid shit anyway including Yahoo stocks updating even if you don't use them. With Nexus 4, no problems whatsoever. Even Cyanogenmod actually works as intended.

No sd card slot, no removable battery and too big screen. Definitely not for me.

Those were huge negatives when I was getting Nexus 4 (excluding screen), but turns out there's not that much need for SD card with so many cloud services these days and battery lasts really long.
I'm glad I made exception, best android phone I have ever had. Sister bought Nexus 5 and it's simply better from every aspect.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

I'm interested to see what changes they have made as it's whole new version number or did they simply give it number 5 because of release of new nexus.

http://www.android.com/versions/lollipop-5-0/

It's a whole new version, not a small upgrade. Battery life improvements, tons of UI changes, ART is going to be the default runtime instead of Dalvik, it's going to support 64-bit SoCs, and a bunch of other stuff. You can check out the full feature list towards the bottom of the above link.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

Most of the people that want to use their own storage instead of cloud services are likely to be people capable of steaming their stuff from their PC.

Sure, you could do that. But if I want to watch tv, why should I have to run my computer to do so? I bought myself a media player so I could not use my computer. It's a waste of electricity and it's unnecessary wear and tear when I could just use a much smaller device for the same thing.

 

[Xexyz]

 

[Zerousen]

Those were huge negatives when I was getting Nexus 4 (excluding screen), but turns out there's not that much need for SD card with so many cloud services these days and battery lasts really long.
I'm glad I made exception, best android phone I have ever had. Sister bought Nexus 5 and it's simply better from every aspect.

Not everybody is on an unlimited data plan. As I am still stuck having my parents pay for my phone bill, I am limited to the basic 1 GB of high speed data, and considering how large my music library is, there's just no way I'd be able to have it all with me without the use of external storage.

 

[Rocc0]

Those were huge negatives when I was getting Nexus 4 (excluding screen), but turns out there's not that much need for SD card with so many cloud services these days and battery lasts really long.
I'm glad I made exception, best android phone I have ever had. Sister bought Nexus 5 and it's simply better from every aspect.

It is probably a good phone, but I just really, really can not justify buying a phone that has sealed in battery, because batteries usually die before phones do (at least in my own experience) and I really value a phone that allows me to easily swap the battery with a cheap replacement if needed. My current phone is nearly 4 years old now, and the battery already died a year ago, replacing it cost 17 euros.

Personally, I don't want to use cloud services at all if I don't have to, so to me the sd card slot is a must, especially if the phones own capacity is just mere 16GB or 32GB. SD cards are just convenient and cheap. Cloud storage is probably one of the many reasons why Google is so against the sd cards, they want to push more people to use their cloud services.

 

[Bobbyloujo]

The storage options for the Nexus 6 are 32gb and 64gb. Which I think is plenty for a phone.

Also, let's not overlook the specs of this thing. A Snapdragon 805, Adreno 420, QHD display... it's beast of a phone. Sure, it doesn't follow the cheap-but-still-good trend of previous Nexuses but that doesn't mean that the price isn't justified. The battery is huge, also. There's always a chance that it'll die, but for me that chance isn't big enough to overlook this phone.

Anyway, I'm pretty stoked for all three new devices and Lollipop I'll be getting the Nexus 6 first and maybe Nexus Player eventually. I want to see what kind of gaming comes to Android TV. Anybody else notice Beach Buggy Racing this screenshot? GREAT game, especially for a mobile game. It plays like a console game.

EDIT: Also just noticed Limbo!

 

[Rocc0]

The storage options for the Nexus 6 are 32gb and 64gb. Which I think is plenty for a phone.

There's always a chance that it'll die, but for me that chance isn't big enough to overlook this phone.

Sure, to a lot of people it is totally fine and I can respect that opinion. I'm not saying the phone is shitty or anything, its just not for me.

 

[Sicklyboy]

I'd love to buy the Nexus 6 but fuck is that expensive.

No SD card slot = no purchase. If I wanted an iPhone, I'd knock on Apple's door.

USB-OTG, bro. It may not be as seamless as a microSD card but it works just the same in most scenarios. Not exactly like there's a 4TB microSDXC card that exists yet either Also, the aforementioned cloud storage. Also, what are you really doing that takes up THAT MUCH space? I bought a Galaxy Nexus (32GB) and never filled it. I bought a 2012 Nexus 7 (16GB) and filled it only by installing every single game I own on the Play Store, and I don't use 98% of them. I'm now on a Nexus 5 (16GB) and have 8/12.5 GB of /data/ available for use, a large portion of which is old custom ROMs that I need to delete.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

I'd love to buy the Nexus 6 but fuck is that expensive.




USB-OTG, bro. It may not be as seamless as a microSD card but it works just the same in most scenarios. Not exactly like there's a 4TB microSDXC card that exists yet either Also, the aforementioned cloud storage. Also, what are you really doing that takes up THAT MUCH space? I bought a Galaxy Nexus (32GB) and never filled it. I bought a 2012 Nexus 7 (16GB) and filled it only by installing every single game I own on the Play Store, and I don't use 98% of them. I'm now on a Nexus 5 (16GB) and have 8/12.5 GB of /data/ available for use, a large portion of which is old custom ROMs that I need to delete.

How else is Foxi going to fit all of his Foxi4$ega$ony porn??

 

[elunesgrace]

For all practical purposes, there's no real reason to buy this over the oneplus one.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

I'd love to buy the Nexus 6 but fuck is that expensive.




USB-OTG, bro. It may not be as seamless as a microSD card but it works just the same in most scenarios. Not exactly like there's a 4TB microSDXC card that exists yet either Also, the aforementioned cloud storage. Also, what are you really doing that takes up THAT MUCH space? I bought a Galaxy Nexus (32GB) and never filled it. I bought a 2012 Nexus 7 (16GB) and filled it only by installing every single game I own on the Play Store, and I don't use 98% of them. I'm now on a Nexus 5 (16GB) and have 8/12.5 GB of /data/ available for use, a large portion of which is old custom ROMs that I need to delete.

It's easy to fill that up. Not everyone enjoys listening to streaming music services, and sometimes they just want to listen to their own music. I have a 32GB microSD in my Moto G, and it's almost completely full of music. Then, of course, there's apps and games. 32GB isn't much in this day and age.

 

[nxwing]

I bet the NVIDIA Shield Tablet is better than the Nexus 9 in terms of gaming and benchmark.