The Google Nexus 6P arrived in a simple white rounded corner box with a colorful banner wrap with a large P on the front. BlackBerry KEY2 LE review: Retro productivity with modern security and an affordable price, Honor 8X review: A notch above expectation, Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme review: A powerful business laptop with a top-quality 4K screen, Doogee S80 hands-on: A waterproof, rugged walkie-talkie phone. MPEG-4, And the very slight buldge helps you work out which way is up by touch alone.
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Everything Google showed us during the Marshmallow presentation is there, doing its thing, the way it's supposed to do it. AMR,
The speaker is excellent as I use it a lot. It judders noticeably as it changes, but i’ve found this an issue on most Android phones. Task switching is fast, and apps aren't aggressively pushed out of memory when you go back to them. Again, the 100 percent crop shows the detail and sharpness: Another crop (not 100 percent) of a flower photo (click to enlarge): In low light, the 6P does a great job of retaining detail, albeit seemingly at the expense of colour noise. Originally, Nexus phones stood out for being excellent value at a price that was low, but not the lowest. Now, if there’s one Nexus 6P design choice that’s caused a bit of a stir since the leaked images first hit the interwebs it’s the glass covered hump running across the top. I use Hangouts for messaging, Slack for work banter and communication, Skype for technical talk with our team here at Mobile Nations, Trello to remind me of all the work stuff I need to be doing, Keep for reminders and notes of other stuff I should be doing and Google+ for general jackassery and fun.
Tis a pitty. Google also has another official Nexus case, the Nexus 6P Folio that will be coming soon for $49.99. I can tell you it lasts longer than the Nexus 6 and the Nexus 5 I had with me, even while using it more. The 6P offers a perfect balance of premium feel, software experience, and attention to detail without skimping out in other aspects (such as the camera experience or build quality). The Nexus 6P is an awesome device and earns a near perfect 10. Finally its soundstage is greatly aided by its dual front-facing speaker design, which has good instrument separation and tonality. Some people will find all of these important, and will pass on the Nexus 6P because it lacks them.
If you prefer things a little more toned down, Google has sneakily added an sRGB display mode deep inside the Settings menu. Flowers, foliage, grass, fur: everything is sharp and detailed. The Nexus 6P is still a large phone, but the reduced width make it easier to handle and more comfortable to use.
Three microphones, Google says the problem involves software updates but after all this time, there are no fixes.
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It has Adreno 430 graphics and is backed by 3GB of RAM. Of course, you can also get a 6P on contract from around £32 (now around £20) per month for the 32GB model, with a minimal up-front fee for the phone. Yes, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and HTC 10 scored 5/5 and 4.5/5 respectively and are both great phones, but if you’re looking for something with a bigger screen I would still highly recommend Google and Huawei’s 6P. Last year's iPhone 6 Plus weighs the same as the 6P, but wasn't as strong - it bent in some people's pockets. The best camera on any phone is the one on the LG G4, because it has excellent manual modes and saves full resolution RAW images out of the box.
Sometimes the screen will not recognize your finger. The battery is garbage, The phone goes from 100% to 50% in two hours, then immediately dies. And some people seem to love having an IR blaster. Don't like any of the colors or that camera hump? WebM. I might have tried to bend it, because I do stupid things to phones that are review units. And the use of current generation Samsung's AMOLED panels proves to be a welcome improvement to Motorola's OLED displays. The thin and premium build is just what the Nexus line needed in order to compete. Coverage
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The Nexus 6P utilises a SoC (system on chip) Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810, which is presumed to be using the Qualcomm WCD9330 Audio Codec. The Nexus 6P itself is rather stunning. What We Liked: 1.
I must admit that I first I loved it but in less than a year, it became useless. Glossary
This is a small touch, but the details are important. It's ideal for selfies and has a wide-enough field of view to get two people in the shot at arm's length. So feel free it insult Amazon for for enabling fraud. Considering Google often has it on special offer, it can be even more of a bargain. Colours have a vivid punch – blues, reds and oranges pop out, but they’re still accurately shown, while the green shades in Marshmallow’s stock wallpaper look exceptional. Apps like Lightflow can be used to control the LED, which you turn on in the Sound & notification settings. Long story short, the Nexus 6P will have Huawei fans wishing that their P8 and Mate S phones ran pure Android. And you can't add any. I will never buy another Huawei again. But the other 90 percent were largely spectacular. Everyone who tried the camera then looked at the results seemed to agree.
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Thanks to the almost non-existent side bezels the whole phone isn’t much bigger than the 5.4-inch screen toting Blackberry Priv and it’s slightly smaller than the 5.5-inch iPhone 6S Plus. I just took a lot of pictures, in all sorts of lighting and conditions, and really liked what I saw. I've had a Project Fi SIM for a couple of months, but didn't want to buy a Nexus 6 to activate it. Armed with these perks the Nexus 6P impresses in every area and is, along with the Samsung Galaxy S7, the best high end Android smartphone you can buy right now. The speakers’ sound quality did reasonably well, where its bass was present through its mid-bass slam, but found its sub-bass didn’t extend that well. I've been very impressed by Huawei's recent devices, including the Ascend Mate 2 and Huawei Watch, so was pleased to see Huawei partner with Google for the Nexus 6P. Now stop talking about bending phones. The huge CE markings (not shown in the photos here of an early sample 6P) seem a bit unnecessary, though. With a great display, an excellent camera, and all the software features of Marshmallow, it's a Nexus for almost everyone. I will miss wireless charging, but the great screen, awesome camera and Marshmallow as it was intended to be have me loving this thing. Zero issues were seen with Bluetooth or Wifi connectivity and range, and GPS tracked things perfectly from Reagan National Airport to Casa Del Jerry (open until 3 a.m., no cover charge) using Google Navigation. A few folks with smaller hands had to adjust their grip to change the volume or use Nexus Imprint when they tried using the 6P, but most people had no issues. I want to say the Nexus 6P runs Marshmallow better than any other phone, because the Nexus 6P is shiny and new. Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2017. I look forward to hearing which photos and phone you like best. Ad Choice | Thanks to the Project Fi support and use of T-Mobile as one of the carriers, Sprint is the other, WiFi Calling works perfectly fine on the Nexus 6P. The way Android (and open-source operating systems in general) works means nobody is forcing anyone to push out updates to keep our phones secure.
At first I was a bit frustrated by the control over the status bar and quick actions. The front bezels, both top and bottom, are a little large.
navigation, Fast charging is most effective when the battery is very depleted, though. You can also finance the Nexus 6P if you sign up for Project Fi. With a 5.7-inch screen, the Nexus 6P is a big phone. And there never was going to be. Huawei Nexus 6P Android smartphone. It's also pretty stunning, both in the design and construction department. The screen looks good at any screen brightness including when dim - something other AMOLED phones fail at. Huawei Phones were built with faulty main computer boards that crash to an unsolvable boot loop in a short period of time. Sharing things has never been easier. No amount of hackery will get OIS into a Nexus 6P.
Find out why in our Nexus 6P review. As you can see in our graphs, it's not the quickest by any means. There are some compromises. With Now On Tap you can easily make reservations or find directions to a restaurant that someone mentions in a text, watch a trailer for a movie that your friend is talking about on Facebook, or get quick links to more information about all those football players on your Fantasy Football team that you aren't familiar with. The Nexus 6P has a USB Type-C interface on the bottom.