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What would you guys recommend as the best kernel for battery life??
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Do some reading http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889571
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Yeah I've read that already but I've also read that the motley and omega kernels were the best but this test says otherwise. So I was just seeing what the majority of people would say. Do you have any preference for a battery saving kernel?
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Franco's kernel is giving me pretty good battery life. Down to 17% with 4 and a half hours of screen on time and almost 5 days since last charge
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Franco's kernel is giving me pretty good battery life. Down to 17% with 4 and a half hours of screen on time and almost 5 days since last charge
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Wow, I have about 6.5 hours of on screen time and like 16 hours total since last charge and I have 9% battery left. And I flashed some stuff and rebooted like twice so I'm sure that took up some battery too
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+1 for franco
I consistently get 6+ hours of screen.
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Wow, I have about 6.5 hours of on screen time and like 16 hours total since last charge and I have 9% battery left. And I flashed some stuff and rebooted like twice so I'm sure that took up some battery too
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I got 6.5 screen on with stock kernel
Now im testing franco and got 4h screen on and still left 60% battery
I will test one by one
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Just flashed Franco, I'll tell you how it goes. Thanks guys!
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Funny, I'm using trinity, 1h45min screen on and 28% left. Using with 1.3ghz. I guess I have to move to Franco...
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Battery life is much more relevant to how you use your tablet than the kernel. I get anywhere from 5-8 hours display time depending on if my usage is more gameplay or more browsing. The only kernel I actually saw a significant difference in battery life under same usage was faux kernel, performed well but my battery died noticeably quicker.
I now use omega 3 because it gives me faux like performance with stock like excellent battery. I used stock for the longest time, and still would if battery was my ultimate priority, but omega 3 smooths out some games and just about equals stock on battery life. I've never on any device actually had a custom kernel improve battery life over stock. What effects your battery life from day to day is primarily the days usage.
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Battery life is much more relevant to how you use your tablet than the kernel. I get anywhere from 5-8 hours display time depending on if my usage is more gameplay or more browsing. The only kernel I actually saw a significant difference in battery life under same usage was faux kernel, performed well but my battery died noticeably quicker.
I now use omega 3 because it gives me faux like performance with stock like excellent battery. I used stock for the longest time, and still would if battery was my ultimate priority, but omega 3 smooths out some games and just about equals stock on battery life. I've never on any device actually had a custom kernel improve battery life over stock. What effects your battery life from day to day is primarily the days usage.
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You are saying bull**** im sorry, but you never saw any kernel improve more battery than stock? Oh my god, what world you live?
Im a testing this every day since Galaxy S2... So i know what i saying...
I have the N7 5 days, and i test kernel stock for 3 days and i got 6.5h screen on time, after i installed Franco R42 and used the tablet the same way and i got 9h screen on time, now im testing intersect kernrel and i have 85% with 2h and 30min using the same way always
Resuming, any good custom kernel is better than stock.
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my choice is still m+ kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937146
I get screen times around sometimes more than 8+ hours with normal use ( web not high power consuming thd games)
This kernel supports man adjustments like undervolting and setting the frequencies.
its works with trickstermod which lets you even deactivate some Cores. Im running undervolted, underclocked
With just two cores without lag or something.
Give it a try
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You are saying bull**** im sorry, but you never saw any kernel improve more battery than stock? Oh my god, what world you live?
Im a testing this every day since Galaxy S2... So i know what i saying...
I have the N7 5 days, and i test kernel stock for 3 days and i got 6.5h screen on time, after i installed Franco R42 and used the tablet the same way and i got 9h screen on time, now im testing intersect kernrel and i have 85% with 2h and 30min using the same way always
Resuming, any good custom kernel is better than stock.
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How can you get 9h on screen time?
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I heard theres a kernel called "Trinity" that has long battery life, but i havent tested it.
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You are saying bull**** im sorry, but you never saw any kernel improve more battery than stock? Oh my god, what world you live?
Im a testing this every day since Galaxy S2... So i know what i saying...
I have the N7 5 days, and i test kernel stock for 3 days and i got 6.5h screen on time, after i installed Franco R42 and used the tablet the same way and i got 9h screen on time, now im testing intersect kernrel and i have 85% with 2h and 30min using the same way always
Resuming, any good custom kernel is better than stock.
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How can you get 9h on screen time?
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Lots of little changes in settings, uv, minimal frequencies for CPU, and no heavy gaming, not a lot of videos either
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OptimusLove said:
I heard theres a kernel called "Trinity" that has long battery life, but i havent tested it.
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IMO not as good battery life as franco, but here test it out for yourself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788759
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eric-filth said:
You are saying bull**** im sorry, but you never saw any kernel improve more battery than stock? Oh my god, what world you live?
Im a testing this every day since Galaxy S2... So i know what i saying...
I have the N7 5 days, and i test kernel stock for 3 days and i got 6.5h screen on time, after i installed Franco R42 and used the tablet the same way and i got 9h screen on time, now im testing intersect kernrel and i have 85% with 2h and 30min using the same way always
Resuming, any good custom kernel is better than stock.
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All your opinion based on your "said" usage. Fact is I got 9 hours screen time on stock if I kept gameplay out of the equation. So no I'm not saying bullish*t, I'm saying my results. Just because yours differ and you buy into the "custom is always better" doesn't make MY findings on MY device any less true. Can custom be better? Sure, but it's not fact that it is.
And you say you've only had your 7 5 days, definitely NOT enough time to get real results. Especially since you spent 3 days on stock and less than that on Franco your results obviously aren't same usage scenarios.
Clarification: same usage means about same amount of use in same timeframe doing same activity. Which 6½ hours usage over 3 days is not the same as 9 hours in less than 2.
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Lots of little changes in settings, uv, minimal frequencies for CPU, and no heavy gaming, not a lot of videos either
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You wrong
Stock kernel frequecy with 4 cores enable
No UV because Franco R42 not working
No heavy games you are correct.
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eric-filth said:
You wrong
Stock kernel frequecy with 4 cores enable
No UV because Franco R42 not working
No heavy games you are correct.
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I didn't say I used Franco did I? And I ran my max frequency at 860. And got great battery life
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I heard theres a kernel called "Trinity" that has long battery life, but i havent tested it.
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I hate to say omg. .I really do....but o m g!!! You don't have an N7. ..how can you give advice about kernels since you've never used one for the n7. Go ahead tho....test one on your Samsung! Lol
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And 9 hours screen on is maybe possible doing nothing at all CPU heavy!!". Not what most people get doing normal things on their tab. Anyone can keep the screen awake doing nothing really and post a screen saying they got 9 hours. 4 to 6 seems to be the norm. ..no matter the kernel.
That's my story....thanks for enjoying it!
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Just heads up my wife just got Official jelly bean update 4,1,2, so its rolling out.
I downloaded mine via droid life. Tell me, does your wife have stock browser, AND chrome?
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For the d4 and RAZR they decided on keeping the stock browser as well as adding chrome....
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How is battery life compared to ics?
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About the same I still got about 19 hours off charge with light use.
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Exciting! Just got home and logged on, and BAM! Jelly Bean!
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Exciting! Just got home and logged on, and BAM! Jelly Bean!
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I'm trying to be patient and wait for the push to come to my phone. Did you sign up for the SOAK test or has the push to everyone started?
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Exciting! Just got home and logged on, and BAM! Jelly Bean!
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yup thats what it was like for me too a couple days ago. logged on droid forums thinking its about time we had an update on jb. and BAM there was a new post stating that it was here
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How is battery life compared to ics?
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My battery life has been terrible. I've got a 32GB sd card w/ ~ 1200 high quality songs on it, so it appears to be working overtime indexing the library. Checking the battery in settings, "media" is hogging 50-60% (twice what the Screen is) and it's running very hot. In doing some research, this seems to be a regular occurrence for JB updates. I'm sure hoping it subsides soon.
Yeah I think that's standard for updating especially if u don't flash or factory wipe the device first. I chose the wipe and recustomize route.. takes longer but also gives me a chance to do it over better than last time my battery life seems about the same I'd say.. but I've completely uninstalled smart actions.
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I did an FDR this afternoon and that seems to have solved the issues.
Hashcode tweeted recently that he was looking over the new version and the "battery is horrid".
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Hashcode tweeted recently that he was looking over the new version and the "battery is horrid".
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I've been holding off upgrading as I watch what the awesome devs cook up with the JB update, but I'm getting antsy... maybe it's worth waiting a bit longer if Hashcode says the battery life sucks? I guess I can always just stick the OTA in another ROM slot and play with it.
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Hashcode tweeted recently that he was looking over the new version and the "battery is horrid".
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i dunno. i think the battery life is pretty good. but then.. when i was rooting with razr blade i chose low battery saver option instead of regular battery saver. then after testing root i uninstalled the smartactions apks. might be about the same if not a little better.
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i dunno. i think the battery life is pretty good. but then.. when i was rooting with razr blade i chose low battery saver option instead of regular battery saver. then after testing root i uninstalled the smartactions apks. might be about the same if not a little better.
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I think the battery was quite horrible. But the kernal must have changed. I prepared myself to do a factory reset before I got the update. I did it after I noticed the horrible battery life, and while I haven't gone through a full day yet, I can say, it looks promising now. But I also disable almost everything.
am I an idiot or did the update remove timer functionality from the clock app?
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am I an idiot or did the update remove timer functionality from the clock app?
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Looks like it to me. I never found that timer very useful, though. I like this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jupiterapps.stopwatch or its free variant https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sportstracklive.stopwatch (ignore that they show as different publishers, they really are pro & free versions of the same app).
is it possible to reflash back to ics? im getting a random reboot issue and thinking of reflashing ics and reupgrading again in case something went wrong with the rom update.
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no, phone will brick, flashing ics xml flashboot file
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hmm so how do i reflash? have to wait for the complete stock jb rom to be released before relashing?
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I just bought this phone for a family member overseas and I want to make sure they have the best experience possible. I searched through all the ROMs and it doesn't seem like an there is an easy choice.
I saw a CleanROM thread which seemed to promise what I want, but it looks like the rom was pulled and there is all sort of weirdness going on there (dead fathers and other weird ****).
I look at CM10.1 by epinter, but the "alpha" branding and the bluetooth audio issue is scaring me a little bit.
What recommendations do you guys have? Do you guys think I should just leave the phone the way it is?
Stock the phone runs fine if you wanna put something smooth and bug free really the only option is holoblur
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Stability wise :
4.1.2 Mexico Retail stock rom is best.
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Holoblur is the best of both worlds it has everything debloated but has better battery life and its stock based
I run PACman and I love it, but if you want stability, go with HoloBlur.
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I been running CM 10.2 - 07/30 dhacker build and haven't had no issues no lag or FC the only draw back is the battery drains fast only get about 5hrs with moderate use; but it doesn't bother me and i also flashed UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.51.zip for 4.3 to regain root.
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Stick with stock... Best battery life!
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Stick with stock... Best battery life!
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Yeah if battery is a must i just carry my usb charger to all my job sites lol
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I have PACman and LOVE it, other than the bluetooth it is awesome. I've had a few random restarts, but only like 2 over the course of 2-3 weeks. It does drain the battery, but I have the eb40 battery coming so that won't be an issue.
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Yeah if battery is a must i just carry my usb charger to all my job sites lol
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I install Holoblur for eject att application.
Now for batery I use: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dianxinos.dxbs&hl=ro
Great since now, after couple of days on test, think I buy the application. I like it till now and besides great improvement of battery has several types of charging mode.
Hey everyone. I just got my touchpad and went through with wiping and installing kit kat. I was wondering if there were any lollipop builds that are stable enough to be daily drivers. I know there's a lot of issues with cm lollipop, but other than that o don't really know of any roms for it.
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I would also be interested to know.
I just tried one, Everlov, for the last two months, but I came back to Kit Kat yesterday because I had too much problems with touchscreen.
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Yeah, im on pacman lollipop right now and its kind of stable, but the touch screen can get kind of wacky sometimes. Oh, and the camera doesn't work. But other than that it runs pretty smooth.
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The last evervolv 502 was great, except BT seems to suck across the entire android line since 4.3
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EricBlade said:
The last evervolv 502 was great, except BT seems to suck across the entire android line since 4.3
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Makes me wish for the good old days of proper badboy Symbian BT. [emoji20]
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Hello guys, I'd love to have your opinion.
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Hello guys, I'd love to have your opinion.
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a big yes.. for a price less than $300.. then definitely...
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a big yes.. for a price less than $300.. then definitely...
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399€ in Portugal.
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399€ in Portugal.
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not sure how much is that .. but for sure the nexus 6 is still a bargain..
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not sure how much is that .. but for sure the nexus 6 is still a bargain..
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To be exact, a G3 of 32gb and 3 gb would be 339 and a zenphone 2 349
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To be exact, a G3 of 32gb and 3 gb would be 339 and a zenphone 2 349
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if your into pure android, go for nexus.. if your into features , go with g3... i would never recommend a zenfone
but u can always read some xda reviews first
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if your into pure android, go for nexus.. if your into features , go with g3... i would never recommend a zenfone
but u can always read some xda reviews first
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Only thing I don't like in Nexus 6 is the size and camera
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Only thing I don't like in Nexus 6 is the size and camera
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It is what it is, 6 inch is never small and the camera is OK with sufficient light. Better look for the new 5X. its smaller and has a better camera.
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It is what it is, 6 inch is never small and the camera is OK with sufficient light. Better look for the new 5X. its smaller and has a better camera.
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Better relation between quality and price in Nexus 6. Atleast in Europe.
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Hello guys, I'd love to have your opinion.
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In answer to your question, personally, yes I think the Nexus 6 is still a good option. As a matter of fact, I just bought a Google Motorola Nexus 6 (2014) off Amazon.com last month (December 2015) for $250 + Tax and I love it. I know the camera isn't the best, there's NO fingerprint scanner, and its only 32-bit instead of 64-bit like the Nexus 5x, but for me, the overall performance, the QHD screen, front facing speakers, VoLTE (especially for T-Mobile), stock android with timely android updates and more makes for a really cool phablet. And I mean phablet, this phone is big, but not as big as my previous daily driver the Huawei Ascend Mate 2. Hope my answer helps.
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In answer to your question, personally, yes I think the Nexus 6 is still a good option. As a matter of fact, I just bought a Google Motorola Nexus 6 (2014) off Amazon.com last month (December 2015) for $250 + Tax and I love it. I know the camera isn't the best, there's NO fingerprint scanner, and its only 32-bit instead of 64-bit like the Nexus 5x, but for me, the overall performance, the QHD screen, front facing speakers, VoLTE (especially for T-Mobile), stock android with timely android updates and more makes for a really cool phablet. And I mean phablet, this phone is big, but not as big as my previous daily driver the Huawei Ascend Mate 2. Hope my answer helps.
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Thanks for the opinion. I love the sound of Motorola. Only hate the camera. But that's mot everything right?
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Thanks for the opinion. I love the sound of Motorola. Only hate the camera. But that's mot everything right?
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Do keep in mind, my Nexus 6 is rooted running stock rom and I use greenify, so my battery life is good for me, I have the notification LED (have to root and buy an app to get), I use Nova Launcher with double tap to sleep through an app. It's all in what you want in a smartphone and more so, what you don't want. To me, this time around on buying a new smartphone, it was simple, it had to be a Nexus. With my budget, it came down to the Nexus 6 vs Nexus 5x. I feel like I made a good choice especially for the money, but I haven't used the camera while sightseeing yet. It should be fine.
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Thanks for the opinion. I love the sound of Motorola. Only hate the camera. But that's mot everything right?
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I just bought my Nexus 6 about 3 months ago. It was my first Nexus device, but even after this short anount of time I can say pretty firmly that I will never buy another phone that isn't a Nexus! Stock battery life on Marshmallow has been great compared to the Note 4 that I had before this. In addition, stock, unbloated Android is truly a work of art that you should experience at least one. Also, it is a big phone but you will definitely get used to the size after a few days. I'm not sure if Swappa is available in your country, but I got my Nexus 6 off of Swappa for $220 a few months ago. Worth every penny IMO and renewed my love of Android.
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I just bought my Nexus 6 about 3 months ago. It was my first Nexus device, but even after this short anount of time I can say pretty firmly that I will never buy another phone that isn't a Nexus! Stock battery life on Marshmallow has been great compared to the Note 4 that I had before this. In addition, stock, unbloated Android is truly a work of art that you should experience at least one. Also, it is a big phone but you will definitely get used to the size after a few days. I'm not sure if Swappa is available in your country, but I got my Nexus 6 off of Swappa for $220 a few months ago. Worth every penny IMO and renewed my love of Android.
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I love stock Android also. Have a S3 and that's all what I want. A stock Android. What is really stopping me from buying a Nexus 6 is the size . If fit in my pockets that will not be a problem. I have a 4,8' phone and I really wanted a big phone!
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I love stock Android also. Have a S3 and that's all what I want. A stock Android. What is really stopping me from buying a Nexus 6 is the size . If fit in my pockets that will not be a problem. I have a 4,8' phone and I really wanted a big phone!
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n6 would be awkward at first
but after using a oneplus one, it never felt awkward...
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n6 would be awkward at first
but after using a oneplus one, it never felt awkward...
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Well... I'll give a feedback to you guys after I buy it
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Thanks for all the opinions! I'll buy it indeed. And no, there is no Swappa in Portugal. I'll buy it new and to last 2 years or more
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Well... I'll give a feedback to you guys after I buy it
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at first it will be awkward.. and because i ordered my n6 on a very far place, i have to keep it.. and its a go... never looked back
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at first it will be awkward.. and because i ordered my n6 on a very far place, i have to keep it.. and its a go... never looked back
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But does it fit in your pockets?
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My 200$ N6 may be.
Only defects are poor grade AMOLED display(not a expression. it's a cheap module.) and finishing.