G+_Matt Wells Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 If your new Nexus billed, what Nexus did you order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ken Torbeck Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I just wish I Sprint carried them. Really don't have the cash up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Phillip “Molly” Malone Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Waiting for its release in Australia. Will be getting a 6P. Just working out whether to go for 64gb or 128gb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Duncan Jaffrey Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Me, I'm ordering the Ausdroid Nexus :) http://ausdroid.net/2015/10/13/ausdroid-nexus-2015-revealed/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Wow that's a lot of 6p's. I'm surprised, given how much love the N5 got and how much hate the N6 got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ted Fishman Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Duncan Jaffrey? It only has 3GB of ram and a non-removable battery. Also, no mention of VoLTE or band 12 support but maybe the US version would have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Alan M Carlino Jr Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Still not sure which I'm buying (currently saving up). The 5X size appeals to me, but the 6P specs are enticing. Yes there are better phones, but I prefer timely updates (especially security). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Barnaby Steer Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 The 6P was the one to go for for me because of the build, and battery size. However, I have a N5 now (which I love) and would have considered the new one if it had 3gb RAM. I'm just not convinced that 2GB is enough for a perfectly smooth experience. It's adequate, but no more than that. Out of interest, with Gorilla glass 3, who's going to put a screen protector on their new Nexus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Barnaby Steer The lack of RAM was a sticking point for me, but at the end of the day I just don't think a smartphone needs that much. I figure if you can run a full laptop on 2GB of RAM and get adequate performance (for normal use, not heavy gaming or video editing, obviously), then a smartphone should run great. Also, I have a N5 that just got the Marshmallow update and it still runs smooth as ever (I wouldn't bother upgrading, but I need a better camera and a fingerprint reader). No screen protector for me (but I've never scratched a phone screen in 5 years, so I may be an outlier). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ted Fishman Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 David Nilsen If you follow the pc development curve and the cost of ram the apps will rapidly become more ram intensive. Chrome is a good example. Couple that with the fact that as the phone becomes the primary window into the digital world that there will literally be an app for everything imaginable. So a lot more apps greedy for ram constitutes trouble for phones without ample ram for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Ted Fishman In general I agree, but since the iPhone only just now upgraded to 2GB of RAM (and the majority of iPhones in the world for the next couple years will still only have 1GB), and the market is still following an "iPhone first" model (though that's changing in some quarters), I think the shift to apps that will require 3+ GB of RAM to work well is going to be very slow. In addition, if you look at the current focus of Google and Facebook (with AMP and Instant Articles) it's toward making software (and the internet in general) faster and more streamlined, so that even lower end hardware will have a good mobile experience. If that trend continues, then the only people who will need lots of RAM will be gamers and people who use specialty/professional apps. I'm not saying 2GB is perfect and you'd be crazy to pay extra for 3. I'd love my new 5X to have 3GB. I'm just saying 3GB won't be necessary for a few years, and 2GB is still smooth and snappy on pure, bloatware-free Android. (Plus, the Nexus line is cheap enough that you can afford to upgrade every 2-3 years, even on a budget). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ted Fishman Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 David Nilsen I see your points but I am adding apps lately at a crazy pace. Everything is turning over control to the phone. It's happening much faster than I ever thought it would and the pace will only accelerate. I can't speak for IPhone users since I've never owned one and really know no nothing about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Ted Fishman That's fair. Again, I would've preferred 3GB in my 5X just to be safe. And truth be told, I only went with the 5X because 5.2" is the perfect size for me. But as I see it, RAM is more about running multiple processes at once or doing highly specialized work (like video editing), so even as I move all of my day to day activity from the computer to the phone, I'm still not going to need more RAM. Facebook, Netflix, Spotify, note-taking apps, etc. are never going to need more than 2GB to run well, and even good photo editors like Enlight or Facetune work quick and flawlessly on my iPhone 6 with only 1GB. For now, the important upgrades in the new Nexus phones are the new 64 bit processor and the fresh SSD (since most of the speed losses you experience are from filling and overwriting flash memory). Once these phones are out in the wild, I'll be interested to see if there's even a noticeable speed difference between the two (that isn't attributable to the 808 vs 810 processors). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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