Nexus 6p or Samsung Galaxy s6 Edge - 4

Lambda · 03-18-2016

Posted by Skt A. Sangue

Cant. I'm Donald Trump. I only know how to build walls and look good for the cameras.

I don't do short messages. They get me stressed out since I always feel like I missed something.

#SkimmingIsAVirtue

Hi,

I won't quote your previously reply cuz I don't want people to read all that again but

The whole premium thing is biased Ik, a lot of companies makes good and solid phone (pun ohh), I already said what I said about Apple's products, what I gotta add is they have the absolute top notch support for new and older products, I have an iPhone 4S hat thing has iOS9 on it, meanwhile I still have my SGS3 on 4.3 stock while I have the Nexus 6 running 6.0.1, which reminds me, I'm going to give my SGS3 to someone else now.

Samsung on the other hand dropped support after their new flasghip is up, I know it isn't easy to keep upgrading older devices OS, I know Google only release AOSP source codes that only works on Nexus line of devices, I know it's also not easy to port something AOSP on Exynos devices, but the latter mostly applies to the non-Samsung developers, you see, Samsung refuses to release their source code to the public, understandably so.

Thank god we have xda-developers, even after manufacturers dropped support there are people still willing to spend their time making older devices (and newer ones alike) better.

Older devices like SGS2 (yes 2) even has the official CM13 (6.0.1 MM) maintained, heck it might even recieve Android N at this pace.

Apple's might not have the most affordable products, though price is often a big factor of selling points, people will still buy them, make the iPhone 7 an iPhone 6 with 1cm bigger screen with 1.2x the price of 6 and again people would still buy them.

As for the AMOLED VS IPS, honestly, the fact that AMOLED uses less battery and a better contrast ratio is appealing, but does it really matter? Yes, if you're using something like Samsung's GS7's always on display a deeper black will really save you battery, but next to Allshare Cast, contrast ratio is the least of my concern.

Btw, check out cf.lumen, it's great if you use your device at night.

Crono · 03-19-2016

Go in car, Bluetooth connects, car wants to continue with Spotify, oneplus two freezes requiring me to restart it.

Do not buy this phone.

Emera · 03-19-2016

Posted by Crono

Go in car, Bluetooth connects, car wants to continue with Spotify, oneplus two freezes requiring me to restart it.

Do not buy this phone.

its not so much the phone as it is the crappy ROM it's running. as soon as cyanogen is out all will be well

also, try installing the google now launcher if you haven't already. i'm not sure why but it's sped the phone up and everything feels a lot more snappy/responsive now. could just be a placebo effect of running Google's own launcher but meh, it works for me.

Crono · 03-19-2016

Posted by Emera

its not so much the phone as it is the crappy ROM it's running. as soon as cyanogen is out all will be well

also, try installing the google now launcher if you haven't already. i'm not sure why but it's sped the phone up and everything feels a lot more snappy/responsive now. could just be a placebo effect of running Google's own launcher but meh, it works for me.

google launcher is the first thing i did. is it possible to just use the same android that we'd get on the nexus devices (aka almost raw)?

Emera · 03-19-2016

Posted by Crono

google launcher is the first thing i did. is it possible to just use the same android that we'd get on the nexus devices (aka almost raw)?

nope

i wish it was. cyanogen is as good as it's going to get unless fixes are made to oxygen, which I don't think is going to happen since OnePlus are notorious for just ignoring any and all issues submitted.

Crono · 03-19-2016

Posted by Emera

nope

i wish it was. cyanogen is as good as it's going to get unless fixes are made to oxygen, which I don't think is going to happen since OnePlus are notorious for just ignoring any and all issues submitted.

ya, i dont recommend this phone to anyone. atleast it hasn't broken after 2 months. \o/

Emera · 03-19-2016

Posted by Crono

ya, i dont recommend this phone to anyone. atleast it hasn't broken after 2 months. \o/

to be fair to it i've accidentally thrown it off of walls and dropped it loads and it's not broken/scratched. maybe good luck, maybe magic #whoknows

Ash Ketchum · 03-20-2016

Posted by Crono

ya, i dont recommend this phone to anyone. atleast it hasn't broken after 2 months. \o/

*Buys a budget phone*

Ya i don't recommend this phone to anyone

Emera · 03-20-2016

Posted by Ash Ketchum

*Buys a budget phone*

Ya i don't recommend this phone to anyone

the thing is, they set the bar high with the OnePlus One so everybody rightly expected a solid device with the Two.

Crono · 03-20-2016

Posted by Ash Ketchum

*Buys a budget phone*

Ya i don't recommend this phone to anyone

my nexus 5 was a budget phone and i had no problems other than a hardware fault (which could happen to any brand). the thing traded blows with high-end phones and was about the same price as the OPT when i bought it.

Posted by Emera

the thing is, they set the bar high with the OnePlus One so everybody rightly expected a solid device with the Two.

to be fair, oneplus advertised the OPT as a "flagship killer". i thought they were going to try to copy the way the nexus 5 went but apparently the shady chinese company had another idea.

Emera · 03-20-2016

Posted by Crono

my nexus 5 was a budget phone and i had no problems other than a hardware fault (which could happen to any brand). the thing traded blows with high-end phones and was about the same price as the OPT when i bought it.

to be fair, oneplus advertised the OPT as a "flagship killer". i thought they were going to try to copy the way the nexus 5 went but apparently the shady chinese company had another idea.

op2 definitely isn't a flagship killer like the op1. i miss my nexus 5

the fingerprint reader on my op2 isn't the best either. i have to keep my finger there for about a second before it successfully registers my fingerprint.

Crono · 05-01-2016

@emera FYI the marshmallow beta update literally fixed everything wrong with my OPT

Lambda · 05-01-2016

Nice bump, I decided not to buy op2 or m9, I'm still waiting for htc's nexus this year.

Personally afaik a lot of phones that received MM update could not make use of the new doze power management because of a few missing sensors it requires.

I also heard of a 4gb snapdragon 820 nexus 6p in development, might be the next nexus lol, nexus phones always had the advantage of lightning fast system update, and when it's obsolete you can always try flashing a new ROM on it, more so I believe the nexus 6p and s7 edge is the 2 most active subforum on XDA.

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Crono :pluffy: Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Sweden Posts: 5,945	@emera FYI the marshmallow beta update literally fixed everything wrong with my OPT Last edited by Crono; 05-01-2016 at 10:45 AM.

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Crono :pluffy: Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Sweden Posts: 5,945	Go in car, Bluetooth connects, car wants to continue with Spotify, oneplus two freezes requiring me to restart it. Do not buy this phone.

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Lambda Registered User Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 189	Nice bump, I decided not to buy op2 or m9, I'm still waiting for htc's nexus this year. Personally afaik a lot of phones that received MM update could not make use of the new doze power management because of a few missing sensors it requires. I also heard of a 4gb snapdragon 820 nexus 6p in development, might be the next nexus lol, nexus phones always had the advantage of lightning fast system update, and when it's obsolete you can always try flashing a new ROM on it, more so I believe the nexus 6p and s7 edge is the 2 most active subforum on XDA.