Nexus 5 2015 refresh

mark43 · 29 Oct 2015 at 22:28

Kinda is though, its just small devices are now large.

I remember thinking how ridiculous the original note was, not most of the 'small' devices are larger than that.

michty_me · 29 Oct 2015 at 22:31

I'm quite enjoying the slightly larger screen. Seems good so far apart from the charging thing.

Freefaller · 29 Oct 2015 at 23:42

mrk said:
5X large device? Hah!

It is for me - I'm sort of getting used to it, but it's just a bit big for my liking.

AndyCr15 · 30 Oct 2015 at 06:55

It's not that much smaller than my Note 5...

Take a look at 15:00

rossk26 · 30 Oct 2015 at 11:46

Accidentally found out if you tap the lock screen button twice, it opens the camera

Pooped myself when I did it, as the phone vibrates for quite a period when it happens!

Freefaller · 30 Oct 2015 at 11:52

It was one of the advertised features, double press the power button and it quick launches the camera. Really useful.

michty_me · 30 Oct 2015 at 16:31

Has anyone noticed an issue with when on a call, The screen remains black? Today I've been making calls and when lifting the phone away, It remains blank so I can't hang up or get call options.

AndyCr15 · 30 Oct 2015 at 18:25

Do you have a screen protector on?

michty_me · 30 Oct 2015 at 18:45

AndyCr15 said:
Do you have a screen protector on?

Yes I do actually. Totally never thought of that. Never caused any issues with my N5.

Mobius 1 · 30 Oct 2015 at 19:00

Took the plunge and bought a carbon black 32gb nexus 5X from Amazon. £349 down to £290 without vat. Happy days.

lmfy2k · 30 Oct 2015 at 19:00

They causing issues on the 6p too, proximity sensor needs a cutout

michty_me · 30 Oct 2015 at 19:03

lmfy2k said:
They causing issues on the 6p too, proximity sensor needs a cutout

Ahhh! Thanks for letting me know. I guess i'll keep it on until a new version is released.

Warp279 · 30 Oct 2015 at 20:13

AndyCr15 said:
It's not that much smaller than my Note 5...

Almost the same size as the Note 5!

Freefaller said:
It is for me - I'm sort of getting used to it, but it's just a bit big for my liking.

The G2 & Nexus 5 had it right. Anything over 140 x 71mm is pushing it id say.

AndyCr15 · 31 Oct 2015 at 11:01

Might be useful to some...

mark43 · 31 Oct 2015 at 11:53

Thanks Andy, that video is really useful.

Still trying to decide if I could cope with the size of the 6P, but coming from a Nexus 4 the 5X is already going to be a massive jump in size for me. In a way there isn't a massive size difference between the 5X and 6P, but I think it can still make quite a big difference when you hold them.

DeathStorm · 31 Oct 2015 at 13:05

michty_me said:
Has anyone noticed an issue with when on a call, The screen remains black? Today I've been making calls and when lifting the phone away, It remains blank so I can't hang up or get call options.

I've been getting this on my N5 since it upgraded to the latest version of Android.

Mobius 1 · 1 Nov 2015 at 10:59

For anyone wanting this phone a lil bit cheaper than the Google store..Amazon UK have it back in stock for £349 for the 32gb

Nexus18 · 1 Nov 2015 at 11:28

EDIT:

Whoops nvm, thought you posted this in the nexus 5 2013 thread

Em3bbs · 2 Nov 2015 at 08:48

Am I the only one suffering from awful lag? The device is pretty much unusable right now. I don't have any non-mainstream apps installed but everything seems to just grind to a halt. The camera is especially bad, it takes ages before it can actually take photos.

Interestingly I seem to have firmware that is two iterations behind the current firmware, I'm not being offeren an OTA so I may just unlock my bootloader and update manually.

Reppyboyo · 2 Nov 2015 at 21:29

Got a 5X today and im only experiencing lag with the charger plugged in.
Otherwise its all pretty smooth.