Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Oct 2005
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- North of Watford Gap
I'm getting used to the size. I find if I'm lying in bed trying to use it one handed it's very easy to drop, but when I'm up and about I'm having no issues. It is a slippery phone due to the size and (IMO) too thin sides, but it's not slippery in the sense that my old Galaxy S3 was, where the shiny plastic would mean it would frequently fall out of my pocket while driving.
While the Nexus 5 doesn't exude quality like the 6P does, I still prefer the grippy feel on the 5, which for me is the best-built phone I've ever seen, in terms of practicality. The optional rubberised back of the Moto X's help, but they don't extend to the side like the Nexus 5.
The battery life is OK. Better than the Nexus 5 of course, but I've not been blown away by it yet. In standby it is stupendous. I was still on 100% at 7 this morning having had it off charge since about 22:30 (wifi on, good network strength). Mileage will vary depending on signal though. With use it still feels too early to tell as it's hard to quantify, but I don't think I've not lost more than 50% in a day yet (I don't use wifi at work), but then I seldom play games or doing anything much stressful for a phone - mainly browsing and social media and a few videos, so my Nexus 5 always lasted a day too.* I don't use public transport (rural Northumberland) so I've no idea how it would stand up to an hours use on the tube or train or something.
Speakers are a big bonus and sound great for a smartphone - most laptops aren't half as good. They're quite 'full' and not lacking in volume. I could happily leave this on a bench or table playing music and it would do it fine. Obviously the fact that they're front-facing means you can be in the same room as someone and play videos or games and it won't annoy anyone else (as long as you're sensible or not hard of hearing), so no more cupping the horribly-placed speaker on the N5 in a vain attempt to try to direct sound in your direction.
I've not used the camera much beyond deliberately taking poorly-lit shots to see how good it is, and for stills it is very good, much better than I was expecting from some of the preview shots. I've not really tested the video quality yet, but as people say, the stability seems a bit off, but hopefully just a software fix. The front-facing camera is a bit poor, like any, but it would be perfectly good for selfies I suppose.
If I've got it in my pockets I'm finding the vibration annoying if my hand brushes up against the fingerprint sensor, but that's my only niggle. The only other very mild annoyance is that the reflection of light on the chamfered edges on the aluminium one catches my eye and makes me think I've got a notification.
But that's it.* If you're getting the constant wifi usage in the battery stats (same as most Marshmallow phones it seems - I had it on my Nexus 5), go to Settings > Location > drop down the menu and hit Scanning > turn off wifi scanning (and I turned off bluetooth too).
