Poll: * Google Nexus 6 *

kona786 · 23 Apr 2015 at 14:08

As promised mate,

The Spigen [Air Cushioned Bumper] [Ultra Hybrid Series] - Metal Slate (SGP11243).

Space Monkey · 23 Apr 2015 at 14:12

Looks very nice kona, as do your pics as always :cool:

I might pick one up and see what it's like?

You using a screen protector?

kona786 · 23 Apr 2015 at 14:22

Ta mate.

Yeah I'd say try one. Feels much more grippy on the sides and the back has a nice smooth feeling, with dimple too.

No screen protection, as there's no nice glass ones about for full screen. And my S3 lasted well without one.

Space Monkey · 23 Apr 2015 at 21:58

Space Monkey said:
My phones been shipped, just waiting on the UPS site to update, Amazon are saying Tuesday, but hoping it's earlier, same as am.de did?

UPS shipping updated, they're saying Tuesday as well, boooo

Can't wait

lmfy2k · 23 Apr 2015 at 22:29

Space Monkey said:
UPS shipping updated, they're saying Tuesday as well, boooo Can't wait

Note to self.... Always order tech on Monday . Cos the weekend feels like an eternity when waiting for the post!

Space Monkey · 23 Apr 2015 at 22:33

lmfy2k said:
Note to self.... Always order tech on Monday . Cos the weekend feels like an eternity when waiting for the post!

lol, tell me about it, I should know better by now :rolleyes:

Christmas themed thank · 24 Apr 2015 at 08:21

lmfy2k said:
Note to self.... Always order tech on Monday . Cos the weekend feels like an eternity when waiting for the post!

This 1000%. Although Amazon do deliver on Sundays now so it's not normally an issue.

MarcLister · 24 Apr 2015 at 10:49

Ordered a Nexus 6 32GB in blue from Amazon UK last night. Deliberately ordered after the deadline for delivery today as no-one would be home. Paid £4.49 to have the phone delivered to me tomorrow before 1pm otherwise I'd be waiting until about 5pm tomorrow, which is just a waste of too much weekend time to get used to my new phone!

Haven't ordered a case yet but will have a look at the Spigen cases when I get home tonight. Can't decide between the £4.99 clear plastic one or the £6.99 kona786 has bought. http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=27950626&postcount=2741

TripleT · 24 Apr 2015 at 21:34

Phone feels far too nice to put it in an ugly case IMO.

Pouch for protection in pocket / bag but ceaseless most of the time.

kona786 · 24 Apr 2015 at 21:45

Good for you big boy. Personally, got no time for pouches/purses.

kona786 · 27 Apr 2015 at 20:40

I have disabled the Ambient Display setting as I didn't find it very useful.

Disabling it helped with batterylife. 4-5 hrs SOT is what I'm getting now. I'm also loving the double tap to wake.

AndyCr15 · 27 Apr 2015 at 20:42

I have wondered about disabling that too, mainly as when I pick it up, ambient light kicks on, I'm holding with a thumb on the screen, so then it wakes fully and maybe I unlock it by mistake as I put it in my pocket...

I can't tap to wake though, which I miss, as I can't root for work reasons.

Space Monkey · 27 Apr 2015 at 20:44

kona786 said:
I have disabled the Ambient Display setting as I didn't find it very useful.

Disabling it helped with batterylife. 4-5 hrs SOT is what I'm getting now. I'm also loving the double tap to wake.

What was your previous SOT?

Mines being delivered tomorrow, can't wait :cool:

kona786 · 27 Apr 2015 at 20:53

Space Monkey said:
What was your previous SOT?

Mines being delivered tomorrow, can't wait

I was getting just over 4hrs in a day. Now I can get around 5hrs.

Sweeeeet. Got all your bits ready to root etc?

The phone is so fast and slick I love it. And with EE 4G its just a joy to use.

Space Monkey · 27 Apr 2015 at 20:56

kona786 said:
I was getting just over 4hrs in a day. Now I can get around 5hrs.

Sweeeeet. Got all your bits ready to root etc?

Nice increase there then :cool:

Think so, downloaded a few bits, including the 5.1.0 factory image

Space Monkey · 27 Apr 2015 at 21:01

kona786 said:
....The phone is so fast and slick I love it. And with EE 4G its just a joy to use.

Have you removed encryption?

kona786 · 27 Apr 2015 at 21:05

Space Monkey said:
Have you removed encryption?

No. I believe the 5.1 update improved 'encryption performance'.

5.1 seems to have eliminated many of the performance issues with the Nexus 6. When we initially reviewed the device, the Nexus 6 was slower at loading apps and switching tasks than the older Nexus 5 had been. With 5.1, the newer phone feels much snappier; with non-game apps, it can now keep pace with the Nexus 5.

On benchmarks, we're seeing much higher random read and write scores on the Nexus 6 with 5.1; random read gets a 2x speed boost, while random write is a whopping 9x faster. The same dramatic speed boosts aren't present on the Nexus 5, and we suspect the difference is that the Nexus 6 is encrypted while the Nexus 5 is not. According to Francisco Franco, a longtime third-party Android kernel developer, Google is now using NEON instructions on the Nexus 6 to speed up encryption performance. Performance could be further improved by enabling hardware-accelerated encryption, which the Nexus 6 still doesn't use, but Google has been experimenting with the feature in the Android Open Source Project.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/03/16/a-look-at-android-5-1-speed-security-tweaks/

Space Monkey · 27 Apr 2015 at 21:14

Interesting, does the Nexus 6 have the necessary hardware to do hardware-accelerated encryption?

kona786 · 27 Apr 2015 at 21:23

Space Monkey said:
Interesting, does the Nexus 6 have the necessary hardware to do hardware-accelerated encryption?

I don't think it has, though I could be wrong. AFAIK it's for 64bit only SoC's.

Space Monkey · 27 Apr 2015 at 21:37

kona786 said:
I don't think it has, though I could be wrong. AFAIK it's for 64bit only SoC's.

Ah, shame, I'm going to remove encryption I think anyway, be even quicker

Poll: *** Google Nexus 6 ***

Which colour & memory size are you going to get?

White - 32GB

Blue - 32GB

White - 64GB

Blue - 64GB

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Poll: * Google Nexus 6 *