Re: Who's still happy with their 6p?
Who is still using and loving their 6p? What do you like most about it? Best android phone you've had? Please share opinions!
Got my screen issue sorted out (I think) via RMA, but other than that it is hands down the best phone I have owned or used, and I have daily driven a LOT of phones, everything from Samsung's flagships to iPhones. I'm not sure I have a single complaint with it - OK I wish it had optical image stabilization, but that's a super minor nit pick that is more important for video than photos anyway.
Battery - Easy ~48 hours with my usage, and a full charge takes just over an hour. Loses 2% overnight with a 9-hour doze.
Screen - Objectively the best available, assuming it's a Note 5 panel. Not much more to say about it, it's a high end 5.7" OLED that performs as expected in most cases.
Speakers - Great, super loud - may not be the best but who cares it's a phone haha. Just needs to be nice and loud for notifications and alarms.
Call quality - I don't make many calls, but no complaints on either end. Twice now I have been in super loud/crowded pubs/restaurants and easily been able to make a short call.
Camera - Tested extensively against my Galaxy S6, I call it a tie. The 6P's strengths though (low light and Google's way of doing HDR) are more valuable for my personal tastes than the extra resolution and OIS on the GS6. The two are so close though you would never be unhappy with either. Front camera (8MP) is fantastic, and can still use HDR+, but it's not quite in the same league as the rear camera. Any feature related complaints can be fixed with a third party app.
Reception - This will be very individual-specific, but places where my N5 had no reception (parkades, elevators, washrooms), this thing has a couple bars of LTE - enough for light browsing or messaging. Very impressive.
Fingerprint Reader - Seems to take about 0.5 seconds to both read and unlock the phone. Can't ask for much more than that. It's also never failed on me once yet, even with some pretty lazy finger presses. Seems like most of the flagships are using similarly quick technology here these days, no complaints.
Anyway, my summary is probably not much different than you can find in the reviews, but those are my thoughts after almost 2 weeks.
Fastest phone I have ever experienced from any brand. It's just instant, zero lag, zero stutters. Side-by-side tests with a friend's iPhone 6S+, the only thing the iPhone does faster is load some games and cold-boot from off. Web pages, popular apps, general day-to-day usage items, etc. is all noticeably faster on my 6P. I don't care if it has the SD810 or if it's throttling or not because I sure as hell can't tell with anything I throw at it. The speed at which it can load content-heavy apps or web pages like BBC, Buzzfeed, etc. is amazing.
The Nexus 4 and 5 were also amazing, but more for the price/performance ratio they offered (flagship specs & decent build quality along with a crazy cheap price and average cameras). The 6P is an all-out premium phone in every aspect that can easily compete with the best out there in any category, and it's still hundreds cheaper than it's arch rival.