I want a Nexus 6 but...

[fofjjsr]

So as soon as Verizon gets the Nexus 6 I am still considering switching. I like the bigger phones. However I have the DROID Turbo now and love it. Amazing batter life nice camera etc.

My concerns when comparing the two:
Battery life
Camera
Wireless charging

I have been a Samsung person for a long time now but have enjoyed my Turbo a lot, but I have always wanted a Nexus device. Opinions? Thanks in Advance!

 

[VW Maverick]

I can speak on two of your concerns. Personal observations, of course.

Battery is great after the first week. Mine took a bit to settle in.
Since the 5.0.1 update, the use while at idle is nothing. I pick it up after it sitting for an hour, and it says I have like 43 hours of power left.

Camera is very good. Best I have had had. Not gonna win any photography awards but very good for a phone.

No experience on the wireless charging.

It is a fantastic device.

Mav.

Sent from my Sprint Tri-Band Nexus 6.

 

[anon(5506951)]

I can speak on two of your concerns. Personal observations, of course.

Battery is great after the first week. Mine took a bit to settle in.
Since the 5.0.1 update, the use while at idle is nothing. I pick it up after it sitting for an hour, and it says I have like 43 hours of power left.

Camera is very good. Best I have had had. Not gonna win any photography awards but very good for a phone.

No experience on the wireless charging.

It is a fantastic device.

Mav.

Sent from my Sprint Tri-Band Nexus 6.

Good to know about the idle time, it was one of my concerns, thank you.

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[NickA]

Why wait for Verizon? Just get one off the Play Store and you're all set.

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[trigun123478]

Except it's impossible to get one from the play store, I've been trying since the phone came out.

 

[gmermel]

So as soon as Verizon gets the Nexus 6 I am still considering switching. I like the bigger phones. However I have the DROID Turbo now and love it!

Had both for a week, and kept the nexus. The battery on the nexus isn't comparable, but especially with 5.01 it is more than adequate. I'm getting a much as 18 hours of life with over 5 hours of screen time. And have made it over 24 hours with 3-4 on screen.

The reason for all that use is what I love about it. The screen is a critical step up from the turbo in that using it in lieu of my Nexus 7 had become second nature. The turbo was easy to use that way, but in the limited fashion associated with phones. I would never use it in the house where the tablet was around, and I would still have taken the tablet on plane rides. A spare battery and the 6 us all I'll need on my need next trip.

Once I played with the 6 for a while I would have been very sorry if the battery had forced me to keep the turbo.

 

[icellphones32]

I have Verizon too, I just bought an AT&T Nexus 6 from craigslist. Had them unlock it, put my Verizon Sim in and boom. I gotta Nexus 6 working on Verizon with no problems, LTE, text, phone calls everything worked instantly. Dont wait till next year, I wanted one now. Glad I didn't wait! Let me know if u have any questions.

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[spawndoodling]

Regarding battery life, you're not going to get Turbo-esque battery life, but you are going to get 5+ hours of on screen time which is pretty good, I would say. The turbo charger ultimately offsets the N6's battery because it charges so fast....I can get to full charge using the included turbo charger in under an hour. So whenever I see my battery percentage is low, I'm confident that I can plug it in and be good to go soon thereafter. And the charge holds very well.

As for wireless charging, I've been using the Aukey Luna charger which is amazing by the way. Works like a charm. I have a Spigen case on top the N6 and the charger still works. Also, unlike other wireless chargers, the Luna is big enough to fit the N6.

Honestly, there is hardly anything negative I can say about this device. It's fast, the camera is great (ring flash does wonders in low light), Lollipop is gorgeous, Material Design takes advantage of a bigger screen size, and its form factor is not at all difficult to get used to. Two weeks in and this is the most confident I've felt about a phone purchase in my life.

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[Jeremy8000]

Only thing I'd add to the above is in regards to the wireless (Qi) charging. It works fine, but is a little slow compared to a normal charger, and painfully so compared to a turbo charger.