Re: Buy nexus 6 or. Nexus 6p. And why?
Originally got the 128gig 6p w/protection plan. Chickened out, canceled and re-ordered a 64gig without the protection plan.
Now I'm considering, yet again, canceling the 64gig and going with my original idea - the 128gig w/protection. Plan on keeping it for the full 2-years.
What's everyone's thoughts on the protection idea? There is a deductible, but damn if having 2 replacement allowances in 2 years for anything that goes wrong isn't tempting. Plus that would give me peace of mind with burn-in concerns (I use navigation a lot).
Edit: ended up going back to the black 128 w/protection plan. Go big or go home.
So my thoughts are this. As an owner of a nexus 6 is a sweet phone and you can get a 64 gb version for $369, which is my recommendation because you just can't beat that value.
If the nexus 6 clearance sale ends however the 6p is a true beast of a phone.
If my nexus 6 exploded and I want able to buy a new nexus 6 is very a 128 gb 6p with the nexus protect plan.
Why pay the $89 if there is a $75 deductible? because they will ship you a loaner phone within 1-2 days and for me that kind of service is well worth the $4.25 post month or so the coverage costs.
Then again in a frugal guy and I own my phones into the ground. I'll keep my nexus 6 until Google stops upgrading it and it's guaranteed to get nougat and since the nexus 4 got 3 years of upgrades as a dirty cheap midstream phone is expect the same for my flagship nexus 6. Heck ideally standard nexi like the 5x should get 3 years of upgrades meaning the next 2 versions of Android while premium nexi get 4 years, ie the next 3 besides, which would match IOS.
Anyway the point is that if you plan to maximize the utility of your nexus, ie own it until it's no longer supported, then the plan might make sense of you don't own a backup phone.
If you upgrade every year or two and use a solid case, then you shouldn't pay for it.
Overall is a glorious new golden age of nexus with Google starting to offer more apple like services for those of us willing to pay for them as well as true premium flagship phones that are specced to the Max.
Oh and for everyone still rocking the legendary nexus 6 keep in mind what we get to look forward to by waiting another year.
Premium phablet with 820 chip that packs quick-charge 3.0, USB c charging and the 6p box comes with a 15 w 3a charger, so we should get at least that next year.
Also it looks like nexus phablets will be rocking dual facing speakers every year and we should hopefully have at least 128 gb storage as the top option from here on out.
So waiting another year will make a huge difference in terms of soc, and quick charging.
Those of us waiting 2 years should see sd830 chip with snapdragon 4.0 and Gorilla glass 5.
Ram will probably be 4 or 5 gb and we might get 64/128/256 storage options.
Hopefully the screen can grow to over 6 inches since I don't ever want to downgrade to a smaller screen and huawei has 2 superb phablets to base a larger nexus.
They are also famous for giant batteries so hopefully Google pulls a nexus 5x and let's huawei go again next year and possibly from hear on out.
Overall 6p is a plant surprise given some of the horrific rumors we got late in this cycle.
A decent upgrade from the 6 in some regards though not large enough to justify an upgrade now.
Can't wait to see what kind of nexus phablet magic we get in 2-4 years when my nexus 6 battery will be toast and the difference between the nexus 6 and 2018-19 nexus 6 will be night and day.