Best Android phone ever made?

[AustinIllini]

Subjective or not... the amount of praise it is getting from the tech press is a bit surprising (and welcomed). Several high profile sites are gushing over the thing.

Hopefully this will put additional pressure on certain OEMs to leave Android be....

That's an excellent point. That's where I kind of try to level the playing field. For example, when I consider "best phones", I almost never compare iOS and Android. In all honestly, they just are too different and a matter of personal taste. I try to recall the climate in which they where introduced.

For example, the Nexus 4 would have counted among the greatest Android phones of all time but for its lack of LTE. At that time, that omission was critical. The Nexus 5, on the other hand, was really everything you could want in an Android device.

I guess I'm kind of repeating myself, but the best Android phones made the biggest impact upon release. I go back to the S3 as one of the first truly successful LTE phones. Before it, most of those devices with LTE had to stay plugged in all the time. I have never owned a note, but I would guess one of those would definitely make the list.

Interested in whether or not the Blackberry Priv becomes a big enterprise Android devices.

 

[drone3]

HTC M7 greatest of all time. I framed mine!

dreaming of electric sheep

 

[PhiPsi32]

I suspect that next year will bring a 5P and a 6X and we'll be rethinking this again.
I like my N5 however my old HTC desire HD was an amazing phone at the time.
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You make interesting projection vis-a-vis Nexus 5P and 6X. It'll be interesting to see what the successor devices will be called (and if Google will release two phones again). I'm wondering if the Nexus line will go the way of the Chromebook Pixel and Pixel C (i.e. a new naming convention . . . like the Nexus Pixel maybe . . . Nexus P . . . . ????).

 

[dty06]

HTC M7 greatest of all time. I framed mine!

dreaming of electric sheep

I'm holding an M8 as we speak. Fantastic phone. It convinced me that I never want anything other than a "premium" phone, meaning aluminum build, solid components, and a non-TouchWiz GUI.

Im about 95% certain I'll be getting a 6P, but for various reasons I'm going to have to wait until ~April to get mine. In the meantime, my M8 serves my needs perfectly. I was really disappointed by the M9, but the 6P looks like it'll be a perfect fit. Though admittedly I will miss the expandable memory.

 

[hpilot]

HTC M7 greatest of all time. I framed mine!

dreaming of electric sheep

I liked it too...right up until the battery swelled like a balloon and split the case open. It was not repairable.

 

[anon(596177)]

I'm holding an M8 as we speak. Fantastic phone. It convinced me that I never want anything other than a "premium" phone, meaning aluminum build, solid components, and a non-TouchWiz GUI.

Im about 95% certain I'll be getting a 6P, but for various reasons I'm going to have to wait until ~April to get mine. In the meantime, my M8 serves my needs perfectly. I was really disappointed by the M9, but the 6P looks like it'll be a perfect fit. Though admittedly I will miss the expandable memory.

M8 owner myself, I don't think there's a better phone out there currently for an m8 owner to upgrade to than the 6p, at least you positively love most of the features the M8 gives you.

And God am I looking forward to a better camera. They really dropped the ball on the camera lense. Otherwise it's been solid!

 

[booboolala2000]

Looking forward to getting mine in-hand. 2014 was my favorite Android phone ever. Perfect feel, I had good battery life and leather. The phone worked great. I miss it, went to Fi, so using the N6. Almost same design as the pure , but its a porker. Love it, its fast, great battery life, get wonderful photos. I am looking forward to the more slender build of the 6p and the fingerprint sensor. And the what seem to be foolproof photo experience.

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[dty06]

M8 owner myself, I don't think there's a better phone out there currently for an m8 owner to upgrade to than the 6p, at least you positively love most of the features the M8 gives you.

And God am I looking forward to a better camera. They really dropped the ball on the camera lense. Otherwise it's been solid!

Agreed 100%. I'm not one to take a ton of pictures, so it doesn't matter as much to me that the camera is sub-par, but when I do take one it can end up kind of fuzzy and doesn't really represent the fact that this is a premium phone. Aside from the camera and a tiny portion of the top bezel which came unglued (not even enough of an issue for me to complain, honestly) I have no complaints about this phone. The 6P sounds like it'll be the perfect upgrade for me. Just gotta wait 5 months

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Yes.

 

[nrfitchett4]

Yes.

Stop trolling and post your review already!

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[Derek_B]

Yes.

My choice for my next phone... validated!