HTC Nexus Marlin Specs

[anon(5506951)]

All these Nexus 6p users not really going to upgrade And here I am dragging along with my old Nexus 5 ready to give my money away for the Marlin lmfao

I'd sooner get the Axon 7, if only it ran stock Android, and had the same capacity battery as both the 6P and Marlin.

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[AllenRulz]

I'm just so ready for a bigger and better phone and especially a better battery. From my 2300mAh to the new 3450mAh, I'm sure I'm going to see much better days.

 

[slave]

I will grab this over sailfish if it is smaller than the 6P. If it's the same size, I will just get the soon to be cheaper 6P.

 

[AllenRulz]

I will grab this over sailfish if it is smaller than the 6P. If it's the same size, I will just get the soon to be cheaper 6P.

It is I believe. Isn't the 6p 5.7? The Marlin is 5.5. I just asked my friend at work to see his Samsung s7 again so I could get a feel for it because I've never owned a phone that size. It's awesome. Not bad at all.

 

[slave]

It is I believe. Isn't the 6p 5.7? The Marlin is 5.5. I just asked my friend at work to see his Samsung s7 again so I could get a feel for it because I've never owned a phone that size. It's awesome. Not bad at all.

It depends on those bezels eh? HTC doesn't have the smallest bezels.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

It depends on those bezels eh? HTC doesn't have the smallest bezels.

You can't judge a Nexus based on the other devices the OEM makes. The Nexus 9 was it's own device, as was the Nexus 5 and 4. The 6p does not look like other Huawei phones and neither does the 5x look like other LG phones.

Sure, there are some shared design elements, but that's pretty much true of any phone these days when compared to any other phone.

 

[slave]

You can't judge a Nexus based on the other devices the OEM makes. The Nexus 9 was it's own device, as was the Nexus 5 and 4. The 6p does not look like other Huawei phones and neither does the 5x look like other LG phones.

Sure, there are some shared design elements, but that's pretty much true of any phone these days when compared to any other phone.

I hope you are correct. Those renders say otherwise :/

 

[EMostafa]

HTC Nexus Marlin is good Smart Phone, nice shape.

 

[AllenRulz]

I can't wait for more info and pictures.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

I hope you are correct. Those renders say otherwise :/

Maybe it's already been said and I missed it, but what's the hangup with bezels? I have a Nexus 6p and S7 edge. The 6p seems to have fairly large bezels in comparison, but neither phone bothers me at all.

I also had an M8 that people complained about the bezels, but they never bothered me at all.

On the reverse, I had a G4 for a while that had much smaller bezels. I didn't actually notice a difference in daily use. Sure, I get the aesthetics, but functionally is there much of a difference?

 

[slave]

Maybe it's already been said and I missed it, but what's the hangup with bezels? I have a Nexus 6p and S7 edge. The 6p seems to have fairly large bezels in comparison, but neither phone bothers me at all.

I also had an M8 that people complained about the bezels, but they never bothered me at all.

On the reverse, I had a G4 for a while that had much smaller bezels. I didn't actually notice a difference in daily use. Sure, I get the aesthetics, but functionally is there much of a difference?

It adds a ton of room that didn't need to be there. I would live to one hand this phone, but even my 5X is hard to do that with, because the bezels.

 

[anon(5506951)]

I've been pretty vocal about my disappointment over the prospect of a bottom-firing speaker(s) on the Nexus Marlin this year, in favor of front stereo speakers. I was just in an AT&T store, however. I wanted to experience for myself the sound on the HTC 10 to see what it might be like on the Nexus.

While the store didn't have the 10, it did have the A9, which of course, has the bottom speaker . The sound through my Samsung headset was unreal. It was just richer and fuller in quality, even at the highest volume, which was very loud, but with no distortion at all. I definitely could tell a difference between it and the 6P at the highest volume. Call me convinced.

I love my 6P, but I can admit when I'm wrong. I'm no longer sour on a bottom- firing speaker, assuming HTC has control over the audio of the phone. Only in that case would those of us that value sound on a phone be convinced about not having the dual front stereo set up.

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[Aquila]

I've been pretty vocal about my disappointment over the prospect of a bottom-firing speaker(s) on the Nexus Marlin this year, in favor of front stereo speakers. I was just in an AT&T store, however. I wanted to experience for myself the sound on the HTC 10 to see what it might be like on the Nexus.

While the store didn't have the 10, it did have the A9, which of course, has the bottom speaker . The sound through my Samsung headset was unreal. It was just richer and fuller in quality, even at the highest volume, which was very loud, but with no distortion at all. I definitely could tell a difference between it and the 6P at the highest volume. Call me convinced.

I love my 6P, but I can admit when I'm wrong. I'm no longer sour on a bottom- firing speaker, assuming HTC has control over the audio of the phone. Only in that case would those of us that value sound on a phone be convinced about not having the dual front stereo set up.

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wow. That's a bit unexpected, I may need to go play with an A9.

 

[cbreze]

It's not important to me where the speakers are placed as much as it is how they sound. Bottom, front, sound quality is the deciding factor IMO. I don't think the two HTC 10's I played with sounded all that great.

 

[I Can Be Your Hero]

I've been pretty vocal about my disappointment over the prospect of a bottom-firing speaker(s) on the Nexus Marlin this year, in favor of front stereo speakers. I was just in an AT&T store, however. I wanted to experience for myself the sound on the HTC 10 to see what it might be like on the Nexus.

While the store didn't have the 10, it did have the A9, which of course, has the bottom speaker . The sound through my Samsung headset was unreal. It was just richer and fuller in quality, even at the highest volume, which was very loud, but with no distortion at all. I definitely could tell a difference between it and the 6P at the highest volume. Call me convinced.

I love my 6P, but I can admit when I'm wrong. I'm no longer sour on a bottom- firing speaker, assuming HTC has control over the audio of the phone. Only in that case would those of us that value sound on a phone be convinced about not having the dual front stereo set up.

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Not sure if I'm reading your post correctly, but you used your Samsung headset to listen to the audio from the A9? If that's the case, then it's got nothing to do with the bottom firing speaker.

As far the the Marlin/Sailfish goes - sure dual front-facing speakers is preferable (assuming the quality is good), but I can live with a bottom firing speaker I guess. It's annoying to cup your hand around, but I think there are bigger fish to fry when it comes to phones than just audio.

The Nexus 6P doesn't sound as good as the HTC One M7/M8/M9, so I personally don't care if the next Nexus phone(s) don't have front facing speakers - they never had best in class speakers anyway.

To me, the design is of more interest, and I can't say I'm sold on the design that leaked out on Android Police a week ago. Not sure why the back has a huge glass/plastic pane, the bezels in the renders do look quite large, considering there's no dual front-firing speakers and no fingerprint scanner at the front. I do like that there is no camera bulge, but that looks like a small win to me on a set of phones that...look like a bit of a mess to me.

Specs to me seem fine. Rumoured to now have the Snapdragon 821, which is fine. 4gb ram is plenty and the Marlin having a 5.5" screen a 3450mah battery sounds decent, though I don't know why they're unable to match the Galaxy S7 Edge's 3600mah. I'll put money on the 5.5" Nexus having larger dimensions than the Galaxy S7 Edge and yet still has a smaller battery capacity.

Won't know for certain until it's official, but that's my gut instinct. And while the design hasn't wow'd me, I didn't like the Nexus 6P design when it was leaked, but came to be ok with it once I got it.

 

[pappy35]

My only hangup is the fingerprint reader being on the back. While Samsung's are great devices, I am so sick of all their bloat and AT&T's delay in rolling out new software (I got MM last week!!!). I'm now really committed to finally having a Nexus device and am excited that it sounds like they are finally coming out with something that's a real challenger (the 6P was close but no OIS was deal breaker). I'll learn how to deal with the fingerprint reader on the back. I couldn't care less where the speakers are. If I want good sound I'll use headphones or BT to my home stereo or car.

 

[Aquila]

FPS on the back takes about 35 seconds to get used to then it's better.

 

[speedlever]

I've been following this Nexus discussion with interest. It's time to upgrade my aging Galaxy S/4-32GB i337. I've long been a fan of SD cards and removeable batteries (long live the Note4!). But I too am tired of depending on AT&T for Android and security updates. I'm stuck at 5.0.1 and know it will never go further. In addition, I suffer from the slowening and reboot at least once daily. App response delays have become frustrating never knowing if the app didn't recognize the button press or if it's just taking a while to respond.

I'm willing to give up SD card expansion as long as internal storage is sufficient. But the sealed battery is much more significant to me since I tend to keep phones longer. I'm also weary of the small 5 inch display of my current GS/4.

My iPad mini2-retina has bottom firing speakers and I frequently have to cup my hand around them if there's any ambient noise to speak of. This is a concern because I frequently use my speakerphone on my GS/4 (which actually has a back firing speaker). So I definitely prefer front firing speakers in this regard.

As usual, the question boils down to what features am I willing to give up to get timely Android and security updates?

A question for you Nexus owners: when you get an update (say from 5.x to 6.x), do you need to do a factory reset and reinstall and set up your apps? Or is it more like an iOS update where it just works after an update? I've never had a Nexus phone before.

I'm watching both the upcoming Nexus Marlin and the Note7. But if the Note7 only comes in an edge version, that will eliminate the Note7 for me. There are some other interesting phones coming, but the skinned Androids they come with do not interest me.

 

[gendo667]

A question for you Nexus owners: when you get an update (say from 5.x to 6.x), do you need to do a factory reset and reinstall and set up your apps? Or is it more like an iOS update where it just works after an update? I've never had a Nexus phone before.

No need to factory reset. Some like to do a wipe for a fresh start, but by no means is it necessary. Just update and you're good to go.

 

[speedlever]

Thanks. Good to know. I tend to be an app junkie which no doubt influences the slowening issue. But not having to do a FDR after an update is a plus!