Interested in the 6P

[sp44]

Is this your first Samsung?

Also I see you have a Nexus 6 in your profile pic. It took you two phones to figure out that pure android is boring?

 

[Lepa79]

Is this your first Samsung?

No, I had note 3 and 4 before making the jump to Nexus. Had nexus 6, 6p, and still have 5x.

Pure android is a pleasure to use and I love it. I left Samsung because of touchwize lag BUT Samsung came a long way in the last year or so and touchwize is not the lagy skin it used to be. Note 5 screams fast and smooth as my 6p was. My note 4 was a disaster and that's why I left. Note 5 won me back just last month.

 

[chezm]

Only thing 6p has over note 5 is software. Note 5 excells in everything else to be honest. I ditched my 6p for note 5. Phone runs fast and smooth. Pure android becomes boring after a while.

Software play a bigger part than I realized in the past. Pure Android boring? I guess if you use all the additional extras Samsung crams in their oem build...me I never used that extra stuff and found it personally useless.

You've become quite the activist for Samsung since selling your 6P...glad youre thoroughly enjoying your note 5. don't be surprised if many of us disagree with you about Samsung or when you keep downplaying the 6P...I mean this is the 6P forum

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[Lepa79]

Software play a bigger part than I realized in the past. Pure Android boring? I guess if you use all the additional extras Samsung crams in their oem build...me I never used that extra stuff and found it personally useless.

You've become quite the activist for Samsung since selling your 6P...glad youre thoroughly enjoying your note 5. don't be surprised if many of us disagree with you about Samsung or when you keep downplaying the 6P...I mean this is the 6P forum

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Fair enough

Both great phones, more power to consumers to choose as they wish. After all, "Be together, not the same", right?
https://youtu.be/UYxpX3N20qU

 

[mogelijk]

Only thing 6p has over note 5 is software. Note 5 excells in everything else to be honest. I ditched my 6p for note 5. Phone runs fast and smooth. Pure android becomes boring after a while.

Hardware, spen, camera, and display are just top of the line and beats every phone out there. Makes the phone a pleasure to hold and use. Love the camera, it's very important to me.

I can't agree that pure Android is boring. I can see maybe that it is vanilla, and then you can add your own toppings but because of that it has potential to be most any flavor you want. My issue with Samsung (as an example) is that it comes in mocha flavor only, great if you like it but you are stuck with that flavor..

 

[rong21]

Hey AC!

I am currently rocking an iPhone 6s Plus. And I have had the Note 3 and Note 5 awhile ago which I did not enjoy due to TouchWiz being TouchWiz.

I have always wanted to try stock Android, and I have a question in mind. Is it still worth getting a Nexus 6P at this point in time? I heard that there's an overheating issue with the 810 and that the camera can slow down in performance. Also, what's video recording like without OIS?

Really looking forward to trying stock Android

It will be my secondary phone along my iPhone.

Thank you in advance!

I have the 6S+ and 6P, also the S7 Edge.

Haven't had the 6S+ long but will say go the 6P route. You won't regret it. Same size as the 6S+. I have never experienced heating but am not a heavy user. It's still worth buying in my opinion.You will enjoy the experience, None of the extra crap carrier phones plop on.

Battery life is much better on the 6P with Android 7 Beta but no where close to the battery standby of the 6S+.

 

[torbach1]

I have the 6S+ and 6P, also the S7 Edge.

Haven't had the 6S+ long but will say go the 6P route. You won't regret it. Same size as the 6S+. I have never experienced heating but am not a heavy user. It's still worth buying in my opinion.You will enjoy the experience, None of the extra crap carrier phones plop on.

Battery life is much better on the 6P with Android 7 Beta but no where close to the battery standby of the 6S+.

Interesting. I've found standby time with Nougat Preview 5 to be comparable to my iPhone 6 Plus.

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[MDMcAtee]

Interesting. I've found standby time with Nougat Preview 5 to be comparable to my iPhone 6 Plus.

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That is good to hear.. I hope I can achieve that when mine comes in..

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[rong21]

Interesting. I've found standby time with Nougat Preview 5 to be comparable to my iPhone 6 Plus.

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not with mine. My 6S+ standby time is much better. No idea why

 

[mogelijk]

Are you running Android Nougat?

 

[rong21]

yes ans standby on my 6S+ is still better

 

[sp44]

I have the Note 5 and 6P still. 6P with no sim card and 7.0 lost 2% battery overnight. The Note on 6.0 with sim in it lost 4%. I would say that's pretty close to an iPhone!

 

[pankaj981]

For comparison purposes, my 950XL with the same processor but W10M ran slightly warmer than the 6P running Marshmallow and now Nougat. Battery life is also better overall with my constant or TBH sightly higher usage in the 6P.

 

[rong21]

Interesting. I've found standby time with Nougat Preview 5 to be comparable to my iPhone 6 Plus.

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Going to switch to my 6P this weekend and update to the release and test battery life again just to see how much different. I'm normally a light user, some days are heavy.

Took my 6S+ off the charger at 6am and now at almost 2pm am down to 97%.

My 6P with the beta would be down to around 89%.

In the grand scheme of things that's not a huge difference.

 

[sp44]

I don't think my 6S+ ever had that great of battery life. It was great but not 3% while using it for 8 hours. That's crazy. Like not using it at all crazy.

 

[rong21]

I don't think my 6S+ ever had that great of battery life. It was great but not 3% while using it for 8 hours. That's crazy. Like not using it at all crazy.

That's because I was at work ant it basically sat in standby.

 

[TripleOne]

Thank you for your replies!

I'm contemplating whether to get the 6P now or wait for the new Nexus. I am super duper tempted to try stock Android

A 32GB 6P is around $599 AUD right now

To those that own a 6s Plus, is the 6P larger? From what I know, it is lighter than the 6s Plus. And does the chamfered edges on the 6P lose its look over time (like the chamfered edges on the iPhone 5)?

Cheers

 

[Ev0d3vil]

Thank you for your replies!

I'm contemplating whether to get the 6P now or wait for the new Nexus. I am super duper tempted to try stock Android

A 32GB 6P is around $599 AUD right now

To those that own a 6s Plus, is the 6P larger? From what I know, it is lighter than the 6s Plus. And does the chamfered edges on the 6P lose its look over time (like the chamfered edges on the iPhone 5)?

Cheers

The 6s plus is smaller than the nexus.

 

[pappy35]

Yes. The 6S+ is slightly smaller but not enough that it matters. I hold my wife's 6S+ and it feels just like my 6P. I could break out my calipers but I can't really tell any difference unless I have them both in hand.

 

[neo905]

The 6s plus is smaller than the nexus.

The screen is smaller on the 6S+ which is pretty sad considering the 6P has front facing speakers that make the top and bottom longer.