Nexus 6 or wait for Motorola's Nexus 6 lookalike?

[imurrx]

The "OK Google now" does not work as smoothly or as interconnected as it was on the Moto X.

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[bpe4]

Going back to the original topic.... I think this BGR report is total bunk. I think the Nexus 6 is an extremely niche phone, and I don't believe Verizon is selling many of them. There's absolutely no reason for them to sell the Nexus 6 along with a new Droid-Branded version with slightly better specs. There's no business sense to it whatsoever. If anything, when VZW started selling the Nexus 6 in March it may have been a market test to see the demand for such a large phone. I don't have any real statistics, but I would imagine the sales figures would be fairly low.

 

[MoneyMike84]

My local Verizon was sold out of nexus 6 when I went to buy one. Had to go to another store to pick it up. So they may be selling pretty well.

 

[Powarun]

First store I went to was sold out, the second one on the other side of the city had two left and both became sold out when I was there.

 

[Shilohcane]

I don't understand what Moto is doing making a exclusive line of Droid phones for use only on Verizon. It isn't like Motorola is selling lots of phones other than the Moto G. It would be different if this Droid brand was just re-named Moto phones with minor skin features but these Droids are a complete new designs that take a lot of money to develop, build, market, distributed and get approved by the FCC. Maybe I am wrong but I see Moto selling the Droid phones as losing money with the exclusion of a much lager market of Non-Verizon customers. I would have purchased the Droid Maxx but I will never be a Verizon customer with the way they overcharge customers their service.

 

[JET4]

When I went to my Verizon store I got the last one in stock.

 

[dusoccer10]

I don't understand what Moto is doing making a exclusive line of Droid phones for use only on Verizon. It isn't like Motorola is selling lots of phones other than the Moto G. It would be different if this Droid brand was just re-named Moto phones with minor skin features but these Droids are a complete new designs that take a lot of money to develop, build, market, distributed and get approved by the FCC. Maybe I am wrong but I see Moto selling the Droid phones as losing money with the exclusion of a much lager market of Non-Verizon customers. I would have purchased the Droid Maxx but I will never be a Verizon customer with the way they overcharge customers their service.

Motorola is not losing money on the Droids. Verizon is paying them to build the phone. Verizon is in charge of marketing and distribution (this is why you cannot buy one from Motorola's website). The contract probably says that Motorola cannot sell a GSM one in the United States, but can in the rest of the world. This makes it fairly easy for Motorola to switch the bands and sell the Moto Maxx in Brazil and India since there is very little that needed to be changed.

People just need to remember the following:

Moto X = the phone Motorola wants to build (Motorola's Flagship)
Nexus 6 = the phone Google paid Motorola to build (Google's Flagship)
Droid Turbo = the phone Verizon paid Motorola to build (Verizon's Flagship)

All 3 phones are flagships built by Motorola for different companies.

 

[TurboHope]

Motorola is not losing money on the Droids. Verizon is paying them to build the phone. Verizon is in charge of marketing and distribution (this is why you cannot buy one from Motorola's website). The contract probably says that Motorola cannot sell a GSM one in the United States, but can in the rest of the world. This makes it fairly easy for Motorola to switch the bands and sell the Moto Maxx in Brazil and India since there is very little that needed to be changed.

People just need to remember the following:

Moto X = the phone Motorola wants to build (Motorola's Flagship)
Nexus 6 = the phone Google paid Motorola to build (Google's Flagship)
Droid Turbo = the phone Verizon paid Motorola to build (Verizon's Flagship)

All 3 phones are flagships built by Motorola for different companies.

You got it dead on!

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[fierro951]

I'm glad it seems to be actually selling. I call my local store a couple weeks ago and they said they had 2 on hand and not to worry about rushing in to buy one cause they're exactly the top seller. Probably just a fluke.

 

[BargainingJew]

My local Verizon was sold out of nexus 6 when I went to buy one. Had to go to another store to pick it up. So they may be selling pretty well.

Yes, you can definitely draw that conclusion from one single data point.

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[gmermel]

Hopefully they make a Moto X phablet. That would be best. Good hardware and all the goodness of the Moto X.

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I can see why some people would like those Moto add-ons. I had the Turbo for a week before getting the N, and I missed a couple of them. I also think Moto phones are so close to clean Google that if they put a bigger battery in there it would be a great phone.

I'm hoping they do that, because I don't ever want a smaller phone and everything points to the N7 or N6 (15), or what ever they call it will not be 6".

A MotoX phablet would keep both the screen size and the shape which I also love.......

 

[imurrx]

The two biggest issues with the Moto X (I had two different 2013 Xt1056 and xt1053de) was the battery and the woeful camera. The camera would take OK pictures but it was slow and had in low level lighting issues. Battery was all day for a limited surfing. The xt1056 would be done in 16 hours with 2 hours of screen time (mostly due to Sprint's network) but the xt1053de would be at 30% on AT&T.

I just don't understand why Motorola just does not just blow every one out of the water. The upcoming 2015 X will not be sporting the new snapdragon 820 but rather the 810. 2014 moto X still had marginal battery and crappy camera.

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[bpe4]

I'm glad it seems to be actually selling. I call my local store a couple weeks ago and they said they had 2 on hand and not to worry about rushing in to buy one cause they're exactly the top seller. Probably just a fluke.

I'm assuming you meant to say 'they're NOT exactly the top seller'. This sort of proves my point. For those of you that said they went into the store and the Nexus they bought might have been the last phone, or they had to go to another store to get one, I'm sure you didn't ask how many the store typically stocks. I would bet that each store probably gets 1 or 2 a week (if not less), and they probably sell less than 4-5 a month. Which backs Fierro's store comment. Compare this with the S6 or S6 edge which I'm sure they're receiving 100+ a week in stock and selling close to that amount. (I won't mention the iPhones because we all know how they sell).

The Nexus 6 is a niche phone... period. How many have you seen in the wild? Personally, I think I spotted one in 5 months. There's no way VZW would green light a Droid version of this phone.