Had all the Nexus models so far and still have the Nexus 6 as my work phone and now i bought 2 Nexus 6P and moved from my iPhone 6+ as the camera finally supposed to be as good on Nexus as apple, but... in reality, not really, pictures are often unsharp and constantly dark, funny enough the auto edit in Google photos almost fixes this, but why could it not be standard settings, if its the standard setting for auto fix?
My biggest problem of changing from apple to Google (again again) was to convince family, wife and kids to give up on apple iMessage and FaceTime and damn they where right, halleluja Google Hangouts sucks big times, missed calls, calls wont end, quality is mostly poor and unstable. On top of that the Nexus 6P has its own problems, both my wife's and my new Nexus 6P has the famous microphone problem with the "confused" back side noise cancelling microphone and sound is low and useless on the receiving part (I sure hope its not a hardware failure). On top of this the video is way to much zoomed in during Hangouts in the receiving end, but the small preview video still shows correct? (this zoom failure also exist in the way better messenger app from FaceBook, (but my ADHD likes all apps to be Google only and i hope they one day will fix it, rumours say they are working on a fully new version, crossing fingers)).
However, If the microphone issue is not fixed with an update soon we have to abandon the Nexus 6P as it simply doesn't work as a serious working tool for us.
And why o why is it that Google cant figure out to position power and volume buttons intelligently, so that you can use the phone as a "real" camera now that they finally managed to get a decent camera installed, i dont know how many times i have missed a photo opportunity by powering off the phone or turning up or down the volumen. (Do these guys even sit at a production meeting and play around, simulate taking a photo, before go ahead with production? who is responsible for such silly decisions?)
Charmingly enough we also have the same Bluetooth problems like many others, I have fully given up using it in cars as it constantly disconnects.
Its funny to think how the Android fan boys would have attacked apple and "enjoyed" if they had released phones with so many problems, but it seems nobody really mentioned it anywhere besides the frustrations on the forums.
On the positive side, the phone is beautifully build (and no round back like the N6, making it impossible to lay down and work), I love all the clean Google apps (hate all the Samsung HTC spam versions), screen is amazing, most of the time the phone is fast, does restart once and a while, stutters sometimes, but i guess that's the android geek trademark. And the ultra fast finger scanner is cleverly positioned on the back, I didn't think it would be so handy, but wow its amazing, I will now insist on this feature on my future Phones.
I for sure have left appel (and WP especially) for good for the Google "walled garden" my expensive MacBook's and iMacs are gone and I enjoy the simplicity of my Chrome Books and Boxes, Chrome cast, I sold our apple watches and have just got the Huawei Google wear watch, really like the way it looks and works instead of the silly square appe watch, and Google Fit is great and its great all data is saved in the cloud compared to you know who
Still the best Nexus so far and I really cross my fingers that Google soon releases an update that sorts out the microphone, Video Zoom, Bluetooth and Camera settings. Unfortunately no software update will ever move the power and volumen buttons to a more handy place, but maybe they get it fully right next time...
- already looking at ordering that Google Pixel C thing, to replace my iPad air 2 I just managed to sell, - but cant really figure out what Google wants with the Tablets, is it going to be Chrome or Android?
Though, I can't turn off the lights in my office to compare low-light, if I could, you'd see an interesting result.... I've found that the 6P might not expose pictures as bright as some of the other phones, but the quality of the image is much better. You pick up more subtle highlights, colors, clarity. I've checked the G4, S6, Note 5... those three were slightly brighter, but had more noise and didn't retain the depth of detail.
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