After reading all these glowingly positive reviews for the Note 7 it just has me wondering. Does having latest version of Android really matter anymore when a device is this good?
Once you get over "stock Android over everything", a large world opens up to you.
Well if you say, so I suppose.
Tell me something please.. What possessed you to go with a developers phone to begin with?
I've never really understood the folks who buy a Nexus who somehow expected to be dazzled and amazed..
Well this year I don't care about the Note and nothing could sway me to buy one.. Sure I would use one if given to me, but I won't purchase one..
Go ahead and be dazzled with the new note if this makes you feel better about it.. It's your money... But I won't be suckered again by their fancy commercials or being pushed by some sites..
Not necessarily. I've tried other OEM and I always come back to a Nexus.
So you're less interested in the Nexus brand because of the new Note 7...?
Well if you say, so I suppose.
Tell me something please.. What possessed you to go with a developers phone to begin with?
If having the latest and greatest " Next" big thing is what you really want, the Nexus line has never been this...
I've never really understood the folks who buy a Nexus who somehow expected to be dazzled and amazed.. It's never been about this aspect, although from the leaks on the new ones coming out this year it seems to be going that way.. But it shouldn't be IMHO... It's always been about having the purest os free of any carriers influence and a work horse of a device that can be used for developing the roms and mods.. Granted they are getting better on the specs and experience with the software but it's still a developer phone..
Well this year I don't care about the Note and nothing could sway me to buy one.. Sure I would use one if given to me, but I won't purchase one..
This year I will be buying a Nexus phone because I am flat fed up with the carriers offerings and want to tweak mine like days of old.. I want the latest version which the note won't really see soon and when it does finally find it's way onto it, it will already be behind and so changed and locked down I wouldn't be able to make it mine..
Go ahead and be dazzled with the new note if this makes you feel better about it.. It's your money... But I won't be suckered again by their fancy commercials or being pushed by some sites..
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That's fine for you. I've seen enough people ask "where is feature x?" when switching from Nexus to Samsung or any other OEM.
I'd argue that the Nexus hasn't been a developer's phone since the Nexus One.
You make a good point. The attraction to the Nexus was the stock Android, bloat-free experience that continues to be one of the best out there.
However, I must remind you that Nexus devices are sold to consumers on the Google Store so they aren't exactly developer devices. Maybe they're used by developers but if they were exclusively developer phones Google would only be selling them through the developer program I.e. you'd have to register to be a developer.
With branding used like Nexus Imprint and Nexus Protect (I'm pretty sure branding is not used to entice developers - they would presumably go for the hardware platform) as well as the product page talking about its design, camera, etc then you can very clearly see that they are trying to sell the phone to mainstream consumers, albeit not very well.
The point really is the hype of the Note 7 is so unprecedented that it's making me wonder whether or not it's even worth waiting for the new Nexus devices. I have Nougat on my 6P and most of the features, while good, aren't all that ground breaking, so I kind of know what to expect.
On top of that, based on the leaks I don't see the new Nexus devices being all that interesting. The 6P to me is a very unique and special device. The camera visor on top makes it look so very unique, and its price in the US was simply unbeatable considering what you got, but with the rise of the SD820 as well as Samsung making incredible devices this year, the benefits of stock Android are becoming slimmer.
TL;DR I love my Nexus 6P and stock android but with hardware like the N7 it's becoming ever difficult to justify the benefits of having one.
Once carriers start selling them, it's no longer just a developer phone.Actually that would be a futile argument.. Here.. It's a little dated but relevant nevertheless..
http://www.howtogeek.com/139391/htg-explains-why-android-geeks-buy-nexus-devices/
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Looks like a rhetorical question since you seem to have decided that the Note 7 is already the next best thing to perfect.Does having latest version of Android really matter anymore when a device is this good?
Once carriers start selling them, it's no longer just a developer phone.
It doesn't matter if any of the carriers sell it.. It's still considered a developer's phone.
Exclusivity isn't a requirement here,because anyone can become a developer, and learn how to make mods..
The Nexus phone has always been a desirable phone for a lot of people for a lot of reasons and many even today cannot afford to pay full price for the device and subsidize the device to own it and the availability on the carriers are proof of them wanting to cash in on it..nothing more.
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Tell that to the developers... The Nexus is still the reference device for most every major custom ROM.I'd argue that the Nexus hasn't been a developer's phone since the Nexus One.
That's cool I guess. Custom ROMs have their place but app developers probably need Nexus phones more than ROM developers.Tell that to the developers... The Nexus is still the reference device for most every major custom ROM.