"djmt1" (djmt1)
07/02/2015 at 10:45 • Filed to: None
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It’s on sale right now in the UK and due to using a faulty charger for about 6 months the health of my OnePlus One’s battery has been reduced rather notably. As a result, I have been considering buying a new phone. So what is it like to handle, how’s the battery life, etc.
KirkyV
> djmt1
07/02/2015 at 10:54 |
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I’ve heard nothing but good things, as long as you’re alright with the size. Even your OnePlus would be too big for me, though, so I’ve no personal experience. My Nexus 5’s great, though.
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> djmt1
07/02/2015 at 10:56 |
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I have been at a toss up between this, the LG G4, and the Asus Zenfone 2
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djmt1
> R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
07/02/2015 at 11:00 |
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I was about to buy an LG G3 but literally as I was pressing the order button on Amazon I got an email saying I could buy a OnePlus One. So if the LG were to have a price drop I would consider it but I’m not buying phone for £500 anymore.
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djmt1
> KirkyV
07/02/2015 at 11:04 |
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That is my biggest concern. My OnePlus is at my limit when it comes to size but then again, I’ve said that before. Also I tend to avoid betas like the plague and given the nature of Nexus phones I feel like I will beta testing a lot of new versions of Android. That said have you had any problems with new versions of Android.
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KirkyV
> djmt1
07/02/2015 at 11:23 |
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I wouldn’t worry too much about the beta thing—it’s very rare that an update with significant bugs actually makes it to consumer release, though as with any OS, there’s always a chance. The Nexus phones are considered dev hardware, but the actual in-testing software releases are something you have to root for, and install yourself. Everything that comes to the phone automatically is intended for consumers. If you think about it, it’s exactly how Apple handles the iPhone and iOS betas.
That said, I did have a couple of issues with the initial release of 5.0 Lollipop, though they were patched pretty quickly - quick updates are, after all, part of what people buy Nexus phones for - and didn’t really represent anything more drastic than an inconvenience.
The first, and most annoying, was a memory leak that meant I got a lot more Chrome tab reloads than I’d like, and the odd homescreen redraw. The second wasn’t actually a bug, but a poorly implemented feature: there wasn’t originally a way to dismiss ‘heads up’ notifications without also removing them from the notification tray, which caused me all sorts of trouble because I’m forgetful as anything, and like to let notifications build up in the tray until I’ve got a moment to deal with them.
Overall, though, they were pretty minor problems, and didn’t persist for too long. I’m planning to replace my N5 with the rumoured ‘Nexus 5 II’ that LG’s supposedly working on at the mo, so I’m still very happy with the experience the brand’s given me overall. It’ll be my third Nexus phone—or fourth, if you count my old rooted HTC Desire, which was essentially a Nexus One.
scoob
> djmt1
07/02/2015 at 11:25 |
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What are you looking for?
Big screen, features, battery life, etc? Or just something new?
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djmt1
> scoob
07/02/2015 at 11:31 |
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Good Battery life and speakers.
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djmt1
> KirkyV
07/02/2015 at 11:35 |
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If they are modelling the new Nexus phone on the G4 then I will wait too. I’ve always wanted to know what it is like to live with the back buttons.
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KirkyV
> djmt1
07/02/2015 at 11:38 |
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I believe that’s the idea, though it’ll likely have a slightly smaller screen. There’s a decent chance they’ll dump the back buttons for the Nexus, though. The Nexus 5 was, internal hardware-wise, quite closely related to the LG G2, and yet it had ordinary buttons, and a rather different external design in general.
buford-t-justice
> djmt1
07/02/2015 at 11:42 |
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If you can hold off for the new nexus 5, or the xiaomi (SP?) 5
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> djmt1
07/02/2015 at 11:46 |
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I have one and I like it, the battery lasts about a day of me streaming music over LTE while I work. The speakers themselves aren’t too bad and will substatute for blue tooth speakers in a pinch.
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djmt1
> KirkyV
07/02/2015 at 11:46 |
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I just read that Huawei is confirmed to be the new hardware partner. Not sure how I feel about that.
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djmt1
> buford-t-justice
07/02/2015 at 11:51 |
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Not to sure I want import a phone from China again.
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scoob
> djmt1
07/02/2015 at 11:51 |
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HTC One M9 perhaps? I don’t know about battery life/updates but they are known for their great speakers.
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KirkyV
> djmt1
07/02/2015 at 11:51 |
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There are believe to be two new hardware partners. Huawei will be building the Nexus 6’s phablet successor, while LG will handle the new 5.
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djmt1
> scoob
07/02/2015 at 11:54 |
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Crappy Cameras though. The lens on my M7 actually melted and yeah I can confirm that the speakers are amazing, so much better than anyone else.
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djmt1
> KirkyV
07/02/2015 at 11:57 |
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Got a source for that as I’m getting Huawei everywhere for the new Nexus 5.
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KirkyV
> djmt1
07/02/2015 at 12:00 |
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http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/26/lg-…
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/google/google-…
There’s a bunch of speculation on the topic, but most of the sites I read seem to think that two new devices, one from LG and one from Huawei, is the most likely outcome. There isn’t going to be a new Nexus tablet this year, apparently because they’ve decided that two phones, instead of a tablet and a phone, is the way to go.
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scoob
> djmt1
07/02/2015 at 12:00 |
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Used S6 maybe?
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djmt1
> scoob
07/02/2015 at 12:03 |
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Nah, way too much money.