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[Nexus 6  General] Batfink33:
Carphone Warehouse. Some of them would only sell me it on contract but one of them sold it to me sim free. It was announced on the Thursday evening and I went into a few of their stores in my City and one of them said they had them in stock and would sell it to me on the Friday.
[Nexus 6  General] Dr Faustus:
AT&T sells them direct now? I think Sprint does sometimes but that I did not know.

Its also worth noting that Google Play is likely the Cheapest Option for obtaining the device. While T-Mobile and Best Buy might sell it there is no reassurance that it will be the same price as what Google Play is offering.

Another thing to note for those buying the N6 on Contract (such as T-Mo customers and the like) While the introductory price might seem cheaper and attractive compared to the total price of the N6 from Google DIrect (Google Play) the final price through T-Mo will likely be Significantly Higher than Google Play would be. They charge the initial down payment cheaper for the device and will spread out the remaining payments $20 for 24 months with the final price being $150+ MORE than the original Google Play price for the device.

I used to work for T-Mobile and can tell you straight out how this works. That is why I am personally gunning for the Play Store direct release and you should too if you want the N6!
[Nexus 6  General] Stigga:
Interesting. Hopefully there is a store in NYC that sells it the next day.
[Nexus 6  General] Batfink33:
I remember in the run up to the announcement last year, staff in stores were posting pics of the N5 boxes etc. I haven't seen anything like that this year which makes me think it won't released until the end of the month :(
[Nexus 6  General] selayan:
Yea its good to note that best buy and any other carrier selling the nexus 6 will spread these payments out over a contract. Best and least expensive way to get one is directly from Google. Best buy will probably hike up the price too.

I hope I won't have any issues with it on metro pcs since they now use tmobile new towers in my area.
[Nexus 6  General] sgloki77:
just passed by a verizon store at lunch to take a look at the new moto x, and I gotta say it has a nice premium feel, the interesting thing is the sales guy told me that they(verizon) is going to sell the nexus 6 in november, $450 for a 32gb, I responded, "are you sure is not the droid turbo?" and he said "no, nexus 6"

anyway if the shamu is really a larger moto x, this phone is gonna be awesome
[Nexus 6  General] stevew84:
Not only larger, but a better quality screen (resolution) and higher end specs.

I need to check out verizon to hold the Moto X because I'm torn between the two. Also when using my G3 back to back with my M7 or now dead Nexus 5, I can't tell the difference in screen quality what so ever. 1080p seems to mate with the 5-5.2" perfectly, just as the 1440p goes with the 5.5 and hopefully 5.9" perfectly.
[Nexus 6  General] mobbarley:
Ok, screw it, I'm going to get this phone. OPO size is awesome, I think I can take another tenth of an inch
[Nexus 6  General] oskimon:
That's what she said.
[Nexus 6  General] mobbarley:
Bazinga!
[Nexus 6  General] Stigga:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2014/10/14/nexus-9-to-launch-tomorrow-and-will-be-the-first-device-to-run-android-l/
[Nexus 6  General] selayan:
I hope the bands will be able to pick up 4g from mvno carriers as well.
[Nexus 6  General] Batfink33:
Quote from the Forbes article....

"Instead the new tablet, and a new smartphone made by Motorola, will be launched via a blog post tomorrow."
[Nexus 6  General] Stigga:
I know I posted the article but it sounds sketchy and is poorly written. Particularly saying both devices will have expandable memory.
[Nexus 6  General] DrunkFuX666:
So for those who haven't yet seen the full render, here it is...

I'm liking the design... Its just the size I'm a little worried about...

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 6  General] meangreenie:
yeah great design..
[Nexus 6  General] nithin1992:
I really hope they have an event for Android L and nexus 6 release, I'm sure there are thousands of people like us waiting to watch Google show them off, Live!
[Nexus 6  General] donnyp1:
http://www.businessinsider.com/google-nexus-6-9-leaks-video-2014-10

Interesting
[Nexus 6  General] hrishikeshgramani:
When will they unveil these devices?
[Nexus 6  General] freesoul27:
Exactly what i thought while reading this article
[Nexus 6  General] jasonleb1:
Does anybody have a good RSS feeder or something of the like for getting push notifications for the google blog post on the phone? I'd rather not have to sit at my computer F5'ing all day for something that may not even happen.
[Nexus 6  General] david279:
Supposed to be tomorrow
[Nexus 6  General] tweaked:
Wow if that is it I am out. I'll keep the N5. :) You guys who think that looks good might need glasses.
[Nexus 6  General] sgloki77:
soon!
[Nexus 6  General] Henrock11:
I think he was referring to both tablets (WiFi and LTE) having expandable memory. That's how I understood it.
[Nexus 6  General] Stigga:
What does expandable memory for LTE and Wifi mean?
[Nexus 6  General] selayan:
What is it suppose to look like. We don't even know what it looks like in a live photo or in someone's hand. It doesn't look bigger than the note 4.
[Nexus 6  General] tweaked:
If it bulges in the middle and slopes on each end like in the render, it wont matter to me how it looks in a live photo. I dont like it. Its not about the size. Its plain and ugly.

You can still like it. Ugly phones need love too! :cowboy:
[Nexus 6  General] selayan:
I don't think it will slope like that. I think that's just how the render is. It doesn't look bulging in the middle to me. Still want to see high quality photos but since it will be a blog post announcement I'm not sure we will get that.
[Nexus 6  General] tweaked:
Im still watchin. But if it looks like that Im ok with waiting till next Nov. I don't usually buy phones every year anyways. Hell If I hadn't of dropped my N4 I still wouldn't have upgraded to the n5.
[Nexus 6  General] mobbarley:
Just personal preference I guess, but I thought the N5 was the most plain jane phone i've had lately.
[Nexus 6  General] Dr. Krieger:
What is the Google blog that the article on Forbes is referring to?
[Nexus 6  General] selayan:
Neither do I but I need to save money and leave Verizon. Plus I'm getting sick of my m7. I really am enjoying a pure android os though and that's what I like..the dev community will be good for phones like this.
[Nexus 6  General] david279:
[MENTION=494185]LlabTooFeR[/MENTION]: Tomorrow we are gonna see new Nexus table made by HTC. So much time have passed since HTC Flyer...

https://twitter.com/LlabTooFeR/status/522061734518194176
[Nexus 6  General] stevew84:
When I think of expandable memory, I'm thinking of adding RAM like in a PC.
[Nexus 6  General] nigelhealy:
The bigger the phone the more it suffers from pocket placement, but that is eased by a sloped back thinner top+bottom so it can make best use of the bottom of the pocket. That aspect of the design is practical from a pocket perpectice. But bad from an engineering perspective as you're forcing less internal volume, harder to fit in battery. Torsional strength is significantly weakened with a thinner top+bottom. Also explains why the camera is so far down so it not sticking out.

You can't really judge aesthetics from renders, got to hold+use really.

My hope is they announce a decent 5" option, it doesn't have to a launch-now event, but a roadmap statement. I recently got a used N5 to tied me over til the next N5 I'm guessing April/May now withArm V8-A on a phone with a decent long software support life, is the next thing. The jump down to 20nm tech from the end-of-line 805 28nm will make big battery life improvement, needed more in the smaller phone as it necessitates smaller battery. Combining with Android L and the next months to tune+debug, should double battery life, and finally resolve the battery life problem.

To those who like bigger phones, and know you will actually like 6" phone - enjoy! Hope you get your orders in fast!

I can't predict the price. Nexus should = $400 but its bigger than a Moto X = $600. Finger-in-air total guess is $450 for 32GB. Should know tomorrow.
[Nexus 6  General] anthonyg45157:
I hope youre right! A moto made nexus on verizons network would be stellar. Even if they do ruin the update timeframe...
[Nexus 6  General] tweaked:
I wish multiple companies could make a Nexus. I hate that there is only one nexus phone to choose. Google really needs to get like 4 or 5 companies to make one each year. It would be amazing from a consumer stand point.
[Nexus 6  General] selayan:
Was there any statement at what time tomorrow they will release an announcement?
[Nexus 6  General] Henrock11:
Yea I'm thinking he meant expandable storage.
[Nexus 6  General] stevew84:
If that is the case, there shouldn't be different variants by storage size...which means one price.
[Nexus 6  General] bloot:
Wi-Fi version => 16GB

LTE version => 32GB

Both expandable.
[Nexus 6  General] stevew84:
Is saying "wifi version" another way of saying "no LTE speeds"?

I don't get what that means, but whatever, as long as I have LTE and wifi I'm good.
[Nexus 6  General] LNJ:
It would be nice if Google mandated 5 manufacturers to make spec identical devices but with their own unique physical design.

That way the roms will be identical but physically look different!

HTC One M8
[Nexus 6  General] selayan:
WiFi version only works on wifi. You don't need to add it to your cell phone data plan. I thought this was standard among many tablets.

Not sure why WiFi would only be 16gb and the lte which also has WiFi come in at 32gb..doesn't make sense.
[Nexus 6  General] bloot:
The wi-fi version won't have SIM slot, so no mobile data connection just wi-fi.
[Nexus 6  General] nigelhealy:
I think Google is being squeezed by 16GB being too little, ART occupies even more storage, and 64GB too much (for Google's philosophy) so 32GB only.

In the past there was a real % cost between 8/16 or 16/32 now I think not 16/32 and I don't see Google offering 32/64, the hassle vs cost isn't worthwhile, so they just offer 32GB. However if Google did drop the notion of "cloud" then a 64GB would be very popular. Bigger screens tend to pull more media.

Personally I have an old ARM server running Linux and Apache, it downloads BBC via get_iplayer, it has script to then ssh wget commands to my Android tablets and Linux desktop to make them pull files, so I got all the latest BBC as mp4, 1GB/hour 720p. My Linux desktop then does ffmpeg squish to 250MB/hr which syncs with the phone. Commercial-free and cheap.

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I agree it can look illogical but if you think it way:

Wifi-only, Wifi is generally faster, connect to broadband, more reliable, at home with NAS storage and largely unlimited downloads, so you tend to need less local storage

LTE is generally slower (real world, not the odd on speedtest peak), most cost-effective plans have limited data, is less reliable on average, so you tend to consume more local media you stored when at home on Wif

To those who like to have a counter argument go back and observe the word "tend" I'm not saying everything for everyone, yes I know those who pay a lot/month can claim to have decent fast LTE but they cost a lot more/month. I pay $63/month for 4 handsets sharing 10GB.
[Nexus 6  General] md1008:
I think that was the concept of google play edition, the problem is that HTC or Samsung would never cannibalize their own phones to Google. I am sure they would rather us use Sense or Touchwiz.

My opinion is that GPE is short lived. Samsung didn't bother. Only m8 and moto G 1st edition remains last I checked. Maybe android Silver will see the light of day
[Nexus 6  General] stevew84:
You know there was a Galaxy S4 and HTC One M7 GPE, right?

https://play.google.com/store/devic...oogle_Play_edition?id=samsung_galaxy_s4&hl=en

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/HTC_One_2013_Google_Play_edition?id=htc_one&hl=en
[Nexus 6  General] gtalum:
Google Blog
[Nexus 6  General] Batfink33:
I feel its like Xmas eve. Nexmas Eve!
[Nexus 6  General] Jimlarck:
Where's the notification light?
[Nexus 6  General] Stigga:
How likely do you think there will be a 64gb version?
[Nexus 6  General] jasonleb1:
If the rumors of the Nexus 9 coming in 16/32 gb are true, not very.
[Nexus 6  General] Stigga:
That would be upsetting I am coming from a 64gb iPhone and struggle to keep available memory. How does android handle memory compared to iOS? Is the need for more space less or more?
[Nexus 6  General] Dr. Krieger:
Thanks a lot.

Very likely in my opinion, since 16 seems to be out of the picture, for what concerns the Nexus 6.
[Nexus 6  General] kenjiwing:
Whats a good app to page watch and keep a eye on it as soon as it goes live?

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Memory and storage are two completely different things
[Nexus 6  General] Stigga:
Meant storage
[Nexus 6  General] selayan:
My m7 has blink feed so I keep endgadget and other tech sites on there. You could always keep an eye out here I'm sure links will be posted.
[Nexus 6  General] thisisdan26:
I've been reading that it will have expandable microSD? For some reason I don't believe that, unless they put out one model of the phone at 16GB
[Nexus 6  General] kenjiwing:
I dont think there has ever been a SD slot in a Nexus so dont get your hopes up.
[Nexus 6  General] C0dy:
The only Nexus device with a micro SD card slot was the Nexus One.
[Nexus 6  General] thisisdan26:
Yeah I am very doubtful. I can't find much for pricing out there? Are we thinking similar to the N5?
[Nexus 6  General] abdel12345:
Hopefully, but with leaked specs I'm guessing there's gonna be a 50$ bump up in price for both storage options

Sent from my LG-VS980
[Nexus 6  General] thisisdan26:
Yeah good point. I guess as long as the Galaxy line and iPhones keep retailing for around $700-$800 the Nexus' will still be "affordable" in comparison.
[Nexus 6  General] Dr. Krieger:
No, the article that mentioned expandable storage was referring to the Nexus 9.
[Nexus 6  General] nigelhealy:
OTG storage. I got 64GB for $20 and its tiny keyring type size. Plug in to USB socket and if formatted FAT it works immediately, vFAT usually involves some customization such as a new kernel.
[Nexus 6  General] Stigga:
Interesting. I will have to look into how that works. Thanks.
[Nexus 6  General] abdel12345:
But that's really annoying on a phone. I wouldn't want to have to keep plugging it in and out and I Definitely wouldn't leave it in the whole time. I tried one on my nexus 5 and it just wasn't working for me. On a tablet I see it as being fine though since I wouldn't mind leaving it plugged in there all the time

Sent from my LG-VS980
[Nexus 6  General] kangxi:
Make use of cloud services. Google Drive, music, auto upload, etc.

Never ran out of storage and don't have to worry about losing your data or making sure you have backups.
[Nexus 6  General] ChazzMatt:
Right. No SD card memory on Nexus devices.
[Nexus 6  General] galaxys:
Well now things are cooking since we have a Nexus 6 XDA section! ;)

Let the games begin and enjoy the ride future Nexus6 owners! :)
[Nexus 6  General] DrunkFuX666:
For those suggesting a external SD card on the Nexus devices, saying its unlikely is a huge understatement.

When there was much commotion about no expandable storage in the Galaxy Nexus and on, Google was very clear about their reasons not to Include the expandable storage option.

From what I remember, that reason mainly revolved around security issues, and now considering all the encryption and other security/privacy enhancing features, its close to nothing to actually get expandable storage again on the nexi.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 6  General] msal:
Is Google Wallet the only way to purchase from Google? I just went to check my Google Wallet info and I'm getting this:

"Uh oh. There was a problem.

We couldn't start your purchase because of a technical issue.

Details of the problem below:

We were unable to verify your account information. Please visit wallet.google.com/manage in order to resolve this issue."

Does anyone know what this is about?
[Nexus 6  General] Infekxion:
That's what I do. I pay $9.99 a month for 1TB of Drive storage and then I have my 15 free from Google and 50 for owning the 2013 Moto X. No amount of mobile expandable storage could hold what I have in there and I don't trust SD cards after my 128 GB became corrupted from a sudden power loss. I also have a subscription for Play Music.

Sent from my Hammerhead
[Nexus 6  General] selayan:
It could depend on what you are purchasing? You can use PayPal for apps but wallet for devices. I was able to add a card to my wallet. Haven't tried buying anything yet.
[Nexus 6  General] Dr Faustus:
So, who here thinks it will be released on the announcement day? Who here thinks it will go up as a pre-order but will ship on the 1st of November?
[Nexus 6  General] ChazzMatt:
Not since the first nexus phone. On any nexus device.
[Nexus 6  General] selayan:
Too many sites I've read said it will go on sale in November. But if it does release tomorrow or a day later we may as well be screwed because it will sell out quick. I don't see them just plain out releasing it same time as the announcement. They want to build up pre orders that way the launch can go smoothly.
[Nexus 6  General] kenjiwing:
Thats exactly how the Nexus 5 was released..
[Nexus 6  General] bloot:
LOL

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[Nexus 6  General] raze599:
Lmao at the teasers from Google. They seem to be the only company with a sense of humour about their products too.
[Nexus 6  General] Dr Faustus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlEE3hXJe5o

New Android video teasing "L" release 5.0

HYPE Levels:Orbital

Edit: Damn, I got beat! lol
[Nexus 6  General] thisisdan26:
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. From what I remember, November was thrown around quite a bit in the discussions about the Nexus 5 release/availability date. Many thought it would be announced in October and available in November. The lack of invites to an actual event suggests that it will be unveiled online again. I think last year was the first time we saw Google try to differentiate themselves from Apple in the releasing of new products. Remember the N4 release was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy, so they just released it without an event. The Hurricane may have inadvertently created a trend that Google likes better than live events?
[Nexus 6  General] selayan:
But will we be able to pre order it after tomorrow ?
[Nexus 6  General] 2phonejones:
nvm lol
[Nexus 6  General] thisisdan26:
I would imagine so. That's just my hunch.
[Nexus 6  General] Stigga:
What time does google usually release these statement about new releases?
[Nexus 6  General] selayan:
I want to know this I'll be in meetings all day and want to be able to pre order if they make it available.
[Nexus 6  General] californicated:
The answer is always the same:
[Nexus 6  General] Fr3lncr:
Unfortunately, for some like me, that isn't an option if you don't always have a signal, don't always have an LTE signal (if what you need to access is large), and you don't have a large data plan.

I'm limited to 1GB of data per month (more data just costs way too much), I can't guarantee I'll always have a signal depending on where I am, and for sure I can't guarantee I'll have LTE coverage. As such, I don't use cloud storage for anything and I need a minimum of 64GB of storage on my phone. With the Nexus 5 32GB, I had to cut a lot of the stuff I would normally carry which resulted it in being a secondary phone to my BB Z30 (which has a 64GB microSD card in it).

If the Nexus 6 ends up offering a 64GB version, I'd be okay with that as I need about 32GB for media and the rest can be used for apps and such, but I can't be limited to 32GB again as I don't want to deal with having to remove and add content depending on what I'm doing.

Anyways, I'd be surprised (and happy) too if it has micoSD but if it doesn't, I'll still consider it if it has a 64GB model. If not, then I'll just find another phone.
[Nexus 6  General] thisisdan26:
Last year it was released at 2pm
[Nexus 6  General] nigelhealy:
We have unique requirements so what might work for some of us won't for others. My own experience was at 16GB storage I was nearly always full and frequent having to work out what to delete and copy. At 32GB I was finding week+ between having to think about it and at 64GB I had all I needed and no more needs. So I'm cool with 32GB devices.

The USB OTG you'd probably usually use it to copy media off a PC to the USB and then attach it when required to the phone, usually attaching temporarily to copy off stuff. My 64GB USB stick works in that mode connecting to every single device in the house apart from Crapple. So buy once and use many and no need to care about Google's angst about SD slots.

If I were deciding things at Google, I'd just offer 64GB its a few $ more and it solves a significant majority (but not all) of demands, 32GB is a penny-pinching economy nowadays, but from a consumer perspective, a tiny 64GB keyring type device to overcome idiotic Google philosophy on devices is cool. Reminder - OnePlusOne could sell (at a break-even cost) a 64GB phone really fast cpus and lots of memory for $350. So if they can do it so Google can do easily, if they don't its because they don't want to for deliberate reasons (e.g. pay them $ to watch a Google Play Movie is their general idea).

I recently moved from from 64GB phone to 32GB phone, its fine, my tablet is 80GB and I got the 64GB OTG to connect to both devices. Plenty. Solved.
[Nexus 6  General] raze599:
The year before I ordered the Nexus 4 I think around half 8 in the morning (UK time)
[Nexus 6  General] nigelhealy:
So your personal threshold of frequently-wanted data is about 64GB that's cool, mine happen to be 32GB. My daughter is the Crapple fan and it is an eyewatering cost delta to go up on storage there. I looked at the options, what we do is mostly just have NAS storage over Wifi with DLNA server and Web server and so the Crapple fan can tap 1TB storage over Wifi from her $350 refurbished 16GB iPad Mini-2. I did look at non-home-Wifi storage and you can get these Wifi-Battery-SD combo devices. You aware of them? Might solve a few problems at once? Example http://www.ravpower.com/ravpower-rp-wd01-filehub-3000mah-power-bank.html

My carry device is 64GB OTG stick its tiny, I'm ok with 32GB in phone and 64GB in tablet, feel your pain if Google go for 32GB its not many $ more to make it 64GB. I'm guessing like $10-$15 more hardware cost? They'll probably do 32GB given their history and the Nexus 9 specs.
[Nexus 6  General] Geeks Empire:
Info

Google should make it as 64-Bit to be standard and First 64Bit Android L smartphone...

the I will love it ;)
[Nexus 6  General] nigelhealy:
Next year.

http://m.ndtv.com/article/gadgets/q...napdragon-810-hexa-core-snapdragon-808-505815
[Nexus 6  General] dicecuber:
Stop lying

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 6  General] bloot:
:rolleyes:
[Nexus 6  General] NextNexus:
Are those images real?
[Nexus 6  General] adi_scorpios:
Google released a video teasing Android L
[Nexus 6  General] bloot:
Yes... it's as big as the iphone 6 plus.
[Nexus 6  General] NextNexus:
But they're of two different phones. One has the silver speaker grill and one has a black speaker grill. What gives?
[Nexus 6  General] RedBlueGreen:
damn thats big. Still going to buy it! :D
[Nexus 6  General] bloot:
Mabye there are two sizes, hope so.

Bonus: Android Lollipop 5.0
[Nexus 6  General] nigelhealy:
I also hope there are two sizes but performance can't be significantly faster in a small phone due to thermal throttling. The Antutu scores for Moto X 2014 is about 43k vs a tuned Nexus 5 about 39k because the same 28nm tech same Armv7. The 808 is 20nm Armv8 will be more thermally efficient so give a real gain. Bigger phones dissipate heat better so get higher performance.

Next year's smaller phones make sense this year's bigger phone makes sense.
[Nexus 6  General] philipepi:
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