[Nexus 5X General] nrfitchett4:
I agree Huawei is trying too hard to get into the high end before getting ahead on the lower side. I think the watch is overpriced and people don't have confidence in them yet. I have the HAM 2 and it has been a great midranger for me with ridiculous battery life and good performance. Only COC with xmod slows it down. But this phone is not high end priced. It is similarly spec'd to the S6 and Iphone 6s/6s plus, note 5, etc and quite a bit cheaper unless you catch those on sale. That's why I ordered it. I also want a legit google experience and CM is not what it used to be.

except no one has jumped on the wireless charging bandwagon except the nerds. I bought my kids the Droid DNA and the nokia fatboy pillows and they still rarely used it. Can't use the phone while charging for the most part and it takes forever to charge. Plug these phones in and they are saying 50% battery in like 30 minutes. Can't beat that if you need to add a little juice during the day. Wireless charging only works for those that sit at the same desk day in and day out.

Android is getting lighter and less resource intensive. Hopefully apps will do the same with the new dev tools released with lollipop where apps are more optimized. I think you have to give it a chance first. Personally, I've started ditching apps that kill my phone. Usually don't need them. And if I'm playing a game, I expect the phone to kill everything else so it can run properly.

what is the price bump between a 64gb micro sd and a 128gb micro sd? What is the performance hit on your phone when using micro sd? I see why google is getting away from it or now trying to merge it with the phone storage for one big area. I think this is the way to go.

Why? They are offering a nice phone that might be just a smidge over priced for those that want something smaller. My HAM 2 was 290 with snapdragon 405, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, and 720p screen. Most companies are not loading top end specs into the smaller screened phones because then they would have to charge the high end prices and people would just get the bigger phone because it would be a better value.

If they made it smaller, the battery would be smaller and y'all would be complaining even more about battery life. As long as you want legit multitasking, you need battery for that.

Agreed. Flashed CM12 on my HAM2 and it rebooted anytime you taxed it and the BT audio was very soft to the point I thought my BT had finally died. Nope, it was the ROM.

Problem is that TW is Sammy software that should be smooth by now. Seeing lag on your homescreen is just a bad user experience even if everything else is flawless. Sad that Nova and other 3rd party launchers can get this right but Sammy can't.

Is the marshmellow update a complete factory reset? I feel that these phones just need one every so often because stuff gets bloated and it needs a clean slate.

Care to elaborate? From what I've read and heard, marshmellow on the N9 fixed the performance issues and its running like a champ. This is coming from the Android Central guys.

I agree. I'm wishing I could have gotten it in 1080p because I feel that QHD is overkill on any phone. If the phone didn't have quick charge capabilities, I think I might have waited. It's amazing the SOT I can get on the HAM2 with 720p screen and 4k mah battery.