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[Nexus 5X General] withdrawn:
Its strange what a huge difference fluidity and smoothness can make toward the overall experience on a handset. There is such a marked difference as there is no stuttering at all now, and everything is just flowing! I have a grin on my face now as opposed to the semi permanent grimace I had before whilst using the previous unit :)
[Nexus 5X General] br125:
Been using the phone for a few hours and love it. Don't miss the nexus 6 at all. Glad it worked out for you.
[Nexus 5X General] withdrawn:
I think, what I have taken away and learnt from this ordeal in relation to nexus handsets is, is to never purchase immediately on release, and maybe hold out and wait a few weeks for these production problems to iron out.

I was so heavily impatient that I couldn't hold in the desire to purchase the handset immediately. For future reference, self control, self restraint and self discipline are in order, regardless of how alluring a nexus handset might be.
[Nexus 5X General] Spitfire:
A lot of people got good ones too though, I think you just had bad luck. Surely the second one you got was from an early batch too, you've had two before most people have gotten one. Glad you got it resolved.
[Nexus 5X General] jbdan:
@ with drawn

What are you crazy!?! Half the fun of the Nexus hunt is preordering the device asap and driving yourself to anxiety stricken madness while we wait! :p

/glad you got a good 1/!
[Nexus 5X General] thfreedumb:
Flawless 5x over here. glad to see a happy ending
[Nexus 5X General] pudzy:
Exactly my experience. Shocking audio and battery life meant I had to return the device. Earpiece, external speaker and headphone audio one of the worst I've come across.
[Nexus 5X General] nexusmanuk:
Had a Nexus 5 for 2 years. Have now had my 5x for a week. I do like the fingerprint sensor, the fast charging, the ambient display (working perfectly for me) and the camera (though the app feels rough and little buggy atm). But.....

I find it a lot less comfortable to hold, the edges and the back are harder, more slippery. It feels too large for the small increase in screen size compared to the N5, the bezels are too big for a start making the device much longer that it should be. The N5 felt perfect in the hand, this feels anything but, whether I hold it with 2 hands, try to wrap one round it, rest it on one...can't get used to it. Hopefully this will improve as I adapt.

Overall feels cheap, reminds me of the Galaxy Nexus I had back in 2011. The basic smooth plastic on the back and hard edges doesn't help the phone at all in terms of comfort in the hand. Yes, it's a cheap(ish) phone, but the N5 felt a lot more premium.

The power and volume halfway down the side. Weird. Will get more used to this but not a sensible decision and will never be an convenient as placing them higher.

I liked the convenience of wireless charging - slower, but didn't bother me and having had a couple of those flimsy usb connector points in phones fail in the past due to the wear and tear of constant charging I liked taking that element out of the equation. Step backwards to remove that imo.

Doesn't run any smoother than my N5 did on Marshmallow, if anything slightly worse.

If the Xperia Z5 compact was cheaper or Sony were not so slow on android updates I would pay the extra and change it. Not too impressed with the 5x but as other posters have said, what can you do if you want stock android with all the benefits in a device that isn't a phablet this is the best of a bunch really.

Hope I feel better with my 5x in a few weeks :(
[Nexus 5X General] GrimStranger:
Just commenting on the topic of size.

I have not handled either the 5X nor the 6P in person but judging from all the videos on YouTube, the 6P doesn't seem to be that much larger, taller and slightly wider. The size of 5X really seems to put it in an awkward position.

I hate the visor on the 6P but the rest of it seemed fantastic. Given the odd size of 5X, I think I might just go all the way to 6P.
[Nexus 5X General] dah328:
I've had my N5X for two days and upgraded from an N5. My impressions:

The N5X feels a lot bigger than the N5. It's also much more slippery. The combination of the two means that I'm definitely going to need a case for this one where I went without a case and without dropping my N5 for 22 months (almost made it). Hopefully it becomes more comfortable to use one-handed with a grippier case. If not, I may have to ditch it because I'll be dropping it left and right otherwise. It also feels like cheap plastic, but it's much less flimsy than the N5 which was notorious for developing hairline cracks on the sides around the buttons. That's definitely one thing I won't miss about the N5.

The fingerprint sensor is great and works as fast and accurately as everyone has said. The screen seems a little better than the N5. The audio through headphones also seems fine although not especially loud. I almost never use headphones, but I tried some just because of the earlier comments on this thread about them.

Doze seems to work really well on the N5X. I get almost no battery drop when I'm not using the phone which is much better than Marshmallow on my N5 which I had for about 3 weeks. The battery drop when using apps seems about the same as on the N5. I'm not an especially heavy user, so this means I'll get a significant bump in battery life since my phone sits idle for much of the day.

I don't notice any lag. The N5X seems marginally smoother than the N5 though certainly nothing worth bragging about it given that it's two years newer. The N5X does heat up a little with certain apps such as Navigation, etc. It seems to get a bit warmer than the N5 did.

The phone does charge fast. The Type C connector does need to be pushed hard into the phone. I hope that doesn't bode ill for the lifetime of the USB connector. I really miss wireless charging. I always charged my phone overnight, so I don't care as much about fast charging. It was annoying that I had to go buy a Type-A to Type-C USB cable to unlock and root the phone over USB.

All in all, I'll think I'll be ok with the N5X if I can find a good, grippy case for it. I would still kill for a Sony Nexus based on the Z5 Compact with Snapdragon 820.
[Nexus 5X General] nexusmanuk:
Also. Why, when the resolution is the same as the N5, has the font size been reduced on browsers and apps?

Text is tiny on chrome now, and changing it via accessibility settings doesn't work for all sites or for example news apps.

Why did google screw up basic stuff like this?
[Nexus 5X General] jbdan:
Yeah the dpi stayed the same from the N5 to the 5X, 420. Some apps I use which are a little older have almost microscopic text to my aging eyes. I actually adb shell wm density to 460 on my 5X.

edit: stock N5 dpi is 480. Wonder what the stock dpi is on 5X I'm thinking it is 420 (the display is 424)
[Nexus 5X General] tke918:
Me too. I changed screen dpi to 480 which is same as N5(I think).

adb shell wm density 480
[Nexus 5X General] jbdan:
Ah I thought the N5 was 420 thx. Yeah I'm liking 460 so far I'll try 480
[Nexus 5X General] graffixnyc:
I have a 5x and got some hands on time with the 6p as well the past few days at the Big Android BBQ. I dislike big phones but have to say the 6p doesn't feel too big. It's manageable for sure. I had the nexus 6 for 2 days and sold it because it was too big. The 6p doesn't feel too big. I mean it is big, but its really not as bad as I thought it would be. Also the camera hump is really not bad at all. I honestly thought I'd be returning my 6p once it arrived. After getting some hands on time with one I'm actually now really excited to get it.
[Nexus 5X General] PhilipL:
Hi

In the build.prop file it is set as 420.

Regards

Phil
[Nexus 5X General] incantevole:
When I first plugged my 5x into the car audio it was terrible. I couldn't believe it. Sound was low and going in and out. I fiddled with it at a stop light and found that I had to push really hard to get the jack in. Once I popped that cherry it works perfectly. I don't have to press so hard now bit there is good resistance which I appreciate.

The USB plug is also a tight fit which I like.

Call quality on T-Mobile is also very good. It's also very loud. I actually only have call volume up about half way. On the 5 it was all the way up and I still wanted more.

Overall a very nice upgrade to the 5. Would like a 64 gig option and smaller bezels. Maybe next year when fingerprint sensor prices come down they'll be able to make some other improvements. Also good battery for my useage and very smooth.

The screen is nice as well. I also don't want to spend money on aluminium so I appreciate the minimalist design and inexpensive materials again. Premium materials are also a waste if you use a case.
[Nexus 5X General] Rado_vr6:
I got the 32gb option coming in tomorrow, and I thought I'd die if I dropped down from 64gb. Seems like for most people's usage, 32gb is ample for the time being if we use cloud services, which seems likes all of us do in one way or another.
[Nexus 5X General] Oni_Shadow:
I am pretty happy with this phone; snappy (except play store) good camera battery file two days for me (with 4/4.5 SOT) ~85% RAM usage it looks like the right phone for me. Plastics makes it more resistant and anyway, i put a small case so i never feel the material.
[Nexus 5X General] DoobyDroid:
Just picked one up from cpw 32GB ice blue I went in to get the 6p but didn't like it still bit big for me and we'll its huawei not a fan after previous huawei devices
[Nexus 5X General] haloimplant:
I am generally happy but the fact that opening a game closes all the other running apps, and then the game closes if you re-open any of them, really makes me wish the phone had 3GB. My 2GB kitkat phone had 300-400MB more free memory than this thing, what happened to android going easy on memory in new versions? It's a total pig!? Maybe they'll plug some memory leaks (ie. android OS growing from 550 to 800MB over time) but come on why did they have to cripple it like this over $5-10 savings it's so sad.
[Nexus 5X General] Rado_vr6:
Got my phone in the mail today. Coming from a GS6 Edge+, it's definitely a bit thicker and the screen isn't as saturated. Still, the colors are very accurate and the text is sharp. Nexus Imprint is ridiculously fast as others have claimed. It's extremely accurate too, doesn't really require your entire finger being on the sensor. The build quality is actually very sturdy. You won't mistake it for an iPhone, but for a plastic device, it's not all that bad. I do miss the "premium" feel of the Edge+, but that's a very subjective view.
[Nexus 5X General] therealdeal74:
I too was disappointed initially. I started setting up the phone and while it was downloading the apps and copying over the settings. I played with it, almost wrote a bad review about the phone and how choppy the performance was. The screen is yellowish, I'm coming from a Oneplus One.

Then as I went about my day and gave the phone another chance, the apps finished installing. The settings copied over. The phone was performing much better. It's not as fast as the Oneplus One. The screen isn't as nice. But it's a more manageable size. The fingerprint sensor works really well and fast. I still am not used to unlocking the phone this fast. I have found some apps don't work well on Marshmallow. Overall it's a great little phone and I'm glad I didn't return it.
[Nexus 5X General] marvi0:
Hmm not faster than oneplus one. Not great been on the fence and the more I read such comments the more I am glancing away at the 5x. For me the most important aspect of a new phone is speed. If this thing is slower than a phone that now costs less, no chance.
[Nexus 5X General] Rado_vr6:
I really don't think you should let it deter you. It's not how most people are making it out to be. I've had the OPO. It was a great phone for the price, very hard to beat, but the N5X isn't a downgrade in my opinion. On paper it might seem underpowered, but in day to day usage, even by my standards as a power user, it's an AMAZING device. My screen doesn't seem to be exhibiting this yellowish tint to it and that's coming from an Edge+. For me the phone has a very color accurate display and it's crisp.

It was a bit slow downloading and installing apps and I can attribute that to the encryption. Once set up, it's perfectly fine. Again, don't let a few negative personal opinions sway you. These people are expecting Ferrari premium out of a Toyota Corolla. Very unrealistic.
[Nexus 5X General] rskyline:
The only thing that I think is a downside till now is the loud speaker. Is so cheap. My old Moto X sounds way better.

Enviado desde mi Nexus 5X mediante Tapatalk
[Nexus 5X General] kamajikaciya:
Disappointing is the output of expectations. I think you expect too much from N5X.
[Nexus 5X General] haloimplant:
I guess we either see things differently or have units that look different, because when I put my N5X beside a buddies OPO the OPO looked way too blue and also much dimmer. The N5X white looks very close to perfect to me. I'll admit I could have a bias that leans slightly to the warm side, but the OPO looked really really blue to me.
[Nexus 5X General] pmadden86:
Personally I believe the 5X is awful, I am sending it back tomorrow. This is not an upgrade from my N5 at all.

Screen is much yellower than my N5.

Battery is no better.

Speaker is terrible - it sounds like an old polyphonic ringtone when my alarm goes off.

Worst of all is lag - i have had apps take 20 seconds to open, it happens daily. My 2 year old N5 knocks the spots off this thing. I cannot write a message without my typing being about 10 seconds ahead of the phone, and it cannot catch up - total disaster.

Major disappointment here. This costs £340 here in the UK ($520) - for a downgrade from the nexus 5 - not for me.

Google need to come out with 6P spec or close to it in a non phablet - and if that doesn't happen I will need to go find it elsewhere :(
[Nexus 5X General] n3tnut:
Yeah I'm comparing mine against an Idol 3 5.5" and the screen does come off as very yellow in side-by-side comparison. It's not as noticeable when you have the phone by itself though. Performance-wise, there is no comparison the 5x is much faster and smoother all around, but the dual front facing speakers and battery life (6+ hrs SOT) on the Idol 3 give me pause.

Funny enough I came from a 2013 Moto X -> the Idol 3 5.5", which at first seemed huge, then I got used to it, and now the 5x seems kinda small to me. On top of that the Idol 3 was $200 vs. $405 for the 5x. I don't think it's twice as good. Decisions, decisions....
[Nexus 5X General] jimv1983:
The only thing I can think of is that you got a defective Nexus 5X. I have only seen slight lag on very rare occasions. I have owned the Nexus 5X for 5 days now and used my Nexus 5 for almost 2 years. The Nexus 5 did have the advantage for physical size(which I still thought was a little too big) and wireless charging(which was convenient but did make it harder to use while charging). In every other way the Nexus 5X beats the Nexus 5 in my uses. The most obvious things are the camera and the finger print reader which are both very good. The audio on my Nexus 5X is much better than the audio on my Nexus 5. The speaker is a bit louder and sounds a bit better than the speaker on the Nexus 5 but I would have preferred it on the bottom or back. The speaker on the front does improve sound but since I don't use it that often I'd prefer if it was somewhere that would allow the bezels to be smaller. The headphone sound quality is FAR better than my Nexus 5. I could actually see myself using the Nexus 5X as an actual music player(although my Zune HD is still better) which I couldn't say for the Nexus 5. The max volume doesn't get super loud but it's more than loud enough for any use I could imagine and the max volume is no lower than the max volume on my Nexus 5.

For call quality I haven't had any issues at all. I can't even make a call with the volume at max because it's too loud and calls are clear on my side. I haven't asked anyone on the other end how it sounded but in probably and hour worth of calls with like 4 or 5 people in the time I've had the phone no one has had any issues hearing me. I know the demo models of the phone that were sent to case makers were missing the bottom microphone hole so many cases are covering it. Maybe that is your problem? Ambient display (usually) works very well. And one of my favorite things is how much better the vibration motor is on the Nexus 5X compared to the Nexus 5. Before I had my original Nexus 5 I had a Galaxy S II which, despite being a piece of crap overall, actually had a vibration motor that I could actually feel in my pocket or notice when it was on my desk. When I got the Nexus 5 it was much weaker. I often missed calls and didn't see texts/emails for a long time after they came in because of how weak the vibration was. Then Nexus 5X is much better. And then there is battery life. Neither of the phones have great battery life but most phones don't. However, the Nexus 5X's battery life is noticeably better than the Nexus 5's battery life even when it was new. It's not a HUGE improvement but it is an improvement. Also, the Nexus 5X resolves the problem my Nexus 5 had were it wouldn't sleep at all when on my work wifi network and was awake way too often on most other wifi networks even after updating to Marshmallow. The Nexus 5X actually sleeps.

I highly suggest you get a replacement under the warranty. Is the Nexus 5X the best, top of the line, phone on the market? No. Is it an improvement over the Nexus 5? Absolutely.
[Nexus 5X General] supercakefish:
His performance experience sounds eerily identical to what I see with my Sony Z5 Compact. Perhaps Google has not yet optimised for big.LITTLE properly yet?
[Nexus 5X General] vtmike:
Nothing but good experience with mine so far. Coming from a nexus 6, and have a nexus 5 for comparison.
[Nexus 5X General] 95Z28:
My initial thoughts upon receiving the 5X was to return it as the fingerprint sensor seemed to be the only upgrade over my Moto X 2014 (I could care less about camera). But after using it almost a week my battery has improved, I've decided I don't want to give up the fingerprint sensor (which I originally didn't think I'd really care about), I actually get better service in certain areas my previous phones had problems with, and the 5X just feels snappier in daily performance. Comparing the 5X and Moto X side by side they are pretty even in normal daily activities (for my usage), but something about the 5X just feels quicker and more responsive. Plus its a Nexus, who knows how long it will take for the Moto to update to 6.0. I prefer to be the first in line for updates, so even a month delay irritates me.

Final conclusion: I started out being disappointed, but the 5X changed that disappointment to satisfaction. It's good to use a Nexus again.

I will say adaptive brightness sucks, don't know if it due to 6.0, or the phone, but the Nexus 5 and Moto X on 5.1 was the first time I actually found auto brightness to function well enough I wanted to use it. Hopefully a software update will fix it on the 5X.
[Nexus 5X General] Matclinton:
I picked up a 5X (32gb) last night after going into CPW and checking out both this and the 6P - what I really couldn't get my head around with the 6P is the size of the thing, I don't think it would have gone in my pocket! There'll always be that niggling question about "should I have bought the 6P?"

Upgrading from the N5, I'm starting to appreciate how good that phone was and perhaps I've undersold myself a little this time around, but time will tell. The power button was starting to get a bit dodgy though and I swapped out the battery a few weeks ago and it's still not brilliant. .

I dont think there's any quality lacking in comparison with the N5 in my limited experience, it all feels nice and tight, no creaks. The back is a bit slippier than the N5, which will take a bit of getting used to. The fingerprint scanner is brilliant and the extra screen size is pretty good. Screen quality appears to have increased and I certainly haven't had any lags on the unit. The change to a nano-SIM required some not-so-careful scissor work and at the moment I'm finding USB-C with only one cable incuded a bit of a pain.

We'll see how it goes through a day of proper use now.
[Nexus 5X General] tomalak007:
This phone is nothing but great! I honestly don't know why phone snobs buy a phone like this and then complain it's not up to their standards. Everything about this phone has been a great experience after ditching my iPhone 5s. The build quality is great, The fingerprint is awesome, the camera is great and the OS is fast. If you want a "premium phone" go buy one. For $379 this is a fantastic phone!
[Nexus 5X General] pmadden86:
Of course it would seem good coming from iCrap. If you had a nexus 5 you would notice this is a downgrade from it. $379 in the USA - its £340 here which is $520, would you pay $520 for it? Thats a premium price for a very poor device. No such issues with the 6P going by reviews, google clearly put all their efforts into that one and skimped on the 5X, 6P is just too big for me.
[Nexus 5X General] starrzo:
tomalak007, I understand your enthusiasm about the 5X having come from an iPhone 5S but by calling people snob's for not being happy with the 5X (particuarly those coming from other Nexus phones) is both naive and rude.

If you know anyone with a Nexus 5 then compare it to your Nexus 5X. The 5X is slower at everything. The input latency is the biggest pain point for me.

I am returning my 5X to google this week for a refund and I intend to use my Nexus 5 for another year. Hopefully we'll see a more worthwhile upgrade from google next year.
[Nexus 5X General] peon1-9:
Adding fuel to the fire

Here is what I submitted as "feedback" using the in-system feedback button, in the literary form of a "rant":

fastboot doesn't work as designed; flash-all.sh bricked my device until I manually flashed the contents of the image zip, laggy home button, laggy apps (Snapchat is the biggest offender and its issues are definitely paired with this device.) Stock camera app freezes as well and sometimes has errors through which I have clicked the "report" button to send feedback. Hotspot doesn't work due to provisioning unless you modify build.prop (I did that but why do I have to go to the trouble?) Coming from an LG G3 a definitive setback.. phone needs a lot of work. ZRAM implementation is not promising, that these issues can be worked out in the future... why doesn't the device have enough RAM to avoid using ZRAM??? crazy. No removable battery, no SD card slot. fingerprint sensor is cool and saves time unlocking the device, but after unlock I spend sometimes up to 5s waiting for the keyboard to load in apps or the resulting home button such that the time saved by the fingerprint sensor is wholly wasted. This device feels like it is from 2012 or a $50 BLU phone from Amazon

EDIT: I just initiated the return process for mine.
[Nexus 5X General] vtmike:
I've got a nexus 5 and 6 to compare, and the 5x is just as quick for me. I've done a direct comparison between the 6 and 5x and found the 5x to be quicker at most things. Both are encrypted. I'll do the same with my 5 tonight.

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Most of your complaints apply to all nexus devices. Flash-all hasn't worked for any of my nexus devices for some time. All other nexus devices on 6.0 require modification to get hot spot to work if you're not paying for the service. All nexus devices don't have removable batteries or sd cards. I haven't encountered much lag after the update on my 5x, even the camera app, I don't use spapchat though.