Nexus 6 vs. Droid Turbo

[Old Member]

Did they even announce how much the Droid Turbo is off-contract? All the pricing I see announced is for the new contract pricing, and since I'm on a grandfathered unlimited data plan, I'd have to buy it at full price if I wanted to keep my current plan.

Not that I really want this phone anyway. While the screen size is more pocketable, that's the only real upside I see over the Nexus 6. I'll be more than fine with the battery size on the Nexus, not to mention I prefer the stock android experience, with all the benefits that entails. I've been a Verizon customer for a number of years and have seen how they've handled OS upgrades. Really don't want to go through that anymore.

As a former Galaxy Nexus owner in Verizon, let me say that if you are counting on Verizon to suddenly loosen the reigns on updates you are fooling yourself. I wouldn't think they will allow any more timely updates for the Nexus than they will the Droid lines. Now having said that, the past year they've shown that they will update more timely with the last Droids and Moto X.

 

[Geese1]

As a former Galaxy Nexus owner in Verizon, let me say that if you are counting on Verizon to suddenly loosen the reigns on updates you are fooling yourself. I wouldn't think they will allow any more timely updates for the Nexus than they will the Droid lines. Now having said that, the past year they've shown that they will update more timely with the last Droids and Moto X.

The difference is though, this time the updates are supposed to come directly from Google. And since there are only two model basic model available, domestic and international (no carrier specific models that we know of so far), it lends credence to the thought that this time Google will be controlling when updates get pushed to the device, kind of like what Apple is able to do with their iPhones.

Not saying Verizon won't screw this up somehow, but that's why I'm getting the phone directly from Google. So that if I have any difficulties with Verizon, I can switch to whatever other carrier I choose.

 

[jkc120]

The difference is though, this time the updates are supposed to come directly from Google. And since there are only two model basic model available, domestic and international (no carrier specific models that we know of so far), it lends credence to the thought that this time Google will be controlling when updates get pushed to the device, kind of like what Apple is able to do with their iPhones.

Not saying Verizon won't screw this up somehow, but that's why I'm getting the phone directly from Google. So that if I have any difficulties with Verizon, I can switch to whatever other carrier I choose.

Exactly. Hey, I'm as pessimistic as the next person (just ask my wife ), but I really believe this time around it'll be a "real" Nexus. And if it's not, really I don't care as I'll be either manually flashing the factory images or running cm12 or another ROM anyway.

 

[zipred]

. But I refuse to use a phone with capacitive buttons

I've read other posts where users say they don't like capacitive buttons, but they never say why. I'd really like to know what the objection is.

Until I tried them I didn't have an opinion. Now that they're on my Nexus 5... I prefer them far and away better than the home button on my Galaxy models.

Being virtual there's nothing to fail, no way for moisture to get in and they're lightning fast since there isn't any physical travel to press down. I just don't see a downside. Especially considering the touch screen is capacitive.

Finally when scrolling or reading they are hidden which gives more display area.

Your feedback is appreciated

 

[jkc120]

I've read other posts where users say they don't like capacitive buttons, but they never say why. I'd really like to know what the objection is.

Until I tried them I didn't have an opinion. Now that they're on my Nexus 5... I prefer them far and away better than the home button on my Galaxy models.

Being virtual there's nothing to fail, no way for moisture to get in and they're lightning fast since there isn't any physical travel to press down. I just don't see a downside. Especially considering the touch screen is capacitive.

Finally when scrolling or reading they are hidden which gives more display area.

Your feedback is appreciated

I said capacitive buttons, not the soft buttons. We're saying the same thing. I despise little buttons that are always there and light up when I touch my phone and distract me when I'm doing something full screen.

The soft buttons are versatile, immersive mode rocks now, and to me it just seems more premium than random capacitive buttons.

My S4 has them and it felt like a HUGE step backwards from the GNex. To the point where I disabled the capacitive buttons and their backlight and enabled the software nav keys.

 

[Shocky]

1440p display at 5.2"? what a waste of performance and battery life, I just don't understand why they've done that.

At 5.7" or greater you can just about justify that display resolution, almost.