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Has anyone else noticed that no matter how still you hold the phone, it still seems to blur the image?
It takes a tremendous amount of stability and light, despite the settings, to take a decent photo.
It's really getting on my nerves that I have to discard 9/10 images took with the phone when any other phone camera I have used before took pictures perfectly, no matter what settings were selected or how much the phone was shaking...
I take a lot of photos with my phone and this is really putting me off.
try activating the anti-shakiing feature when taking photos, it helps a little
That doesn't really help enough.
I just hope it's a software problem, maybe the exposure time is too long.
Nope, I've managed to be able to take good photos, but i agree, takes abit of effort. It's all in the technique imo
actually i find it a lot better than most cameras on phones. ive got quite a shaky hand but id say im keeping more photos than im deleting. compared to the camera phones ive used (with various O/Ss) id say the omnia7 is up there with the best of em.
Maybe I've got shaky hands recently :s
My last phone was a nexus one and that did a perfect job for me.
I guess I'll get used to it.
At first I thought I was dreaming but sure enough since the update the shutter lag is almost gone. It was a 230MB update, it seems like they updated a lot of stuff. Also my battery life is much better since the update from what I've seen.
Great stuff.
Mine seems better as well. My battery doesn't drop from 100 to 99 in the 1st 10 seconds anymore either lol
Seems about the same
cyberr8der said:
Mine seems better as well. My battery doesn't drop from 100 to 99 in the 1st 10 seconds anymore either lol
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Camera seems the same to me, I didn't have complaints before though. I think the reason it drops to 99 right away is because the phone charges to 100% then charging turns off and starts charging again at 99%, so you may have just unplugged at a more opportune moment.
Camera still lags massively for the front facing camera
Not seeing much of an improvement on camera lag here... Still pretty terrible.
Still lags and sucks. lol
I definitely got better battery and rear camera is a little better.. Front facing still sucks
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Took great pics for me today...
Maybe its the user that sucks
PS--Let it focus first!
cold21blooded said:
I definitely got better battery and rear camera is a little better.. Front facing still sucks
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Most FFCs suck.
adrynalyne said:
Took great pics for me today...
Maybe its the user that sucks
PS--Let it focus first!
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You do realize what everyone is saying sucks is the very thing you say in your "p.s", right?
The fact you do have to wait so long before it focuses and takes a picture is what sucks about it. Any decent smartphone doesn't come close with how long this camera takes.
I tap it, it focuses, it takes the shot.
I must be missing the problem here.
I'm aware it has a slow shutter but that doesn't make it suck. It means I need to use it differently until they fix it.
It could be worse. It could take pics uber fast and never truly focus, ala gnex. There was no fixing that garbage camera.
This all reminds me of my wife. She has always taken my hand me downs. She wanted my Note 2, because it took great pics.
Then she got it and they sucked. Then she wanted my Note 3 because it took great pics. Then she said something was wrong because her camera shots came out bad.
Then she got a Note 4 because of the camera. She complains about the pics again. We went on a trip yesterday and both snapped pics. She doesn't understand why my Turbo pics look so much better.
I have a secret weapon: I let it focus. Too many people take pics on their phones and are too impatient to even let them properly focus.
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I tap it, it focuses, it takes the shot.
I must be missing the problem here.
I'm aware it has a slow shutter but that doesn't make it suck. It means I need to use it differently until they fix it.
It could be worse. It could take pics uber fast and never truly focus, ala gnex. There was no fixing that garbage camera.
This all reminds me of my wife. She has always taken my hand me downs. She wanted my Note 2, because it took great pics.
Then she got it and they sucked. Then she wanted my Note 3 because it took great pics. Then she said something was wrong because her camera shots came out bad.
Then she got a Note 4 because of the camera. She complains about the pics again. We went on a trip yesterday and both snapped pics. She doesn't understand why my Turbo pics look so much better.
I have a secret weapon: I let it focus. Too many people take pics on their phones and are too impatient to even let them properly focus.
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That's the very problem for some of us - we don't have time to let it focus before we miss the shot we want. I have an 18 month old, if I can't capture something the split second it happens, the moment is gone. My S4 focused much quicker, and I've played around some with the G2 and G3, both of which are also faster. Don't get me wrong, the Turbo bests all of those phones in the categories that matter more to me, focusing and shutter speed (or lack thereof) is this phone's one flaw in my opinion. Both of which I really hope can be fixed with software tweaks. No reason this phone's HP shouldn't allow improvements there.
I definitely noticed an improvement in the front camera, even before I read any comments on here.
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That's the very problem for some of us - we don't have time to let it focus before we miss the shot we want. I have an 18 month old, if I can't capture something the split second it happens, the moment is gone. My S4 focused much quicker, and I've played around some with the G2 and G3, both of which are also faster. Don't get me wrong, the Turbo bests all of those phones in the categories that matter more to me, focusing and shutter speed (or lack thereof) is this phone's one flaw in my opinion. Both of which I really hope can be fixed with software tweaks. No reason this phone's HP shouldn't allow improvements there.
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A phone camera has never been good for instant action though if you don't anticupate. They don't have the hardware for it imo. Ive seen people with ois make blurry shots snd blame the device.
Ive always learned to antcipate for good shots on a phone and is worked out pretty well. I'm sure the software will get improved. Last years motos had camera woes too that were largely addressed by software updates.
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A phone camera has never been good for instant action though if you don't anticupate. They don't have the hardware for it imo. Ive seen people with ois make blurry shots snd blame the device.
Ive always learned to antcipate for good shots on a phone and is worked out pretty well. I'm sure the software will get improved. Last years motos had camera woes too that were largely addressed by software updates.
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You keep missing the point here... the point those of us complaining is there are several phone's that exist today, many of which are generations behind the turbo that take pictures much faster than the turbo does (my GS3 and GS4 sdsurferbob mentioned being perfect examples).
Listen, I love my Turbo and have no regrets for choosing it, it's just super disappointing and almost inexcusable for any feature of a "flagship" to be worse than phones 3+ years old.
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You keep missing the point here... the point those of us complaining is there are several phone's that exist today, many of which are generations behind the turbo that take pictures much faster than the turbo does (my GS3 and GS4 sdsurferbob mentioned being perfect examples).
Listen, I love my Turbo and have no regrets for choosing it, it's just super disappointing and almost inexcusable for any feature of a "flagship" to be worse than phones 3+ years old.
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I think you missed my point. Im aware of the shortcomings but no amount of stating this will fix the problem. We as users can adjust until then, however.
Im aware of phones that snap better pics, because ive owned them. However somehow i take better pics with my turbo than my wife with her note 4. The only variable is the user right? Ive learned to overcome. We CAN take good pics. Or we can tell everyone the camera sucks and just suffer because we don't want to take the time to do better. I chose the prior and I get great pics.
I'll be happy when moto fixes the camera, but until then I will adapt.
Got my Moto Maxx today and I was expecting the camera to be very slow, and its way faster than what I've seen on some reviews. Still not as fast as it should be but I'm confindent Lollipop will solve all camera problems.
Lower the resolution and it takes them even faster.
It's a phone with a camera to me. If I'm going to an event and pics are important I have a camera to bring. If I need one spur of the moment this camera works fine for me. Just my opinion.
Short story - pictures come out crappy. Usually blurry and usually washed out looking photos with default samsung camera. Possibly too much light being let in? Not sure.
My girlfriend has had a stock unrooted at&t galaxy s4 since a few months after it was released and has done all the updates. The photos have come out like this since day one. Usable but nothing to tout and when comparing them to other galaxy s4 owners, you can notice the difference. Hasnt done a reset the entire time shes had it but im wondering if that might fix it. She also refuses to let me reset it since its set up exactly how she likes and doesnt want to have to redo it (i know, i know).
Any thoughts or suggestions how to fix this issue?
Thanks!
Hi everyone! I am having problems with my note 3. I recently purchased a refurbished samsung note 3 from the o2 website which arrived acouple of weeks ago and noticed my camera looks grainy colours look watered down compared to my mums samsung note 3. Here are afew pics taken on default settings on both stock cameras in the same conditions. The only difference is shes running kitkat 4.4.2 and i am runninf lollypop 5.0, but this was the case before i upgraded, infact i upgraded to see if it would change but its still the same.
This is the second refurbished phone I have got from o2 as the previous one had bad vertical lines in low light conditions TRUST ME it was bad. One thing I would like to say is when moving around with my mums note 3 camera, the picture looks so smooth while mine looks very grainy. Does this phone need to go back? Because I cant imagine the same phone on the same settings could produce the opposite photos.
It's hard to say without knowing exactly what rom version you're both running... and double check both camera settings. Default isn't enough to insure they are setup the same.
Also check to see if there is any screen protector on your camera lens (some shops put that there)... is it clean or any grease/smudge, etc (thought that wouldn't account for the graininess). Graininess occurs when ISO gets pumped up higher. Usually with low lighting, but check to see where ISO is set to.
If all those things still don't check out... then maybe getting a refurbished phone isn't the best way to go (or at least from this o2 place). Good luck!
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It's hard to say without knowing exactly what rom version you're both running... and double check both camera settings. Default isn't enough to insure they are setup the same.
Also check to see if there is any screen protector on your camera lens (some shops put that there)... is it clean or any grease/smudge, etc (thought that wouldn't account for the graininess). Graininess occurs when ISO gets pumped up higher. Usually with low lighting, but check to see where ISO is set to.
If all those things still don't check out... then maybe getting a refurbished phone isn't the best way to go (or at least from this o2 place). Good luck!
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Both iso on each phones were set to auto and i have checked the lens and it looks flawless, so i am guessing this phone will have to go back?
You know what... I think it's android 5.0 issue. I updated my phone to it too... and camera now also takes more grainy, not as sharp pics. That sucks. So something is up with that.
Maybe go back to 4.4.2 -- that probably resolves the issue.
I tried with another camera app (better camera) and same results.
I did notice a change actually when upgrading to lollipop, the camera looks over-sharpened sometimes and lack detail, lots of noise... Is this a thing?
Also, battery life isn't that amazing before and after buying a new battery for the phone, barely lasts me a 9 hour school day with medium to high usage, no gaming.
Is this just lollipop being weird? I flashed mine via Odin from an Italian version of the Note 3 but the bands are basically the same, no problems getting 4G, H+, 3G or 2G.
I read somewhere there was a camera mod on some rom... that gave the full camera pic, not compressed. So maybe Lollipop is now compressing the images more, which will give more lossy images. Will try look more into that, but 5.1 should be coming out for more devices (soon I hope)... suppose to fix some mem leak issues and others.
This is where I read about the compression: It's a camera mod. Maybe can try it ^^ http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...camera-mod-note-3-n9005-lollipop-5-0-t3067827
Well i gave my phone to o2 repair and they said that they could not find a fault with the camera lol So I am out of ideas here. All i know is the difference between the two cameras are nite and day and i am not happy.
As I said, can give the mod camera a try and see if it's better. I haven't tested it yet - will get around to it on weekend.
But from a lot of bug reports and boards across the web... Lollipop upgrade has made the camera worse - so some coding is at fault. Hopefully it's fixed with next update (5.1 rolling out soon).
Guys is there any code or any way to check whether we got original camera or replacement parts from eBay? Because I am also not happy with my note 3 camera.
I was wondering if there are any Nexus 6P owners who came from a Note 4? I'm currently running CM12.1 since TW is just ugly bloatware. I just ordered a 6p with 128gb since I'm used to the SD slot on my note 4 and need plenty of storage. I'm now having doubts if I'm making a mistake after seeing one here at work today. The phone is great but the camera isn't as good as the one with the Note 4. I have shaky hands and IS really helps. I can get used to not having a stylus. What pushed me more than anything else is my issues with sprint. Since Project FI combines two networks I should have a better experience. This would also mean leaving the unlimited data package I'm grandfathered in but if in most places it's a struggle to have a good data connection then what's the point.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Rey
I came from a Note 4 with CM 12.1, same as you. I literally never used the stylus so that was a non issue. With cloud storage like google drive, I struggle to see the need for SD cards and it never really factored into the equation for me. Music gets uploaded to google play, large files go to google drive, and photos/videos sync with google photos so I can delete them on the phone over time. I pretty much only used the SD card on the Note 4 to have backup images and rom files so I could wipe and reflash without a computer. With the Nexus, custom roms are unnecessary for me so that's a non issue.
The camera had OIS which was a plus, but the only plus. The 6P's camera is superior in every other way, and I haven't taken many shots yet, but even in low light, the OIS seems unnecessary for this camera. It would benefit in video though...no doubt.
I grew tired of dealing with broken roms. Even CM 12.1 being as stable as it was wasn't without some minor issues. Having the absolute best to offer that Google can come up with as far as OS updates and timeliness was the draw for the 6P for me, and I couldn't be happier with that decision.
Like you, what prompted me to decide to make the switch was switching carriers. T-Mobile absolutely blew for coverage. Verizon's 18 gb plan for 100 was a pretty damn good deal and while I lost my unlimited data plan with T-mobile, I'm paying less on Verizon now and I no longer wonder why the hell I have 4 bars of LTE signal yet can't get the mobile network to send anything. As you said, what good is unlimited data if you can't get coverage, and when you do, can't get the mobile network to work right.
Thank you for replying. Being on sprint there are areas that are real good but others that are just terrible. Then there are areas where T-Mobile is great. I'm hoping being on project Fi, the combo of Sprint,T-Mobile and wifi access points will make a solid improvement. It's still not Verizon but must be better than having sprint alone. Also the positive with the Nexus 6p is that I think I could always go to someone else like verizon with this phone and connect it there. Right now it seems like Sprint doesn't plan to carry the 6p.
The rear camera even with less pixels and no IS seems better to you in your experience? Again thank you for the reply above. :highfive:
Came from the note 4 and completely disagree about the camera, the 6p destroys it as far as I am concerned. Battery life is far superior for me, I could barely make it half a day on my damn note 4. I unplugged my 6p yesterday at 5pm and with it only being my second day with it I am still very heavily using it to toy around with and such, anyways unplugged it at 5 with full battery, by 2am I was at 65 and now at 10am the next day I still have 44% without plugging it in at all yet. Combine all that with the fact that I could not root mine because it was from VZW and none dev edition leaves me with being very very happy with this switch.
I compared my wife's note 4 and mine 6p camera and I think the 6p looks better. We were taking the same exact pictures and uploading it to a computer for viewing.
Thanks guys for the replies! Appreciate the input. It's also great that I have 14 days to decide if I like the phone or not.
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Came from the note 4 and completely disagree about the camera, the 6p destroys it as far as I am concerned. Battery life is far superior for me, I could barely make it half a day on my damn note 4. I unplugged my 6p yesterday at 5pm and with it only being my second day with it I am still very heavily using it to toy around with and such, anyways unplugged it at 5 with full battery, by 2am I was at 65 and now at 10am the next day I still have 44% without plugging it in at all yet. Combine all that with the fact that I could not root mine because it was from VZW and none dev edition leaves me with being very very happy with this switch.
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Same here. When I took this thing off of the charger at 100% & got to work & noticed it was still 100% or maybe 99%, I was amazed. My Note 4 would have been at like 90% or less already. When I leave the phone for the night at say 50% & wake up, it barely moves overnight. Can't say the same with the Note 4. I have yet to fully test the battery, but the first day of use was heavy, & by bed time it was 48%. I also had it unplugged from the wall the prior day since 3 or 4am.
The usb c is nice for the fact I just plug it in & I'm not trying to figure out how the cable goes in.
The non bloat is huge. When I booted the phone Sunday for the first time, I was like.. Where are all of the apps? Oh wait, this is pure Android. The Verizon Note 4 has so many extra apps & processes running, it's a joke. What I have loaded on this phone is what I want. Not what Verizon forced on me.
Fyi, I had a non Dev Note 4. While I did use the pen some, all of these bonuses outweigh the pen.
Plus I feel the phone is much snappier.
Not to mention I haven't even unlocked and rooted yet.
So with that said, I won't be going back. And thats just a few things. I haven't even tested the speakers, really used the camera, or set up the fingerprint scanner.
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Just got my 128gb 6P yesterday and I'm also coming from a Sprint Note 4 (with 128gb microSD). I was also runnig CM12.1 on it which was definitely nice compared to Touchwiz. In any case, just from short usage of it its defintely a great improvement over the Note 4. I find that the camera wasnt that good on Note 4 with CM12.1, it was slow. Almost went back to Touchwiz because of it. Battery life wasnt that great either on Note 4 and I would always swap batteries when I got home from work. I'll miss the ability to swap batteries though. Camera is awesome, screen is awesome (better than Note 4). Always felt the Note 4 had a nice screen but after having them side by side, 6P is way nicerrr. Never cared for the fingerprint on the Note 4 but 6P is a joy to use. Bluetooth audio in the car sounds better too.
I moved from a note 3 to the 6p. So far I am happy with my choice. I honestly thought I was going to miss the wireless charging/SD card slot a lot more, but I actually don't.
The type c usb charger with doze make it so that I don't even bother to charge my phone at night anymore. I typically plug my phone in while I am using my computer at work even if it's just responding to e-mails. By the time I'm done responding I already have several more hours of use.
As for storage I haven't really run into an issue with it. The only potential is when I want to save movies on my phone so I don't have to stream them, but then again I still have over 80 gb to work with even after moving my photos and music library. To be honest I could just take the few seconds to delete a few movies once I get bored of them instead of letting them pile up. The transfer rates are quick so it's not a problem if I miss a movie and want to put it back on my phone again.
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I moved from a note 3 to the 6p. So far I am happy with my choice. I honestly thought I was going to miss the wireless charging/SD card slot a lot more, but I actually don't.
The type c usb charger with doze make it so that I don't even bother to charge my phone at night anymore. I typically plug my phone in while I am using my computer at work even if it's just responding to e-mails. By the time I'm done responding I already have several more hours of use.
As for storage I haven't really run into an issue with it. The only potential is when I want to save movies on my phone so I don't have to stream them, but then again I still have over 80 gb to work with even after moving my photos and music library. To be honest I could just take the few seconds to delete a few movies once I get bored of them instead of letting them pile up. The transfer rates are quick so it's not a problem if I miss a movie and want to put it back on my phone again.
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Lol I am in the same boat from my note 4. I am so used to having to plug in every night no matter what. I actually make a point of not plugging it in and it's honestly amazing being able to do that. Being on call 24/7 I need to know I can depend on this phone to last and so far it is doing quite well. I don't think I will make a habit of not charging it at night because I shouldn't possibly put myself in a bad spot by having not charged and then not being able to for awhile. But for now it's giving me a ton of confidence in it. Hell my battery is now at 42 percent so I only lost 2 percent in an hour with notifications going off and checking the phone.
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Lol I am in the same boat from my note 4. I am so used to having to plug in every night no matter what. I actually make a point of not plugging it in and it's honestly amazing being able to do that. Being on call 24/7 I need to know I can depend on this phone to last and so far it is doing quite well. I don't think I will make a habit of not charging it at night because I shouldn't possibly put myself in a bad spot by having not charged and then not being able to for awhile. But for now it's giving me a ton of confidence in it. Hell my battery is now at 42 percent so I only lost 2 percent in an hour with notifications going off and checking the phone.
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For your situation I would plug it in as you said, but it's been super nice not having to plug it in at night. Just set it down and off to dream land I go just like wireless charging, but without the pad (my night stand looks a lot cleaner now). All phones should have doze once every phone updates to project M right? And the note 4 also has quick charge? So from a battery beneficial stand point I guess the 6p doesn't have much over the note 4. (The battery is bigger, but the phone eats more).
The only thing I miss about the Note4 are the roms by @ZION959 ; truly an amazing developer! I almost kept the device just because of his rom support. :good:
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I was wondering if there are any Nexus 6P owners who came from a Note 4? I'm currently running CM12.1 since TW is just ugly bloatware. I just ordered a 6p with 128gb since I'm used to the SD slot on my note 4 and need plenty of storage. I'm now having doubts if I'm making a mistake after seeing one here at work today. The phone is great but the camera isn't as good as the one with the Note 4. I have shaky hands and IS really helps. I can get used to not having a stylus. What pushed me more than anything else is my issues with sprint. Since Project FI combines two networks I should have a better experience. This would also mean leaving the unlimited data package I'm grandfathered in but if in most places it's a struggle to have a good data connection then what's the point.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Rey
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I came from a Note 4 with CM 12.1, same as you. I literally never used the stylus so that was a non issue. With cloud storage like google drive, I struggle to see the need for SD cards and it never really factored into the equation for me. Music gets uploaded to google play, large files go to google drive, and photos/videos sync with google photos so I can delete them on the phone over time. I pretty much only used the SD card on the Note 4 to have backup images and rom files so I could wipe and reflash without a computer. With the Nexus, custom roms are unnecessary for me so that's a non issue.
The camera had OIS which was a plus, but the only plus. The 6P's camera is superior in every other way, and I haven't taken many shots yet, but even in low light, the OIS seems unnecessary for this camera. It would benefit in video though...no doubt.
I grew tired of dealing with broken roms. Even CM 12.1 being as stable as it was wasn't without some minor issues. Having the absolute best to offer that Google can come up with as far as OS updates and timeliness was the draw for the 6P for me, and I couldn't be happier with that decision.
Like you, what prompted me to decide to make the switch was switching carriers. T-Mobile absolutely blew for coverage. Verizon's 18 gb plan for 100 was a pretty damn good deal and while I lost my unlimited data plan with T-mobile, I'm paying less on Verizon now and I no longer wonder why the hell I have 4 bars of LTE signal yet can't get the mobile network to send anything. As you said, what good is unlimited data if you can't get coverage, and when you do, can't get the mobile network to work right.
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mentalcase87 said:
Came from the note 4 and completely disagree about the camera, the 6p destroys it as far as I am concerned. Battery life is far superior for me, I could barely make it half a day on my damn note 4. I unplugged my 6p yesterday at 5pm and with it only being my second day with it I am still very heavily using it to toy around with and such, anyways unplugged it at 5 with full battery, by 2am I was at 65 and now at 10am the next day I still have 44% without plugging it in at all yet. Combine all that with the fact that I could not root mine because it was from VZW and none dev edition leaves me with being very very happy with this switch.
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I compared my wife's note 4 and mine 6p camera and I think the 6p looks better. We were taking the same exact pictures and uploading it to a computer for viewing.
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Just got my 128gb 6P yesterday and I'm also coming from a Sprint Note 4 (with 128gb microSD). I was also runnig CM12.1 on it which was definitely nice compared to Touchwiz. In any case, just from short usage of it its defintely a great improvement over the Note 4. I find that the camera wasnt that good on Note 4 with CM12.1, it was slow. Almost went back to Touchwiz because of it. Battery life wasnt that great either on Note 4 and I would always swap batteries when I got home from work. I'll miss the ability to swap batteries though. Camera is awesome, screen is awesome (better than Note 4). Always felt the Note 4 had a nice screen but after having them side by side, 6P is way nicerrr. Never cared for the fingerprint on the Note 4 but 6P is a joy to use. Bluetooth audio in the car sounds better too.
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Hi Guys im sort of in the same situation. Had some issues with my Note 4 so was looking to pick up a 6p. Main concern right now is that on my OnePlus One capturing images is very slow. 4-5 second delay before picture is taken. Im wondering does the 6p have this same issue as well ? Basically is there delay when clicking the button and image is captured. For me the note 4 is almost instantaneous and i like that a lot especially for fast moving subject matter. would appreciate your input.
Using my friend's 6p I find it to be as fast as the Note 4 with the camera if not faster.
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The only thing I miss about the Note4 are the roms by @ZION959 ; truly an amazing developer! I almost kept the device just because of his rom support. :good:
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ZION did do a great job. Too bad CM12.1 has some bugs that annoy me like the LTE bug with texts. I don't know if my issues with LTE connectivity are also related to CM12.1 or if it's the Note 4 radio. I've also noticed development is seriously slowing down for the sprint's version of the Note 4. Nexus 6p is really picking up in this area.
I'm coming from a Note 4 running firekat and I got a 128GB Frost because I take a lot of pictures and my data is limited (for cloud storage use) cuz in Canada they kill us with the data charges.
When the Nexus 6p was released, I wondered if moving to a Nexus was kind of a lateral move, when looking at a spec sheet it's pretty similar.
But after having this phone for about a week, I have zero regrets. the 6P was an amazing successor to the note 4 which I loved and showed off
Here's what I was concerned with vs how it turned out:
S-pen features, I didn't use it too often but when I did I loved it, being able to share specific parts of the screen via the lasso tool was awesome, and being able to highlight easily words or numbers on chrome or apps.
How it turned out: I just take Screenshots (power button + lower volume button) and because the nexus is pretty fast I can just go into the photos app and crop what I want within a few seconds. and as far as highlighting specific words, the nexus does a really good job at recognizing and limiting the highlight to exactly one word at a time with those extension quotes that can be moved. It also shows a menu right away that lets you copy etc.
Camera Quality - Megapixels and OIS on the Note 4 vs lower Megapixels and no OIS
How it turned out: I compared side by side a few shots before I sold my note 4 and man there was a noticeable difference in how much better the 6P was. the colors were more accurate, the subject was more defined and lowlight pictures were so much nicer. even for the selfie camera, my wife used to complain that the camera made her look way lighter than she actually is to a point where she'd look vampireish but this camera both front and back she loves because it's pretty accurate on color. As far as OIS goes, for pictures, I don't need it. I snap at least 3 shots every time I take a picture and although 1 may end up being blurry, the other two are always clear. For video, I hardly take em anyway but that is a very noticable difference. the OIS was necessary to have especially when I compared it to my friend's iPhone 6Splus. My hands are pretty steady but the 6P still has pretty shaky video.
No Home button or menu/back buttons + On screen navigation
How it turned out: I really thought I would notice this change more because I was very used to having those buttons from having Samsung products for almost 4 years but I got used to not having a physical button surprisingly quick. I'd say in maybe 15 minutes I was already accustomed to using the on screen controls. I think it's because I was actively thinking about it from it being a concern of mine but either way, it's very easy to adjust. I was also concerned that the on screen navigation buttons take up a lot of screen space but it's mostly unnoticeable and goes away most of the time for full screen things unless you slide up from that side to make it show.
The reason I wanted to switch after having a Samsung Galaxy s2>s3>s4>s5>note3>note4 is because I wanted something fast, reliable, big battery, good camera (that can match up to what the Note 4 could do) and to be able to get updates right away and sexy. and the Nexus 6P hits all those marks perfectly. I don't miss the note 4.
Also the fingerprint reader.... I LOVE this thing, it's so convenient and fast!!! I had the fingerprint turned off on the Note 4 because it was inconvenient and I never thought I'd use a fingerprint reader because I wanted quick access to my screen right away at all times, but this positioning and speed for the 6P is amazing. There isn't even an option for changing your lockscreen image because you don't need it!
Edit: forgot to mention some drawbacks, with the Note 4 I didn't have to use a skin or case cuz that thing was pretty rugged but for my Nexus 6P I've spent nearly $50 on skins and cases cuz that mofo is slippery as fk. and feels too nice to put down without a case. Although the battery life is amazing right now I'm sure over time it won't be as good so as far as the USB type-c thing I can see it being a future headache, I can't borrow chargers from friends when I visit their homes, I need special cables that are compliant, and I'd need to find a special charger for my car. My wife still has a Samsung S5 so we can't share chargers anymore either.
Also lmao looks like I essayed this but I guess it's also for personal justification lol. and for anyone else in the same boat
Awesome post twistanesh! You guys have me feeling better and better about this move.
quickstang said:
Same here. When I took this thing off of the charger at 100% & got to work & noticed it was still 100% or maybe 99%, I was amazed. My Note 4 would have been at like 90% or less already. When I leave the phone for the night at say 50% & wake up, it barely moves overnight. Can't say the same with the Note 4. I have yet to fully test the battery, but the first day of use was heavy, & by bed time it was 48%. I also had it unplugged from the wall the prior day since 3 or 4am.
The usb c is nice for the fact I just plug it in & I'm not trying to figure out how the cable goes in.
The non bloat is huge. When I booted the phone Sunday for the first time, I was like.. Where are all of the apps? Oh wait, this is pure Android. The Verizon Note 4 has so many extra apps & processes running, it's a joke. What I have loaded on this phone is what I want. Not what Verizon forced on me.
Fyi, I had a non Dev Note 4. While I did use the pen some, all of these bonuses outweigh the pen.
Plus I feel the phone is much snappier.
Not to mention I haven't even unlocked and rooted yet.
So with that said, I won't be going back. And thats just a few things. I haven't even tested the speakers, really used the camera, or set up the fingerprint scanner.
Sent from my Aluminum Nexus 6P
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as i am reading your post, i am crying. my note 4, even after under clocking and so many things, the battery dies so fast, restarts and so many trouble. i don't use fingerprint, vibration etc to save battery. just thinking to move to 6p
came from note 4, bought 64gb White 6p for 285 from a friend ( wasn't used at all).
Never looked back (did this 2 months ago)
masri1987 said:
came from note 4, bought 64gb White 6p for 285 from a friend ( wasn't used at all).
Never looked back (did this 2 months ago)
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Just bought one, i am really curios as to how it will hold up. I had previously a note 4 so let's hope that performance are better
and that at least it will give me 1,5 year life (if it is good i will buy at that time the next nexus at a cheap price)