Nexus 6 Please

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Wade

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#154056 16-Oct-2014 18:57

With the news of the imminent release of the Nexus 6 overseas and your history of supporting Nexus handsets I am ever hopeful your team can see the potential in adding this device to your lineup

Please consider stocking both the 32 & 64gb versions or even just the 64gb version. I am sure the target market will not mind the added cost, I for one will be lining up for a 64gb n6 if it becomes an option

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#1156305 16-Oct-2014 19:02

I have a Nexus 5 and LOVE it, but I have no interest in the Nexus 6.

For me, it's too big, and at US$649 for the 32GB from Google, it's not cheap.

Considering 2degrees are selling the Nexus 5 and a noticeable premium over the converted cost direct from Google, I would expect the 32GB version to be around the $900-950 mark from a carrier. Not a cheap phone.

I am seeing many N5 owners today saying they have no interest in the N6, and very few who do. Will be interesting to see if the carriers deem it worth while to sell at all.

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Wade

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#1156373 16-Oct-2014 21:12

That would put it quite a bit cheaper than a note 4 which one could argue is its closest competitor

$899 would be an acceptable price point for such a device surely

benokobi

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#1156423 16-Oct-2014 21:57

Thousand or below would be reasonable in this marketplace as all large high spec phones are all ~$1200

nathan

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#1156431 16-Oct-2014 22:20

Large high spec phone, Lumia 1520

Cat amongst the pigeons, seems to be around nz$600 now

:P

NZtechfreak

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#1156444 16-Oct-2014 22:49

Interesting that Google did not announce that the 6 is water resistant... that detail on Moto's website.

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Wade

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#1156456 16-Oct-2014 23:21

nathan: Large high spec phone, Lumia 1520

Cat amongst the pigeons, seems to be around nz$600 now

:P

Get it running lollipop and you could get twice as much for it :P

nakedmolerat

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#1156457 16-Oct-2014 23:25

NZtechfreak: Interesting that Google did not announce that the 6 is water resistant... that detail on Moto's website.

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Lostja

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#1156505 17-Oct-2014 07:32

I am tempted, dropped my Nexus 5 about 2 weeks ago and the screen cracked pretty badly. $299 to get it replaced? Don't think so

old3eyes

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#1156558 17-Oct-2014 09:15

The general opinion of overseas blogs is that it's too expensive to succeed. I suspect if the N5 was anything to go by it will be NZ$ 1100 via a carrier. The fact that all the US carriers are selling it subsidized points to the higher unlocked price. In the US people are so used to subsidized phones that they will think that $199 and $80 / month is cheap..

Regards,

Old3eyes

Wade

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#1156577 17-Oct-2014 09:42

Keeping some perspective, Google sold the N4 & N5 dirt cheap, it was comparable to top shelf handsets at nearly half the price,at the time people questioned how Google could sell it so cheaply and now (probably) the same people are condemning the N6 as being too expensive :P

Anywhere else in the world the N5 sat a lot closer to the competition pricewise so it would stand to reason the N6 would be close in price to its nearest competitors being a i guess predominantly the Note 4. Arguably the Note 4 has slightly better specs but the pure android experience rates highly in my books, consistent and timely updates is something i value.

2degreesCare

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#1156614 17-Oct-2014 10:02

Hi all,

We don't have any details on the Nexus 6 at this stage. More info on the Nexus 6 can be found here

Cheers
^POB

Wade

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#1156637 17-Oct-2014 10:16

2DegreesCare: Hi all,

We don't have any details on the Nexus 6 at this stage. More info on the Nexus 6 can be found here

Cheers
^POB

Thanks for the response, as long as the right people within 2D are starting to talk about it that's all we ask...oh and we get the 64gb version :P

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#1156695 17-Oct-2014 11:24

the N4, 5 , 7(2012), 7(2013), 10 will all be getting the lollipop update so why bother buying a newer model just to get android 5.0

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#1156696 17-Oct-2014 11:28

There is speculation that it's actually the final android images for the Nexus 5 and 7 that are going to drop in the next 24 hours, not another developer preview.

If that's true - I hope I can have Lolipop on my N5 before the weekend is out.

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Wade

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#1156764 17-Oct-2014 12:22

Athlonite: the N4, 5 , 7(2012), 7(2013), 10 will all be getting the lollipop update so why bother buying a newer model just to get android 5.0

Don't forget the M7 One, moto g, moto x to that list

As for reasons to buy N6, hardware :P - 6" QuadHD, fast processor, 3gb ram, 13MP camera, 4k video recording, 24hr (claimed) battery life, turbo charging capability, aluminium body, twin front facing speakers

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