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> Pros: Reasonably priced for what it is A year ago, we had a 5" smartphone (Nexus 5) for 399€ and a 7" tablet (Nexus 7) for 299€. Now, we have a 6" smartphone

by dfritz 12y ago

> Pros: Reasonably priced for what it is A year ago, we had a 5" smartphone (Nexus 5) for 399€ and a 7" tablet (Nexus 7) for 299€. Now, we have a 6" smartphone (Nexus 6) for 699€. Is it reasonably priced?

yitchelle 12y ago
Can you correlate price with size of the phone? What about performance, weight, battery life and many other factors?
- dfritz 12y ago
  The Nexus 6 (Snapdragon 805, 2.7 GHz quad-core) have a slightly faster CPU than the Nexus 5 (Snapdragon 800, 2.26 GHz quad-core), but it only reflect the natural performance improvement over time. The Nexus 6 (184g, 31g/inch) is heavier than the Nexus 5 (130g, 26g/inch), compared to its screen size. While the battery capacity of the Nexus 6 (3220 mAh) is significantly larger then the Nexus 5 (2300 mAh), people reported the battery life of the Nexus 6 to be shorter. I can't find any technical improvement that could explain a 1.75x price increase.
dagw 12y ago
When the Nexus 5 was released it was one of the cheapest reasonably specced Android phones you could buy. The Nexus 6 on the other hand is one the most expensive Android phones on the market. It's only reasonably priced if you define reasonable as "not more expensive than an iPhone 6"
- dfritz 12y ago
  Yet, the Nexus 5 was already 50€ more expensive than its predecessor, the Nexus 4.
  - jmnicolas 12y ago
    No it was the same price (350€) if you bought it with the same amount of storage (16 GB) than the Nexus 4. For 400€ you had the 32 GB version.
carlob 12y ago
C'mon it's only 1€ more than the two combined and you get the convenience to only have to lug around one ;)