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Motorola Nexus 6

Every year, a new model series Nexus first market to receive the most modern version of Android and after the announcement of Lollipop, many were looking forward to the appearance of the device, which can unleash the full potential of the interface. His vision of what should be the most versatile and user-friendly representative of the series, this time demonstrated recently the US, and now the Chinese company Motorola. Which became a subsidiary of Lenovo, Motorola stands out originality . it has an attractive and interesting products, which, alas, has not yet officially available in Russia. However, this does not prevent the fans to book their smartphones using overseas stores or use the services of local suppliers.

Specifications

• Screen: 5,96 '', AMOLED, Quad HD 2560x1440 pixels, 493 ppi; Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 quad-core 2.7 GHz; Krait 450; graphics accelerator: Adreno 420; Operating System: Android 5.0 Lollipop; RAM: 3 GB; Internal memory: 32 GB; memory card support: no; Feedback: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz MHz || WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100 || LTE-A Cat.6 / LTE Cat.4; SIM: nanoSIM; Wireless interfaces: Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac, BT 4.1 LE, NFC; Navigation: GPS / GLONASS; Cameras: Home - 13 megapixel front - 1.6 megapixel; Sensors: accelerometer, digital compass, gyroscope, lighting, approach; Battery: mAh 3220; Dimensions: 159.3 x 83 x 10.1 mm; Weight: 184 grams.

Packaging equipment

The buyer receives the Nexus in a large cardboard box is white, which is stamped on the lid of the number "six". Smartphone is in a special bath, under which laid a set of accessories. It includes the following items: stereo, cable micro-USB, corporate Charger Turbo Charger. Of course, there is a concise guide and clip that will be installed in the device SIM-card.

Outward appearance

Smartphones Nexus line has always distinguished the original appearance. Until recently, this series consists of five devices. Each model can be considered original and memorable devices. With the Nexus 6, the situation was somewhat different. Someone familiar with the grocery assortment of American companies can easily guess in the "six" features of the Moto X 2014. Devices so much alike that there is no doubt of their simultaneous development. Dimensions Nexus 6 inspire respect: the smart phone is very solid, smartped actually, when you consider the diagonal. By the way, the trend of the overall increase in noticeable diagonal everything: people talk less, but spend more time on the Internet, and display settings become critical. The smartphone is available in two colors: white and dark blue. In both versions, the entire rear surface is made of plastic. However, aluminum-free too, was not of his making a frame around the perimeter of the housing. Controls put to the right side. Power key medium in size with a relief notch is over the volume button. On both buttons easy to press, the course clear, false positives should not be. Above the screen is the front camera and optical sensors. Curiously resolved the issue with the registration of speakers. Thin strips through which the music will sound a little bulge on the protective glass. Apparently, so engineers decided to protect it from scratches, when the smartphone is placed on the surface of the screen down. Main camera lens is located at the top of the rear panel. Above the surface, he does not act. Making LED flash two diodes, vpisanynmi in transparent ring that surrounds the lens, it reminds ring flash for professional cameras. The smartphone just two slots: the top of the mini-jack for headphones, bottom micro-USB. Because not folding design and the rear panel can not be removed, the tray nano-SIM submitted to the upper end. It is easy to remove using an ordinary paper clip. 

Ergonomics

The curved shape of the rear panel follows the natural contours of your palm. At first glance, the idea is not bad, considering the large size of such devices. But the machine, after all, is too large for most users, and the relative ease here. In smartpedah side faces do better rounded. Here they are flat, which is not very convenient. Again, the case turned out pretty slippery, despite the matte plastic back panel. About a comfortable one-hand operation in any case there is no question. Smartphones have splash protection. This means that it can not bathe, but some ingress of water on the unit will transfer without compromising its design. For the user, this feature is unlikely to be important when choosing a device, given that the market lacks analogs with more reliable protection against moisture and dust.

Shield

Nexus series of smartphones with large screens such has never been. If earlier diagonal grew gradually, adding a tenth of an inch, but now have decided not to be penny wise and screen in one fell swoop increased from five to six inches. AMOLED could confuse not the most adequate transfer of colors, but it is bright and the colors are very juicy. Matrix with Quad HD resolution (2560h1440) covered with a protective glass Gorilla Glass 3, which is slightly curved at the edges. Due to its high density (493 ppi) and see the pixels on the display just does not happen. Touchscreen detects up to ten simultaneous touches, excellent sensitivity, no false positives. Compared with the Nexus 5 screen it has become much more contrast, in this regard AMOLED a winning option. At the same time, the display can be confusing in that the embellishing colors that appear unnatural. Such supersaturated hues like not everyone. The viewing angles are maximum, the other from the matrix of this type could not be expected, but if you look at the image even at a slight angle, the white color will become blue, then green. Oleophobic coating surface on which the data set in the fingers nice slide. The stock is sufficient brightness for different conditions, but the sensor, which is responsible for the automatic adjustment, slightly overestimates the set values. So sometimes you have to change the parameters of their own to the eyes do not get tired when reading in the dark.

Interface

Android 5.0 is very slowly comes to device series Nexus, so it is particularly interesting to see how it will look new option for the menu on the reference smartphone. Material design, which was taken as a basis, offers a concise design of tiles and panels in a simple but bright colors. It looks impressive list of running tasks: a kind of carousel tabs to easily find the application you want - just scroll through the list.  Two-step menu notification collect cards of various events. They go out and lock the screen, so the work is simplified with the new data, all at your fingertips. Double-click easy to go to a specific application. I changed the design of many basic programs: phone, clock, calculator, calendar and other tools that are part of the so-called set of "Diary", decorated in the same style. As you can see, Lollipop retained the recognizable features of Jelly Bean, but became more beautiful. From the system exclude items that do not fulfill any useful role, instead of elaborating and improving everything that people use every day. The main thing - that the developers of the software will prepare an update to their software, thereby creating a uniform system.

Apparatus in

Motorola Nexus 6 refers to a few family of devices, which received a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 805 with 2.7 GHz and graphics Adreno 420. The volume of RAM is 3GB built-in - 32 or 64 GB, depending on the version of the device. The memory card slot is not provided, work with USB-OTG also not supported. The interface works very smoothly and quickly optimize the quality of the filling immediately felt. Hang there, the overall impression of the performance device most optimistic. Streaming video is played back in 1080p smoothly and without jerks, you just wait for a full load roller. With games, too, everything is fine, modern applications come with the highest graphics settings. Games such as Asphalt 8, Dead Trigger 2, Minion Rush, Real Racing 3 and Walking Dead, perfectly proved to be on the big screen, this is very powerful smartphone. The game apparatus body is heated.This is a natural situation, but not overheat and the temperature does not increase to uncomfortable levels. A pair of speakers provide quality sound player. Thanks to an ingenious form of hard block, even holding the device with two hands.The sound is not muted in those situations where the Nexus 6 is on the table. The quality of the music in the headphones is very good.The stock volume is also solid, in the subway to the "plugs" can not raise the sound to the maximum. The built-in Google Fit tracks user activity. Awaiting parameters (height, weight, gender), you can start an active lifestyle and watch the scale to fill the screen. A kind of alternative fashion fitness tracker, for which it is not necessary to pay.

Cell

During filming meets 13 megapixel f / 2.0 sensor Sony IMX 214 with optical stabilization. The camera can be quickly activated as a menu, and a simple gesture on the lock screen. Autofocus works exactly, the pictures are saved quickly. However, when the mode is enabled HDR +, still have to wait a couple of seconds. Anyway, on the background of the old Nexus 5 progress is very noticeable. Smartphone please volumetric panoramas. Luggage neatly stitches together images, photographs then nice to see. In the settings if you want to change the resolution of images is easy, if you suddenly run out of memory. The picture quality in good lighting conditions can be called a very decent, especially if you use the regime HDR +. The pictures are sharp, color-rich, although in low light quality drops significantly. In this regard, the device is inferior to its competitors. However, the quality of shooting never Motorola products are characterized by high results. The front camera takes pictures at 1.6 megapixels. To take yourself, loved ones or communicate by Skype is enough. Movies can be written as a 4K, and in a lower quality. Autofocus works in spurts, smart object often loses focus, and this defect clearly seen while watching the final video. Fashion features video recording in slow motion is not here.

Wireless interfaces

Nexus 6 supports LTE networks in at maximum speeds thanks to support LTE Advanced. Smartphone catches good cellular signal, earpiece transmits the caller's voice quality. Wi-Fi enabled 802.11ac equally stably in both frequency bands. For the transfer of data via Bluetooth protocol version 4.1 responds. Also, there is support for NFC, have GPS and GLONASS - and here, too, there were no unpleasant surprises.

Autonomy

Battery capacity is mAh 3220. On personal feelings, Nexus 6 runs as much as 5 and Nexus, so for intensive use in the lunch have to charge the device so that it lived up to the evening. In games, the phone is discharged to 30% per hour. The smartphone is equipped with a charger Turbo Charger. With the help of a fully discharged battery is easy to fill by 25% in just 15 minutes of charging. If you wait another hour, the phone is charged up to 95%. This is done through support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0. Due to the built-in wireless charging Nexus 6 can be filled with energy, and in this way, but have to buy matching accessories. Interestingly, the device is well optimized for video playback: the charge is enough for 10-11 hours of continuous movie playback in Full HD.

Results

Nexus 6, like its predecessors, is not perfect. It has nice features like a pure Android (latest version!), Wireless charging, or original design. However, if you look at the price of the device in the United States, it is easy to notice that the smartphone is almost twice as expensive as the old model. And now he will have to compete with other flagships, standing out from the crowd unless perfectly optimized Android 5.0. A main advantage of the flagship Nexus - the combination of low prices and high-end features - left somewhere in the past.

Pros:

• the newest version of Android 5.0;
• powerful processor;
• wireless charger.
• Minuses:
• no memory card slot, and support for OTG;
• It requires energy optimization;
• big sizes.