Initial impressions:
Please note that, starting from the Galaxy Nexus, I've owned every single flagship Google Phone, so obviously I'm biased.
Also, I'm on Verizon. This phone is not yet supported by Big Fucking Red, and it potentially takes some shenanigans to get it to work. You will need to transfer an already active Verizon Sim Card to the Nexus 6 (note that it takes nano, if you have a micro sim you'll have to get it cut). Verizon stores will not activate a sim for you. They will insist that it's "impossible" to activate the phone, and they will not activate a bare sim card for you without a phone. Verizon customer service is largely the same story.
If you already have a Verizon smart phone, you can activate a Sim Card with it, and then transfer it over to the Nexus 6. After rebooting the phone, it will work without any further hassle, but obviously this is not a Verizon-supported device.
AFAIK Verizon is the only carrier with this issue, because they need their logo and shitty branding software on all their devices before they sign off on them.
- This phone is big. I have medium-sized hands and it's slightly awkward to reach across the screen with my thumb.
- The Power/Lock and Volume buttons are in a slightly awkward position. It's as if the design team decided they wanted a really huge phone and realized that the default button positioning wouldn't work for people that aren't Andre the fucking Giant, so instead they're in the middle.
- Speakerphone/Sound quality is sort of mediocre so far, but I haven't really played around much.
- Everything is very snappy, this is the most responsive phone I've ever held, including the new iPhone.
- Screen quality is great, but I have very squinty eyes so it's hard to be sure.
- The phone feels well constructed and has no obvious flexing or cheap plastic that bends when you grip the phone, a major gripe I have with many Samsung phones.
- Despite the massive proportions, it's not a particularly heavy phone.
- If you already have a google phone, you can use NFC on initial setup to push all of your account/app information to the new phone, thereby saving you hours of setup. This is actually pretty neat.
- It works as a phone. It's stupid that this is worth mentioning, but there are lots of "phones" out there that do not fucking work as a phone.
Please note that, starting from the Galaxy Nexus, I've owned every single flagship Google Phone, so obviously I'm biased.
Also, I'm on Verizon. This phone is not yet supported by Big Fucking Red, and it potentially takes some shenanigans to get it to work. You will need to transfer an already active Verizon Sim Card to the Nexus 6 (note that it takes nano, if you have a micro sim you'll have to get it cut). Verizon stores will not activate a sim for you. They will insist that it's "impossible" to activate the phone, and they will not activate a bare sim card for you without a phone. Verizon customer service is largely the same story.
If you already have a Verizon smart phone, you can activate a Sim Card with it, and then transfer it over to the Nexus 6. After rebooting the phone, it will work without any further hassle, but obviously this is not a Verizon-supported device.
AFAIK Verizon is the only carrier with this issue, because they need their logo and shitty branding software on all their devices before they sign off on them.
google late 2 the 6 inch party as usual, meanwhile i am using a 6+