Ive not posted before on HUKD but wanted to on this as I've has this phone since launch and this might help someone buy or not buy.

Pros -

Massive screen, very clear image, fast charge with USB-C (this really is a sh*t, shower and shave charger, it charges from empty to pretty much full in an hour or so), good camera, front facing speakers, finger print scanner, stock android so no bloatware, updates 1st from Google as its a Nexus device, price (under £400 for a phone of this calibre is a great deal).

Cons -

Build quality: yeah youre going to want the best screen cover and case you can get unless you don't mind scratches all over your massive screen and shiny metal body, oh and the little chips and dinks to the sides as well. The gorilla glass is not brilliant and the phone is big so in and out of pocket use will scratch it easily.

Reparability: Your average phone shop is not fixing any screen issues, reviewed as 2/10 for ease of fixing, check the interweb for reviews and videos on replacing a screen it is crazy, this is not an easy phone to fix unless willing to send back. A new screen is £150+ with local shops and over £200+ with Huawei.

Bugs: You get the latest version of android yes but be prepared to also be testers, so far I've had the battery issue with a security fix (phone not going into sleep mode when not in use and battery drain V quickly) and a number of other small issues with functionality and battery.

USB-C: This is a blessing and a curse, it is great but forget your own charger and noone you know can help as noone has this yet.

No additional storage: You need to use cloud storage a lot and I have the 32gb version, I'd say go bigger but it costs more.

sorry for war and peace, hope someone found this useful.

Still overpriced I think

I was just about to pull the trigger and buy the lot... Then I realised that it's not 6p each :disappointed:

Another Mate 8 fan here. Fantastic phone and incredible battery life. I got mine from Amazon.it about three weeks ago for £370.

Tempting as this is, think I'll wait for the One Plus 3 due out next week...

is this worth the upgrade from Nexus 6?

It's the speakers that put me off: extra real estate and I'll never use them

I picked up a mint condition 64gb on Ebay a while back (for less than this. WIN!). Finally binned Samsung as they are simply too slow to update now. If they bother at all. This will get updates quickly. And for a long time. And without bloat.

Screen on mine is fine. Speakers? No idea. When does anyone use phone speakers?

Can't say any of the updates have caused me noticeable problems. I have mine in a Spigen case. Dropped in onto concrete the other day. From waist height. Landed on the corner. And it's absolutely fine. Still not a scratch on it.

Great phone (64gb was the minimum for me due to lack of card slot). And USB-C is fine for me. Current PC has it built into the mobo. And I work in IT so I'm not the only one in the office with a USB-C phone! :laughing:

So tempted to replace my Smart Ultra 6 with one of these...

Thanks Edin..think you need 64gig as a minimum..wont take long for USB c to be more prevalent..

Ive not posted before on HUKD but wanted to on this as I've has this phone since launch and this might help someone buy or not buy.

Pros -

Massive screen, very clear image, fast charge with USB-C (this really is a sh*t, shower and shave charger, it charges from empty to pretty much full in an hour or so), good camera, front facing speakers, finger print scanner, stock android so no bloatware, updates 1st from Google as its a Nexus device, price (under £400 for a phone of this calibre is a great deal).

Cons -

Build quality: yeah youre going to want the best screen cover and case you can get unless you don't mind scratches all over your massive screen and shiny metal body, oh and the little chips and dinks to the sides as well. The gorilla glass is not brilliant and the phone is big so in and out of pocket use will scratch it easily.

Reparability: Your average phone shop is not fixing any screen issues, reviewed as 2/10 for ease of fixing, check the interweb for reviews and videos on replacing a screen it is crazy, this is not an easy phone to fix unless willing to send back. A new screen is £150+ with local shops and over £200+ with Huawei.

Bugs: You get the latest version of android yes but be prepared to also be testers, so far I've had the battery issue with a security fix (phone not going into sleep mode when not in use and battery drain V quickly) and a number of other small issues with functionality and battery.

USB-C: This is a blessing and a curse, it is great but forget your own charger and noone you know can help as noone has this yet.

No additional storage: You need to use cloud storage a lot and I have the 32gb version, I'd say go bigger but it costs more.

sorry for war and peace, hope someone found this useful.

anyone who has one tell me how long their battery lasts? I bought one of curry's eBay refurbished. quite heavy user but battery runs out after about 10 hours, that's with the saver apps installed too. not sure if faulty phone or their all similar.

I also went for this last time and think it’s a great phone. I got the 64GB version as 128GB was a bit expensive for me and the 64GB USB-C flash drive I bought can be used when I go away should I need any more space.

Went for this deal, the last time it came around and do not regret it for a second. I went for the 64gb Gold and I can say in the flesh it is a seriously nice looking phone. Was going to get this from other parties and possibly even ebay at the time, but decided to go with Google because of the deal and also to give me some peace of mind, in case anything should go wrong. Seriously, this phone is awesome!! :smiley:

Just checked the warranty card in the box. It says 24 months for the host unit, 12 for the charger and 6 for the battery. The warranty is offered by Huawei but I'm sure Google would have to offer the same if you bought it from then.

had to be the 64gig at a minimum...32 will fill up far too quick

Cracking deal and as a result I've gone for the 64gb instead of the 32gb. :smiley:

very tempting...

Thanks op. Been on there lookout for a birthday upgrade for the other half. Perfect timing.

Does play store offer 2 years warranty for Nexus 6P?

​Hmm, many reviews say the speakers are some of the best in class. Is it an issue with earlier models?

Well, all I can say to that is there are about 6 independent sites that have reviewed it and none have given it below 4.5 out of 5.

Something as obvious as a screen problem as clear as you state surely would have been spotted? Several reviews have been updated after a year and they still love it.

Just sayin'. No production line is perfect. My concern would be how they react so such a problem and I believe Google will simply replace it.

Couldn't help myself...

Good price but the screen and speaker issues were never fixed by google or huawei.

Specifically, the vast majority of screens are very uneven, have pink blotches, or have what is essentially a pink-to-green gradient going across them, either horizontally or vertically. This is simply caused by poor manufacturing, not the screen itself. You can see for yourself under direct light. The more pinkish areas will appear warped under direct light when the screen is off. The screen is essentially mounted unevenly/poorly. Modern AMOLED panels are generally a greenish/blueish tint when viewed head on, and pinkish when viewed off angle. This is what causes the pink gradient and blotchiness.

If you wan't an example of a perfectly executed AMOLED screen, look at the Note 2 or the OnePlus X. Even the current crop of S7 Edge suffer from it to some degree, but isnt widespread or really that noticeable. Normal S7 not so much.

As for the speakers, the bottom one is always muffled and sounds tonedeaf. The volume is also noticeably lower. This isnt a software issue or even a hardware issue. Its a design issue. They located the bottom speaker almost fully underneath the glass panel, to the right of the actual speaker grille. Terrible design, although they're still great speakers for anything that isnt viewed in landscape.

Unless you really want the flawed speakers or excellent development community, I'd personally wait for the ZTE Axon 2 or the OnePlus 3 (if you want to take a risk).

You know you're the first to say that :smirk:

A Nexus for 6p?!? SOLD!! Oh wait... :wink:

I'd go 6P over the G5. Better battery, software and I prefer AMOLED. Also feels much nicer in the hand. G5 somehow feels cheap and creaky, not to mention the build quality issues they've been having.

I had the same issue with my m8 so I done a wipe of the cache partition and it's speeded it up nice and good, here's a link on how to do it just in case you don't know Your text here

I've been eyeing up this phone for ages, the reviews are superb.....my M8 is going slow...I really should just hard reset it and see if a refresh sorts it...or I could just buy another phone.

damn you hotuk, I am incredibly tempted!!!

Oneplus have already said the new phone will be about the same price as the 64gb Oneplus two launch price which was £289 I believe.

That would also be for the 4gb version and there are rumours of a 6gb version which would almost certainly be more like £380

Im going to wait to see what's actually announced but don't get your hopes up of the prices quoted in your linked pages. They've just done currency conversions which everyone knows it doesn't work like that

True, if that's the issue, stock can be root installed, otherwise I think Oxygen rocks.

6P has stock android and guaranteed updates though.

Got this phone, got it on contract (64gb model) for £31 per month on o2.

Fantastic phone and easily the best I've ever owned - I would argue it's probably the best phone on the market and build quality is amazing. I would however highly recommend a case as although quite robust, if it falls on the edge where the volume button is it can bend it as its made of metal (this is what happen to me).

Thankfully Huawei support was good and they replaced not only the button but the metal aluminium which I had dropped and scratched :smile:
Also - If you buy it from the PLAY store and have any issues; google will send you a replacement as they do not have a repair centre - if bought from anywhere else such as a mobile network provider you need to deal with huawei directly who have repair centres that will attempt a repair first and you need to wait for the phone to come back (google send you a next day replacement )

:smiley:

OnePlus three is being released on the 14th, better to wait for 6GB ram and better processor for less money.

Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820
CPU: Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo & dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo
GPU: Adreno 530
Ram: 6GB

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/oneplus-3-1301222

http://m.gsmarena.com/oneplus_3-7995.php

If you bought it from Google, contact them. They may refund you the difference.

Until the reviews come in it's difficult to be objective but from the specs you can say that they are similar except that the 6P has a better screen, bigger battery and possibly superior camera. Build quality wise you'd expect the 6P to be better as it has a uni metal body. They are aimed at different price ranges so the comparisons are hard to draw.

don't buy this phone is you've got small hands

Damn, I bought this phone for normal price week ago. Great deal this.

Great build quality only thing is camera is OK when compared to my G4

Love this phone

How does the N6P compare to the new Moto G4 Plus (4GB RAM)?

Ordered, cheers OP, wanted something a bit bigger than my regular Z1 so this should fit the bill

Really glad I procrastinated last week. You just saved me £70 OP! :sunglasses:

Heat added; order placed.

Thanks OP

RMA s though. So expect scratches and dents.

I had one if these, way to big to fit in my pockets comfortably, and was v heavy. Settled for a 5x instead.

Great phone. The Mrs has one and I'm jealous. Good price too.

sane offer was there from google pay store a month back,, excellent offer. stopping me from buying this :smiley:
of you buy nexus, best is to buy from play store, as they send new device in case of problems.

They have a bad safety record too do they

​I think you'll find eglobalcentral isn't the safest of companies in the world...

​EBay. £369. Best phone I ever bought.

It's tempting. But a can get a G5 from Very for the same price, so.....

Still overpriced I think

I was just about to pull the trigger and buy the lot... Then I realised that it's not 6p each :disappointed:

I got the Huawei Mate 8. I think a better phone especially battery life.

Tempting...

I do not need this phone... *repeat*

Great phone.