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June 02, 2016

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First, the price has come down quite a lot and you can pick up some bargains on contract, with very little upfront cost. Secondly, the phone's main advantage is that it runs stock Android, which means it's one of the first to get the latest Android updated. In fact, you can already download the developer preview of Android N for it. For many people, it's this upgradeability that makes the Nexus line-up so attractive. So, before you buy a flagship phone from another manufacturer, it's worth reading about what the Nexus 6P can do.

The 6P has retained the 2560 x 1440 resolution of its predecessor, but Huawei has chosen to bump the screen size up to 5.7in. It loses a little pixel density as a result, but that's not really an issue here.The display is incredibly sharp, in spite of the PenTile sub-pixel structure employed by the panel, and the contrast is impeccable. Brightness is also superb; it suffers a little in comparison with the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, but not enough to have any real effect.There's a very slight blue-green shift when placed at extreme angles, but other than that, the viewing angles are faultless. There is, however, a problem with oversaturation.A common issue with phones like the 6P that use OLED panels, it's similar to Samsung devices' default 'Adaptive' setting. Unfortunately, there's no way to bump it back down to a more natural level. On the bright side, colour accuracy is improved over the Nexus 6.

Camera
The Nexus 6P does not have a megapixel-chasing camera. Its main sensor measures 1/2.3 of an inch, the largest found in phones outside of the old Nokia PureView range, with a resolution of 12.3 megapixels and a wide aperture of f2.This lets the Nexus 6P maintain fairly good image quality regardless of (most) light conditions, even though the phone does not have optical image stabilisation. Large 1.55-micron sensor pixels help it keep noise levels reasonable in lower light without extremely obvious noise reduction. Plus, it means the camera doesnâ€™t have to drop down to its slowest 1/10 second shutter speed until the light level is really dark.

Colours in photos are rich, with none of the tone clipping you get in some cheap 13-megapixel sensors, while the quality f/2.0 lens allows for some pleasant shallow depth of field effect shots when shooting close-up subjects. The Nexus 6P has a very nice camera, with images that hold up better than a lot of higher-resolution rivals. However, the software running the show needs to be smarter.Only minor tweaks have been made to the Google Camera app, bunging HDR and flash controls into the top-right of the otherwise-dated UI.

The metering system reverts to spot-metering as soon as a subject is selected, with much less intelligent consideration for the rest of the scene than the iPhone 6S and Samsung Galaxy S6. When the Nexus 6P is left to judge the scene on its own, it tends to be a little conservative in trickier conditions too, meaning its shots can often benefit from post-shoot tweaking to bring up the brightness a little.The Auto HDR mode is also not a patch on that of LG and Samsung, taking too long to process shots and with results that arenâ€™t as good. However, the Nexus 6P does shoot slo-mo video, shooting at either 150fps or 240fps. Unlike stills, video is stabilised, but using a software method that crops the image, using its outer parts as a buffer.

Despite all this, shooting with the Nexus 6Pâ€™s camera still produces generally pleasing results. The front camera is good too with a large eight-megapixel sensor producing sharper, clearer images than any of the other 2015 flagships.This octo-core 2GHz CPU doesnâ€™t perform as well in benchmarks as the Samsung Galaxy S6 familyâ€™s Exynos processors, but is otherwise among the fastest chipsets available. It is contentious, though, having caused at least some overheating problems in at least some devices that use it.Google says the Nexus 6P uses v2.1 of the Snapdragon 810, designed to combat this, but the phone still got fairly warm when the display was on, when the phone was downloading data over 4G and even when the processor was working at something only moderately taxing.

It does not run as cool as the iPhone 6S or Galaxy S6, but is nowhere near as prone to running hot as the Sony Xperia Z3+ either - we didnâ€™t see a single overheating warning during testing. Hardware is only ever part of the story of a Nexus device. The Nexus 6P mission statement is to show off Android 6.0 Marshmallow with up-to-date hardware, free of any manufacturer alterations.Weâ€™ve delved into Marshmallow in more detail elsewhere, but thereâ€™s one detail worth mentioning here even if itâ€™s strictly speaking not part of Marshmallow at all. Google has committed itself to releasing monthly security updates for Android, with Lollipop supported in addition to Marshmallow. Nexus devices like the 6P should receive these promptly â€“ while Samsung and LG have signed up to the monthly scheme, those manufacturers have noted that security updates will still be subject to mobile network approval.

The Nexus 6P has the advantage of being able to spread what little heat it does generate across its rear more than some other phones, as it has a highly conductive aluminium frame. It comes in grey, white and silver finishes, and its slightly narrower width (compared to the Nexus 6) helps it avoid the worst of the finger-stretching girth factor of its predecessor.Thereâ€™s a slightly awkward-looking bump of glass at the top that tarnishes its appearance a little, but the Nexus 6P is an expensive-feeling and generally good-looking phablet overall.

A £449 starting price means this isnâ€™t an unaffordable phone either. And while, like all Nexus devices, storage is not expandable, Google has priced storage upgrades far more reasonably than Apple or Samsung. Above the £449 32GB version, a 64GB Nexus 6P costs £499, and the 128GB £579. The top model is £210 cheaper than the 128GB iPhone 6S Plus.The Nexus 6P doesnâ€™t have any frivolous extras such as an IR transmitter, but what hardware extras it does include are of high quality. It has a pair of front-facing stereo speakers that are only slightly less powerful-sounding than the standard-setting HTC One M9 BoomSound pair. Plus thereâ€™s an excellent fingerprint scanner on its rear.

Fingerprint reader
Like the also-Huawei-made Honor 7, the Nexus 6P has a small fingerprint scanner sitting roughly where your index finger naturally lands on the back of the phone. It is extremely fast and accurate, and can cope with slightly wet fingers much better than many other phones.Compared to the Honor 7â€™s already fast and accurate fingerprint reader, we found the Nexus 6Pâ€™s to be consistently even more accurate.Version 6.0 Marshmallow is the first version of Android to support finger scanners natively. As standard itâ€™ll unlock your phone and can be used to validate Google Play purchases. However, with a standard API available it will likely be used in hundreds of apps within the next few months.

Google says "fingerprint data is stored securely and never leaves your device,â€ that the data is encrypted, and as standard Marshmallow is fully encrypted on top of that. The benefit of the standardised API is that your fingerprint data itself is never actually shared with any apps using the scanner. They will instead receive a tokenised version instead.

Battery Life
To help offset the Nexus 6Pâ€™s large screen, it has a large 3480mAh battery. To access it youâ€™d need to dismantle the phone as, like all recent Nexus devices, itâ€™s not designed to be user-replaceable.It provides good if not truly remarkable stamina. When left browsing the web while music plays in the background, the Nexus 6P lasted seven hours 50 minutes. Thatâ€™s solid but predictably the Moto X Play, which has both a larger battery and a lower-resolution screen, lasted two and a half hours longer. When playing an H264 video on loop it lasts for 10.5 hours, again a fair result but the Moto X Play once again lasted two hours longer.

In general use the Nexus 6P comfortably lasts a full day with moderately intense use. However, a daily charge is still likely to be needed. Android 6.0 M makes some improvements to battery life, but these appear to focus on using less power in standby rather than active use. For more aggressive power saving there is a Battery Saver mode, but this continues to be an â€˜emergency-onlyâ€™ setting, turning the top and bottom of the display orange.The Nexus 6P is among the first devices to use a USB Type-C port rather than the more common Micro USB. The benefit is that itâ€™s reversible and, in this case, the included 15W charger gets you from a flat battery to 100% charge in two hours.

However, annoying drawbacks include not being ableto charge from your computer or even transfer photos to a laptop over a cable because the included cable uses USB-C at both ends. It is perhaps a little too forward-thinking for its own good in this case. A USB-C to USB cable is the must-have accessory for any Nexus 6P owner. The Nexus 6P is an excellent phone to showcase Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Thanks to well-executed features at a fair price, the Nexus 6P is one of the best large-screen Android phones around.However, with phones like the LG G4 and Samsung Galaxy S6 already dropping significantly in price at many retailers, the Nexus 6P isnâ€™t quite as outstanding value as other Nexus devices, even with its more recent price drop.

Open System Preferences and click Display. On the Display tab, you'll see a slider for Brightness. Lower it to a point between super bright and depressingly dull. Not only will a display set at a lower brightness aid your battery life, but it will also be easier on your eyes unless you are sitting in direct sunlight and need brightness at its max in order to see text and images.Below the slider is a check box for Automatically adjust brightness, which may or may not help extend the life of your battery. If you use your laptop primarily in a brightly lit office or sunny breakfast nook, then keep this setting off so OS X isn't bumping up screen brightness to compensate for your bright environment. You're better off lowering the display brightness manually. Of course, the opposite is also true. If you often work into the wee hours at night in a darkened room or keep your office light low, check the box and let OS X lower the brightness in such settings.

There is another display-related setting on the Energy Saver area of System Preferences. Check the box for Slightly dim the display while on battery power.Keeping your display running while your laptop sits unattended is a needless waste of battery resources. On the Energy Saver page, you can set times for Computer Sleep and Display Sleep, both of which spring into action if your MacBook sits idle for a period of time. Set as short a time as you're comfortable with for the Battery tab; it's less important for the Power Adapter tab.

First off, if you are concerned about your Windows 10 laptop's battery life, head to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options and make sure you choose a Balanced or Power Saver plan. Use the High performance plan only when you need a boost for gaming or high-end graphics apps.With Windows 10, there are additional power and display settings from the Settings button on the Windows 10 start screen. Tap the Home button, tap the Settings button on the left edge, and then tap System. From the left menu, tap Display and you'll find a slider for Adjust brightness level.

Next, tap Battery Saver from the left menu. Tap the toggle switch to turn on Battery saver. If the toggle switch is grayed out, unplug your laptop so it's running on battery power and the toggle switch will become active. Battery saver is a new feature with Windows 10 that limits background activity and push notifications to extend battery life.

By default, Battery saver turns on when your battery falls below 20 percent. Tap Battery saver settings to adjust this percentage. Also on the Battery saver settings page, you can check a box for Lower screen brightness while in battery saver to further extend battery life.Lastly, tap Power & sleep from the left menu and select times for Windows 10 to turn the screen off and put your PC in sleep mode to avoid needlessly draining your battery while your laptop sits idle.Similar to powering the display backlight, powering keyboard backlights can also be a big drain on your battery. First, make sure you turn off your keyboard backlights when you don't need them. Secondly, both OS X and Windows 10 have settings that will kill keyboard backlights after the laptop sits idle for a time of your choosing. This setting varies by manufacturer with Windows 10, but on OS X, you'll find it in System Preferences > Keyboard.