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2 GB is not enough for the future. Yes running a few apps here are there is ok and is sufficient for you but most of us open a ton of apps throughout the day which bogs the system down and can definitely use the extra 1 GB of RAM. System performance testing should consider all types of users in the spectrum including light users and heavy users. Also wanting 3GB on a phone is not just for the sake of a bump. Its been over 2 years since 2 GB RAM phones have been introduced so its not unreasonable. The Nexus 6 already has 3 GB RAM so why should Google take a step back with 2 GB RAM with the 5X? I don't think a bigger screen would suddenly warrant more RAM required for a device so Google must have had a reason it wanted to add 3 GB to the Nexus 6. Google should be keeping the developer devices current not just for now but to be future proof. Unless the 5X is going to be $250 with 2 GB RAM, I am sorry but I don't like all these compromises just for the sake that people want the Nexus 5X cheaper. I would want Google to spend the max amount of money on specs to have a $400-450 range phone.

I think the Nexus 5X and 6P is rumored to use a nano SIM while the Nexus 5 (2013) uses a micro SIM. Don't think they are compatible. It is usually advised to go to a Sprint corporate store and request a SIM card. Not sure about pricing since I have not bought a Nexus device from the Play Store before.

Actually it should be release 2.1 by now. Even HTC confirmed in my post above that the HTC M9 which was released back in April already had rev 2.1 of the 810 chip in the phone.

I guess according to the article below, Qualcomm claims the overheating issues were claimed on the revision 1 pre production units sent to OEMs for evaluation but the actual chips used in the final version in the various phones are revision 2.1 which suppose to have improved on thermal efficiency on it. But who knows how efficient Qualcomm made it since there are claims that it had improved but still runs warm. However they were saying that phones that are bigger provide more room for the heat to dissipate which you don't have as much luxury on the smaller 5 inch flagships. Either way I think everyone agrees that despite the efficiencies that were made to the 810 chip rev 2.1, it was still a failed chip overall. I hope Huawei and Google have fine tuned the software and hardware to make improvements on top of what Qualcomm has already done with the latest rev 2.1 chip. http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-one-m9-already-using-snapdragon-810-v21 Hopefully Qualcomm comes back with the 820 chip to build trust again with their high end chips.

It would be interesting to see if the Nexus 6P will have the 3500 maH battery as is rumored. That will definitely get me thinking about the 6P but the Snapdragon 810 chip does have me a bit worried unless Qualcomm has somehow addressed the issues that the big OEMs LG and Samsung have complained about huge power consumption earlier this year.

How can you not wear protection.

So basically < $250 diff is a no brainer for the 6P assuming strong RF real world results and phone performance. Yeah I guess I am starting to warm up to a possibility of the 6P assuming the form factor isn't so bulky. I am glad Google this time around realized the 6 inch size is just a tad too big. I always though the 5.5-5.7 inch form factor is the perfect size for the phablet domain.

Just curious since it seems the Nexus 5X has gotten the most attention, is anyone here considering the Nexus 6P as a choice if for some reason the Nexus 5X disappoints? Depending on what is announced on the 29th, I might have to wait to see and play with both the 5X and 6P devices in person to see if it the 6P could be viable for me especially if they can make the 5.7 in screen in a smaller profile than the Note 5. I have been biased towards the 5X phone since it has the same screen size as the LG G2 which I love but it seems like each leak that is released makes it a weaker speced phone.

I am not too concerned about the 1440p screen anymore and to a certain extent the 2700 maH battery. I can live with 1080p. I would much rather have 3 GB RAM and a larger base storage size (32 GB base with 64 GB option).

I guess the question for you is, do you fall in the camp where you would rather have a fully high end speced phone and pay $649 for base model like the Nexus 6 did or would you rather have a lower cost Nexus like the Nexus 5 and have to compromise on things. Either way there are disadvantages. It sounds like from your response you don't mind paying the $649 for the Nexus 6 if the screen was just 5 inches. Personally for me I hated that $649 price tag since it was too rich and Id rather have a lower priced Nexus phone. However if $400 gives me these specs from the leak, I would rather pay another $50 bucks ($450 based) to improve on some of the specs like the RAM/storage size.

I hope the leaked specs are wrong in the RAM and storage size department. I would be disappointed in 2 GB RAM since I think 3 GB RAM is good enough. 32 GB storage should be the base model with 32 GB and 64 GB storage options. I know people want lower costs on Nexus phones but I hate these trade offs. I would rather pay a bit more so that certain corners are not cut just to ensure a decent spec phone. The rest of the specs of non 1440p screen resolution and battery of 2700 maH, I have come to accept even though I much prefer at least a 3000 maH battery and the 1440p screen.

Damn according to amazon India leak the Nexus 5X is only going to have 2 GB RAM and start with 16 GB version base . I hope this is not true. http://bgr.com/2015/09/23/nexus-5x-6p-image-leaks-amazon/

The Nexus 5X box has a very similar symbol from the computer game DOTA 2. If you guys don't know what DOTA is, do a google search for "Dota 2 logo" and you'll see what I mean.

I think a heavy prioritization of installing a ton of macro cells is more desirable than small cell placement at this point. So Cal has one of the largest metro areas and simply is just a very tough market to cover even the urban areas. There are still a ton of areas which can use multiple macro sites to just get a glimmer of reception.

I guess the IBEZ reband effort will be done way before Sprint this SB county rebanding effort will be accomplished. This is really terrible news that SB county has been able to get away with this crap. Giving SB county another year to clear frequencies is ridiculous. It should just be several months max for this type of effort.

Thanks. The debug screens for LG are what they are which are not as compact and provide more details as Samsungs. However I do like the fact that it provides some details for UL PCC, DL PCC and DL SCC which are needed to indicate CA. I just prefer not to have to keep scrolling down just to see more info. A lot of unnecessary white space wasted between entries.

What are people's thoughts on ZVG firmware? I am still on ZVE because I didn't want to lose Xposed (yes I know Xposed for Lollipop exists but its still a WIP). Does it have poorer battery life on Lollipop?

I think a MetroPCS merger would have been great for Sprint since they had some nice markets of PCS spectrum that would have worked out for them. However Tmobile obtaining MetroPCS works out better since they can use both the AWS and PCS spectrum holdings. If Sprint had MetroPCS, they would have to do something with the AWS spectrum and I would have hoped that they would use it to trade AWS spectrum for more PCS spectrum. It sucks that AT&T gobbled up Cricket since I would have much preferred Sprint and Tmobile to each merge with 1 of the smaller carriers to add to their depth.

Man I didn't know they added more countries recently. Good to see progress made on this front. Sprint still needs to make more headway in the south Asian regions and Eastern Europe but hopefully by end of 2015 we can see more progress on this.

I still think Sprint still has needs work on the LV strip. It might work decent outside sometimes but towards the Wynn area, there are a couple of Sprint sites that have yet to be upgraded to NV which are badly needed to provide better coverage. Not to mention that the strip desperately needs 800 MHz CDMA and LTE which they have yet to do. Outside of the strip Sprint has been able to deploy at least 1x 800 CDMA in the mean time which I am sure has helped improve their voice coverage overall. Hopefully the San Bernardino county PS rebanding issues are resolved by end of 2015 so that LA/OC and Vegas can deploy LTE 800 sometime in 2016.

Thanks. I guess I was expecting to see an updated Debug screen. I really like Samsung's DEBUG screen since it shows LTE BW size and LTE band class. I wonder if the G4 shows this information.

B25 penetration is not that great but I think the bigger thing that affects usability is capacity and a 5x5 block just doesn't cut it. Fortunately there are plenty of areas that have B41 LTE that my phone routes me to which make it usable.

No way it will be 4 GB. I think 3 GB is realistic and that is what I expect it to be. 2 GB RAM is not enough if you have a lot of apps running.

All these LG Nexus rumors of the specs are changing all the time. I can't wait for Google to just confirm the specs already. I hope the battery is at least the 2700 maH rumored size but I was really hoping for 3000 maH.