Huawei Nexus 6P review: Stepping it up

21 December, 2015
Last year, a dramatic change came to Google’s Nexus offering. The upper-mid range phone that was the Nexus 5 was replaced by a premium and much more expensive model made by Motorola. Skip time ahead about a year to this fall and we are offered a true premium package with a significantly lower price tag. The Nexus 6P is beautifully designed by Huawei to please both power users and average users alike.

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  • Dodo
  • 0cL
  • 22 Dec 2015

LOL, they couldn't even align the camera properly in the center of the ring around it.

It says "cheap Chinese phone" to me.

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    • AnonD-436971
    • 3%b
    • 22 Dec 2015

    It is a Very Hyped SmartPhone of the Year 2015 by all Tech Channels and by Tech Sites..Something Cooking by Google?

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      • Saitama.vs.Vegeta
      • uuT
      • 22 Dec 2015

      Am having iphone 4s and planning to upgrade. which 1 would u suggest. nexus 6p or microsoft 950XL. or any other phones?

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        • AnonD-352420
        • jLB
        • 22 Dec 2015

        adrianf, 22 Dec 2015no way I'm going to upgrade to this from my N5, regardless ... moreWhy are it always non 6p owners that say the chip throttels and the phone will slow down? No 6p owner has problems with it. My brother had the nexus5 which was a nice phone back in 2013/2014 and a friend of mine still has it but the 6p is literally two generations ahead and you feel this with almost everything you do. The most noticeable is ofc the camera, than the display and than the performance
        So don't worry, its worth the upgrade

          AnonD-274205, 22 Dec 2015Yes it supports no it doesnt....

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            • adrianf
            • nC6
            • 22 Dec 2015

            no way I'm going to upgrade to this from my N5, regardless of price. The SoC is poor and will throttle.

              its the best phone this year

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                • AnonD-467404
                • YTY
                • 22 Dec 2015

                VoloKin, 22 Dec 2015Am I the only one to see that's a overpriced Chinese phone ... morehuawei has high brand value compared to other Chinese brands. they produce good quality phones. in India (and may be in China and other countries who are familiar with it)huawei has the same brand value as brands like LG Samsung HTC etc. since we are very familiar with this brand from rebranded USB dongles and good quality phones.

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                  • AnonD-442781
                  • JiR
                  • 22 Dec 2015

                  Dudi4, 22 Dec 2015I was waiting for this review so long that i bought 6P last... moreThat's antutu 6.0 as you said. The test was on antutu 5 which is different and has different weightings.

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                    • AnonD-418160
                    • K3N
                    • 22 Dec 2015

                    AnonD-286078, 22 Dec 2015Ok what is going GSMarena!? No loud speaker stat and no aud... moreI thought the same thing, you're totally right man

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                      • miD
                      • 22 Dec 2015

                      What about audio quality?

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                        • AnonD-274205
                        • kWL
                        • 22 Dec 2015

                        wasim, 22 Dec 2015will supports OTG cable or not ????Yes it supports

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                          • mxx
                          • 22 Dec 2015

                          Why so late with this ?
                          btw those disadvantages are pathetic.. completely irrelevant for ppl in rest of the world but usa..

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                            • Unknown
                            • XNt
                            • 22 Dec 2015

                            Hows the audio quality of the phone???

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                              • Dudi4
                              • pvd
                              • 22 Dec 2015

                              I was waiting for this review so long that i bought 6P last week is a amazing phone. My old Note 4 is just a turtle next to 6P. Google/Huawei optimization is top class!

                              Just how did you get so low score in Antutu?
                              Here is my 80k+ in Antutu 6.0:
                              https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9TmxxJHwiIUZnNwWVk2eUFRQVU

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                                • vaz
                                • ps@
                                • 22 Dec 2015

                                My Nexus 5 2013 (no root) scored 51k in Antutu. How is it possible that Nexus 6P scores less ? WTF

                                  Am I the only one to see that's a overpriced Chinese phone made by Huawei?

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                                    • AnonD-479268
                                    • 6c2
                                    • 22 Dec 2015

                                    where is the audio test ?? Loudspeaker test
                                    Video test ?
                                    it seems that several reviews back also don't have this test .. i wonder why ..

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                                      • wasim
                                      • rJZ
                                      • 22 Dec 2015

                                      will supports OTG cable or not ????

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                                        • AnonD-352420
                                        • jLB
                                        • 22 Dec 2015

                                        ssbatman21, 22 Dec 2015no otg support is a huge bummer......dat was d only option ... moreNo ois is not perfect but still it shoots the best pictures in low light you can get of any phone, so it was most likely a problem to squeeze a big sensor, ois and good optics into the phone, with ois maybe the sensor would have been smaller, in the end the result counts. And there you have to say it has some disadvantages in the video department but shots are awesome in the dark