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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  • AnonD-381497
  • mtj
  • 22 Dec 2015

"The fingerprint reader on the LG Nexus 6P is excellent." - 6P is manufactured by Huawei, no?

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    • AnonD-307318
    • fXd
    • 22 Dec 2015

    Only came here for the battery endurance test. And I must say I'm satisfied, 74hours is really adequate for a phone running crapdragon 810. So obviously Note 5 and 6s Plus would perform better with 7420 and A9.

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      • SDKforLumia
      • KIB
      • 22 Dec 2015

      With that much "larger than average" battery and having stock Android software at the helm, the battery life is really not encouraging.

        no otg support is a huge bummer......dat was d only option for people with big storage requirement considering that there is no memory card slot either.....
        no ois...????? for a flagship?????
        and 10 hours video playback and 8 and half hour web browsing is not a good score at all with such a huge battery.....

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          • AnonD-479228
          • XMB
          • 22 Dec 2015

          boring review

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            • Anonymous
            • MRW
            • 22 Dec 2015

            Finallllllllllly

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              • AnonD-479215
              • 46n
              • 22 Dec 2015

              Why no explanation in regards to low browser performance, the 5x beat it in all performance aspects

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                • AnonD-187291
                • wdJ
                • 22 Dec 2015

                Finally finally finally.... Yay!!!

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                  • AnonD-92443
                  • qL5
                  • 22 Dec 2015

                  Hi GSMArena. Are you guys gonna do sunlight legibility test for this Nexus 6P? Thanks.

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                    • dasman
                    • Yc3
                    • 22 Dec 2015

                    AnonD-259899, 22 Dec 2015Expected more battery life for that 3450mah it packs especi... morePutting my money its a note 4 panel. Don't be surprised... Many manufacturers used the s4 panel which was power hungry than the S5

                    And gsmarena...I expected waaaay more outta this review

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                      • Anonymous
                      • uGT
                      • 22 Dec 2015

                      AnonD-479184, 22 Dec 2015No audio section? Headphones ? Crosstalk etc? seems inco... moreJudging on the photos the review has been done in US. The other reviews are done on Sofia. Their testing equipment is obviously in Sofia so they couldn't do this test in US. Don't know why they had to do it in US.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • KSA
                        • 22 Dec 2015

                        Could the people who say they are disappointed explain why? It's bit difficult to guess and it seems that it is because they prejudiced towards chinese companies.

                        IPhone 6s plus offering the same as 6p? Give me a break GSMArena.

                          Phone of the year.

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                            • AnonD-479184
                            • r@2
                            • 22 Dec 2015

                            No audio section? Headphones ? Crosstalk etc?

                            seems incomplete the review compared to the rest.

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                              • AnonD-259899
                              • M7r
                              • 22 Dec 2015

                              Expected more battery life for that 3450mah it packs especially if it is a current gen AMOLED they sourced from Samsung. It maybe current gen but I doubt the fabrication and materials are the same as Samsung's flagships. I bet it is the current gen of low tiered panels for customers

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                                • dasman
                                • Yc3
                                • 22 Dec 2015

                                I am...a little disappointed! But alas, next years version will be MUCH better.

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                                  • der
                                  • Yc3
                                  • 22 Dec 2015

                                  about time boys

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                                    • AnonD-79616
                                    • YiU
                                    • 22 Dec 2015

                                    Great phone.

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                                      • AnonD-352420
                                      • jLB
                                      • 22 Dec 2015

                                      The camera is not just great it is the best under the line you can get. I made a ton of compassion shots between the galaxy s6 that I sold just 2 weeks ago and the nexus 6p which is my daily driver and especially at night, the nexus is the ONLY phone I have ever seen that can capture colors like they are, all other phones over exposure whites and making colors look grey. Even the galaxy s6 that is considered as the best camera on gsmarena

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                                        • SHiNiCHi
                                        • KiQ
                                        • 22 Dec 2015

                                        Hey where is the audio test ??, headphone, active amp, etc. ?, i need this measurement to decide is it worth to buy or not..