Google Nexus 6P 32GB

The Google Nexus 6P has many firsts to its name. It’s the first device in the Nexus range that’s built in partnership with Chinese manufacturer Huawei. It’s also the first Nexus that has an all-metal body. There are no flimsy plastics, and instead, you get a device that’s built entirely from aircraft-grade aluminium.

For the screen, Google has gone for Samsung’s AMOLED technology, which is certainly among the best screen technologies with its colour reproduction. The colours pop out on the 5.7-inch display panel on the Nexus 6P. Combined with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels, the screen has incredible amount of pixels (~518ppi) and is very sharp. The viewing angles are also impressive and we were able to view the screen from most angles. However, the brightness didn’t seem to be adequate enough, especially under direct sunlight as we faced slight difficulty in making out the text when outdoors.

The platform plays an essential role in all the smart devices, but in case of the Nexus series, it’s the star of the show. New Nexus smartphones bring a brand-new iteration of Android each year. In case of the Nexus 6P, the phablet runs the latest Android build version 6.0 codenamed after the gooey dessert Marshmallow. If you’re looking for some headlining features in the new version, then you’d be in for a disappointment. Instead what you get is an extremely refined and stable platform that carries forward with the Material Design ethos that kickstarted with v5.0 Lollipop along with new and interesting functionality.

The camera quality has always remained the Achilles' heel for all the smartphones in the Nexus range, but the latest Nexuses are breaking this trend, with not just their hardware but the quality too. The 12.3-megapixel sensor mounted on the back of the Google Nexus 6P is manufactured by Sony and scores high on details and colour reproduction. The primary camera shoots well in most situations, and also gets assistance from the dual-LED flash.

When it’s a Nexus, then you can rest assured that the device will be packing top-of-the-line specs. The Google Nexus 6P features Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 810 under the hood, which is a combination of two quad-core processors, with the high-speed one tuned at 2GHz and the low-power cores humming at 1.5GHz. The powerful processor is mated to Adreno 430 chipset which takes care of the graphics department. Lastly, the duo is joined by 3 gigs of RAM to offer a smooth and lag-free performance. Combined with the stock interface, the Nexus 6P seems to fly through any task thrown at it. It’s a delight to see the phone zipping through screens, or even apps without any stutters. Gaming isn’t any issue either, as the phablet handles even 3D-heavy titles like Asphalt 8 and Badland with ease.

Juicing up the Google Nexus 6P is a generous 3,450mAh sealed battery. The unit ensures that the smartphone doesn’t face the battery issues that plagued its predecessors. The handset easily lasts a day of use, even with the use of Wi-Fi hotspot, navigation and gaming. However, you can’t push it more and you’ll need to charge it by the next morning, if not the same night. The battery life of the device gets help from Marshmallow’s Doze feature, which kills background processes in case the phone isn’t used for a while. This improves the standby time of the 6P, as during nights, the battery level doesn’t drop considerably.