Re:Google Nexus 5x and 6P
by mattmaroon on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @04:16PM
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I love wireless charging, but my Nexus 6 has such horrible battery life, and charges so much faster wired, that I end up using a cable a few times a day. Especially in my car. I can pretty much only get away with using a Qi charger at bedtime. So to me the USB C is a big win.
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Yeah, I suspect that was a big part of their thought here -- USB-C charging is very fast, and whatever marginal convenience win you get from wireless charging would almost certainly be overshadowed by the speed of wired charging.
Re:Google Nexus 5x and 6P
by TheRealWatson on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @05:23PM
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I'm not ready to consider the wireless charging just a marginal convenience. Once I started using it I could not tolerate not having it. The only place I use the cable is in the car, where I'm not supposed to be holding the phone anyway.
How do you use your phone, that you get less than a single day's battery life from the current Nexus 6? I can easily get 1-2 days use out of mine.
Re:Google Nexus 5x and 6P
by jessaustin on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @05:38PM
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Think of how much you use your phone. GP uses phone twice as much. b^)