You need a smartphone on Android? Your choice - Nexus
Android / / December 19, 2019
What does it
Despite the fact that I He was known as a fierce "Yabloko"Today we will focus on Android. Or rather, about the best representatives of this platform - Nexus. These devices should pay attention to if you want a nice Android «out of the box" without the debris and lags. Last fall my "apple" soul wanted adventure, and I traded for six months on the iPhone Nexus 6P. Talk about their experiences and why if you take the smartphone on Android, the only Nexus.
"Wikipedia"Google Nexus - a series of mobile smartphones, tablets and media devices with the Android operating system, Google produced in cooperation with several OEM-hardware vendors. Devices, included in the series Nexus, do not contain the modification of cellular operators and used unmodified and Android application shell. Nexus devices are the first to receive OS updates. As of May 2016, the latest in a series of devices are smartphones Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, presented simultaneously in September 2015 and by Google in collaboration with LG Electronics and Huawei respectively.
Reason 1: Android in its original form
The main reason for deciding to buy the Nexus lineup - Stock Android. It is called pure or naked, most importantly, that it is such as he is conceived Google. I will not say that he should please everyone, without exception, but it is certainly the ideal to which a worthwhile endeavor. Starting with Android 5.0 Google company professes the philosophy of Material Design. On the one hand, it is now fashionable flat interface, on the other - beautiful animation, attention to detail and lack of garbage. The rare case when Android can be used right out of the box, without the launcher, themes, and other trash.
system deals exclusively with Google's Nexus-devices, so there is no place more than in it Pre-installed applications and clumsy shell that manufacturers carefully tuck into their device. This is Google exclusively vision of what should be a system with both a visual point of view and from the functional. Using a smartphone the Nexus, you get the right experience to work with OSes, not warped by third-party developers.
Reason 2: always up to date version of Android
The owners of the Nexus-devices always have the most current version of Android. Between the user and Google is no middleman, which means that all new chips arrive immediately on their devices without the censorship of third-party manufacturers. The main thing is that in these updates makes sense: the company is constantly adding new features, improves endurance and speed of the device.
At the same time I did not notice much of a difference between Android 5.0 and 6.0 in the Samsung Galaxy S6, only tsiferka changed in the settings. Most functions are sawed out and is replaced by something of their own, often useless. Material Design hidden under a thick layer of the shell, which immediately wants to cover any topic or launcher. A new version of the system has to wait for months, because the developers need time out to change the stock Android.
Reason 3: Exclusive Nexus Chips
In addition to the drain of the operating system, which in itself already feature, Nexus devices have several advantages over other devaysa on Android. For example, recently the owners' guglofonov "were able to upload to Google Photos unlimited number of photos and video without compression.
Also Nexus smartphones are branded dialer Google, which would not mind to get many users of Android. Along with its convenient and user interface, it has such useful feature as «Google Caller ID." With it, the phone will tell you who is calling you, even if that contact you do not have. For example, if the number belongs to some organization, you will see its name and address on the screen. You can also directly in the application "Phone" write the name of the company (eg, theater) and immediately call, even without knowing its number. A convenient feature is available only to owners of smart phones Nexus. Google recently branded dialer mistakenly hit the open access, but this mistake was quickly corrected.
In early June, CEO Google Sundar Pichai (Sundar Pichai) shared his vision of the future Nexus line. Apparently, the company plans to make a "guglofony" a mass product, rather than just a gadget geek. Promise more exclusive and chips "more self-confident in the design" of the device. Well, wait for the fall and find out what we prepare a "corporation of good."
Cause 4: no rubbish and advertising
Buying a smartphone example, Huawei has or the LG, be prepared to get a lot of pre-installed applications, with both branded and third-party such as Facebook, the office suite from Microsoft or OneDrive cloud storage. Can not be deleted, even if they are not needed and are not you ever going to use. Owner of smartphone literally impose all of these services, and of the folder "Trash" from them will not get. We have to kill a few hours trying to remove all superfluous, to put a normal launcher, install the necessary applications. All this instead to get a new device out of the box and just start using it.
The Nexus-mounted devices the minimum, and it is only Google. No trash, clean the system, and you are free to customize it as you want.
Why it happens? It's very simple: the program Nexus not necessarily to make money, especially in the short term. She did not even need to remain profitable. Google's core earnings - the sale of advertising in the search, which does not intersect the line of Nexus. Well sold device - great, perhaps even advertising revenue will grow. Poor are on sale? On advertising will not be affected. Google does not fill their gadgets third-party services and applications to make money on it. The result is a self-contained device for people who prefer Google services, and more than anything superfluous.
Reason 5: Optimizing - our all
As you know, the main feature line of Nexus - software. This applies not only new features, but also a competent optimization. Recall at least the legendary Nexus 5. At the start, he had a very weak camera that takes a little bit better sneaker. But with the next update Google has created a miracle: the smartphone got almost the best camera on the market. Nexus devices do not even have a top iron and gigabytes of RAM, so everything worked perfectly. The system is not overloaded with curved shells and debris, everything works smoothly, without a hint of lag. In this respect, the Nexus 6P reminded me of the iPhone: I could use a smartphone directly out of the box, while he did not gave me any problems - only the pleasure of working with the device.
Underwater rocks
Initially, the program was conceived as a Nexus developer tool and choice of geeks. Inexpensive devices with an average iron, but to date version of Android. More about 2-3 years ago, there would have been sixth reason - the price. But at some point, Google has decided to make a line of Nexus and more popular and widespread, with the top hardware and attractive design. Naturally, the price rose, not everyone liked it. On the other hand, Nexus began to buy not just geeks, but also ordinary people who want to buy a stylish device with the correct Android. Strategy faithful, and Google continues to move in this direction, but as long as people prefer to buy an iPhone or something popular like the Galaxy S7 or some Chinese Meizu.
From this we get the following challenges, especially relevant in our country:
- Manufacturers Nexus-devices are periodically changed, why you can not always buy a smartphone or tablet is officially in Russia. So it was with a Nexus 6 from Motorola, as happened with the firm Pixel C tablet from Google. As a result, the device must either be ordered from America, or pay a local online store. Such embodiment does not suit all.
- Sell such smartphones is difficult, and if possible, it is hardly profitable. In Russia, the Nexus line of poorly distributed, many have not even heard about it. As a result, such devices are for those who are in the subject, for geeks.
With the result that
And yet, if iPhone already tired, IOS is not satisfied and want to try Android, I advise to take Nexus. These devices give the right experience with this platform, positive emotions, rather than a headache. I hope that in the future we will see Pixel Phone - Smartphone created by the Google exclusively, without intermediaries. Then we get a balanced device with software optimized for specific hardware. This will be the real iPhone competitor and a benchmark for other manufacturers.