Android phones, apps and tablets

A longer post on the Nexus 6p.

The Good

• Fingerprint reader (fast and accurate) for unlocking the phone and accessing Lastpass
  
• Screen, bright and colourful
  
• Overall device speed, responsive and natural
  
• Sound quality, unbelievably fast and accurate compared to any Android or iPhone I've tried before
  
• Battery life is stunning, especially during idle where the battery usage app flatlines and it doesn't appear to use battery
  
• Rapid charging with USB-C, I'm down to 2 x 15-30 minute charges per day with no overnight charging at all... one in the morning whilst I'm showering and getting ready, and one before I leave work
  
• The size is awesome when you're using it
  
• The screen surface does not get greasy or mark easily, I'm cleaning it less than I've ever cleaned a device screen
  
• The camera, the camera is unbelievable. Low-light indoor photos are accurately coming out sharp and clear, just as they appeared at the time. This is the first Android phone that has actually encouraged me to use the camera, I no longer even reach for my Lumix camera, that has gathered dust since I acquired the Nexus 6p
  
• The notification LED is back! You have to enable it, but it's great: Blue LED = Signal, red = Gmail/Inbox, etc. I can leave the phone silenced and non-vibrating at work and still subtly know precisely what notifications I've received
  
  

The Bad

• The size is too big to comfortably pocket
  
• Because of the size, I'm afraid it may be fragile, so I put it in the only case available that feels like it would save it if I drop it... which makes it larger still and loses the elegance of it
  
• I had to buy a number of extra USB-C cables to make sure I'm covered for travel, at the office, in the car, etc. On reflection, given the battery life perhaps I didn't need to... but I bought the cables as-if it's battery behaved like the Moto X (2nd ed). The Google cables are expensive, but unfortunately cables off of Amazon are mostly shitty and dangerous, so you just have to suck it up and buy the expensive cables.
  
  

The Ugly

• Nothing. This is the best phone I've owned
  
  

General Android 6.0.x benefits:

• Marshmallow monthly security updates
  
• Separation of user space apps from the system, so they get updated even more frequently (Phone, Connectivity Services including Wi-Fi, etc)
  
• Massive improvements of Google Photos, making it actually better than iPhone photo stuff
  
• Play Music Family Plan, though very crappily it's not yet available to anyone, and cannot include anyone, on a Google Apps account
  
• Control over notifications and per-app permissions is really nice. Not quite an outbound firewall, but for app permissions it's very good and a lot of apps already support these
  
  

Was it worth the money? Hell yes.

Would I buy it again? Hell yes.

What would I improve? A tough case that can handle drops and looks attractive would be nice.