Watching last night's announcement and reading the subsequent hands on, I'm getting more convinced that this should be my 'upgrade' from the OnePlus One.

However, my main concern is the SD810 which is known to be hot and throttles performance. Even if they can dissipate the heat well, performance suffering is kinda not worth it.

I did try to pre-order from the US/UK/JP Google Stores last night. Added some extra USD/GBP 30 for shipping costs to Malaysia (my own personal estimate) and found that JP costs a LOT for 32GB (2.8k). US has the cheapest offering amongst all (2.2k ~ 2.5k).

Anyways, if anyone wants to read the impressions:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/29/9412113/...th-new-nexus-6p
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/29/meet-th...us-6p-hands-on/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/09/29/ne...e-ever-was-one/

Camera:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/09/29/dx...galaxy-s6-edge/

Now we wait for reviews.

What about performance? Overheating may have been countered with the heat spreader or so.

I reviewed the spec sheet before I decided to try to pre-order. Both Global and American models have our LTE bands. So there's not much to worry this time around. They're trying to make a 'Global' phone like the Moto X Pure/Style and N6 previously.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks

Ctrl + F 'Malaysia' and you will see that both models have the LTE bands that we need.

Short answer: YES! That is why it was very hard for me to hold myself back from clicking order.

I believe my previous SIRIM permit for the OPO is valid for 3 devices? Does that mean it's for the same model or different one?

Do share how much techbug would be charging. Any links to them?

Thanks guys. Hmmm... 2850 from TechBug. Tempting but I feel the need to wait for reviews.

Do share your journey and subsequent review!

Everyone has their own preference. Note 5 is launched locally and Samsung has major presence all around the world. Huawei partnered with Google to build a Nexus phone.

Nexus products are in a different class because they are there to show off the SOFTWARE. Samsung is more for the hardware. They are improving on software but can never be on par with the Nexus because of the "1st-in-line" tag for Nexus-es. This hasn't been the case because I believe this year there was a case where Lollipop was launched for the Motorola phone (I can't remember clearly) first before a Nexus but previously, yes, Nexus = #1 in line for updates.

As for the price, you're comparing products that have to be bought directly from the US and shipped over. With our increasing exchange rate (depending on when you click the buy button, your credit card will charge a different rate), these Nexus phones WILL be more expensive than the Samsungs for a while. Samsungs on the other hand have the luxury of bulk buying (one exchange rate for a stock of 10k or more?) between their entities to sell to the local distributors and probably discount on shipping and whatever other charges. Nexus phones, unless launched here, do not.

Just look at the Nexus 6. It was what, around RM 2.6k(?) when DirectD brought it officially through Brightstar. Now that the 6P has launched, the price is RM 1.4k or so. It's really simple, if the phone is not to your liking, say so and move on. No one is shoving it down your throat to buy it.

Short answer, yes, can be used here. I already checked. See my post below.

This post has been edited by SonicSpyro: Oct 1 2015, 10:32 PM

Hopefully Huawei MY would bring in the 32GB version as well. 64/128GB does sound better but budget wise, it's going to be much higher.

Can't wait!

If anyone hasn't seen this:



Also, great news from Huawei Malaysia! Wooohh!!!