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shopping for the purest Android around I'm Michael Fisher with PocketNow here to help you find out in Nexus 6 versus Nexus 5 first let's address the Shamu in the room the size difference here might seem obvious and silhouette but it's not until you slap these phones side by side that the absurdity of the Nexus 6 really becomes apparent a one-inch increase in screen size and the move to front firing speakers makes the six substantially taller and wider which also makes it much harder to use one-handed the Nexus 5 is what Alex Trebek might call a potent portable the Nexus 6 is a borderline ridiculous brick but get past the size difference and you start to see all the ways Motorola has improved on LG's take on the Nexus the nondescript plank of plastic has been replaced by a curved metal rim to chassis with Motorola's characteristic finger dimple and the bold Nexus branding giving the backplate a look that yes a little gaudy er than last year's and a little wobbly or on the tabletop but at least it's got character at least it's not so darn boring the same is true for the displays while there's not much difference in pixel density here bring up a picture with a lot of contrast and color and watch the Nexus 6 take the five to school some of this is expected whenever you're comparing AMOLED and IPS but the Nexus 5 display always struck me as washed out and dull even when it was new so it wouldn't take much in my book for the Nexus 6 to show it up here still the five will probably appeal more to purists the newer Motorola panel suffers from a gray green tint to its whites and a crazy pink tone when taken to the lowest brightness setting problems the five doesn't have also if you spend more of your time in the waking hours you'll probably appreciate the Nexus 5's slightly brighter output in daylight where the Nexus 6 shines is in the dark it can get far dimmer than the Nexus 5 can manage and that's something I as a bedtime reader really like to see also check out the total bottomless blacks of the 6 next to the Milky Gray's of the five accuracy aside the Nexus 6 definitely packs the more striking display in this comparison beneath those screens the specs hold no surprises on the Nexus 6 a newer generation processor 50% more RAM bigger battery better cameras you name it you've seen the spec sheets of course the six can bench more than the five what matters is how that translates into real-world usage and because both of these are Nexus phones they're both running the latest version of Android 5.0 lollipop so this section instead of being devoted to software we're calling day-to-day and on a day to day basis damn do I miss the Nexus 5's notification light while Motorola did apparently build one into the Nexus 6 it's right behind the top speaker grille it's disabled in the software so you need to rely on lollipops lockscreen notifications to keep you in the loop as to what's going on that's fine and the six will wake up when picked up or removed from a pocket to let you know what you've missed but there's something so simple and efficient about a color-coded flasher to let you know that someone's trying to get a hold of you plus it's been a staple of the Nexus lineup since the first generation so here's hoping Google enables it in a future software revision so we don't have to get root to play with it let's come back to the size issue for a second because it's such a significant part of this comparison frankly the sixes added pounds make it harder to use in almost every state it can't fit in a pocket as easily it's more awkward to talk on it's almost impossible to reach the notification shade or even the far side of the keyboard with one hand it doesn't have the soft touch the black Nexus 5 does so it's more slippery which makes it easier to drop and what's more Google has made no effort to use the added screen size intelligently with no multi window and no toggles to trip the notification shade as we've seen on other phones but if you're okay with this if you've got giant hands or you're cool with being essentially forced to use your phone two-handed well then of course everything else is better games Netflix YouTube even basic web browsing is much more satisfying on the Nexus 6 just because it's got a bigger screen the Nexus 5 camera never really impressed me and no Motorola camera ever has either aside from the boosted resolution of the Nexus 6 results here aren't consistent sometimes the last year's model renders the better shot and sometimes it's this year's after a few good ones in a row you might start to think the Nexus 6 has fixed the Nexus 5's sometimes harsh exposure issues but then another look shows you otherwise in low-light the Nexus 6 initially seems to do much worse than the 5 but then you switch on HDR and things look measurably better with much less noise than on the 5s results around front with the selfie cam the Motorola 1 delivers a shot that's wider but not all that much better we'll have video footage from the new Nexus and our full review coming soon broadly speaking though if given the two options I'd take the Nexus 6 but there are several smartphone cameras out there I'd rather have than either of these hey know what Motorola knows how to do really well make radios and the Nexus 6 is a radio Beast while we haven't been able to test its reception in a true no coverage area because AT&T has Boston so well blanketed the spec sheet tells us the Nexus 6 packs bluetooth 4.1 that's versus for dotto on the Nexus 5 2 by 2 my mo support in Wi-Fi and added 700 megahertz bands for LTE maybe it's that latter point that gave the Nexus 6 an edge and upload speeds in a basement test or maybe it's just packing better radios overall Motorola also does speakers quite well and if you like me don't always want to be chained to your earbuds hearing the Nexus 6 front firing speakers shout down the tinny side-mounted cans on the Nexus 5 is profoundly satisfying the games we're using here listed conveniently at the top of your screen as always are more fun on the six because of the added sound quality and that massive display and while we're really not seeing the added processing power or the newer GPU of the Nexus 6 kick in because the Nexus 5 runs newer games just fine it is handy to have the cutting-edge specs for future proofing so that's something to consider if you're a big gamer as for how long you'll be able to play those games it's a bit early for us to make judgements on the Nexus 6 battery life we've only had it a couple days but it is looking pretty impressive compared to the smallish Nexus 5 power pack the real difference here is Motorola's included turbo charger which can charge the Nexus 6 more rapidly than most phones we'll have the complete data on that as well as some thoughts on call quality in our full Nexus 6 review so as it should be the Nexus 6 is a huge improvement over most aspects of the Nexus 5 and we expected that the question in part is whether you're willing to switch to a phablet lifestyle to get it to commit to two-handed use more often than not if you are then you need to decide if the extra money the extra $300 is worth the jump and even taking all the improvements into account it's really tough to swallow that almost 100% increase in price this comes down then to how you plan to buy your next Nexus if all you need is a capable functional stock Android smartphone to last you through the year and you want or need to buy it off contract the Nexus 5 is still a respectable if dull option but if you're shopping through a carrier store and you're going to get all the benefits of a carrier subsidy with your top-of-the-line purchase well then the Nexus 6 starts making a lot more sense as long as you can live with a two-year contract again folks this is not our full review stay tuned to pocket now in the week of December 1 for our complete take on the Nexus 6 and be sure to throw a thumbs up our way and share this video if you enjoyed it until next time this has been michael fisher with pocket now captain to phones on twitter for urging you to keep your speaker's front and your branding bold we'll see you next time