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> Pros: Reasonably priced for what it is

A year ago, we had a 5" smartphone (Nexus 5) for 399€ and a 7" tablet (Nexus 7) for 299€. Now, we have a 6" smartphone (Nexus 6) for 699€. Is it reasonably priced?

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When the Nexus 5 was released it was one of the cheapest reasonably specced Android phones you could buy. The Nexus 6 on the other hand is one the most expensive Android phones on the market. It's only reasonably priced if you define reasonable as "not more expensive than an iPhone 6"

Yet, the Nexus 5 was already 50€ more expensive than its predecessor, the Nexus 4.

No it was the same price (350€) if you bought it with the same amount of storage (16 GB) than the Nexus 4. For 400€ you had the 32 GB version.

C'mon it's only 1€ more than the two combined and you get the convenience to only have to lug around one ;)

Can you correlate price with size of the phone? What about performance, weight, battery life and many other factors?

The Nexus 6 (Snapdragon 805, 2.7 GHz quad-core) have a slightly faster CPU than the Nexus 5 (Snapdragon 800, 2.26 GHz quad-core), but it only reflect the natural performance improvement over time.

The Nexus 6 (184g, 31g/inch) is heavier than the Nexus 5 (130g, 26g/inch), compared to its screen size.

While the battery capacity of the Nexus 6 (3220 mAh) is significantly larger then the Nexus 5 (2300 mAh), people reported the battery life of the Nexus 6 to be shorter.

I can't find any technical improvement that could explain a 1.75x price increase.

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