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Nexus 6 Google Play Pre-Orders Now Shipping Too!

Kellen November 17, 2014 173

Google Play pre-orders for the Nexus 6 are now shipping, according to a handful of our readers. These seem to be orders placed early on October 29 in either 32GB or 64GB variations. We aren't sure what we are looking at for estimated arrival dates just yet,...

Contest: We are Giving Away $200 in Google Play Gift Cards!

Kellen November 17, 2014 1341

Too much time has passed since you all had a chance to walk away with something free from Droid Life, so we are fixing that today. For no reason other than to continue to thank you for all of your support over the years (we are almost at our 5-year anniversary...

Be Careful With Ambient Display on the Nexus 6, It’s Prone to Pocket Dialing and Other Unwanted Activities

Kellen November 17, 2014 137

With Android 5.0 and the Nexus 6, Google introduced Ambient Display, a feature that acts a lot like Motorola's Moto Display, only is less smart and feature packed. It's cool, for the most part, and is certainly much more informative than an LED notification....

Reminder: Carriers Probably Can’t Activate Your New Nexus 6, Here are Your Options

Kellen November 17, 2014 164

So you received your brand new Nexus 6 today, straight from a factory in China, and you walk into a Verizon or AT&T or Sprint store to have it activated for use. As you and a sales rep get the process going, you get to the point where they need to scan the...

Are Carriers Really Branding the Nexus 6? What About SIM Locking?

Kellen November 17, 2014 196

Over the weekend, the crew in the Nexus 6 subreddit noticed that AT&T's official images of the Nexus 6 included AT&T's globe logo on the back of the device, just below the "Nexus" logo. As you can imagine, kind words were not shared, especially with AT...

Nexus 6 Orders Arriving…Today! (Updated)

Kellen November 17, 2014 274

Remember on Friday how we told you that Nexus 6 orders placed through Motorola's site back on November 6 were shipping with an estimated arrival date of as early as November 19? Well, we were wrong. Some of those orders are actually arriving...today! At least...

This Week in the Life of DROID: 11/15/2014

Kellen November 15, 2014 9

What a week. The last seven days at Droid Life have been, without a doubt, some of our busiest in months. Our Nexus 6 review is done. So is our Galaxy Note 4 review. So is our Xperia Z3v review. We saw OTA updates of Lollipop go out to most of the Nexus...

Let the Droid Life Show Episode 73 Survive an Ice Storm With You This Weekend

Kellen November 14, 2014 11

On this week's episode of the Droid Life Show, the crew gathered to share final thoughts on the Nexus 6 after posting our review, along with a number of other topics. We talked through Android 5.0 "Lollipop" updates for a handful of devices (Nexus phones/...