Nexus 6 review: Google's 2014 phablet that brought Lollipop and a 6-inch QHD AMOLED.
The Nexus that went big.
Nexus 6 broke from the line's value tradition — a 6-inch QHD AMOLED phablet at flagship pricing, launching Android 5.0 Lollipop. The size split opinion, but the front stereo speakers and clean software made it a developer favourite.
01Display
76/10076/100 puts it above the 72-point average for flagship phones of 2014.
02Camera
60/10060/100 trails the 63-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2014.
03Performance
62/10062/100 puts it above the 59-point average for flagship phones of 2014.
04Battery
64/10064/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.
05Build
70/10070/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.
06Value
60/100At 60/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 7 points above the cohort average.
- Launch device for Android 5.0 Lollipop.
- 6-inch QHD AMOLED was huge for 2014.
- Front stereo speakers.
- Qi wireless + Turbo Charging.
- Polarising 6-inch size.
- $649 was steep for a Nexus.
- Average camera.
- No microSD.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 92-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .