Because of recent price breaks, I bought a Nexus 6P (Android) Phone. It competes well against the Apple 6S and the Samsung S7. It has a pretty fast processor, a big 5.7″ quad-HD (sharp) bright screen. Mine has 64GB storage and the latest Android Marshmallow. The fingerprint reader works fast and easy to protect and wake the phone and to pay at Starbucks.

For me, the size is just right. I got used to it in a second and now my Nexus 5 (5″) seems small.

The battery is huge and the quick-charge feature, with the OEM charger is really fast. It uses a USB type C connector and communicates at USB 2.0 speeds, which is pretty fast.

Qualicom quick charge 2 or 3 Chargers will charge it pretty fast, but even Quick Charge 3 isn’t quite as fast (but ok).

I can charge it at a slower (regular) pace on any USB charger and can use the included C to A adapter to plug into the USB 3 ports on the front (!) of my computer or the C to C cable (included) to plug inti the USB3.1 type C port on the back (!). I haven’t evaluated the charging speeds, but I suspect that none of them compete with the OEM charger. I’ll report next month.

The USB standards aren’t fixed yet and so, the resistors in the cables and adapters limit the current unless the phone, cable and charger communicate over a special pin used in the cable. It’s not a one-line answer, other than the OEM charger is the fastest and Quick Charge 3 is close, but slower.

I’ll get my Project FI nano sim card tomorrow and switch from T-Mobile pre-paid to Google unlimited voice and text and (I’m starting with) one GB/month data. I’ll tell my follies in the next post.