My point is you give Google shit for doing things that aren't exclusive to them.
I rag plenty on Apple too, in other threads. You are welcome to join them.
You rag on them saying 4GB RAM is the norm for RAM which I don't understand because every other flagship barring the OP5 and Note8 use 4GB RAM so why is it such a bad idea.
Every other flagship has been out months, heck the S8 is out now for 7 months. Yes, I'd have wanted some sort of justification for the price either than "Made by Google" tag.
You say a single lens camera is crap, but give Apple a pass for not including the dual-camera system in their $700 phone.
But Apple has the option of dual-setup on their $800+ phone. They're not intentionally gimping their phone hardware wise and relying on software to bridge that gap. I'd be okay if they had a single camera setup on the Pixel and dual on the XL.
You say the screen isn't remarkable, but it is no doubt better than the screens in the iPhone 8 or iPhone 8+ which is weird.
No doubt? Do we have all the display tests done? For all we know, Google's QA is still hit-and-miss. See the image posted above regarding banding. I was hoping Google would have done some sort of take on the display rather than just saying "Here OLED, gimme the monies".
The design is "uninspiring" ignoring the fact that Apple is using a 4 year old design.
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Apple's use of the original 6/6+ design is even more uninspiring. I'm not surprised that the 8/8+ is not moving that much and wont doubt that the Pixel 2 will hardly make the needle sway in any direction, the XL will no doubt be Google's popular Pixel.
You ignore the stereo speakers when barely any other flagship this year has them and disregard the squeezable frame as a gimmick.
I see no real positive buzz about either feature so seems like I'm not the only one dismissing them.
Finally, you knock the lack of headphone jack when plenty of other phones don't have one either.
Apple got quite a bit of flak, so should Google and every other vendor.
It feels like you just really wanted to hate these phones. You're ignoring the iPhone 8 and saying the Pixel 2 are bad in areas that they are better than the iPhone's in and also ignoring the fact that the iPhone's are more expensive. You say "The design, hardware and everything else is way behind the curve", but don't seem to care that the same can be said about the iPhone in some ways. It's like the Pixel 2 is awful for X reason, but the iPhone is great even though it is also lacking in X reason.
Well that's your outlook, you don't want a single criticism about Pixel. The iPhone 8 design is outdated, yes, most definitely. This is not the thread about iPhone 8 though.
