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Google Pixel Phone info round up thread of Made By Google on October 4th
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I'm pretty desperate for a new phone and have been holding out for the Pixel XL. Considering this potential price, it seems like its gonna be a bust for me. And those prices aren't even Canadian - with people talking about it being "priced like an iPhone", I thought maybe I'd finally jump ship and get the iPhone 7. Turns out, the 7 actually costs $1000 +. Lol, no.
SO, I feel like my only option might end up being the 6P. I want to wait to see how these end up turning out, but will I no longer be able to purchase the 6P after these are announced? Will there be a price drop on the 6P at all?
SO, I feel like my only option might end up being the 6P. I want to wait to see how these end up turning out, but will I no longer be able to purchase the 6P after these are announced? Will there be a price drop on the 6P at all?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Why not just get an OP3 or Axon 7 instead?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I wonder if the bezels are bigger to help them fit more comfortably into the DayDream headsets?
I've got the OP1 right now, and OnePlus is without a doubt the worst company I have ever had to deal with, and they completely crippled the phone (to the point of it barely even being usable anymore) via software update the DAY the OP2 was announced. I'll never buy a OnePlus product again.
I've never heard of Axon, and everybody is hyping them up, which was the exact same way the OnePlus situation started out. So colour me skeptical. I'm also a sucker for stock android after having dealt with Touchwiz and Sense, and don't want to stray from that (or Cyanogen, if I have to... but preferably stock).
Then they should've put speakers there too.
There have already been a lot of price drops from various retailers over the past few months, so I'm sure there will be more in the future. I do not know if the Google store will still have any stock after the announcement, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. You just have to do your research everyday and see what type of deals pop-up.
Affeinvasion
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I'm just hoping this'll cause the 6p price to drop. I want to start using Project Fi.
Here's another leaked image of one of the phones:
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Couldn't they have made the phone's top and bottom bezels as small as the ones in Samsung Galaxy phoes?
Yeah, at least they're giving this one a stupid name, so when people give negative feedback of this thing, they can revert back to nexus.
andythinkpad
Member
Black Friday morning, Amazon. You will have a few hours window maybe even shorter to get the lowest price before it goes discontinued. Trust me.
AlphaDragoon
Member
I really hope that's a logo and not a physical button. That would tank my interest in this phone, Nexus-style all digital buttons is the light and the truth.
You can get the 6P financed on Project Fi.
sleverfunk
Member
you were the choosen one googy. how could you 😢
I want to see internal memo leaks when this thing is bomba in a few months. Heads should roll.
ChronotriggerJM
Member
I'll be buying the xl for sure.
when it significantly drops in price 
found benchmarks: http://wccftech.com/google-pixel-xl-benchmarks/
It's not bad, but it's not $650 good.
It's not bad, but it's not $650 good.
ChronotriggerJM
Member
I would love for that to be the case.
If that's true, that would explain the insane price. Hopefully there's also a cheaper version without it.
Modest Mauser
Member
The phone and its specs seem so unremarkable. The price is a bit of a shock if it's accurate.
Elitist1945
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I just really can't understand why they'd get rid of front speakers.
The Abominable Snowman
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One of the most unremarkable phones in history if this pans out like the leaks.
Damn, Google.
Damn, Google.
I imagine you can fit a bigger speaker on the back given the vertical size limits of a front facing speaker.
I was very surprised how bad the front speakers on my 5X are when I first got it, I felt they were quite a bit worse than the rear facing mono speaker on my previous phone.
Elitist1945
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The 5X only has one front speaker doesn't it?
ErnieMcCracken
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Still have a year left on my Verizon contract but am looking to go to Project Fi when it's up. Hopefully the price on these is somewhat reasonable by that time. Insane pricing if the rumors are true. Should include a free year of Project Fi at those prices.
aygomyownroad
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The price is too high. Need a phone but can see me just getting something else. Even an iPhone 7.
Google phones should be cheaper.
Google phones should be cheaper.
vasametropolis
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$650 would completely rule this out for me... I'm a $350 kind of guy and I guess there's nowhere to buy stock Android these days. Sooo lonnngg.
RoadHazard
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Wow, they're really going full iPhone with their pricing now, huh? I'm sure the phones will be awesome, but hmm, yeah.
Nexus phones haven't really been surprisingly cheap since the N5 or something, but yeah, this definitely seems like them completely giving up on them being affordable at all.
Nexus phones haven't really been surprisingly cheap since the N5 or something, but yeah, this definitely seems like them completely giving up on them being affordable at all.
i don't exactly understand Google's strategy here.
* They owned Motorola. Motorola made nice looking phones (like the Nexus 6)
* The Nexus line never really sold gangbusters, even though they were sold at an aggressive price point
Now Google doesn't own Motorola anymore, they rebranded the "Nexus" to "Pixel" which, i guess, is a bit more 'friendly' sounding, the phone looks super bland and comes at a supposed premium price.
I'm still waiting for a reason as to why this new approach should do any better than the Nexus line.
What's the target audience?
* They owned Motorola. Motorola made nice looking phones (like the Nexus 6)
* The Nexus line never really sold gangbusters, even though they were sold at an aggressive price point
Now Google doesn't own Motorola anymore, they rebranded the "Nexus" to "Pixel" which, i guess, is a bit more 'friendly' sounding, the phone looks super bland and comes at a supposed premium price.
I'm still waiting for a reason as to why this new approach should do any better than the Nexus line.
What's the target audience?
Those photos don't look so hot. The design seriously looks like shit. It's such a big step backwards coming off the heels of the Nexus 6P which was a genuinely nice looking device in my opinion. That stupid glass/glossy part on the back just looks bad to me. Those bezels are inexcusable too. How is it possible that previous Nexus phones have delivered nice bezels and the bezels here look awful.
Then you combine all this with the price that's rumoured? No thanks.
Then you combine all this with the price that's rumoured? No thanks.
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
BoosterDuck
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To everyone complaining about the price, Google always has black friday and after-christmas sales on their shit. This is after the fact that preorders will sell out quick anyways and won't ship until the end of October.
Personally I'm not getting another Nexus phone until they're Wacom penabled, have Smart Stay and waterproofing.
Personally I'm not getting another Nexus phone until they're Wacom penabled, have Smart Stay and waterproofing.
To be fair, the S7 Edge does not have explosive tendencies. Same hardware too, just doesn't have the touch pen.
Bruce Springsteen
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So they really increased the bezel size to look like an iPhone?
What increase if it seems to be smaller than the 5X/6P from the panel leak?
Can't get all the hate without facts like every single year...
Milly Osworth
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Google even copying physical products now.
Hydrargyrus
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These bezels are hideous but even with these, the phone looks pretty thick
to be fair, it's actually the other way around - you upgraded right before these nice phones got announced. the new iPhone and Nexus are always announced in Sept / October
Spiritwalker
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Looks like a boring iPhone knockoff. At least try to come up with a fresh design, Google.
Massive Nights
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I've been holding out for these phones for a while now, but $650 is around £500, add VAT on top of that and the UK price is likely to be somewhere in the region of £600. It would need to be a seriously impressive phone, software and hardware wise for me to get it at that price.
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