That's the Google G that they've had for like a year now. They just changed it from a bar to a tab that extends.
Google Pixel Phone info round up thread of Made By Google on October 4th
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That's the Google G that they've had for like a year now. They just changed it from a bar to a tab that extends.
AHA-Lambda
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blandest looking phone they could make >_>
and those huge bezels seem so out of place with no buttons on it
May be only teased or not shown at all but Google is planning Andromeda (Merger of Chrome OS and Android) hardware in 2017:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...ning-the-andromeda-os-for-release-in-q3-2017/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...ning-the-andromeda-os-for-release-in-q3-2017/
andythinkpad
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Dat giant chins.
It is you just swipe up and BAM! Apps.
Same starting price as iPhone 7......
"But the CPU isn't good". It mostly definitely is good. Not as good as A10 on paper, but the difference will not be perceivable.
And oh yeah: you're complaining about a phone that hasn't been announced yet.
Haint
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Oh wow it just keeps getting worse. 1080p when it's presumably going to be the Daydream flagship device...for $650. These leaks are seeming fake, this stinks of managing expectations for an inflated but not bonkers price. I'm thinking $450 for the small one.
andythinkpad
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Calling the google phone as good as the iPhone becuase the soc is good is like calling a Mustang a competitor to the BMW because it has a V8 engine. Look, everything else is vastly inferior and cheap.
outunderthestars
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As someone who has an S6 that has become a busy mess that turns itself on, takes 20 seconds to activate the camera, and generally runs with the speed of a tortoise on downers, I would gladly take weaker hardware for less software bloat.
What? a quick youtube search would tell you thats pretty much not true with regards to camera in other cases than yours
As someone who's had an S6 since launch with no root and all the bloatware there....what the hell are you putting on your phone to bog it down that much? 20 seconds to activate the camera? I have yet to format my phone and it takes 2 seconds max and that's when I haven't cleared any apps.
Maybe do a factory reset. That doesn't sound normal even with a slower, less expensive phone.
Funky Papa
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I was expecting this. It makes sense and I think it will be hugely beneficial for the consumer.
I'm also expecting a complete clusterfuck of an OS owing to its first gen nature and Google being far up their own ass lately. Early adopters are in for some hardcore beta testing.
Makoto-Yuki
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looks like they're copying the iPhone 7 and not just how it looks but also the price. Was really looking forward to a new Google phone but not looking like that and at that price. I'll probably just wait for the Galaxy S8. iphone and google are ridiculous this year.
andythinkpad
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I don't see how its possible with Apple's walled off mobile OS. Did you jailbreak it?
What problem did you have with the 5X? Was thinking about getting it since the price point of the new Nexus
The design looks a little like the HTC 10, but strangely less optimised. If they were getting rid of the front fingerprint sensor they could've made the screen taller. As it is it feels like there's too much wasted real estate at the front.
Can Crusher
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What an ugly phone.
Just the form factor. Larger bezels and larger chins compared to the 5. That plus the yellow-y tinted screen I noticed when directly comparing with one of my friends 5X's are the only complaints I have about it, otherwise I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Not for long. The Oxygen OS team has disbanded so their Hydrogen OS will eventually be merged. This is your typical Chinese Android iOS clone.
If they're going to have the enormous chin at the bottom i don't see why they don't just use
capacitive buttons.
I used to like the onscreen buttons but since going from n5-s6-s7 i don't miss them at all. They just take up screen space and loads of apps don't bother to hide them as they should.
They also don't do anything like change usage per app which would be a good reason to have them.
capacitive buttons.
I used to like the onscreen buttons but since going from n5-s6-s7 i don't miss them at all. They just take up screen space and loads of apps don't bother to hide them as they should.
They also don't do anything like change usage per app which would be a good reason to have them.
Unbelievable, what a downgrade from the 6P. 6P might not be as sexy as the Note 7/S7 Edge but it has its own distinct "visor" look and has character. The new Pixels are so generic especially since Google just used HTC A9's outer shell...with its huge ass chin...without any function. (A9 at least had the fingerprint sensor there).
that's the thing i don't get
touting this as google's first phone. they're not just farming it out to an oem. putting their own name on it etc
and yet, they didnt design anything? they just used a slightly tweaked existing htc design. like they have done with every nexus
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
At $650 that's gonna bomb like a mother fucker.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
If the background wasn't a different shade it literally would look like someone zoomed then cropped the non XL photo to get the XL photo.
Yeah basically this.
peppermints
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Only thing that'll likely make me jump on one of these now is either bundled Daydream headset or the price rumors being wrong.
Going to upgrade to either a 6P, S7 or iPhone 7.
Bummer.
Going to upgrade to either a 6P, S7 or iPhone 7.
Bummer.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
This is probably what I'm doing. I just got a 5X a few months ago. I'm not rooting for it to bomb but it's going to anyway. There aren't many 5 inch phones anymore and of the ones offered the Pixel will be the best imo.
Based on all the rumors and commercials we've seen so far, they are trying to compete with the iPhone/Samsung by marketing to consumers who get their phones via phone plans/payments (ex: The Verizon carrier rumor). Using this line of thinking, it's understandable why Google is pricing the phones this way, as Nexus pricing would be a sign to these customers that the phone isn't as good.
if that's their plan, launching exclusively on only one carrier is not the way to do this
crazy monkey
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Atleast try to design the phone lol. This is bad.
juliushandle
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Google should have just rebranded the recently announced Chinese market only Xiaomi Mi5s $299 flagship.
EatinOlives
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That's the most uninspiring flagship phone design I've ever seen.
If the rumor is true, I'm assuming that Verizon is going to do heavy promotion for Google in and out of their stores which may not be a bad idea for their first attempt at the iPhone/Samsung market.
Jzero
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I really hope it does, google needs to fucking learn they can't be pricing their phones like that without offering anything extra ordinary that the current Nexus 6P doesn't have
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Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Google VR is gonna be there. It won't just be these phones. Its gonna be Google's official foray into that whole landscape.
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