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Google Unveils Pixel and Pixel XL, the First Phones It 'Designed Inside and Out' (www.bgr.in)

Posted by msmash on from the google-pixel dept.

At an event on Tuesday, Google unveiled the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, the first phones "designed inside and out by Google." Focusing less on the hardware, the company says the biggest selling point of the phones is Google Assistant, which will be available to users wherever they go. Both Pixels have a quad-core 2.15GHz 64-bit processor, 4GB of RAM, 32GB or 128GB of storage, a 12.3MP rear camera, an 8MP front camera, a fingerprint scanner on the back, and a USB-C port on the bottom. The major differences between the two are in size, display (5-inch vs 5.5-inch), and battery (2770mAh vs 3450mAh). The company says the rear camera on both phones is top-notch as well, scoring 89 on DxO, the highest ever for a smartphone. Both phones also come with "endless cloud storage," the company said. It will let users backup unlimited storage in full-resolution images and videos shot with the Pixel. Pricing starts at $649 for the smaller 5-inch Pixel, available for preorder today. Mark Gurman of Bloomberg shares the inside story of how these phones were conceived.

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  1. Re:Price... by AmiMoJo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The price is very disappointing, as is the spec really. Doesn't seem to have optical image stabilization, the Achilles' heel of the 5X and 6P. No wireless charging, no SD card slot... Might as well wait for the 6P to go on sale as it is discontinued.

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  2. Don't understand justfication for Pixel by JoeyRox · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The live stream started with a Google rep talking about how important it is for Google to be involved in both the hardware and software of the phone. I suppose the parallel being how Apple benefits from having control over both hardware and software. Yet everything in the stream after that was all about software that can run on any Android device, not just Pixel.

  3. This is why Pixels will fail by Artem+S.+Tashkinov · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The features you'll get:
    • The biggest bezel to dollar ratio in the industry
    • Insane prices only rivaled by Apple which actually has a premium status
    • Very strange nerdy names, much much worse than Nexus
    • Look too much like iPhone 5(s)

    Now at the same price bracket as Note 7/SGS7 here's the list of features you will not get:

    • Wireless charging
    • Dual front speakers
    • Dual lens cameras
    • Optical image stabilization
    • Rapid laser focus/Dual Pixel autofocus
    • Hardware HDR
    • Dual SIM slot
    • SD card slot
    • Meaningful support of any kind: a phone line, brick and mortar stores to examine the device before buying, etc.

    Updates to new major Android versions will be ceased just 24 months after the release. Google is out of their minds.