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Google Is Considering Launching a Mid-Range Pixel Phone This Summer, Claims Report (arstechnica.com)
According to a report from The Economic Times, Google is developing a new mid-range Pixel smartphone. "The paper claims that 'Google's top brass shared details of its consumer products expansion plans in trade meetings held in Malaysia, the UK, and the U.S. last month." The story cites "four senior industry executives" that were present at the talks. Ars Technica reports: The Economic Times pegs "around July-August" for the launch date of this mid-range device, which the publication says will have a focus on "price-sensitive markets such as India." The phone would be part of Google Hardware's first push into India, which would involve bringing the Pixelbook, Google Home, and Google Home Mini to the country. The Indian paper did not say if the phone would launch in other countries, but it did say the phone would be launched in addition to the regular Pixel 3 flagship, which the report says is still due around October. It's good to hear Google is considering expanding the Pixel line to more countries (even if it's just one more country) as distribution is currently one of Google Hardware's biggest weak points. The Pixel 2 XL is only available in eight countries; by comparison, the Samsung Galaxy S9 is sold in 110 countries. If Google really wants to compete in the smartphone market, it will have to do a lot better than selling in eight countries.
If the planned launch date is around July-August then they're probably already close to doing initial production runs.
Except you phone company. Who has a list of all the times you made a call, who you called and where you called how long you called for. If your texting they probably have the texts too.
Don’t assume obsolescence will make you safe from spying.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
just re-release the nexus 5x with updated internals (and same nexus 5x price)
the day google started charging iphone-like prices it all went downhill
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Good proc speeds with vanilla Android and very affordable pricing wasn't a bad model, they just didn't market it well. Frankly, not having it available for consumers to buy one easily in the vast majority of the world is just plain dumb.