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Mid-Range Google 'Pixel 3 Lite' Leaks With Snapdragon 670, Headphone Jack (9to5google.com)
The first alleged images of the rumored "budget" Pixel 3 have been leaked. The Pixel 3 Lite, as it is being called, looks very similar to the Pixel 3, although it features a plastic build construction, slower processor, and a headphone jack. 9to5Google reports: Just like the standard Pixel 3, there's a display that's roughly 5.56-inches in size, but this time it's an IPS LCD panel at 2220x1080 rather than an OLED panel. Obviously, there's also no notch to be seen on this alleged Pixel 3 Lite. There's a single front-facing camera as well as one speaker above that display, relatively thick bezels on the top and bottom, and a speaker along the bottom of the device as well.
Perhaps most interesting when it comes to the hardware, though, is that there's a headphone jack on the top of the phone. That's certainly unexpected since the Pixel 2 dropped the jack and Google hasn't looked back since. Tests from Rozetked reveal some of the specifications running this device as well. That includes a Snapdragon 670 chipset, 4GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. Previous reports have pointed to a Snapdragon 710. Battery capacity on this device is also reported at 2915 mAh and there's a USB-C port along the bottom. It is rumored to include the same 12MP and 8MP cameras found in the standard Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, which will be a huge selling point for the affordable phone market. The price is expected to be around $400-500.
Perhaps most interesting when it comes to the hardware, though, is that there's a headphone jack on the top of the phone. That's certainly unexpected since the Pixel 2 dropped the jack and Google hasn't looked back since. Tests from Rozetked reveal some of the specifications running this device as well. That includes a Snapdragon 670 chipset, 4GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. Previous reports have pointed to a Snapdragon 710. Battery capacity on this device is also reported at 2915 mAh and there's a USB-C port along the bottom. It is rumored to include the same 12MP and 8MP cameras found in the standard Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, which will be a huge selling point for the affordable phone market. The price is expected to be around $400-500.
Hope they manufacture enough for the holiday buying rush. I think about 14 should do it.
Just when I lost all hope of my next phone having a headphone jack. I had been contemplating switching from an iphone to the pixel when they removed the headphone jack.. Thought I was gonna be perpetually stuck on the iphone 6...
for the affordable phone market. The price is expected to be around $400-500.
I bet it'll come with two whole years of updates!
Two years!!!
Why would you NOT want to be “stuck” with a phone which doesn’t require extra dongles and overpriced, easily lost earbuds?
I’m sure podcasts sound extra great through the $170 wireless ear buds, though.
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Shut the fuck up. Just shut it. You are certifiable crazy. You proudly display your stupidity *every* time you post. Nobody here is going to buy your shitty software simply because you are a nutcase.
>"Why would you NOT want to be âoestuckâ with a phone which doesnâ(TM)t require extra dongles and overpriced, easily lost earbuds?"
I think you misread what he said. He wants a reason to leave the iPhone 6. And was contemplating switching to the Pixel but didn't bother, because they removed the headphone jack.
My point on all this is that somehow a headphone jack is cast into the "lite" or "cheap" or non-high-end category now. Just like wanting a phone that isn't GIANT meant you automatically wanted a "budget" phone with slow processor, paltry memory, etc.
Because he's not using it for input, he's not digitizing analog signals? (ADC - Analog to Digital Converter).
Now, if you mean the mid-range DAC - Digital to Analog Converter - then that's not as big of an issue. The DACs in most phones are pretty good, it's the amplifier stage after them that sucks, typically. So an external amp is a good thing and significantly improves the audio quality.
And in pretty much all cases, the DAC and amp in a cell phone is better than Bluetooth, unless you're talking about AptX HD or LDAC. Of course, he has an iPhone right now, and it does not support AptX HD or LDAC, so you're limited to pretty poor 320 kbps Bluetooth. Or using the Lightning Audio Module (a midrange DAC/amp module from Apple). Or use a camera Lightning adapter so you can use an outboard decent DAC on your iPhone.
But then, DSD, high res WAV and FLAC, and other high-res formats are difficult if not impossible on iOS, whereas they are natively supported in Android. If you really care about audio quality in a phone, the iPhones are way down the list...
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If this has the camera features of the pixel 3 (even if it doesn't have as good a lens) this is almost certainly my next phone - if it has a Nexus price point. I've avoided the z
Pixel line so far but am super impressed with my partner's Pixel 3, but hate the price tag and lack of headphone jack.
If they put an SD card and removable battery in this it'd be even better of course.
All hinges on the price point though for me! I'm on a Nexus 5X which is feeling a bit dated.
unless you're talking about AptX HD or LDAC...
Or AAC streamed directly to supporting devices, which is what AirPods and some Beats headsets use.
Glad to help you learn something today!
But then, DSD, high res WAV and FLAC, and other high-res formats are difficult if not impossible on iOS
You can use apps like VLC to play FLAC quite easily - or you can use Apple Lossless, ALAC.
Were you not aware iOS supported applications that might use other codecs? Or that Apple has had a losses codec for some time? How odd.
The difference between Android and IOS being that on iOS, I could choose to use either FLAC or ALAC - on Android I could only choose FLAC. Why people support platforms with less choice is beyond me.
So correction, I got to help you learn TWO things today!
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Apple zealots have been that way going all the way back into the mid 1980s. It's why nerds have always despised Apple fans.
I would bet it's no more difficult to never log onto Google on this phone than it is on any other Android device. You don't need to log on with a Google account. There are alternative app stores and the phone will be fine and usable without ever logging into Google on it.
You'll want to not be a gmail user, of course, but that should go without saying, if you're google-shy.
I'm sick of the features I want, being relegated to the 'basic' phones, with the assumption that only the 'basic users' need them.
Try and offer 2 identical premium phones but with variations like headphone jack or curved non curved.
Samsung? Hello, I want your top of the line phones. I do NOT IN ANY WAY want them with curved screens, therefore, I assume you don't want me to buy your phones.
Google? Hi, I'm not fully into your phones, but you've _ensured_ I won't try them, without headphone jacks.
Huawei, I'm considering that new Mate 20 phone, it sounds half decent. Why the @#% (!!!) does the non pro phone, which has a nice FLAT screen, have to be IPS and not OLED? Having gotten used to OLED on a phone, especially in bed / dark rooms, why would you make a pretty damn premium phone and put IPS in it? When your pro model of the same phone is curved / oled but without a headphone jack.
I spent 3 hours not more than 24 hours ago and as someone who used to be a phone junkie, I had issues with every single phone I found.
Seriously, would someone just copy the Note 5 or 4 but put in a top of the line processor, nicer camera and a USB-C socket? I'll pay an extra $200 at this point.
Glad to see they were brave enough to include a headphone jack. Good for them for taking that risk.
The DAC (not ADC!) in the phone is almost certainly superior to the super shitty little DACs in the earbuds. Thought everybody knew that, oh right Apple manufactures its own facts.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
Why would you want to be stuck with the ADC built into a mid-range phone?
I guess if you only ever spend $15 on ear buds that may be fine.
The ADC is gotta go somewhere; having it in the phone is the technologically superior option.
Not a great way to broadcast your conspicuous consumption using overpriced accessories, but still a superios technological solution.
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When they pair properly. And the batteries aren't flat. And there's no interference. And you can get through their interface to actually turn them on.
OLED has durability issues, you know.
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When you come down to 200 EUR, then you can start calling phones "budget" and "affordable".
This phone will be less capable than the 150 EUR Xiaomi A2 Lite, and still cost 4 times as much. If you've got more money than sense, then Google would like to do business with you.
It does, but it takes a lot of it use for that. I'm literally on my 5th OLED phone.
OLEDs are hard to manufacture.
Apple pretty much bought up the supply of OLED screen manufacturing equipment for years to ensure Samsung could actually make enough (the iPhone X pretty much trumped Samsung's normal OLED production for their high end phones, so Apple had to ensure Samsung had at least double the equipment. And we're talking about something that is produced in single quantities per year - the manufacturer Samsung's equipment comes from makes at most 2 machines a year.)
Tiny monochrome OLEDs are one thing but the big nice ones just aren't manufactured in significant quantities - Samsung has enough on their plate with Galaxy and iPhone screen production, we've seen LG (another big OLED manufacturer) have issues - seems LG can make OLEDs in the 50+" size scale, but their small screens generally... suck.
As someone who worked on mobile phone audio chip design, I can tell you that even the cheapest DAC (not ADC, you don't know what you're talking about) will not be the limitation, but the headset itself will be.
Of course, the phone maker can mess up a lot with crappy board design, hence all the phones that have worse performance in terms of channel separation and THD when tested with earphones compared to when tested with high impedance audio inputs.
And if you think the DACs inside a crappy dongle would be better, you don't get how Apple makes money. It's similarly cheap, people just have to believe it's good. And you do. Hence it's good enough.
You pretty much nailed it. I mainly use the headphone jack to connect the phone to other devices like my stereos in the truck or car because radio sucks. Or into the small speaker system I keep in the bathroom for shower time. I rarely use headphones on my phone. Also i'm partially deaf so sound quality is not my biggest gripe when it comes to shit like this. However pops and whistles(Seriously its 2018 why does this still happen) piss me off. And audio cutting out. I don't know if its because of the phone case but I've had issue where while using bluetooth to play audio through a small speaker hanging off of one side of my body with the phone in the pocket on the opposite side of my body, the audio will cut out occasionally for a second or so. Super frustrating especially if you're trying to talk to somebody while doing something.
I guess if you only ever spend $15 on ear buds that may be fine.
Meh. I use these. $20. They sound fine. Great battery life, too. And wireless >> wired. Wires are a PITA.
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I truly despise Apple as a company, and the majority of their products suck. The ONLY good piece of hardware they have made IMO is the iphone. And the removal of the headphone jack destroyed that. Now they are back where they were 10 years ago in my book. And seeing as I'm me and not anybody else. I couldn't give a shit less if *other* people think they are gods gift to electronics.
If it's LG or HTC, #donotwant
Only incompetents want to build phones for Google, everyone else can sell phones with their own names on them
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Look up pocophone. Every Indian I know swears by them. Liquid cooling, headphone jack, dust resistant, and a snap dragon 845 for $399.
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with those specs, you can find them on phones way cheaper, even with Android One.
On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
I'm literally on my 5th OLED phone.
So you change phones pretty often, right? But people who want to make the most of the investment won't change them so often, so they will encounter those issues. Maybe it's intentional, a kind of planned obsolescence.
Circumcision is child abuse.