Google Event Highlights: Pixel 4, Pixel Buds 2, Pixelbook Go, and More

[v0lume4]

I was looking forward to the pixel 4, but at $800 I can get an 11 with 128 GB and have $50 left over. The radar gestures seem like a gimmick to me that adds needlessly to cost and complexity.

To think that the iPhone still ships with an LED screen at a $700 price point, though. I still can't believe that they can get away with that.
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Hmmmm 😐 what do you think. The iPhone 11 Pro is way too yellow 😖

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Oh, man, just turn off Night Shift.


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Much less douchey than the droopy cigarette butts and may even be fashionable to some without the side effects of stretched ear lobe and reconstructive surgery later.

Ohhh gauges. I remember that swift era.

 

[Jack Burton]

To think that the iPhone still ships with an LED screen at a $700 price point, though. I still can't believe that they can get away with that.

True. The one thing I absolutely adore about my Galaxy s9 is the OLED screen.

 

[dojoman]

Pixel 4 vs. iPhone 11 Pro: a first look at camera photo samples

Some sample images ahead of a full review

www.theverge.com

 

[MRrainer]

What I find interesting is that they were able to shrink their AI model so that it "works" locally.

Though, of course the rest of the Android-universe still leaks half your data to Google and the rest to China.

I hope that now that Apple has all the AI brainz it can apparently get also does this - though of course it can be said that people use Siri relatively seldom anyway (and dictation) and so it's kind of wasted space. But if it was an option, it might come in handy.

 

[Coconut Bean]

just look at that ugly camera square. good thing apple hasn't... yea yea...

Is it just me noticing this - is Google focusing on the rear of the Pixel 4 because they realize the forehead on the screen look HORRIBLE?

That rear is probably the best looking rear on any phone this year. Miles ahead of the ugly circle of one plus, stripes of the Samsungs and Huawei and asymmetric double bump iPhones..

But yeah, front is fugly!

 

[fourthtunz]

What makes this a little confounding is that none of what Google is doing, as far as I can tell, is new. Not sure why Apple isn't making more of an effort to get ahead in this area.

It appears to me that Apple have made some real advances in their cameras..this is coming from the XR to the 11 Pro...we'll have to see if the experts think the pixel is better but I love the 11 pro over the XR in every way.

 

[jumanji]

everyone copies but usually you do something at least a little bit different. the camera is a dead ringer for the iphone 11 camera. the buds are cool. nice to see competition in that market. i love my airpods. i am curious to see how these stack up.

 

[ipedro]

Google is making the right moves with Nest but it’s too late for the Nest Home rebranding. I went deep into the DropCam and Nest ecosystems long before Google acquired them so I have a lot of Nest products. I kept them around, hoping that Google would eventually play nice with HomeKit but it never came.

The final kick in the pants was when Nest started charging exorbitant prices just to make the cameras useful — and charged per each camera, not per account. You’ll end up paying $30/month if you have a few cameras around your home. Yeah, no.... They’re changing the pricing now, after years of dropping subscriptions but it’s too late. HomeKit’s Secure Video iCloud storage with end to end encryption kills any chance that I’ll pay for camera storage ever again. Getting rid of all my DropCams/NestCams.

 

[nameischarles]

I was willing to give the Pixel a try this year but kinda disappointed they only come in 64gb and 128gb storage options only and the orange only in 64gb.

 

[GuruZac]

Their triple lens set up in the square layout is conveniently like Apple’s although I know both products were designed around the same time so not sure it is a copy. I actually like the black square look better than the exposed lenses on the iPhone but surprised in 2019, without any sophisticated 3D facial unlocking Google cant manage a bezeless design.

 

[alexandr]

That rear is probably the best looking rear on any phone this year. Miles ahead of the ugly circle of one plus, stripes of the Samsungs and Huawei and asymmetric double bump iPhones..

But yeah, front is fugly!

i prefer the iphone aesthetic by far, even though i'm not a fan at all.

 

[ani4ani]

AND a chin. Maybe they’ll bring back the left and right bezels, too?

I think they just thought if Apple can bring a phone out to market with a 6 year old design (SE2?) they can get away with one a couple of years old?

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Hmmmm 😐 what do you think. The iPhone 11 Pro is way too yellow 😖

Pixel 4

iPhone 11 Pro

I’d guess that the actual scene on a sunny day would be more yellow, so it’s probably more accurate.

 

[TracesOfArsenic]

but the screen has a giant forehead and chin

You guys are hilarious with your (biased) judgement on bezels.

 

[Baymowe335]

You guys are hilarious with your (biased) judgement on bezels.

Does the Pixel have uneven and large bezels relative to the iPhone or not?

 

[xxanderxu]

Watching the Verge preview, I'll give you #3.
But display and cameras light years ahead of the newest iPhone Pros?
90hz is nice but let's see what Displaymate has to say before throwing around lightyear.

Pixel 4 screen awarded 'highest ever A+ grade' from DisplayMate

www.androidpolice.com

 

[sracer]

Ugh. I was looking forward to a proper follow-up to the Pixelbook (even though there were no rumors of one). Tech bloggers are in lockstep with Google's marketing narrative that the Pixelbook Go is a "budget" device. When considering that the 8GB RAM/128GB storage model of the Go is $850 that is no bargain... not when the Pixelbook can be purchased for that on-sale.

 

[coolfactor]

The event was a complete borefest with the most unenthusiastic team of presenters I've ever seen. Interesting that Google is now trying to pretend they are privacy-focused company, when their business model betrays this messaging.

I'm sure it must be getting somewhat boring for the teams at these tech companies to be copying and pasting each other's efforts.

And not to mention dealing with consumers' negative reactions to their hard work. When people keep bitching about non-issues like a forehead, it can't be fun to go to work every day for these non-appreciative consumers.

 

[1098474]

Are they serious with the top and bottom bezels?

I am long GOOGL, but they should stick to ads and data mining.

As serious as Apple with that notch, Siri and Apple Maps. Apple should stick to music

 

[AustinIllini]

No 4K 60
No ultra wide

Hell the iPhone 11 has better front facing video than anything pixel has

Motion features just seem like gimmicks to me but each their own

Overall it seems the pixel will continue to sell badly

They need to skip to the Pixel 4a. That's a compelling device at the price tag.

I agree with the sentiment here: Particularly compared to what was considered a "boring" iPhone 11/Pro, this Pixel is an absolute bore.

And I also agree they should have gone with the ultra-wide.
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As serious as Apple with that notch, Siri and Apple Maps. Apple should stick to music

The notch is still better than that dumpster fire front design on Pixel.

 

[Analog Kid]

It appears to me that Apple have made some real advances in their cameras..this is coming from the XR to the 11 Pro...we'll have to see if the experts think the pixel is better but I love the 11 pro over the XR in every way.

I think there are two different discussions: the camera (hardware) and computational photography (algorithms).

 

[samcraig]

The presentation today was the most yawn inducing. Not because of the products. But the presentations themselves were a snoozefest. They need to shorten/liven them up..

 

[Guscat]

To think that the iPhone still ships with an LED screen at a $700 price point, though. I still can't believe that they can get away with that.
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Ohhh gauges. I remember that swift era.

I had an iPhone X which was rated the best screen of 2017, and to be honest I don't really see any difference between that and my XR screen. There's a slight difference under certain circumstances, but even then it's really overrated. (And yes, I've checked out the Samsung Note/Galaxy screens as well.)

I just laugh whenever people mock the XR screen. They're just buying into a lot of empty hype.

 

[AustinIllini]

The presentation today was the most yawn inducing. Not because of the products. But the presentations themselves were a snoozefest. They need to shorten/liven them up..

I know they're trying to do something different, but the presentation doesn't work for me either. There's just a sort of malaise that permeates the event which doesn't work for me.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

I think they just thought if Apple can bring a phone out to market with a 6 year old design (SE2?) they can get away with one a couple of years old?

As long as they, like Apple, are also shipping a phone that also follows the minimal bezel design language. Unfortunately, they aren’t. I wonder why they decided to go with unequal bezels?