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Google Launches New Flagship Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro Smartphones Priced at $599 and $899

I really wish google would bring back their nexus program.

A mid range phone with vanilla android at a really affordable price. I don't get why they try to compete in the premium space.
 
Mousse said:
Not a fan of the 1960's design, I take it. It's got a very ST:TOS vibe with the color choices and black band. If I could change the voice assistant's voice to that of the TOS computer voice...🤔
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Yeah with CalyxOS on it and a button remapper I guess.
 
b656 said:
I am confused. What do they mean by privacy in Google phones? Everything you do on it will be scanned and tracked right? Just like how everything on G Suite is scanned and tracked for the personalized ads. Is it safe to assume these Google phones will do all the scanning and tracking and even more? and that's why they can lower the price right?
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Unless you install an AOSP custom rom like GrapheneOS or CalyxOS
 
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b656 said:
I am confused. What do they mean by privacy in Google phones? Everything you do on it will be scanned and tracked right? Just like how everything on G Suite is scanned and tracked for the personalized ads. Is it safe to assume these Google phones will do all the scanning and tracking and even more? and that's why they can lower the price right?
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Google actually raised the price by $150.
 
Taz Mangus said:
And how many people out of the hundreds of thousands people that purchase the Google phone are going to know how to that?
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Millions of users, privacy oriented folks or people looking to fully customize their phones without Google's restrictions. Another great aspect to custom roms you can get the latest android version on old and no longer supported devices.

 
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canadianreader said:
Millions of users, privacy oriented folks or people looking to fully customize their phones without Google's restrictions. Another great aspect to custom roms you can get the latest android version on old and no longer supported devices.

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Millions of users 😂🤣. I guess the Google experience is not all that great, after all, when you need to load a different OS. What you don’t trust Google. Shocker there.
 
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dba415 said:
You didn't watch the event. Google's cameras are much better at taking accurate pictures of darker skinned people using AI, and live translations through the camera app or text messages improves communication and brings people together.
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Last time I used google photo it classified me as a gorilla, not sure if I can trust their AI with black people
 
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b656 said:
I am confused. What do they mean by privacy in Google phones? Everything you do on it will be scanned and tracked right? Just like how everything on G Suite is scanned and tracked for the personalized ads. Is it safe to assume these Google phones will do all the scanning and tracking and even more? and that's why they can lower the price right?
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The privacy is just that they’re trying to prevent third parties from having access to the data, not that they’re securing your data from them.
 
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Google today announced its latest flagship smartphones, the Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6 Pro. The two new devices are already garnering positive reviews for their high-end feature set available at an affordable price tag.

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Priced at $599 and $899, respectively, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are Google's first smartphones that are equipped with the Google Tensor system-on-a-chip, which Google designed. Apple has long used mobile chips that it designs in house, and Google's choice to design its own Tensor chips will allow for better integration of hardware and software.

The Pixel 6 features a 6.4-inch OLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate, while the Pixel 6 Pro features a larger, curved-edge 6.7-inch OLED display and a 120Hz refresh rate.

As we saw in photos prior to the launch of the new smartphones, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro have a unique unibody look with a rear camera bar and an edge-to-edge display with hole punch cutout for the front-facing camera.

According to Google, the matte black camera bar is designed to provide a "clean, symmetrical" design. The Pixel 6 devices are available in several colors, each with a two-tone design.

Both the Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6 Pro have an improved 50-megapixel wide angle camera that lets in 150 percent more light, and both are also equipped with a 12-megapixel ultra wide lens. The Pixel 6 Pro has an additional 48-megapixel telephoto lens that supports 4x optical zoom and "Super Res Zoom" up to 20x.

Google has also introduced new camera features, such as Magic Eraser, which removes unwanted objects from an image. There's a Motion Mode with Action Pan and Long Exposure, and a Real Tone addition that is designed to make photos look more true to life. Google consulted photographers, cinematographers, and colorists to improve its auto enhancement features.

There are differences between the front-facing camera between the two models. The Pixel 6 has an 8-megapixel front-facing lens while the Pixel 6 Pro has an improved 11.1-megapixel lens with a wider field of view.

The Tensor chip allows for AI improvements, with the new smartphones offering better speech recognition and language understanding models. With Live Translate, Pixel 6 users can message people in different languages, with support for English, French, German, Italian, and Japanese. Apple has added a Translate app for these kind of translations, but Google's version works right in the messaging app.

Both smartphones support 5G with mmWave speeds available, and the Pixel 6 Pro also includes an Ultra Wideband chip for better indoor positioning. The Pro also features 12GB RAM compared to 8GB in the Pixel 6, and it supports up to 512GB of storage.

The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro run Android 12, the latest version of the Android operating system. Google has also introduced a new Pixel Pass that bundles several Google services together for $45 (Pixel 6) to $55 (Pixel 6 Pro) per month, similar to the Apple One offering. Pixel Pass includes YouTube Premium, YouTube Music Premium, Google One with 200GB cloud storage, Google Play Pass for games, and Preferred Care device coverage.

For those interested in a hands-on look at the new Pixel 6 smartphones, several media sites have already done reviews.
The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro can be pre-ordered starting today, and will launch on October 28.

Article Link: Google Launches New Flagship Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro Smartphones Priced at $599 and $899
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sorry that's a fugly phone
 
bobob said:
Pixel 6 Pro @ $899 ÷ 3 years system updates = $300/year

iPhone 13 Pro Max @ $1099 ÷ 6 years system updates = $185/year
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Updates are really irrelevant here. Nobody is updating a 5/6 year old phone. The security updates are more important here than software updates. Even older iPhones don’t get all the new software features
 
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Software can can help a LOT with memory usage. For example, the OS and hardware of the iPhone is designed for efficient and fast garbage collection. As a result, you don’t have to have a huge amount of memory because unused memory is constantly being provided for use. Understanding how Android’s garbage collection works, it makes sense that it would need 12GB as compared to an iPhone’s 6.

Of course, if you’re loading a 6 GB data set, physical memory is CERTAINLY good to have then. And, for every time a phone has to load that much data to work with, the Pixel’s likely to be faster. I just don’t know how often that’s going to be.
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All nice and dandy but the theory that Android needs 12GBb of RAM as compared to 6 for the iphone is complete nonsense. Even if garbage collection is less efficient, once we talk about big amounts of RAM(more than 6GB) it becomes a moot point.
Android indeed needs a little more RAM that iOS but certainly not double and certainly Apple can't achieve with 6GB what's possible with 12GB on Android.
 
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DHagan4755 said:
Good for Google but whew that presentation was kind of dry. The production values were ok but not Apple level. It didn't have the "wow" factor.
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First Microsoft and now Google with these touchy-feely, overly-gay (happy-like), cottonball-filled presentations. I did watch much of the Google presentation, but definitely skipped ahead many times as topics drew out for far too long. Apple still has the right style.
 
Taz Mangus said:
“Surely perform better” as compared to what?
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I mean what's the enigma? Better in comparison to what's possible with 6GB on iOS, my comment made it clear.

The Pixel 6 Pro has a 5004 mAh battery vs 4352 mAh in the iPhone 13 Pro Max. I sure hope the Pixel 6 Pro has long battery life considering the size of the battery it is using.
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Of course, the claim thta the Pixel 6 Pro will be destroyed when it comes to battery life is very obviously unreasonable.


I have not seen any issues with my iPhone 13 Pro Max in terms of having 6 GB RAM. iOS is very efficient with its resources. The previous Google 5A only had 6GB RAM. So where was this careful future proofing, that you mention, for the previous Google phones.
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It's irrelevant that you don't have problems as I didn't claim there are any problems with the Pro Max.
The 5A was launched in August and it's a mid-range phone(replacing the 4A) and by the way 6GB is more than plenty for it.
My guess is you are talking about Pixel 5 which has 8GB not 6GB or RAM. And yes 8GB on a Pixel phone is also future proof.

I highly doubt Google is thinking about future proofing. It is more likely that Google determined that it needed the extra RAM for its phone to function the way they wanted it to. From what I can tell also, Google is still only giving 5 years of security updates for their phones.
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Android doesn't need 12GB of RAM to function the way it's suppose to. Again this theory is nonsense.
Also 5 years of security updates is plenty and the phone will continue to get security updates even past the 5 year mark through Project Mainline.


Google raised the prices on their new phones by $150.
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No it didn't raise any prices. The Pixel 4's which were Googles last true flagships were more expensive.

I guess Goggle isn't giving anymore free lunches except at their cafeterias. So now the customer is both required to pay for the product and at the same time also becomes the product. Imagine that.
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Their costumers get a really good hardware experience combined with an excellent software experience at a great price point.
Google nailed it this time with the Pixel 6 in both price hardware and software.
 
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Too big.
I have a pixel 4a. At 5.8 inches and about the size of an iPhone 8 it’s a great size and lightweight. I don’t understand the ever bigger phones. Just use your iPad as a phone. Much better bigger screen.
 
Software and AI features are miles ahead of iOS. I need apple to get the talk to type feature to the Google standard.
 
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