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Google Mocks iPhone in Musical ‘Wicked’ Ad Claiming Pixel Firsts

iHorseHead said:
I thought it's because of my accent or something, but it used to always work. Even on iOS 8 Siri worked perfectly and responded and understood me.
Now when I say "Hey Siri" it wakes up and when I say "Set a timer for 15 minutes" it goes back to sleep and doesn't set the timer nor responds anything.
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It worked for me for years, and then just kinda slowly stopped.. on all my devices...

I'm from the area of the US with the most neutral or "generic american" accent.

cjsuk said:
As a former pixel owner, as I use one when I am travelling to iffy places because I don't care if I lose it, some other firsts:
  • First totally unusable digital photo that looked like Picasso was on a bad acid trip.
  • First thing to get me to run out of fingers counting bluetooth problems in a day.
  • First phone that won't allow you to pay for stuff, including transport readers, if the camera app is open even if it's not active.
  • First phone that requires one million updates the moment you buy it.
  • First phone which had a plastic back that scratched up faster than a plastic macbook in a ball mill.
  • First phone that came bent new.
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Wife has a Pixel 8 and loves it.. Haven't had a single problem.

She used a Pixel 2 for six years prior, also with no problems. 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
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Google discovers coattails. What an gawd awful commercial that tells me nothing about the product. Riding the coattails of Wicked, implies the product can't stand on its own merit.🙄

What flying monkey approved this ad?😑

Google should tell people about the feature that allows individual apps to disable wifi and mobile data. You can play games without annoying ads.🥳
 
Pixel phones are generally really good due to stock Android (best OS and version of Android out there IMO). I felt they made the best hardware/OS for several years only to fall off around the Pixel 6 era due to them making their own SoC and hardware issues. I hope they make it back as I would gladly buy another Pixel. My Pixel 2XL was an incredible phone.
 
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So wait isn’t the witch the bad guy? Also kinda ironic that the witch is the color green which is associated with envy and irony.
 
WarmWinterHat said:
I can't tell a speed difference between my SE 2022 and 16 Pro, at all. Considering I play zero games, and do zero photo/video editing, how would I even tell? When it comes to CPU speed, I just don't care, and benchmarks do nothing for me. Same thing coming from an M1 Air to M4 Pro; they feel the same.

What I can tell, though, is how much liquid glass sucks.
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My Pixel 8 Pro is slower than my iPhone 13 mini but you can't tell in use.
 
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WarmWinterHat said:
What you said is the CPU and GPU is the most important... I would say the UI is the most important, and the iOS 26 UI sucks something fierce.

Mocking your competition is pretty lame, though.
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100% with you on the importance of UI and ios is pretty awful right now. I've always been a fan of Androids UI but I've stuck with iOs because I at least perceive it to have better security vs Android.

I haven't had an andriod phone in at least 7-8 years, so not really fair to say at this point, but at least back then iPhones seemed to maintain performance over the years you own them better vs andriod models but that likely has gotten a lot better in the last 5 years. A better future proofed device does add value though. Especially with how expensive they've become.

Lastly, though you aren't every user you probably fit the profile of 70%-90% of smartphone users thus that percentage of users would be fine with less powerful CPU's and GPU's. Which is a heck of a slice of the market that the processing power of a pixel is plenty for most.
 
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Zeus2018 said:
Yeah, fair point—Apple's hardware innovation has definitely slowed under Tim Cook (more iterative upgrades, catching up on AI/photo features Pixel pioneered years ago). But iOS is still the smoothest, most polished, privacy-focused OS out there. Android feels fragmented and buggy by comparison, even on Pixel. Cook seemed to have perfected the ecosystem; he just stopped revolutionizing the phone itself. 😅
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A polished turd is still a turd. iOS 26 is hot garbage.

Happily staying on iOS 18 as long as possible!
 
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One day we get a google press release announcing airdrop capabilities between a Pixel and an iPhone...
a day or so later, a Pixel ad mocking iPhone...
And at some time during the quarter a payment from Google to Apple for search on iPhone ...

At Google the left doesn't know what the right is doing it seems ...
 
Until you pull back the black curtain to reveal that the Great and Powerful Oz is just a droid pulling the strings. An Android, to be exact. But hey, if that's your thing, you've got options, so good for you.
 
WarmWinterHat said:
I can't tell a speed difference between my SE 2022 and 16 Pro, at all. Considering I play zero games, and do zero photo/video editing, how would I even tell? When it comes to CPU speed, I just don't care, and benchmarks do nothing for me. Same thing coming from an M1 Air to M4 Pro; they feel the same.

What I can tell, though, is how much liquid glass sucks.
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🫡 How the tables have turned. When Android's chips were leading before the A chips took off, everyone here was like benchmarks doesn't matter; experience matters. Now that Apple is leading the performance rankings, they're now touting how Apple's chips benchmark so high.
 
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JMalone said:
Google phones are on average 40% slower than iPhones in benchmarks.

The CPU and GPU are the most important things in any computing device.
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And it makes literally 0 difference in day by day usage... Had pretty much all iPhones, got the Pixel last year.... no regrets at all.


I like both, but I do not base my purchase on benchmarks.
 
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WarmWinterHat said:
I can't tell a speed difference between my SE 2022 and 16 Pro, at all. Considering I play zero games, and do zero photo/video editing, how would I even tell? When it comes to CPU speed, I just don't care, and benchmarks do nothing for me. Same thing coming from an M1 Air to M4 Pro; they feel the same.

What I can tell, though, is how much liquid glass sucks.
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Sure.

Pixel processors are garbage. I do a lot of video work and the Pixels simply can’t keep up. Low bit-rate video and if you want 4K in HDR you have to reduce frame rates.

My older 15 Pro Max beats the Pixel 10 Pro in video and my older Pixel 8 Pto (released around the same time as the 15PM) gets absolutely STOMPED by the 15PM.

Then try to edit that video. Pixel wants you to use Video Boost to upload to the cloud while I can edit directly on my iPhone if I want.

And let’s not mention gaming, where Pixel devices are trash due to their poor performance.
 
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justanotherdave said:
Sure.

Pixel processors are garbage. I do a lot of video work and the Pixels simply can’t keep up. Low bit-rate video and if you want 4K in HDR you have to reduce frame rates.

My older 15 Pro Max beats the Pixel 10 Pro in video and my older Pixel 8 Pto (released around the same time as the 15PM) get absolutely STOMPED by the 15PM.

Then try to edit that video. Pixel wants you to use Video Boost to upload to the cloud while I can edit directly on my iPhone if I want.

And let’s not mention gaming, where Pixel devices are trash due to their poor performance.
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I don't do either or those, and neither does my wife (on her Pixel), so for me or her, why would it matter? I do edit GoPro Video quite a bit..on my Mac.. why the hell would I want to do it on a tiny-ass phone screen?

Liquid Glass sucks so bad that I'm considering switching, and with how happy my wife has been for years on the Pixel line, I'm considering one.
 
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JGIGS said:
I've stuck with iOs because I at least perceive it to have better security vs Android.
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Funny, I daily drive a Pixel because it feels lightyears more secure due to the constant updates pushed out to parts of the OS instead of waiting for an every-other-month update as a package of fixes. Looking at my Play Store history, I got an update to Photos, Drive, Messages, Wi-Fi provisioning, Wallet, Phone, Calendar, Contacts, Device Intelligence, Calculator, Files, and more in the last 3 days. Meanwhile, Apple last updated my iPad on Nov 3 and no patches since. Those long gaps mean there are security issues and Apple is just too big to still think they have security through obscurity. Things get exploited fast when issues are addressed so slowly.
 
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