Google Unveils New Flagship Pixel 5 Smartphone With 5G and $699 Price Tag

[BigMcGuire]

Looks nice! I like that it looks like it could be used without a case from the get-go. I don't know why but I also like the way the screen kinda pops out in the front. Nice to see the ram bump - should help with the future proofing.

 

[AKDub]

I’m thinking about getting this or the 4a and trying one of the de-googled android roms like CalyxOS or GrapheneOS, and see how hard it is to get by on either open source apps, or at least ones that don’t require google play services to run

 

[russell_314]

Flagship phone without flagship hardware 😂

 

[jicon]

Chromecast: Take note Apple TV.

A tangible remote design very much usable in the dark.

 

[ani4ani]

Go check the number of iPhones that Apple manufactures in a month and the number of Pixel phones that Google manufactures in a month, and then get back to us.

they both manufacture zero?

 

[waquzy]

No chance, outdated specs, cheaper build quality, iPhone 12 will crush it.

iPhone 12? Even my iPhone SE(original) crushes this

 

[tsa1]

$699 is still too much for this. $599 would have really made this a hot seller like the Original Nexus phones. I suppose that’s what the 4a and 5a are doing, though. To me the 5A is the best deal. Same processor and 5G just with 2less gb of ram and no gorilla glass? Pretty sure it’s still water resistant just doesn’t carry the same level of it as 5.

now that chrome cast is looking nice for $50. Waiting for Black Friday when it goes on sale for $30-35.

 

[LiE_]

£599 with a free pair of £200 Bose QC35 II. Seems decent value.

 

[Hyperchaotic]

Now that's a competitive price.

$699 - aluminum, 6" OLED, 90Hz, 128GB, sub-6GHz and mmWave

Maybe but the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G seems to be an even better deal (for those who don't mind Samsung), launched at same price but already discounts to $600 in some places.

Also for those using two sims at the same time it drops from 5G to 4G (DSDS mode), whereas the Samsung can use two sims simultaneously and 5G (DSDA mode).

 

[weckart]

No chance, outdated specs, cheaper build quality, iPhone 12 will crush it.

Pricewise, I expect iP12 to obliterate it.

 

[imlynxy]

No band 25 :-(

 

[kazmac]

A not terrible price for decent specs. I’ll wait for a notchless iPhone.

 

[Lozza013]

Doesn't look too bad. Although I'm still most likely going to go for the iPhone 12.

 

[HiRez]

The pandemic is there for everyone but apparently only Apple’s supply chain was affected to the extent of postponing their smartphone release. Coming from the biggest and richest tech company in the world I can only qualify this situation as ridiculous! Amateurish even...

Apple ships something like 40 million to 70 million iPhones each quarter, Google only shipped 2 million Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XLs in 6 months. Entirely different scale.

 

[symphony]

Lol typical Google, killing off new features the next after. They killed their Face ID clone and their gimmicky air gestures

 

[CheesePuff]

copying the colors I see.

also if you saw the google tv interface, it was a total rip off of Apple TV.

Wow it does look just like it: https://blog.google/products/chromecast/best-chromecast-google-tv/

 

[ericwn]

iPhone killer! The price doesn’t seem so bad.

Quite the drama. Don’t let the door hit you then.

 

[ericwn]

The pandemic is there for everyone but apparently only Apple’s supply chain was affected to the extent of postponing their smartphone release. Coming from the biggest and richest tech company in the world I can only qualify this situation as ridiculous! Amateurish even...

Amateurish would be to disregard the completely different scale of iPhone production.

 

[novakk86]

Lol typical Google, killing off new features the next after. They killed their Face ID clone and their gimmicky air gestures

3d Touch... Oh wait.

 

[JM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1311372785491546114

EXACTLY.

 

[Doomtomb]

Copy everything about the iPhone, including the price.

 

[JimmyHook]

Google is still trying to make phones? Lol

 

[jkwr]

It’s like they copied the HomePod design and slapped apples multiple iPhone colours on it

I think you'll find apples homepod is a blatant copy of a google assistant speaker design. Check your facts.

 

[SDJim]

Some of what they introduced blew my mind. Not because it was revolutionary, but because apparently Pixel users have been waiting until 2020 to have things like guaranteed software support for 3 years and basic continuity features.

 

[MacStreamer]

Google is signaling with this release that they're out of the flagship phone business.