Surprise! Their not Apple prices. Samsung, Sony, LG charge same! Funny how people think there's only one game in town.
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Surprise! Their not Apple prices. Samsung, Sony, LG charge same! Funny how people think there's only one game in town.
At least the phone will stay connected on the Verizon LTE network. No LTEgate.
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Don't be so hard on the iPhone 7.
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Don't be so hard on the iPhone 7.
As an Android device, it's not bad. Not good enough to make me switch from iPhone, but if I were using an Android phone (which admittedly would probably be a Samsung Galaxy device,) I'd probably switch to it once I was qualified for an upgrade through my cell provider. If any company should look up and take notice on this, it's Samsung, imo, especially with their recent Note 7 battery fiasco ... and the exploding washing machines. The Samsung brand has taken quite a hit recently, and time is ripe for competitor offerings like this to capitalize on that.
... and so now I've watched that media event, I'm gonna modify the statement I made above. If I were in the market for an Android phone, I would not pick this Pixel phone. "Dude" doing the presentation made the comment, "and there's no unsightly camera bump ... *snicker*". Dude, take the high road. Don't stoop to that level. Lost me completely after that.
Comment about the media event itself. Way too much trees. Not enough forest. Drop a lot of the stats and technical data. Save it for the press kit. I had to fast forward through much of it to get past that crap. Don't need a history lesson either. Boring.
... and so now I've watched that media event, I'm gonna modify the statement I made above. If I were in the market for an Android phone, I would not pick this Pixel phone. "Dude" doing the presentation made the comment, "and there's no unsightly camera bump ... *snicker*". Dude, take the high road. Don't stoop to that level. Lost me completely after that.
Comment about the media event itself. Way too much trees. Not enough forest. Drop a lot of the stats and technical data. Save it for the press kit. I had to fast forward through much of it to get past that crap. Don't need a history lesson either. Boring.
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Kind of hard for the dual camera iPhone 7 to make it onto any part of the list as they haven't even reviewed it yet
Kind of hard to figure out what your point is, since the secondary camera on the Plus is a 2X telephoto.
Regular shot quality, which is what is being tested here, should be the same for the iPhone 7 and the 7 Plus.
I agree with you on all points except the siri.
Siri is a sad attempt and I would choose google's option any day, any time. And I already do choose it.
Siri is HORRIBLE to the point that I borrow my friend's androids to do voice searches.
It looks like an iPhone 6/6s/7 front on in many ways.
An all new iPhone is needed, and it's needed NOW.
[doublepost=1475628610][/doublepost]To court we go, says Apple. This is not an original design and a complete rip off of iPhone 6, 6s, 7.
[doublepost=1475628764][/doublepost]Too bad all the great apps are on iOS and all the **** apps are on Google.
An all new iPhone is needed, and it's needed NOW.
[doublepost=1475628610][/doublepost]To court we go, says Apple. This is not an original design and a complete rip off of iPhone 6, 6s, 7.
[doublepost=1475628764][/doublepost]Too bad all the great apps are on iOS and all the **** apps are on Google.
What specifically is Google copying? Is it because everyone is saying from a distance it looks similar to the iPhone? Because when I look at it closely I don't see it. It's a phone, it's gonna have four corners, a screen, some buttons. If you squint your eyes right, the Moto G4 looks like a cross between an iPhone and a Pixel.
Apple copies too? Live wallpapers copied from Android, Multitasking Cards copied from Palm, Widgets copied from Konfabulator, Click wheel browsing from Creative, etc, etc, etc. Everyone is guilty of this practice.
Fast charging creates more heat and adds more stress on the battery, thereby shortening its lifespan, regardless of what percentage you charge it to.
Many people has stated the problems with this phone, especially for its price.
Worse, Google only make it available in very limited market, basically just Australia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, US, and India. Not even Japan, a country that got Nexus phones in the past. SE Asia, as usual, is ignored by Google.
Worse, Google only make it available in very limited market, basically just Australia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, US, and India. Not even Japan, a country that got Nexus phones in the past. SE Asia, as usual, is ignored by Google.
I like the Google Home, The Pixel, Daydream View, Chromecast Ultra. I don't really have an interest in Google Wi-Fi though. I just got the iPhone 7 so I most likely won't be getting a Pixel but I may get a Google Home and a Chromecast Ultra. I really want to get the Daydream View but I've been looking everywhere and I haven't found out whether the Daydream View will work with iOS or if it's an Android only thing, anyone know?
Had a Nexus 5 too when it first came out and loved the phone's look and KitKat on it. Wasn't until it got updated with Lollipop I started hating it. I was lucky to make it to 4hrs on a charge. Took me a whole day to roll it back to KitKat and I was so mortified by the experience I sold it. It was one of the best looking phones I ever had. Google....whyyyyyy? Why didn't you come out with a Pixel looking similar to that design.
I have this piece of bread to sell you. It's got 4 corners.
Sounds like a good bunch of products for people who want to be part of the Google universe. They will undoubtedly sell millions of each though I must say I'm surprised at the design of the phones, they scream "last year's Chinese iPhone knockoff" to me.
Personally I find it creepy to have a box (independent computer, networked computer, gateway to a big server farm, or whatever) listening to everything that happens around me and analyzing it all to figure out whether or not it's been asked to do something. If I were blind I would probably appreciate such things more, but while I still have use of my eyes and fingers there won't be one in my home.
Personally I find it creepy to have a box (independent computer, networked computer, gateway to a big server farm, or whatever) listening to everything that happens around me and analyzing it all to figure out whether or not it's been asked to do something. If I were blind I would probably appreciate such things more, but while I still have use of my eyes and fingers there won't be one in my home.
You're suggesting they should have included a lightning connector and removed the jack?
You liked the design but the software ran you off. Now you want the design back and you think the software is better?
As much as I am a apple person and like IOS I do think ther is room for improvement and innovation and I hope google can achieve this with merging hardware and software with the pixil phone. Again more competition will only benifit all us consumers in the long run. This is I hope the beginning of that competition with Google imulating what has made Apple such a secuss.
Obviously, you have never used Amazon's Alexa. Having a gadget which listens and responds and does things you ask it do is great, and once you get used to it, a game changer. Google Home promises to up Alexa's game and presumably it will be even more robust.
BTW, your smart phone knows where you are, how you move, who calls you, what you text or email, what you see on the web, and it can also know what you say when in its vicinity.... Welcome to the 21st Century. Boo!
Yes, especially since more than 50% of all the people in the US drive a Mercedes.
Outside of the walled sheep garden, brands like Cambridge Audio are considered the Mercedes of consumer electronics.