Google's New Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL Smartphones Likely to Debut at Upcoming October 9 Event

[5105973]

I wonder if anyone has watched this video?

The TL;DR is that google has apparently been contacting various youtubers for permission to use their review footage of the Pixel 3 (and the footage tend to be overwhelmingly negative about said product). Which does sound odd. What if the phone being leaked isn't the real Pixel 3 and this is just one giant practical joke, and Google actually has a way better-looking phone in the works?

It would be an amazing publicity stunt if Google did make the notch look huge to troll Apple and other Android clones before introducing a true edge to edge display with no notch getting in the way.

But if this is the real design they’re trying to sell... I just can’t see any reason for the notch to cut that deeply into the display. It makes the iPhone and LG and Huawei notches look elegant by comparison.

With so much attention on the Russians for hacking and meddling in social media it is kind of suspicious that the leaks were by “Russians”. That would be a pretty cool element to the joke. If this does turn out to be a joke and publicity stunt.

 

[BruceEBonus]

I’m no Apple fandroid. But I hope that isn’t an advert for the Pixel3. Massive ugly notch. Ungainly size. You’re not selling it here. However, it’s not all bad news. Maybe I’m just not the target market and narcissistic, anorexic models are. Loving that selfie by the way! Sigh. What kind of self obsessed society have we become, readers?

 

[Bacillus]

The notch detracts from the huge beard on that phone.

Please help me find that notch between all tattoo’s/beards/moustaches.
I fear the next trend is a bearded notch.

 

[steve09090]

Surely that video is a parody.

She takes some cliche selfies, and then they show the photographs (as if they were just taken) with a completely different wardrobe!

Then they show her waving it around like a model in Price is Right!

Finally, it’s just a blatant (poor attempt) at copying the iPhone X.

I reckon they’re just taking the micky out of the viewers. Do people seriously believe this is a real ad, and/or a real phone?

 

[wyarp]

... what a HORRIBLE tattoo!

 

[pete2106]

Risky having event month after apples

The've already badly copied Apple's design, they may as well badly copy Apple's event date.

 

[sinsin07]

In your dreams. There is quite a following for the Pixel range.

Sorry, but no.

Google sold 3.9 million Pixel phones in 2017 (Less than a week’s worth of iPhone sales)
That would be all of 2017.
That's known as niche.

Don't like The Verge? How about Forbes:
Analysis: Why Google Pixel Smartphones Sales Collapsed In 2017

Many more links available to ponder and pursue:
google pixel sales numbers

 

[EvilEvil]

Why are people so against the notch - it's extra pixels you wouldn't have had otherwise. Think glass half full instead half empty.

It's a terrible design decision. It ruins the beautiful screen and decreases valuable screen real estate. It's the worst thing Apple has ever done since having the charging port underneath the magic mouse.

 

[robbietop]

Announce? HAhahaha.....
We already know what they look like, what they can do, their internals, and that it has an iPhone copying notch.
What else is there for Google to talk about?
Other than yearly sales numbers that Apple would call "a slow week".

 

[Ramchi]

Looks lot bigger in her hands, with a case, it may be really uncomfortable to hold. One of the most outdated mobile flagship to hit the market with SD845 with a likely premium price tag. Their Cameras rock (DxO might sequence it after iPhones). Anyway, its a lost battle for Google Pixel, they had many issues in their mobile in the second iteration.

 

[demodave]

Google today sent out invitations to members of the media for a "Made by Google" event that's set to be held in New York City on Tuesday, October 9.

Image via Mobile-review.com​

Article Link: Google's New Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL Smartphones Likely to Debut at Upcoming October 9 Event

It's like when you go to that party and that biotch shows up wearing the same trade dress as you: unlike!

 

[Defthand]

Google sold 3.9 million Pixel phones in 2017 (Less than a week’s worth of iPhone sales)
That would be all of 2017.
That's known as a niche.

Know which brand was a niche for decades while mainstream sheep derided it for not having the footprint of its competitors? Apple.

By the time the masses embrace something better, the next cool innovation or evolution is happening in the peripheral. According to tech prognosticators, AI is the next frontier. Apple is lagging in the area and hasn’t offered a substitute for it.
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So how much did Google pay you to write that?

I mean, this thing is probably the ugliest phone out at the moment And it certainly isn’t cheap.

Do you actually use your iPhone, or do you wear it on a necklace?

 

[pika2000]

Meh.
- Only going to be available in very selective markets
- SD845 this late? Poco F1 stole the show already
- Android Pie? I know my ~$200 Mi A1 will get it, so the expensive Pixel 3 is hardly attractive
- On the bright side, looks like they bundle the earbuds now

Nexus was exciting. Pixel is just Google double dipping on their own fans (have the pay premium price AND mine their data). Luckily, Android One becomes the spiritual successor of the Nexus (value price, great hardware, same update support as Pixel).

 

[sinsin07]

Know which brand was a niche for decades while mainstream sheep derided it for not having the footprint of its competitors? Apple.

So what, it's still niche.
Rich niche.
Windows has more desktops.
Samsung sells more smartphones.
That Apple was or is a niche company is irrelevant to the posted response.

By the time the masses embrace something better, the next cool innovation or evolution is happening in the peripheral. According to tech prognosticators, AI is the next frontier. Apple is lagging in the area and hasn’t offered a substitute for it.

Dig deep.
Find any unrelated topic to support your whatever.
There is any number of areas where Apple could be lacking.
Still irrelevant to post you quoted.

 

[spinedoc77]

Looks pretty bad to me. I’m not sure how long the Pixel line will last, but I’m assuming Google will keep throwing money at it or make some major changes to Android at some point. That being said, it’s the only Android I’d ever consider if Apple failed to provide me with the value it does today.

Looks pretty bad to me. I’m not sure how long the Pixel line will last, but I’m assuming Google will keep throwing money at it or make some major changes to Android at some point. That being said, it’s the only Android I’d ever consider if Apple failed to provide me with the value it does today.

It looks horrendous, probably designed next to the morons who keep making things rounder and whiter in Android without adding new features. What's ironic to me is paying top dollar for a device that makes Google billions coupled with the almost daily privacy breaches/issues. Hell No!

I can't say I can see Google's motivation here at all, I guess they just like throwing money at stuff. It's not a hardware incentive like MS' surface line was to oems because there are far better Android handsets out there. It doesn't seem as if they want to make money from hardware like Apple, the volumes are so low. Their goal of getting more eyeballs is already established with other oems (and in fact threatens some relationships such as Samsung looking more and more at Tizen) and the volume the pixels sell at don't seem like they bring in substantially more eyeballs.

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

I sure hope that person in the pictures didn't pay that scratcher. At all.

"Cheap tattoos ain't good and good tattoos ain't cheap."

 

[spinedoc77]

Sorry, but no.

Google sold 3.9 million Pixel phones in 2017 (Less than a week’s worth of iPhone sales)
That would be all of 2017.
That's known as niche.

Don't like The Verge? How about Forbes:
Analysis: Why Google Pixel Smartphones Sales Collapsed In 2017

Many more links available to ponder and pursue:
google pixel sales numbers

That's why I don't understand Google's strategy, what are they trying to accomplish? I'm curious, how to the Nexus sales numbers contrast? The Nexus line up was priced lower, but had the same pedigree of having early releases. It seems in many aspects they basically just steeply increased the price of the nexus ideal and changed the name to Pixel.

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

Also, and I know I'm in the minority on this, but generally speaking I am not at all a fan of the photos that Pixel phones take. Frankly, I find their lowlight performance awful.

 

[Substance90]

I guess they don't give it much thought before stealing from Apple, seeing how they even steal questionable design decision from Apple.

 

[yg17]

I, for one, am likely to buy the pixel. I’ve owned Apple products for over three decades. MacOS is still my choice of desktop platform, but I’m unimpressed with iOS’s evolution and still steamed about Apple’s 6s shenanigans.

While everyone else is lining up for Apple’s newest eye candy, I’m going for smarts and utility. I examined a Pixel 2 recently and was thoroughly impressed by the phone’s Google Assistant. The phone not only understood my poorly phrased query, it improved it. It returned a concise Wiki-like response almost instantaneously! Google’s AI trumps Siri.

You won't be disappointed, I have a 2XL and love it.

I'll probably skip the 3XL because I don't think it's going to offer a huge upgrade, but they're great phones.

 

[macguru212]

Why are people so against the notch - it's extra pixels you wouldn't have had otherwise. Think glass half full instead half empty.

It's a matter of opinion, but I find the notch aesthetically unpleasant. Instead of a clean line, you have a notch. It's that simple.

 

[sinsin07]

It's a matter of opinion, but I find the notch aesthetically unpleasant. Instead of a clean line, you have a notch. It's that simple.

If the notch is ever removed would be interesting to see if the posters in the following categories:
"notch doesn't bother me people"
"nothing wrong with the notch "
start screaming for the return of the notch.

 

[pika2000]

That's why I don't understand Google's strategy, what are they trying to accomplish? I'm curious, how to the Nexus sales numbers contrast? The Nexus line up was priced lower, but had the same pedigree of having early releases. It seems in many aspects they basically just steeply increased the price of the nexus ideal and changed the name to Pixel.

Well, that's basically it. Basically Google wants to double dip since they realise their brand carriers some weight to the point that people will give them a pass for anything. So why not get some more money from those fans?
On the bright side, the Nexus is not gone. It just morphed into the evolved Android One, with many OEMs jumping into the bandwagon (from Nokia to Xiaomi).

 

[edgonzalez32]

Risky having event month after apples

I guess that means it was risky for Apple to have an event a month after the Note 9 came out?

There's literally nothing risky here. This is the 3rd year in a row Google is holding an event for their phone a month after Apple has theirs.

 

[jedwards87]

Not really. The Pixel is for a niche market of users.

Niche ?? The Pixel is aimed at the everyday user and that is who Google is marketing them towards. Nexus phones were niche.