So many excuses. LoL
To quote one of the first comments of this thread:
Google seems to be doing exactly what fans always commend apple on - take a good idea, and improve the execution.
There's no point in being salty about it, just take a deep breath and move on, it is what it is.
But anyway do you have anything to say about Google's facial unlock system, how the first details look? Taking in consideration that this is the only thing you didn't mention directly even if it's the main subject of this thread.
I didn't address it directly because there was no need to.
My point is and always has been the same - it's not going to matter.
For one, you are all assuming that it's going to work as advertised. Which I find quite interesting. I remember when Touch ID and Face ID were first announced, and there was just so much negativity aimed at it. People were claiming that robbers would go around chopping their victims' fingers off to unlock their iPhones, or how Face ID was a bad idea as it could be bypassed by a 3D face model (like every criminal out there is Ethan Hunt with a 3D face scanner). Then when Google (or any other company for that matter) announces a similar feature, suddenly none of these concerns matter anymore.
Double standard much?
Second, I am not sure what exactly google has done to earn users' trust as a reputable hardware manufacturer. The Pixel 3 was a smartphone with a great camera and problems in pretty much every other area. You are all assuming this Face ID variant is somehow going to be so revolutionary and out of this world, and that the rest of the phone will either be perfect, or that Face ID will be so good that it renders every other drawback void.
I wouldn't bet on it. Software updates will continue to be an issue so long as Google is reliant on Qualcomm for its processors, for one. Distribution, customer service, a cohesive ecosystem. All these are areas that Google still lags behind in.
Third, I do see some merit in the concept of air gestures (not simply because Apple is rumoured to be doing it, but because I see it as a key way of controlling a future pair of Apple glasses, and I suppose Apple will have to first introduce this feature somewhere), but again, this strikes me as a feature that requires tight integration between hardware and software to get right. Something which Google is not well-known for.
It's the whole folding phone fracas all over again. Everything Apple does is held up to intense scrutiny and impossible standards, while everything the competition does is automatically given a free pass and the critics start hallucinating about how it's so much better than Apple's and how it's proof that Apple is failing, even though said product hasn't even been released yet.
And then there's still the elephant in the room that no one seems to want to address. How many units do you think Google will sell? It's not going to be cheap thanks to Face ID alone, and google hardware has not shown how they justify their premium pricing.
