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    Made by Google profit estimated at $3B for 2018

    by just going by the estimate in 2016 1.2 billion revenue and 2 million pixel sold 2017 2.4 billion revenue and 4 million pixel sold in 2018 3.4 revenue will be around 4.5 to 5 million. now its 4.5-5 million because all devices are expensive now. this is just a guess work so take it with grain...
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    Is anyone shocked how popular the pixel has become?

    thats a good start for a brief 18 months in the market. i am hoping google would end exclusivity and expand to the big 4 with pixel 3. but i think the exclusivity might be 3 years i am afraid
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    Is anyone shocked how popular the pixel has become?

    I saw pixel in movie Wonder. One of the teen use it briefly in one of the scene
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    is the pixel book the future of android tablets?

    can you install office 2016? to put it other way can you install applications that not available in their repo? I would like to install veracrypt and office 2016. also do you have a link for this? "Google announced a few weeks ago true multi window support to the pixelbook" I am interested in...
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    OEM Unlock in developer settings

    https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-2-users-reporting-inability-unlock-bootloader/
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    OEM Unlock in developer settings

    re: its not unlocking the bootloader. it just enables you to unlock the bootloader from the bootup. if you dont enable this then unlocking is not possible. this is to make sure that a thief can unlock your bootloader and wipe the os clean
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    Device Maintenance App?

    you dont need device maintenance app in pixel because pixel is really smooth and never slow down. This is a problem with Samsung devices since its bloated and run slow after few months. my wife's original pixel still works like a charm after 1 year with no slowness. she never have used any of...
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    Device Maintenance App?

    I stay away from ES explorer because its a bloatware fest. I used to use Es but then i moved t Solid explorer
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    unlocked bootloader on pixel 2 and 2xl

    https://www.theandroidsoul.com/unlock-bootloader-google-pixel/
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    Anyone waiting for root?

    I use to root but ever since 6p i stopped rooting. Here is what i did with root: titanium backup, ad blocking, greenify, features on tasker, launcher backup and other reasons(screen recording etc). Here is what i didn't do with root" I have always been Nexus/Pixel guy so many of the reason to...
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    no headphone jack might not be so bad.

    does your ear hurt when u use airpod for a long period of time. i had issues with older wired apple earphones. they hurt my ears after using it for a while
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    Transferring files after initial set up

    do u have a usb drive with u?? use the adapter that came with your phone to plug the usb drive and plug it to your old phone. use the build in file manager to transfer files to usb drive. I hope your old phone also has type C
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    Google Visual Core Co Processors

    faster and power efficient is def helpful. sometime HDR takes a 1-2 seconds to process images now this could almost instant. I have noticed that camera takes lot of power. you can see this in battery stat when u use camera a lot in a day. 1/10 of power to process photo seems to be a win. hope...
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    Pixel 2 / 2 XL - Let's see your setup on your Home Screen(s)!

    Re: Let's see your Homescreen setup I like Android messages and it works fine. but i wish google had made some tweaks in android messages. 1. It would be awesome if allo was integrated to android messages instead of a separate app. that way we could have read receipt, message over voip for...
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    What Do You DISlike About 2 XL?

    Substratum can be activated in pixel without root as well