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Carrier lockdown is dumb. They should have went the Nexus route and made it like the N5 where it worked on all bands.
 
I am really torn between this an an LG V20. I wish the pixels were 64 gig instead of 32 for the given price.
 
There is not a phone in existence that has everything that you mentioned.

I agree that water resistance is a miss, but the rest I'm kinda meh about.

My S7 has all but the front facing speakers. You can even fix that with some cases. Honestly, it's not that much to ask for. I too initially thought, "Oh, here we go. Another always unhappy want-more guy." But really what he wants is basically a Google version of what Samsung already offers.
 
We're obviously not talking about on contract... Most people buy the Nexus phones (and now Pixels) off contract... So that isn't even apart of the discussion.

Let's talk off contract then...given that it has been known that Verizon Would be selling it for some time before launch, I was not in the least surprised at the pricing. It falls in line with the pricing of other nexii offered by Verizon like the Galaxy nexus and nexus 6,both starting around $650 off contract.

This isn't to say that I am not disappointed in pricing,because I was hoping for a good bang for the buck nexus or pixel too,just that I didn't expect any less for a device being sold by Verizon.
 
Let's talk off contract then...given that it has been known that Verizon Would be selling it for some time before launch, I was not in the least surprised at the pricing. It falls in line with the pricing of other nexii offered by Verizon like the Galaxy nexus and nexus 6,both starting around $650 off contract.

This isn't to say that I am not disappointed in pricing,because I was hoping for a good bang for the buck nexus or pixel too,just that I didn't expect any less for a device being sold by Verizon.

Then I guess we're in agreement that it's overpriced?
 
Carrier lockdown is dumb. They should have went the Nexus route and made it like the N5 where it worked on all bands.

It is not carrier locked. From the specs on the Google Store website: "Pixel is an unlocked phone and works on major carrier networks."

Still not clear if those purchased through Verizon will have Verizon bloatware baked in, or whether the Verizon-sold phones will have a different update cycle.

EDIT: Looks like Verizon-sold units will have three Verizon Apps. Still not clear on updates
 
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I can see this phone being attractive to the potential iOS user who is bored with Apple... and wants to try Android. The pixel will deliver in theory a pretty pure Android experience...
 
My S7 has all but the front facing speakers. You can even fix that with some cases. Honestly, it's not that much to ask for. I too initially thought, "Oh, here we go. Another always unhappy want-more guy." But really what he wants is basically a Google version of what Samsung already offers.

You can't make a second speaker appear with a case.

The S7 also has all the wrong software on it. :)

For the record, I'll be carrying a Note 7 and Pixel (not XL) around as dailies for the foreseeable future.
 
The S7 isn't cheaply made. The Pixel XL is higher priced than the Note 7 and we all know that the Note 7 adds more value adds... There is no point of buying these phones when their competitors in the same price range adds more features and some have more features for less. These phones are clearly overpriced... Deal with it.

I don't know what country you're in, but the S7 is about $50 more expensive than the Pixel and the Note 7 is about $100 more expensive than the Pixel XL.
 
You can't make a second speaker appear with a case.

The S7 also has all the wrong software on it. :)

For the record, I'll be carrying a Note 7 and Pixel (not XL) around as dailies for the foreseeable future.

And both are personal phones? Or would one or both be paid for by someone else?
 
I was really looking forward to the Pixel XL as an upgrade from my Nexus 6, but I think the features and the high price convinced me not to upgrade. The Nexus 6 has wireless charging and the front facing stereo speakers which I love. I would hate to lose those features and pay such a high price doing so. I purchased the Verizon Nexus 6 the first day it was available on a 2 year contract and that contract doesn't end until March. I guess that is even more incentive for me to not upgrade.
 
I was expecting that the Pixel will have 3GB RAM while the XL have 4GB, and I'm surprised that both have 4GB RAM.
I think the only downside of this phone is the bottom chin that is big and only housing a single bottom-firing speaker, so it's completely useless and makes the phone bigger for no reason.
 
You can't make a second speaker appear with a case.

The S7 also has all the wrong software on it. :)

For the record, I'll be carrying a Note 7 and Pixel (not XL) around as dailies for the foreseeable future.

That's an opinion about software, and the speaker can become front firing easily, though granted it's not stereo.
 
That's an opinion about software, and the speaker can become front firing easily, though granted it's not stereo.

Nah, we're in the Pixel forums, so other phones DO have the wrong software.

If we were in the Note 7 or Galaxy S7 forums than the Pixel would have the wrong software. :)

You're really trying to push this whole "it can have front facing speaker" message, but that also comes with it's own set of compromises that I, and maybe others, would not be willing to make.
 
I was expecting that the Pixel will have 3GB RAM while the XL have 4GB, and I'm surprised that both have 4GB RAM.
I think the only downside of this phone is the bottom chin that is big and only housing a single bottom-firing speaker, so it's completely useless and makes the phone bigger for no reason.

I think it has the big chin for battery capacity.
 
Well, if others are charging for that same amount, I don't see why google can't.
However, my main gripe with google is that this f'ed up phone seems to have no unique selling points ffs... Boring iphone copy (which they failed at), loosing dual speaker set-up, no water resistance, FPS on the back, no dark mode.. This is hardly even more compelling than the 5x tbh..
Yes they have a glorified google now but how is it exactly better than siri if I may ask? Yes, they have software updates but all google has been doing these days is copying other oem features so I don't see the big deal in that.

Imo, the pixel is basically the boring *** htc 10 with a glorified google now that's less pretty and more hyped.
 
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