Google's Pixel XL priced like Apple's iPhone 7 Plus

[Adranalyne]

The Sony phones were. And I don't think waterproof is a gimmick. I think it is a legitimately helpful feature. However, your point stands. The iPhone 6S wasn't water proof and was $650 until September this year.

Most of the Pixel hate is that people can't afford it and it stresses them out. Jealousy and Envy. Do all you can to knock down a phone you can't afford. I wish it was cheaper too, I hate spending money. But, it is certainly worth every penny and am happy to buy pay for this high quality device.

I can more than afford the Pixel or Pixel XL or both. I wouldn't choose to spend that money on it because it's a Nexus 6P with slight improvements (downgrades if you liked the prior design better) and the 6P is significantly cheaper. When people mention how expensive iPhones are and how they also lack certain features, keep in mind that despite those prices, people buy them more than any other phone available. They've earned the right to charge those prices because they sell a tremendous amount of them. Google? They're not even close. They spent the last year pitching a budget device and a premium device, both of which were/are cheaper than their rivals. To produce a phone now that is almost exactly like those Nexii but with different branding and charge significantly more for them is a point of contention for a lot of people.

 

[Nick Coakley]

Sounds like a horribly biased article written by someone who gets all their information about Android from Apple websites.

I've not put any money down on a pixel (yet - waiting to see some reviews first) but this bit :-

'Perhaps even more remarkably, the "first Phone by Google" lacks support for SD Cards and removable batteries and lacks the extra RAM and processing power needed to run Android.'

Google haven't put removable batteries or or SD Cards in their phones for just about forever (insider secret - nor do apple).

'lacks the extra Ram and processing power needed to run Android' - then god help the 6P and pretty much every other android phone except maybe those one or two 6GB phones (who have slower processors).

So what DO you need to run Android - an Intel Core i7 with 16GB? Glad I've been told, I honestly thought my older Android phones worked great but I guess I was wrong all this time.

That's probably the dumbest thing I've heard in a while.

It does seem that some people think the pixel will be a failure unless it's better in every respect collectively than every other phone ever made - is it going to fail as well because it doesn't get 50 miles to the gallon or hold up to 28 Litres of camping gear?

And to the poster of this thread - how do you reconcile the fact that this article you're putting so much stock in says that the Pixel with it's 821 processor and 4GB of ram doesn't have the power to run Android and yet your 5X with it's 2GB of ram and 808 processor is fine?

(and that's not a dig at the 5X, that's my phone at the moment and I'm very happy with it)

 

[RafiAnsari]

Why can The first Pixel phone from the newly formed hardware division of Google and without almost nearly better or identical specs and great build quality demand a price which justifies it?

 

[jimbo1mcm]

Hatchet job. I am usually tolerant, but stopped reading immediately.