No HTC has never designed pixels. the first generation of pickles were designed by Google and HTC rented them manufacturing space. the second to wear the same thing with the XL being built in LG factories but same relationship as before. This time Google is the designer of both phones with Foxconn actually doing the assembly. next time Google will be the designer again but HTC's former Engineers will be there to help out.
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I'm speculating that was a deal they worked out in return for getting the build contract.
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Agreed.
The Note 9 has a 4,000mah battery (20% larger battery than the Note 8) *and still* finds space for the s-pen slot.
Whereas Google makes the battery smaller in the Pixel 3 XL.
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The fact that Google is playing catch up with it's battery size and the fact that they are keeping only one camera lens for the rear has really made me a bit sad. I was hoping for at least 3600-3800mah and for a second lens that either did wide angle or 2x zoom so I wouldn't need a moment lens for wide angle shots. :/
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The engineer's at Google are on vacation , when they get back they will see the note 9 and go back to the drawing board ..still time right ))
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They're working on the 4 already, I hope some aspects of the note 9 do influence it.
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From what I recall reading about Google's purchase of HTC resources was that it was the HTC employees that were working on the Google Pixel products that were the acquisition. One could surmise these HTC folks were privy to the Pixel 3 designs but it would be just speculation.
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According to Mario they didn't have their hands in the design ... Google came up with the design all by themselves and just had htc build it to Google specs
I think more RAM is essential. I don't know about any of you, but my Pixel 2xl now opens apps very slowly. Almost all of them have to reload, and I don't keep that many open in the background. It's also starting to lag. But more than just these hardware issues, I'd like Google to improve their Bluetooth. It is terrible. I constantly lose connection in my car, my Bluetooth headphones (and I have a few very nice pairs) have spotty connections. My WiFi connections are inconsistent as is my LTE connection. Google may offer a better and more optimized software experience, but their hardware suffers on many fronts (I have similar problems, with Bluetooth in particular, on my Pixel book.)
My Pixel 2 doesn't seem quite as snappy anymore either. Still very smooth and dependable, but it's lost its oomph.
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Might as well wait until the reveal to make sure, plus the Note will have specials by then if the past is any indication. I am going to wait and see, but will probably get the note and hope Google picks up the slack next year and I will come back.
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Because I want the benefits of a Pixel with the battery of the Note 9.... I wish Samsung had a google play edition. I want pure android and all that comes with that in Samsung's hardware.
I hear ya .. Would be nice, but I think that responsibility lies with Samsung to decide to engage the Android One program, right? Google will, IMO, keep their vision intact regardless of what other OEMs do...
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