What rumors are Jerry referring to in this week's blog post?

[speedlever]

Yikes. I didn't know that about the warranty. Well shucks.

 

[mountainman]

Isn't this the same as buying an iPhone from the carrier or from an Apple store? (except that an Apple store can be local vs mail order from Google).

Of course there's no additional bloatware if you buy the iPhone from a carrier. I would think the same would be true with a Nexus/Pixel bought through a carrier. True?

That being said, my understanding is that if you buy an iPhone for VZW, it will include all the radios including GSM. But if you buy an iPhone for AT&T or TMo, it will not include the CDMA radios for VZW/Sprint. I wonder if the Pixel purchased through VZW will have GSM radios or not (vs buying from Google)?

All Pixels will have CDMA and GSM because of Project Fi. No way Google is going to have two versions of each phone.

 

[Ry]

All Pixels will have CDMA and GSM because of Project Fi. No way Google is going to have two versions of each phone.

I thought the international 5X and 6P don't have CDMA.

 

[bingeMAFIA]

I love it when Jerry is right.

 

[Citizen Coyote]

Well that's disturbing. And a further head scratcher: from what I've gathered, is that the unlocked Galaxy S7 and S7E bought from say, BestBuy, apparently are not getting updates as quickly as the carrier versions. Go figure. (I was sorta considering the Note7, if it became available unlocked. I could get it from BestBuy and at least dump the carrier bloatware).

Yeah the unlocked S7 and S7 edge devices are like some orphaned devices. No one wants to support them and even the warranty is through some 3rd party company. I don't get it. Wait..actually I do.

Carriers would absolutely love it if us users in the US never went "off contract" or out of agreement. No one is going to buy those unlocked devices with a dodgy warranty and delayed updates. $200 cheaper to just say "they're unlocked".

I hadn't heard that about the unlocked Galaxy S7 series, that's terrible. I just assumed they would have received updates quicker since they didn't have to deal with carrier nonsense. But geez, if even unlocked phones are getting the short end of the stick, that's just depressing.

 

[mountainman]

I thought the international 5X and 6P don't have CDMA.

Hmmm.... maybe - those would be useless on Project Fi in the US then.