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Like, obviously the Pixel 3 XL is just a pile of baffling decisions and design concessions, but this one is the most confounding. The panda design was basically universally praised and really helped to set the 2 XL apart from every other flagship on the market, yet they only thought to keep the orange button and ditch the two-tone design???
I have no problem with Pixel having one rear camera. I just hate how Google charges you for three of them.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...ed-camera-app-google-assistant-earbud-remote/
So apparently the Pixel will indeed have no way to disable gestures. Which Google announced, then denied, but is actually true.
I cannot fathom why people think the Pixel team are good.
So apparently the Pixel will indeed have no way to disable gestures. Which Google announced, then denied, but is actually true.
I cannot fathom why people think the Pixel team are good.
Overrated. The only thing they nailed big time was the camera software.
Some would say "software updates", but as you can see here, the Android Pie isn't anything to write home about.
How does a leak this big happen? This has to be an inside job and they should be able to decide which employee leaks all of this because as mentions in a few articles, there's speculation that this was done to get negativity out on the phones early. Maybe some employee was not happy with the design decisions made on the phone? I don't know how this process typically goes though so it also might be just a silly conspiracy
Pixel phones are made by a former HTC Smartphone division bought by Google.
Pixel XL is made by LG. Pixel is made by HTC. Google doesn't make their own hardware.
I know I'm riding high on the OnePlus train since I just got it, but I spent a lot of time making sure I was making the right choice. It's absurd to me that Google can drag out a device that is weaker, has a worse design, no headphone jack and will likely be far more expensive. Wireless charging and a good camera aren't features that suddenly make it worth $1k.
No, it wasn't.
Yes, they do.
I meant pixel 2 xl, my bad. They don't make their own hardware though. You can look it up online.
The Pixel initiative was all about Google getting into the prospective of make its own phone, hence why they bought an entire division from HTC (which is making the Pixel 3 smartphones).
The one with the fat bezels, no wireless charging and bootloop issues?
There is a difference between being designed by and being made by. HTC made the Pixel, Pixel XL, and Pixel 2(not XL) LG made the 2 XL and is making the 3 XL using designs requested by Google. The sale of HTC's engineering team to Google just closed in January of this year. You won't see their influence on Google phone design until next year at the absolute earliest.
Yes. This one.
The only real issue here (for the time) was the bootloop, which didn't affect most of the line and had it patched later on.
As far as know, they acquired the team in September 2017, and they are heavily involved with the Pixel 3 projects.
And I didn't know the Pixel 3 XL was being made by LG. I actually would like a source on that.
How exactly was it better than the Nexus 5 that came out 2 years prior? Same display resolution, same amount of RAM, much more expensive at launch, bigger body, no wireless charging. The 808 and slightly bigger battery didn't make up for the stupidly high price of €479.
https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/...quisition-and-staff-to-build-new-pixel-phones
Sale completed January of this year. Google never officially reveals who actually builds their phones for them, but once phones come out you will be able to plug the 3 XL into an lg imei checker like you can with the 2XL and verify it's made by them. They moved to LG building their larger phone with the 2 XL because Apple started using Samsung oled panels in the X and Google couldn't get enough oleds from them.
I know about the 2XL. Didn't say otherwise.
My question remains about the 3XL, though. Let's see in October
Really disheartening to see the Pixel 3 news keep looking so bad. I'm glad that my 6P is still working so well, but I wish their phones hadn't fallen behind other competitors.
I wouldn't hold my breath. Also, at that price, I would expect more RAM.
Yeah, 4gb is just embarassing. That's more offensive than the notch tbh
4GB is like budget phone status now. 4GB is already causing some issues on phones. When you buy a phone you expect it to usually last atleast 2 years. Imagine how bad 4GB of ram will be in 2020/2021.
i don't know why people are so upset about Stock Android Pie being not so great and finally adding 8 year old features like a charging notification sound and the Pixel 3 XL being awful looking externally and almost definitely overpriced internally when this is what Android is all about.
be together.
not the same.
be together.
not the same.
Pretty sure the new OLED iPhone models will have 4 GB RAM. iOS still flies on 2 GB devices, but 1) the iPad Pro has 4 GB of RAM and 2) it's good differentiation from the new/lower-end LCD model.
Yeah I think the Air Pad 2 was one of most future proof devices I've seen. Got that for moms.That had 2GB of RAM. Not sure how the latest iOS peforms on it these days.
To be honest, it really doesn't matter performance wise. The iPhone X with it's 3GB was every bit as good at keeping stuff active than the OnePlus 6 with 8GB is for me now. The OS and the way it handles background processes is just so vastly different you can't really compare the two.
https://www.xda-developers.com/oppo-r17-oppo-r17-pro-waterdrop-notch-in-display-fingerprint/
Yooo oppo r17 pro is crazy. In screen fingerprint sensor. Small notch.
3700 mah battery with support of the new super vooc charger. 40% in 10min.
Everyone hold on op6 or return yours if you can.
Triple camera too
Yooo oppo r17 pro is crazy. In screen fingerprint sensor. Small notch.
3700 mah battery with support of the new super vooc charger. 40% in 10min.
Everyone hold on op6 or return yours if you can.
Triple camera too
You probably aren't that demanding of a user then. Phones with at least 6 GB+ of RAM handle multitasking much better than the iPhone X (Note 8/9, S9+, One Plus 5t/6, etc). And I'm not saying this because of all those speed tests that the iPhone X lost where the person performing them is running through a series of apps.
In real world usage, sometimes you lose track and end up with 12+ apps running, which may or may not include games. Related to this, my "oh shit" experience was when I was bringing up some Kingdom Rush game that was left in memory 6 hours earlier in the day. Both the Pixel 2 XL and iPhone X can very quickly end up with a lot of reloading apps for users who don't manage what they're running. In reality, it probably won't bother many people.
I think with an additional 1GB of ram, they should be good.
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Oh shit I forgot about the orange button! They should just get LG to make their phones again... with better QC than last time though
True, true. I feel like they could do some really cool stuff with more cameras coupled with that Pixel Vision Core though. Would help make all the flaws with the 3XL more bearable imo
It's a shame that ColorOS is so focused on the Chinese market and rarely if ever receives Android OS updates because those phones are gorgeous.
Calling it. Super selfie mode on the Pixel 3 is going to be a huge hit.
They already have the camera crown and it's known. Super selfie mode is a way of breaking into the teens and twenties owned by Apple. Samsung doesn't even exist with that crowd in the US.
Google is going young and they are going young because those are the trend setters. The kids won't give two fucks about a notch when they have some sick new way to make selfies to show off. Not to mention the small pixel 3 doesn't even have a notch.
They already have the camera crown and it's known. Super selfie mode is a way of breaking into the teens and twenties owned by Apple. Samsung doesn't even exist with that crowd in the US.
Google is going young and they are going young because those are the trend setters. The kids won't give two fucks about a notch when they have some sick new way to make selfies to show off. Not to mention the small pixel 3 doesn't even have a notch.
It gets 1 Android update and 2 yrs of security updates. What more do you want?
Switching over to a new phone... is there any meaningful advantage in starting from scratch, or should I just restore a backup?
