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I think the Pixels look fine, but the solid white glass panel on the back of the aluminum model is a eyesore. A black panel would have probably looked far better.
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Oct 21, 2016 17:33
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Skarsnik posted:As I said last time, if the software on 2 phones is identical, but one gets bricked, its a hardware issue, just as they have stated multiple times What I am saying is why doesn't 6.0 have a problem with the hardware?
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Oct 21, 2016 17:37
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Glass backs on phones are of the devil, because they double your chances of cracking a screen when you drop the thing. At least on Samsung, replacing the back glass is way cheaper than replacing the front glass ($71), but it's still an unneeded risk. True, but that's why you: A) Put a case on it B) Put a skin on it C) Grip tape
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Oct 21, 2016 17:39
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Shoren posted:The Pixel design piggybacks on HTC design standards even if certain details weren't copied 1:1. This is as bad as people posting vaguely similar car shapes and saying they share the same design language. HTC doesn't do rear fingerprint sensors. HTC doesn't do chamfer edges. HTC doesn't do offset mounted cameras. HTC places the power button under the volume rocker. You pick out any design element of the phone and your can't find an HTC analog except for the material. The phone shares more design language with the iPhone than anything HTC produces. I'm not arguing that the design isn't understated, it absolutely is. But they also didn't piggyback on any HTC designs.
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FogHelmut posted:What I am saying is why doesn't 6.0 have a problem with the hardware? If I had to guess (and I really am guessing here) I'd say something about the size or partition layout of 7 that is lighting up a certain combination of memory cells during flashing that breaks something A combination that's unavoidable and shouldn't be breaking in correctly functioning hardware
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Oct 21, 2016 17:53
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Mister Macys posted:Anyone want a 6.6" phone? ....I kinda really like this thing.
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Skarsnik posted:If I had to guess (and I really am guessing here) I'd say something about the size or partition layout of 7 that is lighting up a certain combination of memory cells during flashing that breaks something Is software not more fluid in its ability to deal with these things? I guess its ultimately like the hardware they used to test was not the same as the hardware sold to all consumers and its too late to go back and rewrite things.
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bull3964 posted:This is as bad as people posting vaguely similar car shapes and saying they share the same design language. I'm talking on a macro level that the Pixel looks like Google took an HTC phone and reworked a few smaller features to fit the configuration of the internal components. Don't get me wrong, I still like the phone design, I just wanted more. I hope that Google was just playing it safe and future Pixel phones will come into their own. 
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FogHelmut posted:Is software not more fluid in its ability to deal with these things? I guess its ultimately like the hardware they used to test was not the same as the hardware sold to all consumers and its too late to go back and rewrite things. Its only a very tiny percentage of them sold, its not a huge note 7 clusterfuck or anything It probably didn't show up in testing as its so rare I realise if you read Reddit or click bait articles then they make out like its an epidemic, but it really isnt. They'd have pulled the 7 images if it was that bad Skarsnik fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Oct 21, 2016 |
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Oct 21, 2016 18:17
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Shoren posted:I'm talking on a macro level that the Pixel looks like Google took an HTC phone and reworked a few smaller features to fit the configuration of the internal components. Don't get me wrong, I still like the phone design, I just wanted more. I hope that Google was just playing it safe and future Pixel phones will come into their own. ...Boy, that sure looks like every modern smartphone design.
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Oct 21, 2016 18:31
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I cannot believe that people are arguing about how one phone looks too much like another. Almost every phone looks like almost every other phone barring minor insignificant differences. Doubly so when it's a metal unibody. Who cares.
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technocr4t posted:My brief experience so far with the Pixel is extremely positive. Don't believe the hate circlejerk.
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Shoren posted:I'm talking on a macro level that the Pixel looks like Google took an HTC phone and reworked a few smaller features to fit the configuration of the internal components. Don't get me wrong, I still like the phone design, I just wanted more. I hope that Google was just playing it safe and future Pixel phones will come into their own. You have to recognize though that the front view of any device isn't going to allow much room for variance. You could put a dozen phones side by side like that and get similar results. We know from iFixit that the phone is designed internally unlike any htc device and everything aside from a slab of gorilla glass on the front is fully unique externally. Having actually held the device now, I can say it is completely unlike any HTC device by feel too.
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PerrineClostermann posted:...Boy, that sure looks like every modern smartphone design.  That's what I just said.
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It does feel pretty nice in hand.  Installing 85 apps takes a while, though.  Pixel is indeed very smooth. OTOH, screen protector and case went on before I first hit the power button. So feel in hand is...feels like a case. Welp.
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RZA Encryption posted:Has anyone used the wired phone-to-phone migration tool? My wife did and it worked great (Z5C to Pixel), I tried and it hung on "estimating time" and I ended up aborting out (Moto X 2014 to XL).
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RZA Encryption posted:Has anyone used the wired phone-to-phone migration tool? Worked great 5x -> Pixel. Much faster using a cable to copy over data.
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Oct 21, 2016 19:21
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Google has partnered with ubreakifix for flat price screen replacements with OEM parts. http://phandroid.com/2016/10/21/google-pixel-ubreakifix-partnership/ $129 for Pixel and $149 for XL.
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bull3964 posted:Google has partnered with ubreakifix for flat price screen replacements with OEM parts. That's really cool, and I wish I had known that before buying the protection plan.
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My pixel is blue and sexy. So drat fast and I got my request in for my daydream headset because I'm really curious in checking that out.
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Coco Rodreguiz posted:My pixel is blue and sexy. So drat fast and I got my request in for my daydream headset because I'm really curious in checking that out. Did they send those requests out? I haven't seen one come through yet. I wish the Pixel cases from Google were out. Come on, y'all. You don't really notice how slow your old phone, even coming off a factory reset, is until you have a new one. This thing loving flies.
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Oct 21, 2016 19:37
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Does the cable transfer do app data, or just things like SMS, which apps are installed, pictures?
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Deathlove posted:Did they send those requests out? I haven't seen one come through yet. I'd say if the Pixel 2 or whatever is waterproof and the bezels are smaller, I'd jump on it. I won't be due an upgrade for another 18 months though. Surely the greatest thing about the Pixel is (almost) flagship-level hardware with up-to-date software.
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Deathlove posted:Did they send those requests out? I haven't seen one come through yet.  I got mine through Verizon. They had me go to vzw.com/digitalrebatecenter put in a promo code and upload the receipt and barcodes.
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/21/android-7-1-feature-spotlight-verizon-visual-voicemail-works-stock-phone-app/ Verizon visual voicemail will work on Nexus devices come 7.1. Hail Satan.
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Luchadork posted:http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/21/android-7-1-feature-spotlight-verizon-visual-voicemail-works-stock-phone-app/
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So it looks like the Pixel is more water resistant that advertised: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObhMgCT-Rzw
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Luchadork posted:http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/21/android-7-1-feature-spotlight-verizon-visual-voicemail-works-stock-phone-app/ Meanwhile, AT&T, afaik the first carrier with visual voicemail (via iPhone), still forces you to use a mediocre app rather than support native VVM in Android.
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Half day XL report: battery is insanely good even with me peeking at the device every 30 seconds. I have gone from 5.1.1 to 7.1 so I feel like I'm using a completely different ecosystem than I am used to. The fingerprint scanner works super fast but has yet to activate when I don't want it to. My "OK Google" success has been up and down, haven't had much time to test it in the office of course but it seems to work about as well as it did on my S6e. Screen is nice and bright, even on battery saving mode. Didn't come with headphones which was kinda weird. Came with a USB C to USB C cable and regular USB to USB C cable though. e: I neglected to mention how insanely fast this device is this. It is sooooo smooth.
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Deathlove posted:You don't really notice how slow your old phone, even coming off a factory reset, is until you have a new one. This thing loving flies. Gotta say, I really haven't noticed any significant difference between my 6P and the Pixel. But then it seems I was somewhat lucky in having a 6P with no performance issues whatsoever. Even the Bluetooth worked great.
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The Duggler posted:Half day XL report: battery is insanely good even with me peeking at the device every 30 seconds. Disappointed to hear about the headphones. I saw a picture of someone's and they looked really cool with a flat cable.
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RZA Encryption posted:Disappointed to hear about the headphones. I saw a picture of someone's and they looked really cool with a flat cable. I talked to the Google via the support chat feature they put right in the OS and they told me only India and Australia are getting the headphones. Not for Canada and US Neat feature, they answered me basically instantly and the guy I talked with was clear and knew his stuff.
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I got a V20 today. I went into sprint and asked about preordering and they said they got them early and I can just take one home now
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The Duggler posted:I talked to the Google via the support chat feature they put right in the OS and they told me only India and Australia are getting the headphones. Not for Canada and US That stinks, but thanks for looking into it.
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Yeah no headphones in Germany either.
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I think you had the same thing with the Nexus 5x and 6p. Some European models had headphones packaged with them, but the American and Canadian models did not.
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Nodoze posted:I got a V20 today. I went into sprint and asked about preordering and they said they got them early and I can just take one home now What are your impressions?
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Luchadork posted:I think you had the same thing with the Nexus 5x and 6p. Some European models had headphones packaged with them, but the American and Canadian models did not. Is that like a law or something? Like how Apple had to include charger adapters to comply with USB standards (or something like that).
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