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For the trade in program does the phone have to be paid off to your carrier first or can I trade in my current phone for the XL2 and just continue to make the device payments?
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So stupid question: If I buy an unlocked Pixel 2 XL from Google, how do I get it working on Verizon? They offer a "verizon" version with a SIM card. Do I need to get a new SIM card, or can I just pop my current SIM card in to the new phone and be good to go? edit: primary reason for buying a Pixel (aside from my old HTC One M8) is so I don't have to wait a year for OS updates to filter through Verizon, and also all the stupid bullshit Verizon apps and bloatware (I still have VZW Navigator installed and I can't delete it lol). So I have great interest in getting the unlocked version.
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Oct 5, 2017 02:28
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PerrineClostermann posted:I've yet to find a swiping keyboard with high accuracy. I don't think I'm being horrible with my inputs but they really make me wonder... Certain words always gently caress me on swiping keyboards. "For" always comes out as "flute" 2 weeks with the blackberry keyone and it's the best phone I've ever had. I love the keyboard and battery life.
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DaveSauce posted:So stupid question: None of those things are an issue with a Verizon Pixel, either way you just buy the phone and add your own Verizon sim card if you go that route
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Oct 5, 2017 02:36
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Zero VGS posted:Edit: Also how the gently caress does Google get away with listing SmartThings as a "partner" on the Google Home Mini page, when they intentionally broke Nest thermostat compatibility with SmartThings? Because they're claiming SmartThings is compatible with the Home, not that Nest devices are compatible with SmartThings?
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DaveSauce posted:So stupid question: DangerZoneDelux posted:None of those things are an issue with a Verizon Pixel, either way you just buy the phone and add your own Verizon sim card if you go that route Basically what he said. You take the SIM card out of your old phone and plug it in to the new one. Or you take it to a verizon store and get a new sim card to put in your pixel 2.
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HolyDukeNukem posted:Basically what he said. You take the SIM card out of your old phone and plug it in to the new one. Or you take it to a verizon store and get a new sim card to put in your pixel 2. That's good to know. Is there any reason to get a new SIM card? Every time I've bought a new phone I've done it at a Verizon store...I am utterly clueless as to the process and I'm sure I've paid a lot more than I've needed to over the years.
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Oct 5, 2017 02:45
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DaveSauce posted:That's good to know. Is there any reason to get a new SIM card? Every time I've bought a new phone I've done it at a Verizon store...I am utterly clueless as to the process and I'm sure I've paid a lot more than I've needed to over the years. No reason at all. At least with my XL I just pushed into a little hole with a paper clip and it pops out a tray for the sim card. Just lay the old sim card in there and that's it.
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Oct 5, 2017 02:47
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Also, if you are buying direct from Google, don't buy the Verizon one, there's no reason to.
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bull3964 posted:Also, if you are buying direct from Google, don't buy the Verizon one, there's no reason to. What if you want a kinda blue phone?
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Oct 5, 2017 02:52
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I've been seriously eyeing an Xperia XZ1 Compact (if they ever become available here, that is  ). How's Sony's reputation w.r.t. OS and security updates?
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bull3964 posted:Also, if you are buying direct from Google, don't buy the Verizon one, there's no reason to. Yeah that's my plan, i just wanted to make sure I wasn't buying a brick.
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Don Lapre posted:What if you want a kinda blue phone? Ok, ONE reason.
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Anyone know anything about the Google trade in program? Not sure if that was available on any of their older phones when upgrading since the Pixel XL was my first purchase from them. Essentially, when I bought the Pixel XL 32GB from them I did the 24 mo free financing which is like $32/month. It's been 12 months since I started that so I've paid $384 and there's $384 left to pay off. Google's estimated trade in value for my phone according to their website is "up to $400". So it would essentially pay that phone off and allow me to upgrade to the new XL 2 which would only increase my payment to $35/mo over the $32/mo I'm already paying(granted for 24 months on the new phone vs the 12 months that I have left on my old phone). Seems like a pretty awesome/fair deal to me, what do you guys think? There's nothing that I'm really "missing" with the current XL, its still ridiculously fast, does everything I need it to do, looks great, etc. It's just that a shiny new phone, new screen, front facing speakers and the fact that I can probably get more via the trade-in right now than I could get selling it myself seems too good to pass up for an additional $3/month on the payment which I wouldn't even notice. If I waited until next year for the Pixel 3 or whatever, this phone will be paid off sure but the phone will essentially be worth nothing at that point right? Do people buy two generation old phones for any kind of decent value?
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Tempted to buy a pixel just to get the TMobile deal and then flip the drat thing.
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GopherFlats posted:For the trade in program does the phone have to be paid off to your carrier first or can I trade in my current phone for the XL2 and just continue to make the device payments? I asked a similar question in the VZW thread. My understanding (which was confirmed) was that they don't care if you keep/lose/sell/smash it. You're going to keep paying for it each month til your 24mo are up or you pay off the remaining balance in one fell swoop.
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Ceyton posted:I've been seriously eyeing an Xperia XZ1 Compact (if they ever become available here, that is It's bad. I had a Z1 Compact which was great hardware stuck on KitKat because Sony are bastards. They make a pile of different devices and abandon them as quickly as Lenovo does. If it had an unlockable bootloader I would say it's maybe worth a risk but you're really just taking a big, expensive chance.
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How is Googles Preferred Care thing, I’ve had nothing but lovely times with Assurant in the past (unless I’m confusing them with someone else) Also is there a usb c splitter basically so you can actually charge and listen to music with headphones on an airplane, or is that not allowed in the glorious future? I saw some on Amazon but apparently none of them actually work. Edit: never mind on the splitter, there’s a $45 goddamn dongle coming soon on the Google store Maneki Neko fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Oct 5, 2017 |
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Maneki Neko posted:Also is there a usb c splitter basically so you can actually charge and listen to music with headphones on an airplane, or is that not allowed in the glorious future? I saw some on Amazon but apparently none of them actually work. Google will sell you one https://store.google.com/product/moshi_usb_c_headphone_adapter_charger
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nimper posted:Google will sell you one Lol $45, Apple isn’t even that ballsy Maneki Neko fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Oct 5, 2017 |
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So should I get a pixel or essential phone?
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For $45. I think I'll keep buying poorphones instead.
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TheReverend posted:So should I get a pixel or essential phone? do not buy the essential phone, it is aggressively bad. Its only perk is that it looks nice.
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Welp, I know nothing about this Pixel 2 as I was out all day, but I just pre-ordered it on Project Fi and am getting a trade in for my Pixel 1. All I pay is $50 in tax and the remaining balance on my Pixel 1 is handled by my trade in, and my monthly payment stays the same.
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Combat Pretzel posted:You know what I don't get? Why are they making Italy and Spain eligible for sales later on? It's not like these countries have sparkling economies these days. If it'd been France, Switzerland and/or one of the Scandinavian countries, or whatever, that'd make more sense. Where are you seeing the Italy and Spain stuff?
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XIII posted:I asked a similar question in the VZW thread. My understanding (which was confirmed) was that they don't care if you keep/lose/sell/smash it. You're going to keep paying for it each month til your 24mo are up or you pay off the remaining balance in one fell swoop.
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Taffer posted:do not buy the essential phone, it is aggressively bad. Its only perk is that it looks nice. Cool ordering pixel 2 xl then.
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Incessant Excess posted:Where are you seeing the Italy and Spain stuff?
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Combat Pretzel posted:When they announced availability for the first six countries, they mentioned that Spain, Italy and a third country I can't remember will follow later on. Can't link the section of the livestream, am on the phone. Thanks, looks like Singapore is the third.
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It's already up on both Italian and Spanish stores (waiting list, not pre-order). Italians will have to pay 989€ 
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Sorry if already posted but Ars Technica had a brief hands-on report and came away loving the 2 XL while being unimpressed with the normal 2.
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FAUXTON posted:https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/4/16405192/new-google-pixel-2-xl-phone-photos-video-hands-on I hope they improved on the software a lot since pre-release, because Samsung and Apple might not do it anywhere near perfect, but they sure as hell do it better than this: 
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Sorry if already posted but Ars Technica had a brief hands-on report and came away loving the 2 XL while being unimpressed with the normal 2. The only downside of the normal 2 is "has bezels like every phone ever before this year." Like, that's true and a fair criticism if it's that important to you, but it's also just not a big deal besides aesthetics. Big bezels didn't make og Pixel a bad phone. It's slightly bigger physically than it strictly needs to be for the screen size, that's it.
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seravid posted:It's already up on both Italian and Spanish stores (waiting list, not pre-order). Italians will have to pay 989€ Decius posted:I hope they improved on the software a lot since pre-release, because Samsung and Apple might not do it anywhere near perfect, but they sure as hell do it better than this:
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Sorry if already posted but Ars Technica had a brief hands-on report and came away loving the 2 XL while being unimpressed with the normal 2. I too deeply care about how camera placement on the rear of my device looks
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Decius posted:I hope they improved on the software a lot since pre-release, because Samsung and Apple might not do it anywhere near perfect, but they sure as hell do it better than this:
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 gently caress you alllllll.  The page header still says "Buy Pixel, Chromecast, Google home and much more", despite offering exactly one of those.
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Phosphine posted:
That's the thing I hate most with Google. They go out of their way to make it difficult for you to buy their products if you aren't American. With Samsung, Apple, LG even Amazon they at least try to sell you their product, Google does the opposite, you have to jump through hoops to get it. Still waiting for Youtube Red. Or a version of Youtube Live that's not a version I have to download from APK-Mirror. Or a Google Home I don't have to import with all the hassles once you have an issue that requires you to call support.
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E: nm, figured out my problem
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I'm an owner of an S7 Edge with a display that has been cracked for like 5 months and rather than pay the $300 replacement cost I've been waiting oh so anxiously for the Pixel 2 release... now that the dust has settled and I've been watching first impression videos I'm kind of disappointed that the non-XL version has such a relatively small display, the phone doesn't have wireless charging, it loses the headphone jack, and the processing speed is substantially slower than the iPhone 8... was it too much to ask for hardware parity at the very least? I almost feel compelled to get the XL to get the smaller bezels but the s7 Edge is already almost too large for my hands and the Pixel 2 XL is larger still... 
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