Google October 4th Event

[Pigeon_Killer]

Google haven't failed, you've just been outpriced of getting one.

If people on forums like this feel outpriced who in every day life is going to buy one? Google don't advertise these phones so who's even going to know about them? I'm expecting a sales flop tbh.

 

[Fallen god]

I really want the really blue :/. Either way I'm willing to pay the "dollars" as long as the camera is really the best or as good as the S7 and battery life is solid I would be happy.

 

[BMox81]

I could easily afford it but I am not willing to pay that much for something that is worth around £400-£500 tops.

Theres a difference between being outpriced & knowing when they are just taking the mick with pricing.

Why are they taking the mick with their pricing? Premium components aren't cheap.

Again, it just proves my point that everyone wants (or expected) Google to subsidise the phones price and now they aren't, you're all jumping ship.

 

[Matteysan]

Why are they taking the mick with their pricing? Premium components aren't cheap.

Again, it just proves my point that everyone wants (or expected) Google to subsidise the phones price and now they aren't, you're all jumping ship.

Because a 5.5" phone isn't worth £800+ when it does nothing different really compared to last years top end phone which was £240 cheaper.

Last years components weren't premium? I beg to differ.

I haven't jumped ship, I will be sticking with my Nexus 6 which does what I need it to.

 

[stoke1863]

Why are they taking the mick with their pricing? Premium components aren't cheap.

Again, it just proves my point that everyone wants (or expected) Google to subsidise the phones price and now they aren't, you're all jumping ship.

Please go into O2 and try the OnePlus3, feels very premium has very good specs still, fair enough the camera is probably only on something like the S6 sort of level but what can you expect for £329

 

[unwashed potato!]

Google don't advertise these phones so who's even going to know about them? I'm expecting a sales flop tbh.

what are you talking about. the first pixel phone was just announced 4 hours ago. go to youtube home page and tell me google don't advertise the pixel. what a daft comment to make.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

what are you talking about. the first pixel phone was just announced 4 hours ago. go to youtube home page and tell me google don't advertise the pixel. what a daft comment to make.

Funnily enough, my home page has videos related to those that I've recently watched and there isn't a single mention of the Pixel...

 

[topgun06]

Just reading BBC news and saw the prices quoted. Just had to come on here to see what was being said. Wow. They're very surprising, crazy prices.

 

[unwashed potato!]

Funnily enough, my home page has videos related to those that I've recently watched and there isn't a single mention of the Pixel...

adblock+ is great isn't it

EDIT:

also

http://pocketnow.com/2016/09/20/google-pixel-phones-primetime-tv-ad

amongst the rest

 

[BMox81]

Please go into O2 and try the OnePlus3, feels very premium has very good specs still, fair enough the camera is probably only on something like the S6 sort of level but what can you expect for £329

I'm sure the OP3 is a great phone, but again it's only proving my point, you're all wanting a top end phone for cheap.

Google are now going a different route and none of you like it.

 

[kona786]

Not cheap but reasonably priced. This is far from that.

 

[stoke1863]

I'm sure the OP3 is a great phone, but again it's only proving my point, you're all wanting a top end phone for cheap.

Google are now going a different route and none of you like it.

but what are they doing to justify the price difference?

 

[manic111]

I'm sure the OP3 is a great phone, but again it's only proving my point, you're all wanting a top end phone for cheap.

Google are now going a different route and none of you like it.

The point being made is that you can get an OP3 for £329 or a phone that is not significantly better for more than twice that price. It's not exactly likely to be a screaming success at that price.

 

[Matteysan]

The point being made is that you can get an OP3 for £329 or a phone that is not significantly better for more than twice that price. It's not exactly likely to be a screaming success at that price.

You can get a Note 7 64gb for £669. Probably cheaper if you search around that was the top link.

Which will almost certainly have a better screen to start it off.

 

[BMox81]

but what are they doing to justify the price difference?

Providing a best in class camera, a suped up version of Nougat with all the bells and whistles, unlimited Google Photos storage to name a few.

Lets not go on like this is a junk phone shall we.

Ultimately, if this was £150/200 cheaper, everyone would have had a pre order in for it. So it's only a price issue that is causing the uproar here.

 

[unwashed potato!]

Ultimately, if this was £150/200 cheaper, everyone would have had a pre order in for it. So it's only a price issue that is causing the uproar here.

agreed. it is a great phone with no obvious downsides unlike how the nexus family were up until 6P. the price is just far too high for my liking. it would have been nice if they'd given some sort of homeage to the nexus family, explaining the focus that they had with that and now the different approach they're taking, perhaps then people wouldn't be so bent out of shape. at the moment i think a lot of people are looking at this phone as though it's the new name for nexus phones. it's not. it's not at all related to nexus phones.

 

[jon86]

Google is doing an Apple, and pricing their phones at a level that they think the market can bear. As for whether the market can or not, I'm not sure.

I was very tempted to switch from a Note 2 to an iPhone 7 Plus, but the 128 GB version is over $800, so I waited to see what the Pixel prices would look like. It turns out that they're much of a muchness.

This year, I think that iPhone is definitely offering better hardware, but Google trumps Apple on some of the software. Google's AI, for example, is leagues ahead of Apple's, and it's clear to see in the difference between Google's new assistant and Apple's Siri. The question in my mind is whether I am willing to jump ship to iOS, with all of it's quirks. I'm fairly sure that the answer is yes.

 

[marc2003]

Charging premiums for storage is laughable. I'd never buy any phone without a SD card slot. My 128GB card cost 40 sheets... and that was from Argos.

 

[thep02]

It just seems like a total FU to the Nexus fans.

Sad times.

I expect they'll give 0% monthly payments they mention starting at $27 pm in the us and as apple do it I think Google will too.

Camera is a huge factor to me in what I look for in a phone and Google are talking big game on the camera, the full reviews will have to be dang good though to tempt me away from the Note 7 or S8 and their presumably better screens.

Amoled screen if I heard right which is also a big plus imho.

 

[Matteysan]

I expect they'll give 0% monthly payments they mention starting at $27 pm in the us and as apple do it I think Google will too.

Camera is a huge factor to me in what I look for in a phone and Google are talking big game on the camera, the full reviews will have to be dang good though to tempt me away from the Note 7 or S8 and their presumably much better screens.

Saying that however the vids I've watched make it look lighting fast and responsive like ridiculously fast, I wish they'd used amoled screen tech.

They have used amoled, Just not samoled.