Google Pixel 5

"Includes Pixel Buds RRP £179"

or

"Includes Bose Headphones RRP £259"

I assume most people are going to be drawn to the higher value free gift. However, Samsung occasionally gives a choice of gifts, so I don't see why Google can't do likewise.
 
I can only imagine bose supplied at near on cost price as a form of advertisement.

I doubt it cost much more than £40 per unit
 
I won't be difficult to sell the Bose to buy the Pixel Buds if that's what you want.
 
I decided against pre-ordering on the basis the headphones might run out, as it'll be first come first served, and I was a few days behind. Shame as I would have used them. However the other reason I didn't pre-order is due to the 6 week wait. I may as well just wait for Black Friday again if I'm going to buy where they will inevitably be discounted. It's all good though as it's allowed me to check out the upcoming competition, and I'm swaying a bit more towards the S20FE5G now.
 
FishLicker said:
I decided against pre-ordering on the basis the headphones might run out, as it'll be first come first served, and I was a few days behind. Shame as I would have used them. However the other reason I didn't pre-order is due to the 6 week wait. I may as well just wait for Black Friday again if I'm going to buy where they will inevitably be discounted. It's all good though as it's allowed me to check out the upcoming competition, and I'm swaying a bit more towards the S20FE5G now.
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Seriously, the Samsung 20 FE 5G pummels this into the ground, it's not even close.
 
The top speaker in my 4XL has **** itself again, sounds like its blown. I only got a replacement a few months ago. :mad:

The 5 is starting to appeal more and more.
 
LiE said:
And the A14 in the iPhone 12 pummels all other phones, what's your point? Specs are just a part of the buying decision.
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This is the boat I'm in, the whole ecosystem works nicely on the Pixel devices and I've loved using my Pixel 2 for the last few years. Time will tell if I don't like it, but I suspect it will do everything I want it to.

Samsung brushes me up the wrong way with updates/software etc
 
LiE said:
And the A14 in the iPhone 12 pummels all other phones, what's your point? Specs are just a part of the buying decision.
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iPhone I agree, but no way do I place the Pixel equally in that camp yet, and like you say iPhone is very well specced, you get the best of both worlds, the latest Pixel 5 is lacking on the hardware front for the money, Apple wouldn't do this, look at the iPhone SE.

I really don't get peoples fascination with the Pixel 'eco' system, it's Android with less customization options, there are many Android manufactures that offer 3 years of updates now, my Mate 20 x is still receiving OS updates, including Android 11.

Also I would argue on Android specs are a much bigger part of the decision making process than iPhone for obvious reasons.
 
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iPhone I agree, but no way do I place the Pixel equally in that camp yet, and like you say iPhone is very well specced, you get the best of both worlds, the latest Pixel 5 is lacking on the hardware front for the money, Apple wouldn't do this, look at the iPhone SE.

I really don't get peoples fascination with the Pixel 'eco' system, it's Android with less customization options, there are many Android manufactures that offer 3 years of updates now, my Mate 20 x is still receiving OS updates, including Android 11.
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My point is if people are buying purely on specs, we should all be using iPhones :p

The Pixel has some main advantages over the competitors:
- The camera software.
- Zero bloatware. I disliked Samsung phones, I don't want a browser, gallery, calendar etc from Samsung when the Google ones are superior and already what Android users will use.
- Support - the majority of the software features Google work on for their phones comes to older devices. No waiting for fixes/bugs/versions.
- Pixel only software features. Superior Google assistant experience, Duplex, Adaptive battery, Recorder app. This is added to with each version of Android, Google develop these features for Pixel phones and many never reach OEM Android variants.
- The integration and experience within a Google ecosystem.
 
LiE said:
My point is if people are buying purely on specs, we should all be using iPhones :p

The Pixel has some main advantages over the competitors:
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- Pixel only software features. Superior Google assistant experience, Duplex, Adaptive battery, Recorder app. This is added to with each version of Android, Google develop these features for Pixel phones and many never reach OEM Android variants.
- The integration and experience within a Google ecosystem.
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Duplex isn't out in the UK as far as I know?
I hope to be told wrong as it's a killer feature.
 
Squink said:
How is the Google Assistant experience better on a Pixel out of interest (genuine question)?
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The next generation Assistant
To power the Google Assistant, we rely on the full computing power of our data centers to support speech transcription and language understanding models. We challenged ourselves to re-invent these models, making them light enough to run on a phone.

Today, we’ve reached a new milestone. Building upon advancements in recurrent neural networks, we developed completely new speech recognition and language understanding models, bringing 100GB of models in the cloud down to less than half a gigabyte. With these new models, the AI that powers the Assistant can now run locally on your phone. This breakthrough enabled us to create a next generation Assistant that processes speech on-device at nearly zero latency, with transcription that happens in real-time, even when you have no network connection.

Running on-device, the next generation Assistant can process and understand your requests as you make them, and deliver the answers up to 10 times faster. You can multitask across apps—so creating a calendar invite, finding and sharing a photo with your friends, or dictating an email is faster than ever before. And with Continued Conversation, you can make several requests in a row without having to say “Hey Google” each time.

The next generation Assistant is coming to new Pixel phones later this year, and we can’t wait for you to try it out.
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https://blog.google/products/assistant/next-generation-google-assistant-io/
 
jrwagh333 said:
Duplex isn't out in the UK as far as I know?
I hope to be told wrong as it's a killer feature.
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Not yet, but I believe it's planned. They are using Duplex in the UK to call businesses and request details, but it's not accessible by users, yet.
 
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