Google Pixel 8/8 Pro & Pixel Watch 2

[slackrob]

I've bitten the bullet and ordered the P8 Pro in Blue. Smashed the screen on my P6 Pro last week so fingers crossed I have no incidents with this.

Offered me £170 trade in for the P6 not sure I'll get that due to the damage. Also I've been quoted £220 for a screen replacement which seems the going rate for it.

 

[nade]

Google will give me £380 for my iPhone 12 Pro 128GB. That's far more than other recycling sites.

Seems like they really want to sway users away from Apple.

That's more than they offer for an S23 Ultra

Was looking at this myself, got an old iPhone 11 64GB. Offering £330 for that, which is nuts. Very tempted now to go for the standard Pixel8 at £369 after the trade in.

 

[dale1uk]

Just ordered a 256gb Pro in Obsidian from Mobiles.co.uk

£505 upfront
£26 per month Vodafone 5g 100gb 24 month contract
Total cost £1129

Should get £63 cashback via Topcashback, then I'll sell my Pixel 5 (CEX currently offering £109 cash) and hopefully get around £200 for the watch

 

[Camalot]

Three networks pre order deals go live tomorrow 8am UK.

If your with them already you might be able to strike a deal perhaps. I am currently so ill see what they say when live at 8.

Not sure they will be able to beat the CPW one.

 

[Begbie]

Google will provide 7 years of repair parts for Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, too

Google has confirmed that it will offer repair parts for Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro through the entire 7-year lifecycle.

9to5google.com

Wish they'd come up with a better solution for battery replacements. I'd probably happily not have the phone waterproof if I could replace batteries again.

 

[LadFromWales]

Three networks pre order deals go live tomorrow 8am UK.

If your with them already you might be able to strike a deal perhaps. I am currently so ill see what they say when live at 8.

Not sure they will be able to beat the CPW one.

Incredibly unlikely that first party networks will get anywhere close to a deal with a total cost around the price of buying a handset at retail!

 

[Camalot]

Incredibly unlikely that first party networks will get anywhere close to a deal with a total cost around the price of buying a handset at retail!

I agree, just thought it's worth a mention if anyone is a haggle expert and at the end of contract with them.

I'll haggle them in the morning but not hopeful lol

 

[LadFromWales]

I text INFO to 85075, and got a call back from EE literally two minutes after.

Best she could do for me was
125GB data (didn't check if not speed limited)
£52 per month
£30 up front
£1278 total

I didn't really discuss much further but did request a callback in a few days just in case, but even if I paid £300 up front the monthly payments wouldn't be far off the entire of the cost of the iD deal.

 

[Eddie99]

It's a gift. If you don't like Google's practices then vote with your wallet.

It's not a gift as it requires payment. They're selling a bundle, saying one of the items is free is just a common marketing trick.

 

[kona786]

It's not a gift as it requires payment. They're selling a bundle, saying one of the items is free is just a common marketing trick.

Semantics.

 

[bastic]

https://www.spigen.com/products/pixel-8-series-case-liquid-air?variant=41716035846191




https://www.spigen.com/products/pixel-8-series-case-thin-fit?variant=41716040433711
Or Caseology...
https://www.caseologycases.com/products/pixel-8-pro-case-nano-pop?variant=40418290466890

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or Dbrand Ghost case ...

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[kona786]

I actually have a spigen thin fit got coming tomorrow. I'm hoping it's good.

 

[michty_me]

I've got the Spigen rugged armour and the Spigen screen protector coming tomorrow.

I've got a query regarding authenticators... I seem to recall reading that you have to unlink them or similar before wiping a phone or they are lost forever? Any truth to that or how to do it so I'm not losing my current ones?

 

[bastic]

please share how they feel when they arrive

 

[bastic]

I've got the Spigen rugged armour and the Spigen screen protector coming tomorrow.

I've got a query regarding authenticators... I seem to recall reading that you have to unlink them or similar before wiping a phone or they are lost forever? Any truth to that or how to do it so I'm not losing my current ones?

with some apps it might be easier to switch 2FA off then switch phones

i remember having issue with gmail itself going back from pixel to samsung...

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Semantics.

I think it's an important point made, not simply a distinction in semantics. Companies don't give anything away for free, as stated it's 100% marketing manipulation. However, the nuance with Google is that all the hardware i.e. the handset and the "gift", is subsidised by the software. It's their core business, after all.

 

[LiE]

Too many of the 3rd party cases add a big front lip making back button gesture a pain.

I'm going Hazel case on my Hazel P8. Looks very nice.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

I've got the Spigen rugged armour and the Spigen screen protector coming tomorrow.

I've got a query regarding authenticators... I seem to recall reading that you have to unlink them or similar before wiping a phone or they are lost forever? Any truth to that or how to do it so I'm not losing my current ones?

You can back them up to the cloud and retrieve on the new device.

 

[michty_me]

with some apps it might be easier to switch 2FA off then switch phones

i remember having issue with gmail itself going back from pixel to samsung...

Thanks, I think I've found a way, export via a QR code so will try that.

 

[throwaway4372]

I've got a query regarding authenticators... I seem to recall reading that you have to unlink them or similar before wiping a phone or they are lost forever? Any truth to that or how to do it so I'm not losing my current ones?

Was looking this up recently, sounds like the main authenticators have cloud backup, turn the feature on, log in on new phone and the 2fa accounts should be there, then log in to all the sites using 2fa on the new phone quickly, should work I think. Would be interested to hear if it actually works.