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Re: Oct. 4

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Post by oconnor0 »

JohnTHaller wrote: post #7

The new phones, the Pixel and Pixel XL are rumored to start at $649 for the smaller phone in the smallest memory configuration of 32gb. If true, this would mean the old Nexus line is well and truly dead and Google is taking the Apple approach to pricing. The Pixel brand is supposed to be premium at a premium price but currently has one product that fills that niche (the Pixel Chromebook) and one that doesn't (the fai…

I'm sad to see the Nexus line go away. I quite like my Nexus 5 but have no interest in spending over 600$ on a phone.

Re: Oct. 4

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Post by jdc0589 »

oconnor0 wrote: post #41
JohnTHaller wrote: post #7

The new phones, the Pixel and Pixel XL are rumored to start at $649 for the smaller phone in the smallest memory configuration of 32gb. If true, this would mean the old Nexus line is well and truly dead and Google is taking the Apple approach to pricing. The Pixel brand is supposed to be premium at a premium price but currently has one product that fills that niche (the Pixel Chromebook) and one that doesn't (the fai…

I'm sad to see the Nexus line go away. I quite like my Nexus 5 but have no interest in spending over 600$ on a phone.

agreed. I also feel like I got the shaft with the nexus 5x. it wasn't "top of the line expensive" but it was more than any other nexus phone I'd had, and until Android 7 came out I felt like it was a piece of crap; thankfully that update smoothed performance (or perception) out A LOT for me.

Re: Oct. 4

#45

Post by HugoDaniel »

slazaro wrote: post #8
reustle wrote: post #2

Whatever it is, judging by the source code, it seems to be called "TenFour". This redirects, too http://google.com/tenfour

Interesting that they used both 10/4 and 4/10 for the URL... They care about internationalization!

Maybe they are planning a 6 month release cycle to up the game.

Re: Oct. 4

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Post by JustUhThought »

jdc0589 wrote: post #42
oconnor0 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sad to see the Nexus line go away. I quite like my Nexus 5 but have no interest in spending over 600$ on a phone.

agreed. I also feel like I got the shaft with the nexus 5x. it wasn't "top of the line expensive" but it was more than any other nexus phone I'd had, and until Android 7 came out I felt like it was a piece of crap; thankfully that update smoothed performance (or perception) out A LOT for me.

Agreed. Between this and dropped support for Moto G/E, Google is proving to be super flaky, and which has diminished my desire to invest in any of their hardware.

Re: Oct. 4

#48

Post by matart »

oconnor0 wrote: post #41
JohnTHaller wrote: post #7

The new phones, the Pixel and Pixel XL are rumored to start at $649 for the smaller phone in the smallest memory configuration of 32gb. If true, this would mean the old Nexus line is well and truly dead and Google is taking the Apple approach to pricing. The Pixel brand is supposed to be premium at a premium price but currently has one product that fills that niche (the Pixel Chromebook) and one that doesn't (the fai…

I'm sad to see the Nexus line go away. I quite like my Nexus 5 but have no interest in spending over 600$ on a phone.

What would you go with instead? I am also a Nexus 5 user looking for an upgrade of some sort.

Re: Oct. 4

#49

Post by JustUhThought »

pjmlp wrote: post #38
hammock wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All(?) of the top-end Androids in the Verizon store are priced at $650 and above.

In countries where we have the joy of buying phones without contracts, the majority of the customer, doesn't go above the 300€ line, when paying the full price out of their pockets.

Cause people be sane.

Re: Oct. 4

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Post by SCdF »

viraptor wrote: post #36
blinkingled wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I doubt many people will buy a $649 phone with run of the mill specs and only 18 months of updates even if it was made by Google (whatever that means). Google might not remember but nobody bought the Chromebook Pixel or the Pixel C.

Why 18? Nexus line had 3 years of support and still continues to receive security updates after that.

Where do you get that three years of support figure from? The only official numbers I've ever heard was 18 months, which lines up roughly with my experience.

I have a N5, which came out (just) less than three years ago, and it is not getting Nougat, which was released a few weeks ago. The last major update it got was around a year ago.

AFAICT with Google you're guaranteed to get the next OS version, if you're lucky you'll get the next next one (like N5 did with MM), but that's it.

Which, compared to iOS, feels pretty stingy.

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