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Re: Google Pixel Buds

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

D. Build a product intro that doesn't stutter during scrolling like Terminator after having its wires fried (FF v76).

E. Launch products inside the whole EU at the same time.

F. Have a responsive customer support department

Re: Google Pixel Buds

#62
post #4

What's up with google and their inability to: A. Launch products, both software and hardware, worldwide (or at least majority of countries). B. Launch products with clear dates and not just "Join a waiting list". At least in German store that's the only option.

Accessing the link from Denmark just takes me to a generic google products landing page with no mention of a Google Pixel Bud.

Found this page https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_buds which links specifically to the US store where I can see the price (for the US) and specs.

Re: Google Pixel Buds

#63
post #3

For people that cannot access the website: I guess this is what the link points to https://www.tomsguide.com/news/pixel-buds-2 It is pretty annoying that I get redirected away from the site because they don't have them in Denmark.

I found this link[1] Which links the US store directly.

[1] https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_buds

Re: Google Pixel Buds

#64
post #4

What's up with google and their inability to: A. Launch products, both software and hardware, worldwide (or at least majority of countries). B. Launch products with clear dates and not just "Join a waiting list". At least in German store that's the only option.

To be fair, very few companies even try to launch products worldwide, or even in a majority of countries. A lot of the time, they can't even launch in the entire EU. Apple seems to be doing better, but Microsoft, Google, Sony and Nintendo are all very bad at this (to name a few I've had problems with).

Re: Google Pixel Buds

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post #4

What's up with google and their inability to: A. Launch products, both software and hardware, worldwide (or at least majority of countries). B. Launch products with clear dates and not just "Join a waiting list". At least in German store that's the only option.

Accessing the link from Denmark just takes me to a generic google products landing page with no mention of a Google Pixel Bud. Found this page https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_buds which links specifically to the US store where I can see the price (for the US) and specs.

Yes this is a better link for those of us who aren't accessing the web from a US IP address. Thanks.

Re: Google Pixel Buds

#66
post #4

What's up with google and their inability to: A. Launch products, both software and hardware, worldwide (or at least majority of countries). B. Launch products with clear dates and not just "Join a waiting list". At least in German store that's the only option.

Yes, this is very annoying. Personally I have a Pixel 2(which I might consider swapping for 5 later this year, depending on what they throw in it) but this is a pure joke. I got mine about 2 months before the Pixel 3 was released and even then, almost a year after it's official launch, it was nowhere to be found in most countries. My phone before that just gave up and I happened to be on a holiday in Poland and by pure coincidence the Pixel 2 was available in one of the large retailers. Mind you, it wasn't available in any of the shops they had in Krakow(second largest city) so they shipped it from Warsaw.

I can understand it not being available in small countries like Bulgaria in my case. There are one or two shops where you can find them for almost double the price which is a joke to say the least. And yes, in all these years I've only seen 2 or 3 other people rocking Pixels. But come on.... Poland? They have a population of almost 40 million...

And this is their flagship hardware product, I'm not talking about things which are much more trivial, like buds or whatever.

Re: Google Pixel Buds

#68
post #42

I recently bought an iPhone SE after entertaining the thought of maybe waiting for the new Pixel phone. For reasons already mentioned by others here, I feel like I'm done with Google hardware. The iPhone is by no means perfect and sure, it restricts me in what software I can download and use, but at least it works. I don't want to run obscure adb commands, follow online tutorials or try other roms from xda-developers…

What does you comment have to do with the Pixel Buds?

Re: Google Pixel Buds

#69
post #13

I'm using wired, I keep getting pain whenever I use wireless earphones with radiation.

Radiation? What radiation are you talking about? The non-ionising Bluetooth? The radiating sound waves? What about the (again, non-ionising) EMF coming from the cords in your wired headphones? Sometimes a little knowledge is a dangerous thing...

Maybe there's americium in the Buds to detect smoke coming out of one's ears? Or maybe they are painted with radium so that you can find them in the dark?

Re: Google Pixel Buds

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post #66
post #4

What's up with google and their inability to: A. Launch products, both software and hardware, worldwide (or at least majority of countries). B. Launch products with clear dates and not just "Join a waiting list". At least in German store that's the only option.

Yes, this is very annoying. Personally I have a Pixel 2(which I might consider swapping for 5 later this year, depending on what they throw in it) but this is a pure joke. I got mine about 2 months before the Pixel 3 was released and even then, almost a year after it's official launch, it was nowhere to be found in most countries. My phone before that just gave up and I happened to be on a holiday in Poland and by pu…

I could be wrong but I get the feeling they are very USA-centric.
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