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Re: Oct. 4

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Post by arcastroe »

JosephRedfern wrote: post #3

Looking at the source, there are two arrays of image filenames specified between script tags on that page. One is "IMAGES", which is referenced by the JS elsewhere, and specifies overlayed over the rectangle. The other, called EXTRAS, defined but not referenced elsewhere. It contains two entries, pointing at these images: https://madeby.google.com/static/images/tenfour/extras/002.j... and https://madeby.google.com/st…

Interpretations:

1. The phone will be available on T-Mobile and Verizon (Magenta/Red)

2. Camera will be good under low-light conditions without flash.

Re: Oct. 4

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Post by kalleboo »

nobrains wrote: post #17
officemonkey wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That format also has the benefit of being in the correct order when sorting by name and by date.

I use that format to sort my picture folders. So, sorting by name sorts by date as well. Additionally, I add the month text (mmm) as well to the date, which makes it easy for me to quickly recognize the month, otherwise I mostly have to count :( So like, 2016-09(Sep)-19 That way, the sorting still works, and I get to see 3 letter month abbreviations as well.

What's funny is since in work I mainly use SQL timestamps, and I live in Japan (which uses numerical months in their language), I actually have trouble with the named months now. Like I keep mixing up which of June and July is first...

Re: Oct. 4

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Post by blinkingled »

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 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.

Re: Oct. 4

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Post by Chestofdraw »

kalleboo wrote: post #20
WhitneyLand wrote: post #15

If you were leading the Pixel phone effort what would you choose as the top three market differentiators? To start one small thing I'd do is match Apple on the length of update support window.

> To start one small thing I'd do is match Apple on the length of update support window. That will win you over the tech-fanboys, but is that anything normal people take into account when they pick a phone? I probably hear more complaints about new versions of iOS "making my phone worse" than Android users complaining about not getting updates.

I honestly can't see why people care so much about having long update windows. Batteries simply aren't good for many cycles so it doesn't make sense to support a phone for longer than its battery will last.

Also, it's a pretty reasonable assumption that users who don't care to be on the latest hardware don't care to be on the latest software.

Re: Oct. 4

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Post by MereInterest »

Chestofdraw wrote: post #25
kalleboo wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> To start one small thing I'd do is match Apple on the length of update support window. That will win you over the tech-fanboys, but is that anything normal people take into account when they pick a phone? I probably hear more complaints about new versions of iOS "making my phone worse" than Android users complaining about not getting updates.

I honestly can't see why people care so much about having long update windows. Batteries simply aren't good for many cycles so it doesn't make sense to support a phone for longer than its battery will last. Also, it's a pretty reasonable assumption that users who don't care to be on the latest hardware don't care to be on the latest software.

Which is entirely by design, when they make batteries not be swappable. If your goal is to make a good product, it makes perfect sense to have a long update window, just as it makes perfect sense to offer replacement batteries.

Re: Oct. 4

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Post by naringas »

naringas wrote: post #29

I get an HTTP 404 not found >The requested URL /fourten was not found on this server. That’s all we know.

Unless I open the url with chrome.

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE OF THE OPEN INTERNET /s

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