Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL announced

Post by euyyn » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 4:06 AM UTC

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Apple is the manufacturer that is honoring the manufacturer's warranty (and/or additional warranty options). Google is not the manufacturer of the Nexus 5X/6P, that's Huawei. So if you didn't buy from them, they send you to the manufacturer, like most retailers would after the initial return window, even if you did buy it from them. I agree that it's bad for Google's image to operate that way, stick their name on a p…

I get it, but it's essentially Google wanting to have their cake (marketing to customers: "It's a Google phone! Pure Google all the way, baby!") and eat it, too (product support: "Uhhh, yeah, we uh, we don't make this thing, it's all Huawei, we're just a humble retailer."). I agree that it's absolutely bad for Google's image to operate this way, as you can see from the comments in this thread. People aren't mad at th…

Post by thebooktocome » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 4:19 AM UTC

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It's not very significant. Basically it stores some distances between peaks in each song's spectrogram which can then be further compressed. Even supporting a database of millions of songs would be possible.

Spotify has 30 million songs. Even if it takes up a small amount of space, it's basically a non-feature.

Post by modzu » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 4:27 AM UTC

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Desktops and laptops have different constraints than phones. Bluetooth uses less power (from the device), makes waterproofing easier, and frees up space for battery. I personally would prefer having a headphone jack on the phone (even though I've never used mine), but I understand why they did what they did.

Bluetooth uses less power... than what? Than a headphone jack?

Post by dabernathy89 » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 4:32 AM UTC

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I have an S8 (plus) and I'd love to upgrade to the Pixel 2. I am so tired of Samsung trying to replace every piece of functionality with their own. I had to go find Google's "Android messaging" app in the Play store - just their standard SMS app - to replace the Samsung stock one because it kept opening URLs in "Samsung Internet", their version of the browser. The Samsung keyboard is awful, and I can't seem to find a…

Have you tried and disliked the Google keyboard? That's what I used when I was on a GS6, and it was pretty good.

Post by dabernathy89 » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 4:32 AM UTC

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It annoys my wife. She can't use the earbuds that came with her phone to listen to anything on her iPad, b/c it only came with a dongle going the other direction (for connecting standard headphones to the iPhone). When we're in the car she can't charge & use the aux cable at the same time. Both of these could possibly be solved with 3rd party dongles, but it's silly to have to pay $20-30 extra for that.

I prefer solving the charge+car audio issue with a Bluetooth receiver which can be found for $25 on Amazon, my wife loves being able to play music in the car without snaking an AUX cable from the dash to the center console.