Google Pixel 2 XL Announced

On 2017-10-06 12:38:57, moogoo wrote:
You guys are forgetting the price point provides you with 2 years youtube red, unlimited photo storage at full quality and 100TB of google drive storage. that alone is worth a lot of money. the vast majority of users use their microSD card to store photos and videos, which can now be stored on google's cloud.

On 2017-10-06 13:44:35, aussieland1 wrote:


The Google photos upload is only until 2020 and I am pretty sure (though not 100%) that it is the same for 100 TB

On 2017-10-09 04:31:09, hboy857 wrote:
Samsung should start worrying about Google. Samsung's biggest challenge will not come from its long term rival (apple) but from a long time friend (google). The way I see it Samsung's biggest advantage over other manufacturers is their huge lead in display tech. But that too will come to an end soon. LG's P-oled has huge potential. It's already solve the burn in problem in oled display but it has its own problems too like - it is still more power hungry than samsung's amoled. I believe in 2019 oled from LG and Samsung will match. They will both start using TADF material for their oled from the same company in 2018. I believe their difference in quality will shrink very soon.

Other factor like - RAM and Memory - Hynix and toshiba will start producing their advance manufacturing tech in 4q 2017 that will match samsung's best. Google don't have rely on samsung on these things.

Camera sensor - Sony already lead in this and It'll continue to lead for at least 5 years. Despite whatever samsung fanboys believe.

Design - With HTC's dedicated engineers working on pixel, google will be able to bring much better design with faster timeline. Rick said it in recent interview.

The most interesting part is that Google has showed us that they are willing to give pixel features that are not found in pure stock android. These features are genuinely impressive - always music recognition, turn on silent mode automatically while driving etc.

Future is really bright for Pixel team. Reviewers seem really enthusiastic about pixel hardware and i'm sure they (most of them) will rated it higher than note 8. Google seems to be playing a longer game here -
They are willing to spend millions of dollars in advertising. Google has deep pocket to spend on ads for years without any major consequences. They have to money to open physical store in different parts of the states.

If google can become a major player in USA and Canada it'll put huge pressure on samsung. Huawei and oppo are taking over europe. Xiaomi is taking over india. Samsung will face stuff competition - google will attack it from above and chinese player will attack it from below.

Of course, it'll not happen overnight. In the meantime google will tighten their gripe on supply chain to ensure their phone will have enough parts to make enough phones.
My bet is on 2019 pixel ( Pixel 4 ). I must say- It will be interesting to see how pixel's hardware change the landscape of the android world.

No Threat to Samsung, So Far
While conceding that Samsung’s shares have been fluctuating, CMR’s Kawoosa doesn’t see a distinct threat to the South Korean major. “We don’t see a face-off between Samsung and Chinese brands any time soon,” he says, adding that even if it happens, Samsung is diligent enough to decide its own course. The two strengths, says Kawoosa, that will help Samsung are its sheer size and technology intellect. Further, Samsung is important in several segments through the value chain, such as memory and processors, he adds.
Warsi too doesn’t see any threat to Samsung’s dominant position. Sipping on masala tea and looking out the window at the concrete jungle of Gurgaon, he offers pearls of wisdom. “Any brand that stays connected to the consumer will stay connected to the market,” he says, adding that there are no shortcuts and there is no rocket science behind cracking the Indian market. Credibility and an understanding of Indian conditions over the past two decades have been pillars of its success, reckons Warsi. While other brands were planning to hop on to the Make in India bandwagon, Samsung upped the ante by focusing on another aspect which might have been missed by others: Make for India.
A Make for India task force, comprising employees from Samsung’s R&D, innovation, products and marketing divisions, was set up to understand the needs of the Indian consumer. Subsequently, the team drew up a list of India-specific features that resulted in the launch of the Galaxy J series.

On 2017-10-10 11:26:47, hboy857 wrote:
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Sorry dude, I'm not going to read your essay. You have wasted your time writing this. Since you have no interest other than Samsung phones as you said in note 8, I see no point reading your comment anymore and will never read any comment from you. It'll be waste of my time. Peace.

On 2017-10-10 21:51:45, aussieland1 wrote:
To be fair tsepz your facts are only about how good Samsung is doing at the moment which no one is disputing. Hboy857 is predicting that Google will take some of that glory in the future. it is hard to say either way, imo Google will have to be aggressive to conquer mobile world and if it so won't that upset the android partners? last year showed that Google is happy to not disrupt things too much (by making Pixel unavailable for months and months).

Me personally I love pure android and so would love Google Pixel to flourish but I don't think Pixel xl 2 will be a best seller. If anything isn't Android market touted to be a market for cheap phones and Pixel xl 2 is now the most expensive android phones as expensive as an iPhone. The challenge for Google will be to convince people to spend that much on a phone

On 2017-10-11 08:43:20, aussieland1 wrote:
>500 you are very lucky ! I don't expect to see the pixel xl2 in real life until November

One thing that I think was not mentioned in this thread is 3 years of software support which I think it is the best for Android so far. My pixel XL is on Android Oreo with October security patch but S8 plus is in 7.0 and Note 8 on 7.1.1 both with August security patch. Samsung is really lagging behind here , shame not more people care about this

On 2017-10-16 17:44:10, hboy857 wrote:
Yikes, V30 oled screen is really bad according to theverge's review. Now I'm afraid for pixel 2 xl's screen as it'll use the same screen. This is maybe the real deal breaker for pixel 2 xl for many people.

Engadget Score

Google

Pixel 2 XL

91

Pros

Excellent performance
Long battery life
Truly impressive camera
It's finally water resistant
Android 8.0 is powerful and accessible
eSIM works well with Project Fi

Cons

No microSD slot or headphone jack
There are better big screens out there
Unlimited full-res photo storage only lasts three years

On 2017-10-20 23:37:46, moogoo wrote:
I have one in it's box next to me but it's not mine.. my brother's..

UPDATE:

he states there is definitely a noticeable blue tint at off center angles and there is a grainy texture to solid background colors. he may try to RMA and see if he'll get a better one as it seems the amount of tint/grain varies.