Google Phone - 4th October

[jthompson]

Is anyone else not slightly flabbergasted by the $999 (Probably £999) price tag for the Pixelbook? Doesn't it go against everything Chrome OS stands for? Firstly, it simply doesn't make sense having a Core i7, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD on a Chromebook (And that one is priced at something like $1649). Secondly, no matter how good it looks, why would anyone want to spend $999 when pretty decent similar models go for under £400. I'm shocked that they haven't learnt from the original Chromebook Pixel.

 

Some of the reviews have said that they're pricing this up against the MacBook, Dell XPS, Surface etc, but those are full fat regular devices, whereas Chrome OS is technically a glorified web browser!

 

Don't get me wrong, I love G Suite for Education and the potentials and Chromebooks in general, just not at a ridiculous price like that!

 

It's the Chromebook equivalent of a Porsche 911 GT2 RS. Only in that case, all of the normal, bog-standard 911s would be being built under license by Ford or Vauxhall or SsangYong.

 

P.S. the Porsche 911 GT2 RS is excessive for the majority of customers, but it's mere existence probably generates sales at the bottom of the range.

Edited October 5, 2017 by jthompson

[Zoom7000]

Of course, if it exists, someone will buy it. It's just not gonna be a best seller. It certainly doesn't have the draw of the MacBook, Surface, XPS or even the iPhone, Pixel XL or Galaxy Note 8.

 

The point is that Google have been pushing Chrome OS and Chromebooks as low end affordable devices. This kinda defeats that whole chain of thought!

 

Not really. A lot of the stuff that is happening on the web uses Javascript, which can be a beast when it comes to resources.

 

You could argue the opposite... Not many people have Core i7 PCs with that high a spec and most of the stuff happening on the web (that people are actually doing) works just fine on lower end devices.

[mavhc]

That's how they started, now they feel with android app support and webassembly they want to move up the chain. Web is more powerful so web computers have to be too.

 

Web apps use more ram and cpu than native apps anyway.

[localzuk]

You could argue the opposite... Not many people have Core i7 PCs with that high a spec and most of the stuff happening on the web (that people are actually doing) works just fine on lower end devices.

Key word there is "most". The device isn't aimed at every home user. Its aimed at those who would use it. There are plenty of highly intensive web services now which will use it.

[Arthur]

Screen burn-in after just one week! :eek:

 

Google ‘actively investigating’ reports of Pixel 2 XL screen burn-in

 

Over the weekend, people with review units of the Pixel 2 XL began noticing a problem. No, not the already-known issues of muddy color and grainy textures when viewed in low-light, but one that’s potentially more worrisome: screen burn-in. First reported on Twitter by Android Central’s Alex Dobie, multiple people have noticed that when you look at the screen with a gray background, you can see faint outlines of the phone’s navigation buttons on the bottom.

 

You can see it below, and I can confirm I’m seeing something similar on my own review unit.

 

https://twitter.com/alexdobie/status/922060857659547648

 

[RichCowell]

Screen burn-in after just one week! :eek:

 

Google ‘actively investigating’ reports of Pixel 2 XL screen burn-in

 

 

 

 

 

Gutted! I hope they get it sorted - mine's on order!

[DJ-1701]

That's the annoying thing about any new device... that's why I wait a little while before getting one after release... that and the queues die down... that and to raise money from a Go Fund Me page save the money up.

[Arthur]

 

Google has inexplicably shipped some Pixel 2 XLs without an operating system

 

Google’s Pixel 2 XL has a lot of great attributes, but the lack of proper quality control on a lot of units is what’s causing issues for users. Display issues aside, though, another strange issue has popped up — some users are reporting that their Pixel 2 XLs are arriving without a crucial element: Android.

 

Multiple reports on Reddit, one as recent as last night, show users who are receiving brand new Pixel 2 XLs, just missing Android. Upon first boot, the device simply says that it “can’t find valid operating system” and can’t go any further.

 

Unfortunately, there’s no easy way to get the OS installed on these devices once in the customer’s hands, so the only method to fix this is to replace the device, which Google is thankfully doing.