| Captain_Yuri said: At the end of the day, you are paying more for less. If software updates matter to you that much that you are willing to give up many hardware features of the Galaxy S7 and iphone 7, then go for it but, specially looking many sites, this is not only going to not make a scratch at iphone/S7 sales but many Nexus users are going to skip and hope the next one has a better value. And for a very good reason too.. And by the love of god, please do some research |
bolded ... they are similar in tech/features and similar in price and I used tech specs from each phone company for my statements as well as several comparisons already out from tech sites. You used ebay and someone's opinion from reddit, yet you call me out on research. O_O
1) camera - you admitted they'll be similar but of course we'll have to wait for actual comparisons.
2) Display - you have to look at ppi do to screen size differences. 441 vs 567 or 534 vs 567 and both are same tech (super amoled). I said Pixel was right up there and both were better than iPhone (326 or 401) which is a true statement. Considering the S7 is a larger phone screen size, it requires the higher ppi which is why the similar sized pixel XL has a closer ppi. For all intents and purposes, the displays are very similar and any user is not likely to see a difference.
3) CPU/GPU - Ok, one variant of the S7 is better than pixel while the other variant... the one nearly anyone in US/CA will buy is not. I'm willing to concede that all-in-all they are similar enough that it won't matter.
However, you do admit in your column that stock Android is faster than Touchwiz. So not sure why you defend that is somehow ok or can be ignored. Its a simple difference. You want the best responsive Android experience? Get Nexus/Pixel and possibly Moto G/Z.
4) Nexus devices get updates first. Now will Pixel devices. All others at best are a few months later to a year, if at all. Your statement that S7 will always get updates is blatantly false. Samsung only pushes one major OS update (maybe two) for their phones and yes, they will do small defect/security fixes, well after nexus/pixel received same. My son's Nexus 5 from 2013 is on Marshmellow, same as S7. S7 will not get the latest OS update 3 years later. Only Pixel has the possibility of being a phone you can keep up-to-date OS post 2nd year... most not post first year.
You bring up one app, Assistant... which is so similar to Google Now + Google Search (using voice) that it really doesn't matter. Is assistant coming to Samsung? Also... what hardware features are you talking about? Heart rate monitor... who cares. That is such a niche feature, might as well call out built-in kickstands that HTC use to push.
5) Pixel is $650 directly from Google. Not sure why you are talking about Verizon, you can also buy now at Best Buy or Google's site. The unlocked versions (best buy or google site) with with any carrier in the world. In fact, the Pixel has the best set of cellular radios in any phone. It doesn't need an "international version". Go to the tech spec pages and do some research. As for pricing... people buy phones from carriers, stores, amazon or direct. People only go to ebay when they want cheap used shit. You are comfortable with Ebay but most think "new" when they shop on ebay. I provided prices from two largest carriers and the largest retailer in the world, amazon.
Point is they are priced similarly at the 32GB version. People will see them as $650 phones. For the 128GB versions, you could spend $50-$60 (amazon) on good SD cards to get 128GB or $100 for built-in zero loss 128GB. We'll talk more on storage later.
6) 1 (singular) lacking feature. Still not sure what hardware features are lacking that you keep referring to. You've only ever mentioned this and a heart rate sensor. Then here you admit the water resistance is not that important otherwise it would be a deal breaker.
7) When wireless charging is default in most cars (not even there yet on new cars) and/or comes default with all major phones (also not even there with new phones), then you can say this feature is not overrated. You also admit it is slower. It will remain slower as all phones upgrade to usb-c and by default become faster. I guess this is the 2nd hardware feature you could call out as technically missing, but this is almost as used as often as that heart rate montor by people. Poor data example, but I work at Amazon in a tech dev center. I can count on one had the number of people who use wireless charging. Hell, does iPhone have that feature? If they haven't copied it, surely its not mass market.
8) My point with proprietary cables was not related to micro-usb but to fast charge. Currently with micro-usb, you must be using the OEM cable for your fast charge phone to get that feature. As usb-c becomes standard, that feature should be interchangeable with any branded charger. Your phone has micro-usb, pixel has upgraded to usb-c... even apple uses a similar method though proprietary.
9) Let's combine storage talk to one point as it was confusing above, sorry. Two points with this. Due to the bloat Touchwiz puts on the phone you get less available default storage (as well as a slower user experience). Due to the weak point of a SD card connector and the type of SD Card you use, the data transfer (and lifespan) of internal vs SD card is noticeable. You admit this in your game example. Simple fact is, the technically superior option is to have internal memory.
On top of the technical superiority comes the pointless need to expand as such. Google gives you free unlimited storage for music, pics and video. pics and video are both saved in HD (4k for video), so there is no loss of quality on either. If you use Google's services, which as an Android user I wouldn't understand why you would not, then you don't need 100's of Gigs of space for physical storage. You have unlimited cloud space for free!
So you can pay $50-$60 for 128GB SD Card (amazon prices for quality fast cards) with slower data transfer and possibility of losing data at some point OR you can pay $100 for 128GB Pixel and unlimited cloud where you'll have fastest response and near-zero possibility of losing anything ever. This seems like SD cards are overrated and largely unnecessary.
10) I'm not sure what your point is. Sure most up-to-date version of touchwiz improved on the older version. By the time the next one comes you'll say the same thing and call S7's negatives out as having been improved on. Fact is, touchwiz is not as good as vanilla android. Any feature you have in touchwiz I can likely get in Google Play Store as it is all software. All that is saying is that a bloated experience has improved but is still bloated.
My point is still the same. Pixel is in the same level of tech and features as any other high-end phone with the one exception of water-resistance that pretty much all others are now doing. Something you agreed was not a deal breaker. Its also in the same price-range.
Summary pixel has (to S7) similar display, similar camera, similar cpu/gpu, better connector, better storage, better OS, better responsiveness, better carrier support, similar price, lacks two overrated hardware features (sd card/water resistance). Again, to your original post's point... Pixel is clearly not a more expensive inferior phone. It is a directly comparable high-end phone for the same price.
