To Pixel or not to Pixel, that is the question.

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Just an FYI for those arguing, and heatedly I might add, about the hardware differences between the Pixel and it's competitors.

All high end Samsung phones have since the S6 have a massive beneficial hardware feature (at least in the US) that no other phone has. That is the Samsung Pay feature, enabled via a special NFC/Magnetic hybrid chip. This allows you to use Samsung Pay at any NFC pay station, or any user facing magnetic strip card reader, even if it does not have NFC payments enabled.

So there is another pretty large benefit for Samsung over the Pixel.

I personally would prefer the pixel for it's modding community over anything lack of the couple of features noted. There only features I the S7 has over the Pixel that I can find are, SD Card, Water Resistance, Heart Rate Monitor, Screen resolution for the non-XL, and finally wireless charging.
For me, I have not used an SD-Card since the Galaxy S(original), my Nexus 6 is water resistant and has saved me, heart rate monitor is worthless and I have never once heard of anyone using it on a phone, and wireless charging would be nice but requires the purchase of a pad, or an expensive new car, and is no needed. Since I will never buy a 5" phone again the resolution difference is a misnomer to me. So for me the real comparison is the Note7 vs the Pixel XL.

To note The cheapest Galaxy S7 US version is $669 at retail. The International version is only $569 but the warranty is not valid in the US. You must get the US version in the US to have a valid warranty. So even though the price of the Pixel is much more than I expected, it is still equivalent to it's competitors and due to it's modding support it will get it would be my choice. I am, however, sticking with the OG Nexus 6 since I don't want to lose a half an inch of screen realestate. Not to mention it is still more than fast enough for anything I do.