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A major suspicion at the time was that other Android OEMs were concerned about Google's production of their own hardware and potential ensuing favoritism. To th
by dswalter 10y ago
A major suspicion at the time was that other Android OEMs were concerned about Google's production of their own hardware and potential ensuing favoritism. To this day, Google has branded phones (Pixel, etc.), but they aren't made by Google.
As an aside, my Moto X is still such a well-designed product.
- Grazester 10y agoThe og Moto X is the best Android phone I have owned. I now have a Nexus 6 since the replacement screen I bought for it is no longer working. The Nexus 6 does not support trusted voice so coming from a Moto X that is a downgrade for me.
- dminor 10y agoSame here. I'd still be using it if I hadn't decided to switch to fi.
- Navarr 10y agoPixel is "made by Google." There's not a hint of supplier manufacturing anywhere on the device (save for the battery). It looks like Google got mad at the suspicion and decided to make it flat-out true.
- shimo5037 10y agoThey're actually made by HTC. Would be interesting to know what their exact arrangement is.
- Navarr 10y agoI think they're made by HTC in the same way Apple's phones are made by Foxconn, which is the reason I used the "made by" in quotes. As I think it's disingenuous to consider the Pixel another company's phone (like the Nexus line was)
- Fej 10y agoThe current suspicion is that the phone was almost entirely designed by HTC. It appears that it was a phone that HTC had in the works, but then changed to the Pixel when Google rang.