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I've come to the conclusion that neither I, nor the majority of HN, have any clue what sorts of consumer electronics will actually succeed. I was annoyed when

I've come to the conclusion that neither I, nor the majority of HN, have any clue what sorts of consumer electronics will actually succeed. I was annoyed when Google killed the Nexus line and replaced them with Pixels and hoped it would fail so that we would get the Nexus line back, but they've been unable to keep up with demand. Similarly this page spends a lot of time talking about cameras, which I have zero interest in, but seems to be important to a lot of people, yet everyone on HN is talking about everything but the camera stuff.

dpark 9y ago
> I was annoyed when Google killed the Nexus line and replaced them with Pixels and hoped it would fail so that we would get the Nexus line back, but they've been unable to keep up with demand. In what way is it meaningful that Google calls it a Pixel instead of a Nexus?
- blacksmith_tb 9y ago
  None, but they also approximately doubled the price. I suppose Nexus may also have a sort nostalgic glow around it, too, as developer's device - I have had an N1, N4, N5 and now an N6P.
  - dpark 9y ago
    > they also approximately doubled the price I paid $699 for a 64GB Nexus 6. The Pixel XL with 128 GB is $869. I don't know what they were charging for the 6P but based on the 6, they definitely didn't double it, though clearly the price did increase.
    - Eridrus 9y ago
      I paid $349 for my Nexus 5, $399 for my Nexus 5X; the cheapest price for the Pixel is $649. It's not double the price, but it's a 60-85%+ increase at the bottom end depending where you count from. I felt like $399 for the 5X was the wrong direction already.
devopsproject 9y ago
> but they've been unable to keep up with demand They sold out early and had long periods where no stock was available. This seems to point to a supply side issue, not a demand side problem

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I've come to the conclusion that neither I, nor the majority of HN, have any clue what sorts of consumer electronics will actually succeed. I was annoyed when

by Eridrus 9y ago

dpark 9y ago
> I was annoyed when Google killed the Nexus line and replaced them with Pixels and hoped it would fail so that we would get the Nexus line back, but they've been unable to keep up with demand. In what way is it meaningful that Google calls it a Pixel instead of a Nexus?
- blacksmith_tb 9y ago
  None, but they also approximately doubled the price. I suppose Nexus may also have a sort nostalgic glow around it, too, as developer's device - I have had an N1, N4, N5 and now an N6P.
  - dpark 9y ago
    > they also approximately doubled the price I paid $699 for a 64GB Nexus 6. The Pixel XL with 128 GB is $869. I don't know what they were charging for the 6P but based on the 6, they definitely didn't double it, though clearly the price did increase.
    - Eridrus 9y ago
      I paid $349 for my Nexus 5, $399 for my Nexus 5X; the cheapest price for the Pixel is $649. It's not double the price, but it's a 60-85%+ increase at the bottom end depending where you count from. I felt like $399 for the 5X was the wrong direction already.
devopsproject 9y ago
> but they've been unable to keep up with demand They sold out early and had long periods where no stock was available. This seems to point to a supply side issue, not a demand side problem