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Google Pixel 3

16 points by plessthanpt05 8y ago

wyldfire 8y ago
Odd that there's links to "gstore-internal.corp.google.com" here (under "Find your phone. Get up to $300 back").
- th_drzzl 8y ago
  Looks like it's not linking to "gstore-internal.corp.google.com" anymore.
xemoka 8y ago
Can no one come up with a better design than Apple? I get it, the notch "works", but isn't there something else or distinctive?
- 04rob 8y ago
  Apple didn't come up with the notch. Essential and Sharp were first: https://www.phonearena.com/news/history-of-the-notch-and-bezel-less-smartphone-design_id105800 https://www.phonearena.com/news/history-of-the-notch-and-bez...
- bhhaskin 8y ago
  It's not a design issue per say, but a space issue. People want less bezel, but still want the front facing camera and other sensors/speakers. The notch is a practical solution to that.
- drcharris 8y ago
  See the Oppo Find X, or the Vivo Nex, for phones with pop-up cameras that avoid the need for a notch. [1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/the-oppo-find-x-kills-the-smartphone-notch-with-a-motorized-pop-up-camera/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/the-oppo-find-x-kill... [2] https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/12/vivo-nex-all-screen-phone-pop-out-camera/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/12/vivo-nex-all-screen-phon...
- xnx 8y ago
  Obviously it looks like a notch, but I don't know why it's not viewed as 2 extra tabs of screen that would otherwise be bezel.
temp98040 8y ago
Tangential, I know I need to get myself a better laptop but come on Google. I use Chrome. This page should load in 1/2 seconds max, images included. It froze for a minute and I just hit the back button because whatever was happening wasn't worth the wait. Or I'm not just the target since whatever computer I'm running "can' t take" whatever is happening on that page. For the sake of it I went to https://www.apple.com/lae/iphone-xs/ https://www.apple.com/lae/iphone-xs/ which I never visited before to compare loading speed on my computer. The latter loaded instantly, although the scrolling is a bit choppy, it does scroll, while Google landing page is completely frozen, trying to play a video and what not. Google, your UX is a complete disaster. How can you hire the best people and end up something horrible such as that landing page?
- mikestew 8y ago
  It's not just you, I'm on a speedy desktop with lots of RAM, and Firefox and Chrome both choke on that page for both initial loading and responsiveness, and scrolling. This is a dev machine, about as good as Google's average user is going to get, and the only reason I tolerated the experience was to see how bad it was. I would have otherwise closed the tab given that I don't think I have an interest in a Pixel.
alekna 8y ago
Does it support dual sim when using eSIM and nanosim together?

Google Pixel 3

16 points by plessthanpt05 8y ago

wyldfire 8y ago

Odd that there's links to "gstore-internal.corp.google.com" here (under "Find your phone. Get up to $300 back").

th_drzzl 8y ago
Looks like it's not linking to "gstore-internal.corp.google.com" anymore.

xemoka 8y ago

Can no one come up with a better design than Apple? I get it, the notch "works", but isn't there something else or distinctive?

04rob 8y ago
Apple didn't come up with the notch. Essential and Sharp were first: https://www.phonearena.com/news/history-of-the-notch-and-bezel-less-smartphone-design_id105800 https://www.phonearena.com/news/history-of-the-notch-and-bez...
bhhaskin 8y ago
It's not a design issue per say, but a space issue. People want less bezel, but still want the front facing camera and other sensors/speakers. The notch is a practical solution to that.
drcharris 8y ago
See the Oppo Find X, or the Vivo Nex, for phones with pop-up cameras that avoid the need for a notch. [1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/the-oppo-find-x-kills-the-smartphone-notch-with-a-motorized-pop-up-camera/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/the-oppo-find-x-kill... [2] https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/12/vivo-nex-all-screen-phone-pop-out-camera/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/12/vivo-nex-all-screen-phon...
xnx 8y ago
Obviously it looks like a notch, but I don't know why it's not viewed as 2 extra tabs of screen that would otherwise be bezel.

temp98040 8y ago

Tangential, I know I need to get myself a better laptop but come on Google. I use Chrome. This page should load in 1/2 seconds max, images included. It froze for a minute and I just hit the back button because whatever was happening wasn't worth the wait. Or I'm not just the target since whatever computer I'm running "can' t take" whatever is happening on that page. For the sake of it I went to https://www.apple.com/lae/iphone-xs/ https://www.apple.com/lae/iphone-xs/ which I never visited before to compare loading speed on my computer. The latter loaded instantly, although the scrolling is a bit choppy, it does scroll, while Google landing page is completely frozen, trying to play a video and what not. Google, your UX is a complete disaster. How can you hire the best people and end up something horrible such as that landing page?

mikestew 8y ago
It's not just you, I'm on a speedy desktop with lots of RAM, and Firefox and Chrome both choke on that page for both initial loading and responsiveness, and scrolling. This is a dev machine, about as good as Google's average user is going to get, and the only reason I tolerated the experience was to see how bad it was. I would have otherwise closed the tab given that I don't think I have an interest in a Pixel.

alekna 8y ago

Does it support dual sim when using eSIM and nanosim together?