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DBrand summed it up best in their marketing email for the Pixel 4 skins just after the launch: > That's right: it's another marketing email from the robots at

by mugsie 6y ago

DBrand summed it up best in their marketing email for the Pixel 4 skins just after the launch: > That's right: it's another marketing email from the robots at dbrand. That means it's time for another email footer. Here are a few ground rules if you're reading this on your shiny new Pixel 4. First, make sure the battery is fully charged - you don't want it dying while you're reading this, do you? If you need to scroll to keep reading, you'll have to use your greasy, gross thumb to do it. No hand-waving allowed. Lastly, consider turning off Gmail sync - your photos are going to burn through that non-expandable storage very quickly. With that preamble out of the way, here's our footer: dbrand is having a 10% off sale - masking your $800+ mistake has never been more affordable.

knodi123 6y ago
ouch!
slowwriter 6y ago
Dbrand marketing emails are awesome.
ChuckMcM 6y ago
It burns! It burns! It also raises and interesting question in me for the folks who think of themselves as "product" types. Has anyone measured the effect of platform denigration on improving or diminishing a brand? I am trying to imagine ways you might A/B test this. Set up two brands with products in the same space with comparable specifications, and have one that is "product focused" in their outbound messaging and one that is "platform hostile" in their messaging. Then compare customer loyalty and margin support in the two brands. Curious to know if anyone has done this.
- noir_lord 6y ago
  On specs the Pixel 3a is a no-brainer for me as my Nokia 6.1 is getting long in the tooth however the Nokia has been such a hassle-less little phone and is tough enough to have survived 7000 miles on a motorbike without a mark that I'll likely buy another of whatever their current model is. Also AndroidOne so I'm still getting updates for it which is the longest after purchase that's ever happened on an android handset. At least I would except the Nokia 6.1 does literally everything I need out of a phone still so I'll likely wait another year at least.
  - CoolGuySteve 6y ago
    For what it's worth, the Pixel 3a is the most fragile phone I've ever owned. In 12 years of carrying smartphones around, it's the only one I've ever broken. There are two problems with it: - Within 2 weeks the top of mine was covered in thousands of tiny scratches. It seems like maybe it was a manufacturing defect in the screen coating or something but Google wouldn't replace it. They did however do a great job of fucking around in their support emails to exhaust the 30-day return window. - The body is plastic but the glass goes all the way to the edge. Dropping the phone on its corner caused the screen to crack and die completely (and this was with a screen protector on).
    - entropea 6y ago
      I've cracked a 3a screen and had pieces of it just fall out exposing the hardware behind it from a 6 inch drop off my lap onto my patio with one of those transparent cases on. This is the first time I've broken a phone screen in my life. All of the used ones I've bought have huge scratches on the screen making me believe it's compromise glass at a cost reduction. I buy phones used because I like recycled instead of new, and usually there are small scratches like swirl marks in a car, but never huge scratches like all of my 3a's so far. That's fairly anecdotal however. I keep buying them though, they're absolutely excellent value for a Pixel device and I do recommend them. A 4a is on my radar.
    - BlackNitrogen 6y ago
      That's terrible. Everyone's experience varies, my Pixel 3A has been great, no problems, no noticeable scratches. The killer feature of the 3A for me has been ability to take night time sky photos and show something. I got a usable picture of the comet. I really don't want to ever buy a phone without a headphone jack. At least the 4A still has one. Only reason to buy a 4A now would be to get 128 gig storage.
      - brlewis 6y ago
        Yeah two of my daughters are very happy with the cameras on their Pixel 3As, enough that they're willing to put up with the badly cracked screens.
- sp332 6y ago
  I think it's safe to compare across companies for this, because everyone is just laser-cutting 3M vinyl sheets.
- whereistimbo 6y ago
  oppo and vivo comes to mind. They both owned by BBK Electronics
  - esperent 6y ago
    Oppo, Vivo, Realme, and Oneplus after are owned by BKK.
  - whereistimbo 6y ago
    sc3k hash https://pastebin.com/VgTLhzdZ https://pastebin.com/VgTLhzdZ
    - whereistimbo 6y ago
      afc0a3c0fc0ef4451685ed0faf3fdadb400949d7 648be680b5b805eb9dac37c0d55910a0b2d471cb4c6da81d0430b5d4d762306e c0b0447e297f65cad4e141f966990f5ea0186028fd4664cc277a7beccac758c929564ccf211c180f117302f4faebbfa6a2ce57bc2d8fe4d11a366df9dd7a1386
    - whereistimbo 6y ago
      https://pastebin.com/LFZBSdZi https://pastebin.com/LFZBSdZi
      - whereistimbo 6y ago
        http://web.archive.org/web/20200818195415/https://pastebin.com/LFZBSdZi http://web.archive.org/web/20200818195415/https://pastebin.c...
steelframe 6y ago
On release I purchased a Pixel 4 and gave it an honest-to-god try for a week. The battery issues really were as bad as the reviewers said they were. I needed a phone with the best camera available and sufficient battery life to handle an overseas vacation, and the Android ecosystem at the time had fallen so far behind Apple that I actually jumped ship from Android to iOS. So quite literally, Pixel 4 is what caused Google to lose me as an Android user.
- harpratap 6y ago
  Why not get a 4XL?
  - steelframe 6y ago
    I didn't want that form factor.

by mugsie 6y ago

knodi123 6y ago

ouch!

slowwriter 6y ago

Dbrand marketing emails are awesome.

ChuckMcM 6y ago

It burns! It burns! It also raises and interesting question in me for the folks who think of themselves as "product" types. Has anyone measured the effect of platform denigration on improving or diminishing a brand? I am trying to imagine ways you might A/B test this. Set up two brands with products in the same space with comparable specifications, and have one that is "product focused" in their outbound messaging and one that is "platform hostile" in their messaging. Then compare customer loyalty and margin support in the two brands. Curious to know if anyone has done this.

noir_lord 6y ago
On specs the Pixel 3a is a no-brainer for me as my Nokia 6.1 is getting long in the tooth however the Nokia has been such a hassle-less little phone and is tough enough to have survived 7000 miles on a motorbike without a mark that I'll likely buy another of whatever their current model is. Also AndroidOne so I'm still getting updates for it which is the longest after purchase that's ever happened on an android handset. At least I would except the Nokia 6.1 does literally everything I need out of a phone still so I'll likely wait another year at least.
- CoolGuySteve 6y ago
  For what it's worth, the Pixel 3a is the most fragile phone I've ever owned. In 12 years of carrying smartphones around, it's the only one I've ever broken. There are two problems with it: - Within 2 weeks the top of mine was covered in thousands of tiny scratches. It seems like maybe it was a manufacturing defect in the screen coating or something but Google wouldn't replace it. They did however do a great job of fucking around in their support emails to exhaust the 30-day return window. - The body is plastic but the glass goes all the way to the edge. Dropping the phone on its corner caused the screen to crack and die completely (and this was with a screen protector on).
  - entropea 6y ago
    I've cracked a 3a screen and had pieces of it just fall out exposing the hardware behind it from a 6 inch drop off my lap onto my patio with one of those transparent cases on. This is the first time I've broken a phone screen in my life. All of the used ones I've bought have huge scratches on the screen making me believe it's compromise glass at a cost reduction. I buy phones used because I like recycled instead of new, and usually there are small scratches like swirl marks in a car, but never huge scratches like all of my 3a's so far. That's fairly anecdotal however. I keep buying them though, they're absolutely excellent value for a Pixel device and I do recommend them. A 4a is on my radar.
  - BlackNitrogen 6y ago
    That's terrible. Everyone's experience varies, my Pixel 3A has been great, no problems, no noticeable scratches. The killer feature of the 3A for me has been ability to take night time sky photos and show something. I got a usable picture of the comet. I really don't want to ever buy a phone without a headphone jack. At least the 4A still has one. Only reason to buy a 4A now would be to get 128 gig storage.
    - brlewis 6y ago
      Yeah two of my daughters are very happy with the cameras on their Pixel 3As, enough that they're willing to put up with the badly cracked screens.
sp332 6y ago
I think it's safe to compare across companies for this, because everyone is just laser-cutting 3M vinyl sheets.
whereistimbo 6y ago
oppo and vivo comes to mind. They both owned by BBK Electronics
- esperent 6y ago
  Oppo, Vivo, Realme, and Oneplus after are owned by BKK.
- whereistimbo 6y ago
  sc3k hash https://pastebin.com/VgTLhzdZ https://pastebin.com/VgTLhzdZ
  - whereistimbo 6y ago
    afc0a3c0fc0ef4451685ed0faf3fdadb400949d7 648be680b5b805eb9dac37c0d55910a0b2d471cb4c6da81d0430b5d4d762306e c0b0447e297f65cad4e141f966990f5ea0186028fd4664cc277a7beccac758c929564ccf211c180f117302f4faebbfa6a2ce57bc2d8fe4d11a366df9dd7a1386
  - whereistimbo 6y ago
    https://pastebin.com/LFZBSdZi https://pastebin.com/LFZBSdZi
    - whereistimbo 6y ago
      http://web.archive.org/web/20200818195415/https://pastebin.com/LFZBSdZi http://web.archive.org/web/20200818195415/https://pastebin.c...

steelframe 6y ago

On release I purchased a Pixel 4 and gave it an honest-to-god try for a week. The battery issues really were as bad as the reviewers said they were. I needed a phone with the best camera available and sufficient battery life to handle an overseas vacation, and the Android ecosystem at the time had fallen so far behind Apple that I actually jumped ship from Android to iOS. So quite literally, Pixel 4 is what caused Google to lose me as an Android user.

harpratap 6y ago
Why not get a 4XL?
- steelframe 6y ago
  I didn't want that form factor.