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I think their problem was they just tried to be too clever about the whole thing. If Google just produced a modern looking phone with top-tier specs and a nice

I think their problem was they just tried to be too clever about the whole thing. If Google just produced a modern looking phone with top-tier specs and a nice clean Android install with no bloatware and some extra AI smarts, they'd be having trouble keeping up with the demand. Instead, they came to market with ugly outdated designs to support wizz-bang features that nobody cared about. I feel like they almost hit the mark with the Pixel 5 line, but for some reason they lost the confidence to stick a 8XX series processor in it.

sangnoir 6y ago
> If Google just produced a modern looking phone with top-tier specs and a nice clean Android install with no bloatware and some extra AI smarts, they'd be having trouble keeping up with the demand. Google had most of that (excluding AI) when they owned Motorola's phone unit. The phones had clean Android, respectable specs, inoffensively designed and very competitive on pricing. Unfortunately, Google had to unbundle Motorola, in part due to anti-trust concerns, as well as Samsung's public and private grumbling about the arrangement (Tizen, and a handful of Windows Mobile phones where promoted as a shot across Google's bow, in the same timeframe).