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If this was around the 1200 price point they'd be selling like crazy. Chewing into the premium android and iPhone share. Google would have been a trend setter w
by kyriakos 3y ago
If this was around the 1200 price point they'd be selling like crazy. Chewing into the premium android and iPhone share. Google would have been a trend setter with foldables if they offered a lower price.
- midnitewarrior 3y agoPerhaps there will be a Pixel Fold Express (a) or some other moniker for a value-focused foldable that's more easily attainable for the masses? I'm trying to think how much money I'd need to make a year where dropping $1,700 on a device with a 3 year lifespan makes sense. I'm thinking I'd need to be an executive that works around the clock before I could justify that expense. Everyone has different values of course.
- kyriakos 3y ago3 years life span is questionable considering pixel 7 and 7 pro quality issues (falling buttons, cracking camera glass)
- aetherson 3y agoIf they're selling them at $1800, they'd almost certainly be taking a steep loss selling them at $1200.
- kyriakos 3y agoOf course they would. What I said was hypothetical but if it could have been done it would be a market disruptor.
- radicaldreamer 3y agoIt is if you're using Google Fi -- $700 off with 24 month commitment to keeping Google Fi
- emptysongglass 3y agoFi user here: I don't see this offer anywhere. Inside the Fi store it shows a $1000 trade-in offer but that's it.
- bippihippi1 3y agohttps://fi.google.com/about/promo-terms/?id=Cf_80IW--gUA&pli=1 https://fi.google.com/about/promo-terms/?id=Cf_80IW--gUA&pli...
- hackernewds 3y agothat seems like a fine tradeoff. I'm already on Fi, and the service is great, even internationally
- llampx 3y agoExactly. Have a barebones screen on the front or no screen at all, and make it cheaper. I get that they want it to be premium, but it doesn't need an expensive high-refresh OLED screen for both screens!
- christkv 3y agoJust a matter of time really. 24 months ?
- davidy123 3y agoMy theory is Google doesn't want to be too competitive, they mainly want to enable the Android market. If they're too competitive, Samsung, Motorolo, Oppo, etc will change to a different base. Google benefits from Android anyway by its embedded core of Google services. However, I think with the -a series (7a, etc) they've turned to filling a gap with a reasonably priced high quality device, because Samsung &c low priced handsets are really terrible.
- kyriakos 3y agoThat's a good theory, could also explain why pixel devices are only available in only a small part of the world population.
- drexlspivey 3y agoWhat other OSes are out there to choose from?