Shows a big camera bump and 2 cameras, suggests an in-screen fingerprint reader.
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What are the other holes for? Perhaps a flash and laser autofocus/rangefinder. The last hole... I dunno, maybe a microphone facing the subject for a change?
Also, if they use the ARCore for 3d with two cameras (instead of two different lenses), maybe having accurate range is necessary for the requisite processing. Still, what devices would display the resulting 3d photos?
Also, if they use the ARCore for 3d with two cameras (instead of two different lenses), maybe having accurate range is necessary for the requisite processing. Still, what devices would display the resulting 3d photos?
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Hopefully they learned their lesson with the Pixel 3 and launch a mid-tier option on Day 1, not months afterwards.
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"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"oh god i hope not.
I rather have the ability to use a non-primary finger to unlock the phone.
I dont have a non-primary face.
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Good on you Google. All this secrecy is kind of pointless and feeds a whole industry devoted to ferreting them out - which then increases costs as you put in more security to hide this stuff.
No competitor is really in a position to radically change the arrangement of parts of their next product at this late stage anyway.
And with a multi-lense camera, fingerprint reader under the screen, and air-gestures - I'm on track to upgrade my Pixel 2 the moment the Pixel 5 drops
No competitor is really in a position to radically change the arrangement of parts of their next product at this late stage anyway.
And with a multi-lense camera, fingerprint reader under the screen, and air-gestures - I'm on track to upgrade my Pixel 2 the moment the Pixel 5 drops
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Google's version of "you're holding it wrong" is going to be a lot darker than Apple's version...
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LOL - how many people have been begging for this since the Nexus days.... Not going to happen.
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When did a wide-angle lens become a "lens gimmicks"? We must warn all the photographers who've invested in multiple lenses and some are wide-angle!
Jokes aside, wide-angle lenses are a much-needed improvement for mobile photography. You can't create wide-angle photos via software (at least with any quality) and they're absolutely stunning for immersion.
This sentence is a weird balancing act: multiple lenses are gimmicks, but resisting multiple lenses is "stubborn"?
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Oh man dude, asking for that from google is like waiting for the second coming ... probably not soon man *hug*
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That was the correct decision to release afterwards. Never release a cheaper option of a Flagship phone that's half the price. Unless you're Apple and all your products are expensive to begin.
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I really hope that's not the actual hardware and that they do a last minute revision. That camera bump is going to suck for the ergonomics of the device.
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I'm not sure why this is getting downvoted, a digital zoom/cropping is simply not the same as an optical zoom. Anyone who is even basically familiar with photography knows that changing your optical zoom changes your perspective/compression/depth of field.
I like my P3 a lot, but I would like a ~50mm perspective lens on it.
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This in-screen fingerprint reader craze is rather annoying. Sure it's nice to be able to unlock the phone from the front but ergonomically, the rear fingerprint reader is WAY better, allowing for an easy single hand unlock.
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Well at least it looks like it has physical buttons at least - that was one bad rumor.
I would have been more interested in the front, curious how they are doing the front camera. Not that I'm in the market (happy with my 3a), but with how many different solutions have shown up in the last year, it's certainly a feature to keep an eye on.
I would have been more interested in the front, curious how they are doing the front camera. Not that I'm in the market (happy with my 3a), but with how many different solutions have shown up in the last year, it's certainly a feature to keep an eye on.
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I hope they keep the fingerprint reader. I don't care if it's in display or on the back, but my hand always touches my phone when it's being unlocked anyway. I don't always point my phone directly at my face when unlocking it.
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what does that even mean?
Is there something "phoney" beyond making phone calls?
anything else, texting included, assumes a computer in your pocket. Which means features besides making phone calls aren't phoney.
How do you put more phone in once it makes phone calls?
edit to add: and personally, making phone calls is one of the least important features to me. Sure, I do make phone calls and answer the phone sometimes. But, I do just about everything else that the phones does more often ...
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oh god i hope not.
I rather have the ability to use a non-primary finger to unlock the phone.
I dont have a non-primary face.
Actually, you do
draw two eyes on your index finger and point the side of your fist at the phone to unlock.
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Obviously it could make two phone calls, one speaker on each ear. /s
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Did Google read the same design book that Apple read? What's with the square bump this year?
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Why are the camera bumps so disgusting? Just make the phone thicker. Or make it a rectangular bump.
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Make the phone an appropriate size/shape for clear talking/listening; increase battery life and phone reception; improve phone contacts management, add encryption-over-voice as a feature, add voice recording and phone connection as audio output as features.
Those are just a few things off the top of my head.
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Performance is my only concern with the Pixel phones. I loved my Pixel 2 but it was slow after six months. The issue definitely seems to be almost entirely a lack of RAM so I wholeheartedly agree with this comment. Apple need to get on the RAM train also as, while my iPhone is worlds faster than my Pixel in terms of responsiveness in general, it's running out of RAM in a noticeable way almost every time I use it.
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Intentional or not, the resemblance makes me lose a bit more respect for Google yet again.
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Naah. Those two holes are the sniffer and the emitter for the new aromatelephony interface. Now you'll be able to share not only photos of your dinner, but how it smells too.
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Never noticed the flicker sensor in my 3xl until the other day. My Sony A7rii was suffering from severe banding due to my led lights. My pixel 3xl had no such problem. Here's hoping they keep the flicker sensor.
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This phone doesn't look bad at all to me, my only issue is Google's quality track record which has been very poor. I really hope they get it together because sometimes I want a stock Android phone to go with my Google Home system but I'm not going to risk buying a Pixel at this time.
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I was getting more and more excited as I read the article, then it went all Requiem at the end.
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