Google Announces October 6th Event To Launch the Pixel Watch, Pixel 7 (theverge.com) 10
Google has started sending out invites for its fall hardware event, which is set to take place on Thursday, October 6th, at 10AM ET. The Verge reports: The event will launch the upcoming Pixel 7 phones, as well as the Pixel Watch -- the company showed off both devices at its I/O event earlier this year, announcing they're coming in the fall. Since Google's last event, purported leaks have revealed even more about the devices, with both the Watch and phones seemingly making their way into people's hands.
The Pixel 7 seems like it'll be a pretty straightforward continuation of the previous generation of phones, but there's a bit of pressure with the Watch as the "first smartwatch built by Google, inside and out," as its product page on Google's online store says. Google's competitors (namely Samsung and Apple) have been making wearables for years, so the company's entry has to be competent and at least somewhat competitive right out of the gate. So far, details about it are scant -- we don't even know what chip it'll use -- but we should get a clearer picture come October 6th.
The Pixel 7 seems like it'll be a pretty straightforward continuation of the previous generation of phones, but there's a bit of pressure with the Watch as the "first smartwatch built by Google, inside and out," as its product page on Google's online store says. Google's competitors (namely Samsung and Apple) have been making wearables for years, so the company's entry has to be competent and at least somewhat competitive right out of the gate. So far, details about it are scant -- we don't even know what chip it'll use -- but we should get a clearer picture come October 6th.
Does it matter anymore? (Score:2)
Sincere question here: of the most recent ads I've seen for Pixel phones, all of the features being touted were software based. The "Tenzor processor" was mentioned in one of them, but everything else is basically software.
The section of hardware iteration where phones are differentiated on a hardware basis is basically over; unless the Pixel 7 will have a foldable version, "a glass slab that runs Android 13 with our super special versions of the Google apps everyone already has" isn't exactly the sort of e
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The Pixel 6 had some definite improvements over the 5, it changed the whole design style, the camera finally got a big sensor upgrade over the Sony one they've used since the Pixel 3 (and the 6A still uses) and some other stuff, but yeah, the 7 is really just a 6+ or an upgrade for the sake of having a yearly release because Apple.
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Rear fingerprint sensor (Score:3)
I've been a pixel whore since 2, and part of the reason for that is the rear fingerprint sensor. It's such an intuitive and useful method of input ( both as a fingerprint reader and as a UIX element ) that it's become deeply ingrained in my usage patterns over the years.
I'm sad it appears to be going away, and as a result will be clinging to my 5 until they pry it out of my cold dead hands. I will not be purchasing a 7, or any other pixel if they don't have this feature.
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Oh no; I came from Samsung and support iPhones. I vastly prefer the "pure" google experience to those two options. It's obviously a matter of personal preference, but I just don't fit within the iphone UIX universe. It "feels" clunky to me.
I should say; if my current phone dies and I can't get a replacement 5 for a reasonable price, then I guess I'd get the 7 ( or whatever the latest at the time is ). But I won't be jumping ship just to get to the "latest and greatest".
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I don't see the point of under-display fingerprint readers either. There is hope though, maybe the fingerprint reader is in the power switch. That is probably the second best place for it.
I've had Pixel phones since the original one. I keep that one around because photos uploaded from it don't count towards my quota. Saying that I've got about 50GB of free storage because in the early days you could get loads of free upgrades from the basic 15GB.
I have a 5 at the moment and my only issue is that it's a bit
Nov 6 (Score:2)
No, they should launch it at 1:30am Nov 6 local time, when DST ends. That's a day when there are 2, count 'em, 2 1:30am's.