Originally Posted by Faust:
“In my experience people buy phones that simply have to have the 'must have features' and yet the vast majority will never ever either use them or need them. It's just the same with the car market i.e. folk will pay for all the extras in many cases simply to tell everyone they have them and yet for most they are never used.
As said before most phones (excluding Xperia) weren't waterproof 12 months ago. It wasn't an issue before manufacturers started to include it. SD card, legacy and not widely supported. So what are these other key features?
At the end of the day it's not much more than pocket money pricing, at least for the smaller Pixel which is by far the best size IMO. Let's face it the Nexus were bargain basement phones with pretty ropey build quality.”
I know what you mean about some features not being an issue until recently but if you are going to release a phone now, for top whack prices, I would expect to see all the latest features. Personally I've never been too worries about "latest and greatest" so the Nexus suited me fine. I'll probably look at the ZTE Axon 7 when my N6 dies.
Don't get me wrong the Pixel is a reasonable phone. It looks great and has some nice features. If it was Nexus priced we would all be absolutely raving about it. But it isn't Nexus priced. They have priced it up at Apple price, and for that l, personally, I just think there is better value for money to be found.
Can I afford it ? Yes. Do I think it justifies the price ? No.
I think it will sell in reasonable numbers because Google has started to pick up a fan base. It will also benefit from the note 7 "problems". I suspect the real winners may be the mid-range unknown brands who pick up many of the old Nexus owners.