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Apple did discount the first iPhone. They dropped the price and there was a huge uproar.
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Apple did discount the first iPhone. They dropped the price and there was a huge uproar.
I don't think O2 cut the price much. It was a thing in the US if I recall. |
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I got the first iphone from the O2 store for £170.
That was when you could sign up to a contract after you left the store. Of course i didn't bother signing up and jail broke the phone so i could use it on other networks. |
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I got the first iphone from the O2 store for £170.
That was when you could sign up to a contract after you left the store. Of course i didn't bother signing up and jail broke the phone so i could use it on other networks. |
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Wait, £170? Why didn't I know about this "hack"?
Where were you supposed to sign up to the contract if not in store? |
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Wait, £170? Why didn't I know about this "hack"?
Where were you supposed to sign up to the contract if not in store? |
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Wait, £170? Why didn't I know about this "hack"?
Where were you supposed to sign up to the contract if not in store? You just went to the O2 website and signed up for an iphone contract...or not lol. |
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The first iPhone didn't sell that well, but there were a number of reasons. Firstly, price. Secondly, only being available on one network. Thirdly, smartphones weren't yet something that ordinary people wanted to buy (just as most hadn't bought a Symbian, Palm, Windows etc based device, unless for work).
I don't think O2 cut the price much. It was a thing in the US if I recall. |
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Bar Apple, I don't think that many people buying an Android phone want to pay a fortune. Samsung has had some success increasing prices, and is now considered an Apple rival.
Most other companies can't get away with it. LG, Sony, Motorola. And then you have Huawei trying to offer high performance for less money, followed by Honor and all the Chinese phones on Amazon etc. Google has now tried twice to establish itself as a premium handset maker and seemingly not done that well. Always great phones but they sell best when at a very competitive price. Does Google have, or expect to have, the same brand value as Apple? It will always do well for search and Google apps, but hardware? Bar the amazing image sensor, most of the Pixel hardware is available elsewhere for less. The assistant is still rather 'meh' too. I do accept though that for image conscious phone buyers that there is less risk of being seen to have an 'inferior' phone when you buy a second tier Android than if you get a older model iPhone. |
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I had a look at the pixel yesterday and to me the placement of the fingerprint scanner on the back is a fundamental flaw in the design.
That means you have to pick the phone up to unlock it, not have a thumb option, and I assume not be able to put a case on it. |
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well for me durability is huge as I buy a phone outright and then go SIM only. I am on a 30 day rolling at £8 from BT mobile right now because I have BT BB. I need a phone to last me at least 3 years. I fancied the Pixel as thought maybe it's well made and has a great camera and I quite like the iPhone type design. (my fav design is the HTC but it loses points on its camera).
I bought a nexus 4 which only lasted 18 months before it became pretty unusable. Switched that for the S5 which is ok still, if very slow and sometimes temperamental (reboot required). Battery life has improved since I removed 1 app that I thought was causing bother. It's a medical app that I need so it's a nuisance not to have it. I have a spare battery too, which is a nice feature. I need decent screen and swipe typing as lack mobility in my fingers. Apparently gboard now works well on iPhones, but gmail doesn't: it reads all my emails as 'unread' on my iPad so I have had to stop new mail notifications. Google suggests loads of other people with the same problem and no solution. I dislike manually checking for new mail. Samsung s7 obvious choice but its design and colours looks so cheap and bling to me. |
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I had a look at the pixel yesterday and to me the placement of the fingerprint scanner on the back is a fundamental flaw in the design.
That means you have to pick the phone up to unlock it, not have a thumb option, and I assume not be able to put a case on it. Also we now have double tap to wake, so you dont need to pick it up anymore if you just want to wake to check notifications etc |
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I had a look at the pixel yesterday and to me the placement of the fingerprint scanner on the back is a fundamental flaw in the design.
That means you have to pick the phone up to unlock it, not have a thumb option, and I assume not be able to put a case on it. |
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I like the idea of the Pixel but the price is a deal breaker. I don't want to carry around a phone worth that much in my pocket. I'll be looking for a mid-range Droid phone in the New Year and the Moto Z Play is currently top of my list. I've had the X Play for 18 months but the battery is staring to fade away.
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the fingerprint scanner at the back is actually the perfect place for it. It works brilliantly.
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the fingerprint scanner at the back is actually the perfect place for it. It works brilliantly.
I rarely unlock a phone I'm not picking up and swiping down/up for notifications is useful too. Or the Honor 8 that is also a button and can do different tasks. |
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I had a look at the pixel yesterday and to me the placement of the fingerprint scanner on the back is a fundamental flaw in the design.
That means you have to pick the phone up to unlock it, not have a thumb option, and I assume not be able to put a case on it. I'm used to fingerprint readers on the side or bottom of the screen, and the pixel one is by far the best. When you pull it out your pocket, your finger is there so it's unlocked as you take it out. With apple etc, its not that easy. A case can be put on just as a case can be put on any other phone that has a reader. Just has a cut out! |
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NOBODY* would make a case for a phone without a cutout for a rear fingerprint reader!
Of all the reasons to say it's no good on the back, a case covering it is not one of them. * Excluding some dodgy fake case maker in China selling them for 30 cents each, made in advance of the product being announced or something. |
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the fingerprint scanner at the back is actually the perfect place for it. It works brilliantly.
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As I said, it's personal choice.
I have two phones with it on the front, and find it annoying because if I pick up a phone from a table or out of a pocket, I am perfectly positioned to press on the back. But on the front, I can use my finger to unlock on a desk - which is fine, except it's not something I do. I can just tap on the display to see notifications, and if I'm going to read anything then it won't be flat on a table. I think Samsung is possibly going to move the reader if it gets rid of the home key, and if Apple wants to reduce the bezel then it will probably do so too. I am not sure what HTC and others will do, but it seems most phones are now opting for the back. I am not sure if there's any reason that a phone maker couldn't do both? Best of both worlds then. |
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As I said, it's personal choice.
I have two phones with it on the front, and find it annoying because if I pick up a phone from a table or out of a pocket, I am perfectly positioned to press on the back. But on the front, I can use my finger to unlock on a desk - which is fine, except it's not something I do. I can just tap on the display to see notifications, and if I'm going to read anything then it won't be flat on a table. I think Samsung is possibly going to move the reader if it gets rid of the home key, and if Apple wants to reduce the bezel then it will probably do so too. I am not sure what HTC and others will do, but it seems most phones are now opting for the back. I am not sure if there's any reason that a phone maker couldn't do both? Best of both worlds then. When working at my desk, my phones spends all its time laying on the desk so having the sensor at the front makes far more sense. Apple and others will build the reader into the screen as that is the obvious next step. |
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But I don't use my phone ON the desk. It lies on the desk.
I can glance at it to see notifications (and they appear without me going near the phone, at least on some models) so when I pick up, my grip means a finger is right there on the reader. At home, my phones are often unlocked automatically anyway, so I could either double tap the screen or just press the power button. The desk scenario is pretty much the only time I'd use the front. But bear in mind, most of the phones I have don't have any physical buttons on the front at all. Everything is on-screen. And I accept not everyone likes that either. |
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Really. I'm not sure how you work that out. It seems the completely wrong place to me.
Its perfect. The majority of the time youll be picking the phone up to use it and your finger automatically gravitates to that position and opens it in milliseconds. |
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i've got a Pixel (not the XL version).
great phone. much better than the Nexus 6P that i had before it. (and before that i had Nexus 6, Nexus 5, and Nexus 4). |
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had another look yesterday and prefer the way it looks to the S7 but the S7 looks to me like a better phone with better screen. I think it's shiny bling-ugly though but can put it in a wallet flip case.
Pixel, like iPhone, looks better outside a case. I think prosaic and practical outstrips aesthetics! Cheapest S7 I've seen in CPW £500. Hoping that drops in a few months, but expect it depends on the £ and what Samsung do next to recover from the Note. |
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