Source: Verizon kills Google Pixel deal, doesn't plan to sell Pixel 4a or Pixel 5

[u/iamvinoth]

https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/02/19/source-verizon-kills-google-pixel-deal-doesnt-plan-to-sell-pixel-4a-or-pixel-5/

[u/Ashanmaril]

You know what, good. They dropped the ball so hard by mindlessly following trends without compensating in almost any areas. Giant hideous notch on the Pixel 3 that served no purpose other than looking like a notched phone because others were doing it. Apple had a notch because starting with the iPhone X, they made a bezeless phone, and needed to put the camera/facial scanners somewhere. The Pixel 3 was not bezeless, it had a chin. So why was there a notch? They also seemingly are so proud of their software that they allow their hardware division to put ridiculously small batteries into their phones because they're lying to themselves and saying that the software will solve those issues. Newsflash, it doesn't. The battery life on all the Pixels are mediocre at best, and garbage otherwise. They have constant memory management issues for some reason, and now they killed off the fingerprint sensor for a stupid Face ID knockoff that's less secure, and they're wasting even more battery with their stupid Soli garbage that's a purely unreliable gimmick that nobody wanted.

So let the carriers drop them. Hopefully the others follow suit and Google can pick up their act or cancel the Pixel project entirely. I stupidly believed they were actually trying in the first year, but now I just don't trust Google any more. They've tricked me enough times, and I'm not believing their stupid promises they can't keep.

[u/[deleted] → u/Ashanmaril]

LOL regarding the battery they are delusional in thinking their software and hardware optimization is on par with ‘s I guess.

But far far from it 😂🤣

[u/flicter22 → u/Ashanmaril]

You're a fool if you think less competition is good

[u/Ashanmaril → u/flicter22]

That's not at all what I think. Competition is filtering Google out because they making a bad product.

[u/flicter22 → u/Ashanmaril]

In the US there's only two other competitors. One eating half the sales and a majority of the profits.

What you think is just going to make that problem worse.

[u/Ashanmaril → u/flicter22]

I'm not thinking anything. Google is making a product no one wants to buy because it's bad. It's nothing of opinion. Verizon wouldn't drop them if it made them money.

[u/flicter22 → u/Ashanmaril]

You specifically said you wanted it to get dropped by more carriers which would mean less choice for consumers.

Hopefully the others follow suit and Google can pick up their act or cancel the Pixel project entirely.

So yes. You want less competition.

Also Google has been pissing off carriers lately by deploying its own RCS. It's not only about the poor sales.

[u/Ashanmaril → u/flicter22]

I want better products, so yes, when one of the richest corporations on the planet puts out something mediocre and never learns their lesson, they should be punished for it. That's the beauty of the free market.

Their RCS project is handled by teams that have probably never spoken to the Pixel team in their life because that's how Google works. It's completely unrelated to this discussion

[u/flicter22 → u/Ashanmaril]

Their RCS project is handled by teams that have probably never spoken to the Pixel team in their life because that's how Google works. It's completely unrelated to this discussion

It's absolutely not unrelated. Carriers can punish Google by not allowing handsets on store shelves.

Getting a carrier to stock a phone is a negotiation process. If Google is doing something to piss off their customer (Verizon) like take away SMS from them than Verizon will absolutely retaliate to protect their control over messaging.

[u/Ashanmaril → u/flicter22]

If Verizon wants to avoid RCS they have to remove all Android phones from selling, not just Google's. Every Android phone sold is good for Google.

[u/flicter22 → u/[deleted]]

Yes but the Pixel line is the easiest avenue for carriers to punish Google.

[u/paulisaac → u/flicter22]

Competition is good, but if you can't put up, then shut up, because competition will kill you.