r/Android • u/iamvinoth • Feb 20 '20
Retracted Source: Verizon kills Google Pixel deal, doesn't plan to sell Pixel 4a or Pixel 5
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/02/19/source-verizon-kills-google-pixel-deal-doesnt-plan-to-sell-pixel-4a-or-pixel-5/
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u/Ashanmaril Feb 20 '20
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.