A few thoughts on the 'Made by Google' keynote
by Volker Weber
That was a very smooth delivery. Here are a few thoughts in no particular order:
- Nexus is dead, long live Pixel. Beautiful phones that go after the top end of the market, where Apple lives. I'd prefer them over Samsung, the only other player in that space for being pure Android. Big elephant in the room: Samsung has good carrier relations, Google does not. In some markets, that's the only channel that works. Google did not solve that for Nexus, I doubt they solved it for Pixel.
- Unlimited storage for full res photos and videos. That's Apple's biggest failure. Why nickel and dime premium customers?
- Daydream. VR, fuzzy cloth. Still don't want to put this on my head.
- Google Home. That is Amazon Echo, only prettier. Notice the three speakers? Only one is active, two are passive. That is a mono speaker which will also play to the sides. Amazon has a lot more microphones. Google probably has the smarter assistant. Amazon has a huge head start with developers, but I do not have any doubts that Google will quickly catch up.
- Chromecast Ultra with 4K. This thing is certainly on the cutting edge. Good to know you can buy a dumb TV with 4k, when that becomes available.
Looking at all the "Made by Google" products, I think they need a Jony Ive to develop a design language.
Comments
Pixel XL and iPhone 7 Plus with 128GB both cost ¢819 if bought directly in the UK, certainly no price differentiation ;-)
Same here. Google matches Apple prices for 32 and 128 GB configurations of both iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.
Wieder kein Dual-Sim Handy :( Und das obwohl sie nicht mal auf die Carrier Rücksicht nehmen müssen und Android längst offizielle Dual-Sim Unterstützung hat.
I'm tempted by the Pixel XL as my Nexus 5 is starting to get old and support is stopping. Only "problem" is that it is competing for the same pot of money which might be taken up by a DJI Osmo+.
Daydream could be a great VR set. If it catered for current phones. which it doesn't.
Well, Apples main business model is hardware and services and they charge for it. And don't underestimate to what "Nickel & Dime" sums up.
Googles main business model is data. That's why unlimited & free space sounds too good to be true. At the end nothing is really for free!
buying a dumb TV is not easy - especially if 'dumb' is not 'trying hard to be smart'
Sir Jony would probably suffer a heart attack from each and every of the Pixel cases.