PIXEL XL Notification Light

[riz157]

There's no mention whether pixel comes with notification light or not but i've got confirmation from google cs that it does and it's placed near the front camera.
I personally love notification light feature.
If anyone has any more details relating to this please share.

 

[Toaplan]

This is from the Specifications section on the Pixel product page on the Google Store: https://store.google.com/product/pixel_phone

 

[riz157]

that's good to know.
But boy it's expensive, what'a happened to google.

 

[SAL8116]

that's good to know.
But boy it's expensive, what'a happened to google.

They decided to cash in with the big boys.

 

[force70]

They decided to cash in with the big boys.

Which is fine if the device is equal to the other flagships.....but it is not.

I will be curious to see if google can pull this off...in all honesty for what your getting its at least 300 overpriced.

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[Hoodeddeathman]

This is from the Specifications section on the Pixel product page on the Google Store: https://store.google.com/product/pixel_phone

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[Steve Lazarus]

Which is fine if the device is equal to the other flagships.....but it is not.

I will be curious to see if google can pull this off...in all honesty for what your getting its at least 300 overpriced.

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Just curious, because I keep hearing this. How is the Pixel not equivalent to other "flagships" ?

Thus far every quick comparison hands on I've seen from reputable YouTuber's directly compare it's specs to the iPhone 7 +, S7/N7 line.. in those quick comparisons it's either on par or exceeds the other spec wise..

Edit: To add, what features you think detract from being considered a "flagship" device is irrelevant. Just because the iPhone doesn't have an S Pen doesn't make it worth any less to the iPhone crowd, where as Note fans wouldn't consider the iPhone because it's lacking one...


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[force70]

Just curious, because I keep hearing this. How is the Pixel not equivalent to other "flagships" ?

Thus far every quick comparison hands on I've seen from reputable YouTuber's directly compare it's specs to the iPhone 7 +, S7/N7 line.. in those quick comparisons it's either on par or exceeds the other spec wise..

Edit: To add, what features you think detract from being considered a "flagship" device is irrelevant. Just because the iPhone doesn't have an S Pen doesn't make it worth any less to the iPhone crowd, where as Note fans wouldn't consider the iPhone because it's lacking one...


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Its missing certain features from the previous nexus as well what other devices in its class offer

Screen is smalller than note 7 or zenfone 3 deluxe..they should have kept it at 5.7 at least

They ditched the stereo speakers which i dont get given the huge bezels on the thing lol. Axon 7 and iphone have this

Smallish internal storage, where is the 256gb option? Would not expect a google device to have an SD card slot but for the money they want it needs more internal or the slot. Iphone offers 256gb and note, axon, asus have sd slots

No water resistance..dont really care about this but other devices in its class offer it. Note and iphone have this

Only 4gb am...again i dont care but other devices in its class ( and below it) have 6gb. One plus 3 6gb, zenfone 3 6gb etc etc

There is nothing wrong with the device, its actually really nice however if you are going to charge a premium and then some for it you damn sure better have all the bells and whistles....and it does not.

Give me a pixel XL with a 5.7 to 6" screen, stereo speakers and 256gb of storage and id be the first one waving money around to buy it.



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[El Daddy]

I read it was under the top speaker grille. Being that it's HTC, that seems correct.

 

[riz157]

Don't seem to be doing too well, in the uk the black xl is still showing dispatches by 20th Oct. Not sold out and no queues.

I think HTC and google are sharing the profits 50/50 hence the stupid stupid price. HTC do all the work and google take the profit, I think they have HTC by the short and curlies.
It's a nice phone far far better and more premium then nexus 6p in every dept, which lets be honest felt cheap and really flimsy. Screen was flat and material was very thin.
Ideally pixel xl should have been priced around £600 - £650 for the 128gb version when comparing to last years model. £500 is far too cheap for this phone when comparing to other top end phones.

If this phone fails then it's purely down to pricing.

 

[Hoodeddeathman]

Why does every thread descend into: "It's too expensive and the bezels are huge"? This is a thread about a notification LED, go whinge in the whingers thread!

Anyway... I would expect it to be hidden behind the glass at the top like the N6P, they took a similar approach of not mentioning the damn thing apart from the little sub note on the Google store page. I definitely missed it on the N6 and was glad to have it back on the 6P. I hope it isn't a grille effort as HTC had a habit in the past of only putting RAG LEDs behind the grille thus eliminating 16.6something million colours.

 

[Steve Lazarus]

Its missing certain features from the previous nexus as well what other devices in its class offer

Screen is smalller than note 7 or zenfone 3 deluxe..they should have kept it at 5.7 at least

They ditched the stereo speakers which i dont get given the huge bezels on the thing lol. Axon 7 and iphone have this

Smallish internal storage, where is the 256gb option? Would not expect a google device to have an SD card slot but for the money they want it needs more internal or the slot. Iphone offers 256gb and note, axon, asus have sd slots

No water resistance..dont really care about this but other devices in its class offer it. Note and iphone have this

Only 4gb am...again i dont care but other devices in its class ( and below it) have 6gb. One plus 3 6gb, zenfone 3 6gb etc etc

There is nothing wrong with the device, its actually really nice however if you are going to charge a premium and then some for it you damn sure better have all the bells and whistles....and it does not.

Give me a pixel XL with a 5.7 to 6" screen, stereo speakers and 256gb of storage and id be the first one waving money around to buy it.



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My apologies, I hate these back and forth debates that seem to continually infiltrate pertinent threads....But the "flagship" issue needs to be put to rest....

Everything you've just listed are features you'd like to have seen on the next device. Well, obviously they're not there. However, because they're not there like you wanted them to be doesn't in any way detract from what is... What is there ranks this device among all other flagship devices like them or not. I would love to have seen Google put out a Pixel that is a combination of every other phones key features rolled into one nice $500 package. Unfortunately, that isn't what happened due to monetary and technical constraints phone manufacturers have to deal with. I'm not knocking your thought process, because I would love to have seen a 5.7" display and front firing speakers, both of which are a disappointing omission to me. But the specs it does have put it into the "flagship" category.

Again, my apologies...


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[tgyberg]

Soooo happy to hear about the light coming back. Sucks not having it on the six!

 

[vivanshah]

Soooo happy to hear about the light coming back. Sucks not having it on the six!

the nexus 6 does have a notification light though...it's in the speaker grill

 

[wtherrell]

the nexus 6 does have a notification light though...it's in the speaker grill

Yes, I use it on my N6 all the time.

 

[tgyberg]

the nexus 6 does have a notification light though...it's in the speaker grill

I never bothered with getting it going, rather just have it work right out of the box stock

 

[hutzdani]

Ah man no pixel light bar under that glass back panel, that would have been dope ! or light up around the FP scanner

 

[Evo_Shift]

Ah man no pixel light bar under that glass back panel, that would have been dope ! or light up around the FP scanner

Then you'd have to place the phone face down. I would hate that. It would have been cool to use the bottom front bezel for a lightbar like on the other pixel devices that could be used for notifications.

 

[dmb219]

Then you'd have to place the phone face down. I would hate that. It would have been cool to use the bottom front bezel for a lightbar like on the other pixel devices that could be used for notifications.

I agree, always have my phone face up. I'm glad there is a notification light, such a useful feature for me. I like to glance at my phone on my desk & see if anything is up.

 

[ggreenwood334]

I like notification. Light. But I never trust it. Lol. Especially this time of year. I await any new news o. Our pixel. Flashing or not. I check my phone waaay to often.

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