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The Unofficial Google Pixel 2 & 2 XL Discussion Thread, now comes with 2-year global warranty

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Does google have a trade in for the nexus 6p fiasco in Canada or only in the states?
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Was hoping for a Pixel 1 firesale, seems like they are still holding out on them. It is still in stock on their site, so it shouldn't be long!
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Rogers pre-order is up, currently sitting in single digits.

Ordered the 128 XL B&W and the 128 XL in Black, will decide later what to go with, so might have a spare for anyone looking for Rogers upgrade/buyout in Toronto.
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SomeGuyGG wrote: Was hoping for a Pixel 1 firesale, seems like they are still holding out on them. It is still in stock on their site, so it shouldn't be long!
Likely won't happen, because they can just price accordingly like Apple to get people into a Google phone/atmosphere.
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b166er1337 wrote: It is. The only cool and useful feature that's announced today.
It be interesting to use when travelling to foreign countries!
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ouch! 1333$ for 64gb pixel 2 xl.. my wallet hates me!

64gb is plenty enough for me. with unlimited cloud storage for pictures.. I don't need to pay that huge difference for 64 more gb.
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rebel_rfd wrote: Rogers pre-order is up, currently sitting in single digits.

Ordered the 128 XL B&W and the 128 XL in Black, will decide later what to go with, so might have a spare for anyone looking for Rogers upgrade/buyout in Toronto.
Any word so far on expected shipping dates?
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mxzas wrote: Any word so far on expected shipping dates?
I assume same day as Google.

I'm currently sitting at 5 and 7 for both, so unless they only get one of each, hopefully it won't be a long wait.
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def47 wrote: ouch! 1333$ for 64gb pixel 2 xl.. my wallet hates me!

64gb is plenty enough for me. with unlimited cloud storage for pictures.. I don't need to pay that huge difference for 64 more gb.
It's moreso if you record 4K.

Google announced an update to the unlimited storage, includes RAW photos and 4K video.
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oh yeah, I ordered without knowing about the free Google mini :)

I was going to order one anyway. That's a nice lil surprise.

Still so freakin expensive.. but the gift is very welcomed. :)
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Crazy pricing. I ordered the nexus 4 and nexus 5 as soon as they came out. Fun times. I've been priced out of the vanilla android experience, I guess.
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64gb for the xl is $$ at least samsung gives you a microsd slot

software aside and updates ..
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Ah1800 wrote: Crazy pricing. I ordered the nexus 4 and nexus 5 as soon as they came out. Fun times. I've been priced out of the vanilla android experience, I guess.
I don't think it's a surprise, at least now, a year after Pixel.

Google positioned itself to be able to offer hardware that can complete against the iPhones.

Galaxy Nexus was 649.95 when it launched, iPhone 4S was 649.99.

The Nexus phones that followed after were cheaper.
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sk1001 wrote: 64gb for the xl is $$ at least samsung gives you a microsd slot

software aside and updates ..
Google is giving you Unlimited Photos storage at Full Resolution.

Plus, Samsung will stop updating the phone after a year and half.
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sk1001 wrote: 64gb for the xl is $$ at least samsung gives you a microsd slot

software aside and updates ..
That's the thing. Even as a big fan of stock Android, I'm thinking this phone is hard to justify over something like an S8+. The software has to be a huge deciding factor.
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Damn...I wanted to order the pixel XL and it's Dec 2017 availability...hope it moves up
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Dave98 wrote: That's the thing. Even as a big fan of stock Android, I'm thinking this phone is hard to justify over something like an S8+. The software has to be a huge deciding factor.
Pixel will have better hardware and software performance and much better support and customer service

Not sure about camera at this point but the pixel was basically equivalent or slightly better than s8 , so I think there again won't be much difference

Sd card is useless as you can't use it to expand system memory.

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