That I fully agree with. :)
> Sounds like you haven't ever touched a Pixel phone. Bad apps or confusing settings are not accurate descriptions at all. Nor is a bad UX. The phones are superb for an average user. It's the previous Nexus owners, the ones used to settings out the wazoo and customizations for days, those are the people that are pissed off about Pixel. Not the average user.
I haven't owned it, yes. I got a lot of acquaintances who do. Very mixed feelings from 15+ people. Most of us felt alienated by Google's take; barely any improvements over the AOSP except the all-encompassing Google Play Services. It's quite funny how my ancient S4 had 9 quick-access setting buttons which I could customize and put on the top of the settings panel and Nexii / Pixels never had those.
Again, it's a feeling that builds up over time. At certain point you can't help but conclude "well, I guess they don't care much".
If people tell me 3 years later that the first Pixel still doesn't lag on them, I'll be very impressed. Because 99% of all Androids -- including some of the Nexii devices -- inevitably start to lag horribly after 12-18 months. That's one of the reasons I am moving away to an iPhone X. I can't play this guessing game anymore. As much as I loved Samsung devices, they were huge offenders in this regard.
> Pixel 2? Yes it does. It's IP67. It's not IP68, though, like the S8 is.
Sorry, forgot to say I was talking about the first Pixel. Good thing that the 2 finally added it, though, I am glad!
Nexii/Pixels have had user-configurable quick settings for a long time now? Maybe you're referring to something else?
> Sorry, forgot to say I was talking about the first Pixel.
First pixel has a headphone jack, though.
That's not true at all. Do they look for that feature on the box? No, of course not. Do they get pissed off when instagram suddenly fails to launch quickly or the device hangs randomly? Abso-fucking-lutely.
> They'll play with the phone and say "WTF? Google's clock app sucks!" or "Can't find anything in these settings" and will walk away. In fact, a friend of mine working in a mobile devices shop told me those exact two examples. People were baffled what was the hype about the first Pixel (or Nexus 6P) and were like "meh, show me the Samsung / iPhone". It is what it is. Call them what you want, but good UX is good UX.
Sounds like you haven't ever touched a Pixel phone. Bad apps or confusing settings are not accurate descriptions at all. Nor is a bad UX. The phones are superb for an average user. It's the previous Nexus owners, the ones used to settings out the wazoo and customizations for days, those are the people that are pissed off about Pixel. Not the average user.
> The device doesn't even have IP67 rating.
Pixel 2? Yes it does. It's IP67. It's not IP68, though, like the S8 is.