Pixel 3 Review - Hackdot

Re:Pixel 3 Review by awill on Sunday November 04, 2018 @02:39AM (#18374761)

What I was saying was, if the SoC is 8 months old (8 months since it began selling in retail devices), then the 8 month old device will likely be on sale. Getting a device that just launched (but contains the same 8 month old SoC) likely won't be on sale.

In this example, a Galaxy S9 is 8 months old. It retailed for $720 8 months ago. Now it sells for $520.

The Pixel 3 (with the same SoC) sells for $800. So it's not just $80 more. It's really like $280 more.

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Re:Pixel 3 Review by ndesaulniers on Sunday November 04, 2018 @02:51AM (#18374788)

OEMs have different release cycles to maximize their sales; you see the same thing with blockbuster movies releases and television programming.

If there's one high end CPU from your favorite CPU manufacturer that comes out each year, guess what?

I guess it seems $280 more expensive for the same SoC, but consider that Pixel has plenty of custom silicon in it to justify a higher price (than simply the SoC). The camera literally relies on it.

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