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Re:The Pixel Watch is official: $349, good looks, and a four... by mikestew on Thursday October 06, 2022 @12:58PM (#33110851)
I'd like to be a part of the meetings where it was decided to go forward with the product. "We're not price-competitive, we're using a SoC from the Apple Watch 4 era, and the bezels are wide enough to ride a bicycle on."

"Looks good, when does manufacturing start?"

"I'm sorry, ma'am, perhaps not I've explained myself clearly..."

I mean, is this some tax write off scheme to balance profitable products? What business hinkiness am I missing that makes this a viable product? Because what I'm not imaging is someone in the viewing audience saying, "wow, it's about time Google, this is the watch I've been waiting for!"

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Re:The Pixel Watch is official: $349, good looks, and a four... by awill on Thursday October 06, 2022 @01:00PM (#33110866)
my guess is Google has been working on this for years, and just needs to ship something.
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Re:The Pixel Watch is official: $349, good looks, and a four... by cogman10 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @01:13PM (#33111034)
Just a shining reflection of Google's piss poor product management skills.
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Re:The Pixel Watch is official: $349, good looks, and a four... by thermin on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @05:48AM (#33161302)
It's me, I'm the person who's been waiting for this watch.

I want a nice-looking, curved-screen watch that feels snappy and fluid and has a non-terrible UI (so not Samsung or FitBit), has decent Wear OS update policy (so not Huawei or Xiaomi), and is compatible with an Android phone (not Apple, which otherwise would be ideal).

I guess they made the watch for me personally. I will buy it while fully realizing they will drop it before the third year comes — at least I'll have a nice Android watch for these two years.

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