Saw that you went from S10+ to Pixel 5. Currently have an S10+ and overall love the phone but hate the curved display. How has it been for you as far the pixel 5 goes?
Pixel 5 doesn't have a curved screen (not sure if that's your question), but the P5 has been great for me. The camera is better than the s10's was and I like the software experience a lot better. Battery life is great, too. Only real downsides are the under-display speaker and older camera software (even though it still holds up).
Honestly if you plan on going from the S10+ to the P6 (non-Pro) for the flat screen I think it would probably be a great upgrade. I'm going to the pro, but if I can't get used to the curved screen the non-pro is also a possibility.
I agree with you, but people are going to be dismay that it doesn't come with something. I'm happy for the pricing to be more than reasonable for any buyer
There won't be a preorder bonus, these are phones sold through the Target registers and not through the Mobile department. The most you could get would be a small gift card or something
Target to include free Pixel Buds A-Series with every Pixel 6 pre-order.
https://www.androidpolice.com/target-pixel-6-preorder-bundle-leak-looks-like-one-hell-of-a-good-deal/
The chip shortage really isn't affecting high density chips like these. It's mostly lower density chips used in cars, appliances etc that's hard to come by.
I feel like Google's been producing these for a while before they even announced them and (hopefully) has been stockpiling. They're making such a big deal about these phones this year, they want to sell as many as they can. At least that's my hope 😁
I know they were expecting to sell a significant amount of them and have been preparing for it. Just hope their preparations are enough. I've kept my calendar clear for 1pm tomorrow so I can watch and put my order in as soon as it's live. Hopefully no emergencies come up at work lol
Unfortunately, I have to go into the office tomorrow. Tuesday and Thursday are my in office days. But we only keep 2-3 people in the office at a time so I should be able to still watch the event without too much annoyance.
I have a meeting from 1:30-2 (also work from home). So I'll be distracted near the end of the meeting refreshing the Google store page. I'm so geeked for this. Hoping for decent trade in for my P5 too.
It makes me a bit hesitant as well, but I'm hoping I'll just get used to it. I'd prefer the flat screen of the regular 6, but the Pro is better in every other way, it's still an easy choice.
Last I heard, air freight was still harder to get than it was pre-pandemic.
More demand, and at least initially the supply mostly vanished because a huge percentage of it was in the cargo holds of international passenger flights.
I don't know how the absolute numbers are stacking up, but, well, yeah.
One ship at a time what?
You got me down voted for reporting ships sitting off the coast of LA? Really? They're sitting off the coast of my city's port also.
[Nasa](https://imgur.com/a/CNQtUdm)
Holy cow that's some competitive pricing. I was ready to pay $1K for the 128GB Pro, now I'm curious to see where the 256/512GB fall within this pricing scheme.
Honest question here. What would you do with a half terabyte of storage on your phone? I generally buy the lowest amount of storage possible, and just stream movies and music, rather than keeping a significant amount local you the phone.
Keep part of my FLAC music collection device (more than I do now) I drive a lot for work and I go through a lot of areas without good cellular service. Keep pc troubleshooting software on my phone instead of carrying a flash drive. Always have my phone and a cable to charge and transfer data in the vehicle I'm in. Keep more shows I'm watching on my phone so I can catch up during my down time like at lunch. Also nice to have extra room to load up media and files temporarily to bring over by my brother and friends places.
The space won't go to waste.
I also have 15 tb of storage in my main pc.
That makes sense. I remember the days of having to keep a thumb drive with you with literally EVERY piece of software you'd ever need (back when a 1 GB thumb drive was well over $750). I keep about 300-400 songs on my phone (definitely not in lossless format, though), just in case, but I rarely download movies or TV shows, unless I'm planning to fly. Even then, streaming has gotten pretty decent on planes. I flew Delta to Ontario last week, and was able to stream Netflix with little lag for the entire flight (new Viasat connection - Gogo still sucks).
I'm in an area with pretty good cell coverage, and work from home, so anything I need to stream is pretty accessible. I've had a 64 GB Pixel 4 for about two years, and before that, it was 32 GB Pixel XL/32 GB Nexus 6P/16 GB Nexus 5/16 GB Nexus 4/.........
If Google doesn't make it like $150 to go up to the 256 GB version of the P6P, I'll probably go midrange on this phone, but if the price difference is stupid, it'll be 128 GB for me.
I must not be aware of the reasonable use case for 15TB on a local machine. To each their own I guess..
Personally, I setup a local steam cache on my 80TB NAS and have a 10gb network so I don't have to keep stuff on my primary machine.
I usually go with a case with a clear polycarbonate back (doesn't yellow like tpu does) like this one. Cus I like being able to see that expensive slab of glass and metal I paid so much for.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09983K5CZ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Based on the renders it looks like on the white pro there is a surprising amount of white/silver visible around the border of the screen which is making me learn towards the black. The white pro has, screen, black bezel, then white (silver?) border. The black pro is just screen then black. I'm assuming putting a case on it would cover up that white border though?
Right? I was dead set on the 6 pro but now I'm considering what I can buy with the 300 bucks I'd save if I just got the 6, and if that is better than having a telephoto lens.
For that extra $300 you're getting a bigger screen a better quality screen panel a bigger battery and the third camera in the back. I'm definitely going with the pro because I want top notch specs and features.
Yea if the announcement tomorrow shows the camera setup on the pro is game changing compared to the regular 6 then I may definitely still consider it, but otherwise 90hz and an extra 300 bucks in my pocket or $300 towards a new smartwatch etc is fine with me.
Yeah...I prefer smaller phones, but since the 6 is big anyway, I was starting to think maybe I should go for the 6 Pro....if it's going to be two hands might as well really go two hands....but $599 is an absolute steal for that device.
If this is true, Google might have an impressive marketing strategy on their hands.
With the chip shortage, there's no doubt these phones will sell out if they're priced so competitively. I think a lot of people in Team Pixel know how miniscule the market share is for Pixel phones among other competitors in markets like the US. But imagine a tech news headline saying "Pixel 6 sells out fast af"
That's for sure going to create a lot of buzz for those in the market. This all depends though if the Pixel 6 is a no-brainer at these prices.
I can see these easily going for 2x their original retail price on third party sites through the end of the year due to supply issues. The scalpers are going to have a field day with this one.
pretty much anouther PS5 situation if you don't get it at launch.
If anyone complains about these being too expensive they need a good smack in the back of the head, haha. This is CRAZY! I can’t believe it and nothing we had before made me think it would be this low.
Well google might be the one company actually benefiting themselves by removing the charger.
Other companies don't usually reduce the price by exclusion of charger.
Google might be doing it.
Ahh..but it might have reduced by something.No ones expecting a huge reduce certainly not $100+ for charger lol. If you are calculating per unit.
But It did add somthing to the price reduction.
Calculating by how much a charger would cost per 1000 units. Consider charger be at $20 they would save atleast $20,000.
They would have done their calculations.
Are these enough for a $300 hike?
I'm not sure about that. And to answer your question yes to the first 4 but no to curved screen.
I'm wondering what will Google do to justify the hike.
If I get one, I was more than likely getting the pro, but for $300 less, the regular might make sense. I really only care about the telephoto, but with my kids older, and (hopefully) many years before grandkids, the regular for $600 is really enticing.
What makes you say that? This is pretty average pricing in China or India (maybe even Europe) for high-end phones. Americans are so used to paying high prices that a small discount seems amazing.
Well Google look like they're serious about making a dent in this market and why wouldn't they be and like most people are mystified why Google hasn't dominated the handset business, but the pricing of these phones sure looks like a step in this direction.
Well holy shit.
I have absolutely no idea how Google managed to make devices like this SO cheap, but if that 6 Pro pricing is accurate, then I'm going all in.
I originally was leaning more towards the regular 6 primarily for the pricing, but this changes everything if true.
I think I was already pretty set on the Pro 512GB, but this makes me happy that it most likely won't be making as much of a huge dent in my wallet as I'd been anticipating.
Music and photos. I like to keep my photos local for faster access, and so don't clear the hard drive space even once they're backed up to the cloud. I pretty regularly have to spend a ton of time clearing space as I like to keep my drive at below 80% full. I'm REALLY looking forward to having 4x the storage.
Yeah, but it's not uncommon to bundle an unlocked phone with a 2-3 year contract. Best Buy does this--they'll sell unlocked phones (that are advertised as "unlocked") at a discount ... as long as you sign up for a contract, and as soon as you opt out of the contract, the price shoots up by $50-100. They get away with it because the phone is still technically unlocked--you can use it with another carrier if you want, but you're still stuck paying for that contract for 2-3 years.
EDIT: Should note that Apple does this, too. The iPhone 13 is $800 unlocked, but only if you sign up for a contract. Otherwise it's $830. It's advertised as an $800 phone and no one tells you that it's $830 without a contract until you're ready to check out.
I'm assuming this would show up differently in the inventory system then with the actual price and the 100 would be taken off as a discount when signing a contract.
I don't know how Target handles this, but I've seen phones on Best Buy shelves with the contract price on them, and they don't tell you it's actually $100 more if you don't want to sign up for a contract until you're at the cash register. I had a bit of an embarrassing ordeal there a few years back when I put back the phone I was going to buy and then picked out a cheaper one because of this.
But either way, here's to hoping that it's $600 without any contract bullshit.
Former Target manager - Target doesn't put sale prices on the shelf label. It is always on a separate sign. I don't know how the current Zebra scanner works in the pictures, but the old handhelds and the price scanners list the original price crossed out and then the sale price. It also states if it is a sale, price cut (a price reduction that occurs before a discontinued item is put on clearance) or clearance. With that said, they might only sell it on contract.
In Canada contract phones are advertised at higher lump sum price than unlocked from device manufacturer(eg Samsung). I assume this is to show that contract non lump sum is indeed cheaper in comparison.
Just a suggestion, the combination of this aggressive pricing along with the chip pricing may mean that waiting for the Black Friday deal may prove to be disappointing. I would suggest ordering it ASAP if you can because supply may be rough, but you know, make your own financial decisions.
yeah I expect these will be going for over 2x retail prices once they run out of stock after launch on third party sites. Its possible you won't be able to get one for anything less through the holiday season if you don't preorder too. Pretty much anouther PS5 like situation due to the scalpers taking advantage.
Yeah, just repeating what Rick said. Only claimed with confidence the EUR pricing because I had some actual evidence for it.
To think I said anything concrete beyond that is pretty dodgy reading, I guess
yeah, having my face on any thumbnail is "clickbait" and I didn't provide any concrete prices, but GUESSES based on what Rick said.
Listening is hard. I know. Be humble.
Don't worry, I'll get my pixel news from better content creators. No need for unnecessary clickbait.
Keep @ing sara dietschy on twitter. She might acknowledge you exist one day.
Starting get worried I'll even get the 6 pro, if demands even higher due to lower costs than expected. I don't want to not get it if servers crash or have issues. First pixel I've wanted badly since 2xl panda.
Holy this pricing is amazing. Is this Google passing any savings from ditching Qualcomm to us?
Yes I know Tensor has R&D costs as well but if Google being generous here?
For the first generation or next few generations, there are no savings to pass on as a whole. Development costs is really expensive at the start and eventually begins to pay off over time.
Rumors of decent trade in prices would be the icing on this cake. We thinking the P6 in Sorta Seafoam to replace my P5 but at these prices I could easily justify the Pro.
I have no interest in the pro and am excited to get the p6 in sora seafoam for 599. The 50% price jump doesn't seem worth it for the pro and the size is a huge negative to me.
Have they improved their customer support lately? I had been looking for new phones for a while but last I really looked into things people would send in phones for repair and not get them back or google would claim to have never gotten them, customer service was impossible to get ahold of etc...
If they announced unlimited saver quality backup for Google photos coming back, they might actually gain some market share this year! Price has me stoked if true!
I swear everything about the phone is good news. It just keeps coming and now the huge one is much better pricing than expected.
Had already planned on getting the Pro on launch.
Former Target manager here, Target uses 1¢ as a place holder price. It should state if the amount is a sale price, so this is likely full retail prices. The big asterisk is if they will sell any off-contract.
According to the Brandon and the guy with the shelf leaks, the target employees said that these are the sale prices and they will be revealed on Tuesday
I think they are trying to get their "piece of the market" right now, this strategy selling a very low price hardware with good specs Microsoft did with Series S and it's working very well
They don't get money from hardware, but with services,
If Google use this strategy I believe they will do very good...
Since these phones are cheaper than their previous ones and the previous phones have a history of being very unreliable, I wonder where this leaves us.
I have a OnePlus 8 pro and this is tempting depending on trade in values offered. The back corner of the rear glass has a crack on it (no idea how), anyone have experience with Google's trade in system, and of they'll take a flawed device?
Not sure the phone is subsidized really.
I'm a bit tired of all those tech youtubers that want to make people believe that Google, Samsung, etcetera are are selling with no profit margin.
I'd swear to good next year they will start saying a 600 euros phone is a budget phone.
Well damn, what more could you ask for besides maybe a trip to the Bahama's. That's awesome pricing, all things considered. So I'm assuming that's the base 64GB storage tiers for each model. Even then, that's gonna make it much more competitive for the other flagship phones.
I was going to upgrade my side/work phone from a iPhone 8 to an iPhone 11 or 13 Mini but sheesh at these prices I'm reconsidering👀. I'm using an S21 Ultra for my main phone and with having this phone only since February I can't justify upgrading my main phone
Well this is excellent news
Saw that you went from S10+ to Pixel 5. Currently have an S10+ and overall love the phone but hate the curved display. How has it been for you as far the pixel 5 goes?
Pixel 5 doesn't have a curved screen (not sure if that's your question), but the P5 has been great for me. The camera is better than the s10's was and I like the software experience a lot better. Battery life is great, too. Only real downsides are the under-display speaker and older camera software (even though it still holds up). Honestly if you plan on going from the S10+ to the P6 (non-Pro) for the flat screen I think it would probably be a great upgrade. I'm going to the pro, but if I can't get used to the curved screen the non-pro is also a possibility.
The Pixel 6 Pro, with it's "Curved Screen", has not yet been Launched, let alone experienced . Launch Tomorrow - 10/19/21 (I think 1:00 PM ET).
I was expecting at least 1000 for these devices. I rushing to my nearest Target 10/28. I hope their some type of pre-order bonus
With these prices, I’m sure no one would complain for no pre-order bonus.
I agree with you, but people are going to be dismay that it doesn't come with something. I'm happy for the pricing to be more than reasonable for any buyer
I would
There won't be a preorder bonus, these are phones sold through the Target registers and not through the Mobile department. The most you could get would be a small gift card or something
Im not worried about getting anything as a bonus. If they do cool, but not really caring either way just ready to get my hands on the device
Target to include free Pixel Buds A-Series with every Pixel 6 pre-order. https://www.androidpolice.com/target-pixel-6-preorder-bundle-leak-looks-like-one-hell-of-a-good-deal/
Aggressive pricing.Well done Google.
I kinda want the pro now lol. Was expecting the normal pixel to be just short of that price. I just don't want the curved screen.
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But what did you expect? It's a flagship competing against other flagships at over $1000.
Talking about the 599 price, that's good pricing.
Is that Aussie pricing?
Gasp! How dare you question Google's genius business practices!
Between the pricing and the chip shortage, I wonder how easy it'll be to get one. Excellent news on the price point though.
The chip shortage really isn't affecting high density chips like these. It's mostly lower density chips used in cars, appliances etc that's hard to come by.
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I feel like Google's been producing these for a while before they even announced them and (hopefully) has been stockpiling. They're making such a big deal about these phones this year, they want to sell as many as they can. At least that's my hope 😁
If that's accurate I'm 100% ordering the pro at launch.
Same
Same here.
I just hope I can get my order in fast enough while they still have stock. I have a feeling this is going to be rather popular and sell quickly.
I'm hoping the same thing. Curious how much stock they actually have.
I know they were expecting to sell a significant amount of them and have been preparing for it. Just hope their preparations are enough. I've kept my calendar clear for 1pm tomorrow so I can watch and put my order in as soon as it's live. Hopefully no emergencies come up at work lol
This is exactly why I'm working from home tomorrow. :)
Unfortunately, I have to go into the office tomorrow. Tuesday and Thursday are my in office days. But we only keep 2-3 people in the office at a time so I should be able to still watch the event without too much annoyance.
I have a meeting from 1:30-2 (also work from home). So I'll be distracted near the end of the meeting refreshing the Google store page. I'm so geeked for this. Hoping for decent trade in for my P5 too.
I'm hesitant on the curved screen, but that's not a bad price.
It makes me a bit hesitant as well, but I'm hoping I'll just get used to it. I'd prefer the flat screen of the regular 6, but the Pro is better in every other way, it's still an easy choice.
Well I have a day to think about it and to see the true prices from Google. Might spend the extra $300 lol.
Unless the leaked price is way off, which I doubt it is, my decision is already made. Pro all the way.
Nice to know the street date. And they are unlocked models. If my Google pre-order takes forever I'll go to target.
Wonder if u can get it unlocked without a carrier and also a target red card 5% savings?
Many times the red card 5% does not apply to things like this.
Discover card has 5% back for Target.com this quarter too just Incase the redcard doesn't work
Target leak says 10/28
With the container ship backlog, they might not be able to meet that date. There are close to 90 ships sitting off the coast of LA/Long Beach
Always feel like I hear of phones getting shipped by airplanes and not via container ships, so maybe not as much of an issue.
I've heard this as well.
This sounds reasonable so hopefully.
Last I heard, air freight was still harder to get than it was pre-pandemic. More demand, and at least initially the supply mostly vanished because a huge percentage of it was in the cargo holds of international passenger flights. I don't know how the absolute numbers are stacking up, but, well, yeah.
I mean, smartphones have to be one of the highest value per pound items you can ship. Air freight should be plenty economical.
For those that don’t have the context, it’s usually ONE ship at a time off the coast of LA
One ship at a time what? You got me down voted for reporting ships sitting off the coast of LA? Really? They're sitting off the coast of my city's port also. [Nasa](https://imgur.com/a/CNQtUdm)
I didn’t get anyone down voted. It was already negative when I posted and now they’re voting me down.
Then shall we call a truce? ✌️
I didn’t start jack, lol
Holy cow that's some competitive pricing. I was ready to pay $1K for the 128GB Pro, now I'm curious to see where the 256/512GB fall within this pricing scheme.
512 pro here I come. Choo choo
Honest question here. What would you do with a half terabyte of storage on your phone? I generally buy the lowest amount of storage possible, and just stream movies and music, rather than keeping a significant amount local you the phone.
Keep part of my FLAC music collection device (more than I do now) I drive a lot for work and I go through a lot of areas without good cellular service. Keep pc troubleshooting software on my phone instead of carrying a flash drive. Always have my phone and a cable to charge and transfer data in the vehicle I'm in. Keep more shows I'm watching on my phone so I can catch up during my down time like at lunch. Also nice to have extra room to load up media and files temporarily to bring over by my brother and friends places. The space won't go to waste. I also have 15 tb of storage in my main pc.
That makes sense. I remember the days of having to keep a thumb drive with you with literally EVERY piece of software you'd ever need (back when a 1 GB thumb drive was well over $750). I keep about 300-400 songs on my phone (definitely not in lossless format, though), just in case, but I rarely download movies or TV shows, unless I'm planning to fly. Even then, streaming has gotten pretty decent on planes. I flew Delta to Ontario last week, and was able to stream Netflix with little lag for the entire flight (new Viasat connection - Gogo still sucks). I'm in an area with pretty good cell coverage, and work from home, so anything I need to stream is pretty accessible. I've had a 64 GB Pixel 4 for about two years, and before that, it was 32 GB Pixel XL/32 GB Nexus 6P/16 GB Nexus 5/16 GB Nexus 4/......... If Google doesn't make it like $150 to go up to the 256 GB version of the P6P, I'll probably go midrange on this phone, but if the price difference is stupid, it'll be 128 GB for me.
Sounds like it's time build a new PC and turn your current main into a NAS.
New PC? I have a 5950x and 6900XT. Also I have a NAS. I think I'm good.
I must not be aware of the reasonable use case for 15TB on a local machine. To each their own I guess.. Personally, I setup a local steam cache on my 80TB NAS and have a 10gb network so I don't have to keep stuff on my primary machine.
The PC often goes with me to lan parties. Yes good old fashioned lan parties. So the storage is needed for games and such.
Same!! Can't decided between the white or black though.
I'm still salty as a fuck that the green and coral colors are non pro only. I wanted that coral color. Either going white or the cream color.
I'm disappointed by that too, but I'm 100% going to slap a case on it so I'm hoping there are some really good looking ones
I usually go with a case with a clear polycarbonate back (doesn't yellow like tpu does) like this one. Cus I like being able to see that expensive slab of glass and metal I paid so much for. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09983K5CZ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Oh damn, yeah that would've looked really good with those two colors. I might get this case myself
Based on the renders it looks like on the white pro there is a surprising amount of white/silver visible around the border of the screen which is making me learn towards the black. The white pro has, screen, black bezel, then white (silver?) border. The black pro is just screen then black. I'm assuming putting a case on it would cover up that white border though?
256 almost certainly gonna be 1k
I was considering the Pro but the regular 6 at $599 sounds like a heck of a deal
Right? I was dead set on the 6 pro but now I'm considering what I can buy with the 300 bucks I'd save if I just got the 6, and if that is better than having a telephoto lens.
For that extra $300 you're getting a bigger screen a better quality screen panel a bigger battery and the third camera in the back. I'm definitely going with the pro because I want top notch specs and features.
Yea if the announcement tomorrow shows the camera setup on the pro is game changing compared to the regular 6 then I may definitely still consider it, but otherwise 90hz and an extra 300 bucks in my pocket or $300 towards a new smartwatch etc is fine with me.
Yeah...I prefer smaller phones, but since the 6 is big anyway, I was starting to think maybe I should go for the 6 Pro....if it's going to be two hands might as well really go two hands....but $599 is an absolute steal for that device.
Man this was truly unexpected, well done Google (if true)
Awesome!
Dang good stuff. Pretty stoked!!
If this is true, Google might have an impressive marketing strategy on their hands. With the chip shortage, there's no doubt these phones will sell out if they're priced so competitively. I think a lot of people in Team Pixel know how miniscule the market share is for Pixel phones among other competitors in markets like the US. But imagine a tech news headline saying "Pixel 6 sells out fast af" That's for sure going to create a lot of buzz for those in the market. This all depends though if the Pixel 6 is a no-brainer at these prices.
I was at a party with like 14ish people last week and at least 4 people had pixel phones
I can see these easily going for 2x their original retail price on third party sites through the end of the year due to supply issues. The scalpers are going to have a field day with this one. pretty much anouther PS5 situation if you don't get it at launch.
A surprise to be sure.. but a welcome one.
damn shit. i was only going to get the 6 but the pro is pretty cheap too. guess pro it is. well done Google.
How is pro cheap? It's like 10x the price of my pixel 3 xl which I got used for £70
If anyone complains about these being too expensive they need a good smack in the back of the head, haha. This is CRAZY! I can’t believe it and nothing we had before made me think it would be this low.
Well google might be the one company actually benefiting themselves by removing the charger. Other companies don't usually reduce the price by exclusion of charger. Google might be doing it.
I don’t think the charger reduced the cost by $100+ lol
Ahh..but it might have reduced by something.No ones expecting a huge reduce certainly not $100+ for charger lol. If you are calculating per unit. But It did add somthing to the price reduction. Calculating by how much a charger would cost per 1000 units. Consider charger be at $20 they would save atleast $20,000. They would have done their calculations.
A charger is not $20 at wholesale
Phones are generally too expensive, but Google is at least staying competitive instead of falling into cost bloat.
Do you think 6 Pro justifies the $300 price hike over the regular 6?
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I think the battery is better on the pro?
Are these enough for a $300 hike? I'm not sure about that. And to answer your question yes to the first 4 but no to curved screen. I'm wondering what will Google do to justify the hike.
If I get one, I was more than likely getting the pro, but for $300 less, the regular might make sense. I really only care about the telephoto, but with my kids older, and (hopefully) many years before grandkids, the regular for $600 is really enticing.
What makes you say that? This is pretty average pricing in China or India (maybe even Europe) for high-end phones. Americans are so used to paying high prices that a small discount seems amazing.
Well Google look like they're serious about making a dent in this market and why wouldn't they be and like most people are mystified why Google hasn't dominated the handset business, but the pricing of these phones sure looks like a step in this direction.
Well holy shit. I have absolutely no idea how Google managed to make devices like this SO cheap, but if that 6 Pro pricing is accurate, then I'm going all in. I originally was leaning more towards the regular 6 primarily for the pricing, but this changes everything if true.
Devices in the premium smartphone market tend to cost 300ish bucks to make if apple is anything to go off
Yep they make a huge profit and because they forced the market to go into the $1000+ range, it’s been shit ever since.
If this is the pricing, than that is incredible news. I was anticipating something like $1,100-$1,200 for the 6 Pro.
I'm hoping for that sunny 🤞
I think I was already pretty set on the Pro 512GB, but this makes me happy that it most likely won't be making as much of a huge dent in my wallet as I'd been anticipating.
What usually takes up all that space on your phone?
Music and photos. I like to keep my photos local for faster access, and so don't clear the hard drive space even once they're backed up to the cloud. I pretty regularly have to spend a ton of time clearing space as I like to keep my drive at below 80% full. I'm REALLY looking forward to having 4x the storage.
Wow... I wasn't 100% on paying premium for the pro but at these prices i might go for the 256G pro
Yeah. I don't want to spend too much on a phone but if they are priced well then I'll also be looking for increased storage
most definitely
Really hope this isn't some exclusive deal for two year contracts with AT&T/Verizon/TMobile/Fi.
The skus literally have unlocked in them.
Yeah, but it's not uncommon to bundle an unlocked phone with a 2-3 year contract. Best Buy does this--they'll sell unlocked phones (that are advertised as "unlocked") at a discount ... as long as you sign up for a contract, and as soon as you opt out of the contract, the price shoots up by $50-100. They get away with it because the phone is still technically unlocked--you can use it with another carrier if you want, but you're still stuck paying for that contract for 2-3 years. EDIT: Should note that Apple does this, too. The iPhone 13 is $800 unlocked, but only if you sign up for a contract. Otherwise it's $830. It's advertised as an $800 phone and no one tells you that it's $830 without a contract until you're ready to check out.
I'm assuming this would show up differently in the inventory system then with the actual price and the 100 would be taken off as a discount when signing a contract.
I don't know how Target handles this, but I've seen phones on Best Buy shelves with the contract price on them, and they don't tell you it's actually $100 more if you don't want to sign up for a contract until you're at the cash register. I had a bit of an embarrassing ordeal there a few years back when I put back the phone I was going to buy and then picked out a cheaper one because of this. But either way, here's to hoping that it's $600 without any contract bullshit.
Former Target manager - Target doesn't put sale prices on the shelf label. It is always on a separate sign. I don't know how the current Zebra scanner works in the pictures, but the old handhelds and the price scanners list the original price crossed out and then the sale price. It also states if it is a sale, price cut (a price reduction that occurs before a discontinued item is put on clearance) or clearance. With that said, they might only sell it on contract.
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In Canada contract phones are advertised at higher lump sum price than unlocked from device manufacturer(eg Samsung). I assume this is to show that contract non lump sum is indeed cheaper in comparison.
Carriers do not do contracts anymore.
TMobile doesn't have contracts
Just a suggestion, the combination of this aggressive pricing along with the chip pricing may mean that waiting for the Black Friday deal may prove to be disappointing. I would suggest ordering it ASAP if you can because supply may be rough, but you know, make your own financial decisions.
I wanted to wait for reviews but if the pricing is this good, I may have to just order it and risk the restocking fee if I don’t like it.
yeah I expect these will be going for over 2x retail prices once they run out of stock after launch on third party sites. Its possible you won't be able to get one for anything less through the holiday season if you don't preorder too. Pretty much anouther PS5 like situation due to the scalpers taking advantage.
Ngl, that’s going to be a headline and reputation that I don’t think Google would be upset about.
Didn't you say the price was going to be expensive? Just a dodgy source I guess
That wasn't a leak that said that. It was literally from Rick Osterloh at Google that said they would be expensive phones.
Yeah, just repeating what Rick said. Only claimed with confidence the EUR pricing because I had some actual evidence for it. To think I said anything concrete beyond that is pretty dodgy reading, I guess
You made a pretty clickbaity video with US prices and then mocked people for saying it should be cheaper. Be humble
yeah, having my face on any thumbnail is "clickbait" and I didn't provide any concrete prices, but GUESSES based on what Rick said. Listening is hard. I know. Be humble.
Don't worry, I'll get my pixel news from better content creators. No need for unnecessary clickbait. Keep @ing sara dietschy on twitter. She might acknowledge you exist one day.
100000% getting the pro if it's sub $900 Edit: I know they're selling ALL of my data to get that price tho lol
Google doesn't sell user data. That's one of the dumbest takes that some people have.
You know what I mean. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/google-says-it-doesnt-sell-your-data-heres-how-company-shares-monetizes-and
Apple literally does the same exact thing, but somehow they're not 'selling' data.
You should be more precise in your language before saying factually inaccurate things
It's Reddit. It's a random user. It's not a big deal unless you take everything on the internet as truth. Relax.
If you don't call that "selling data" I don't know what to call it.
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Starting get worried I'll even get the 6 pro, if demands even higher due to lower costs than expected. I don't want to not get it if servers crash or have issues. First pixel I've wanted badly since 2xl panda.
yeah the scalpers are going to have a field day with this one.
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Holy this pricing is amazing. Is this Google passing any savings from ditching Qualcomm to us? Yes I know Tensor has R&D costs as well but if Google being generous here?
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But sell only in 8 countries though.... a Malaysian cries
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Indian too
They're selling to all the main countries at least for now. I expect it will expand over time
For the first generation or next few generations, there are no savings to pass on as a whole. Development costs is really expensive at the start and eventually begins to pay off over time.
That Zebra device is common for inventory scanning btw, not a standard phone, so that lends more credibility here.
I would get the normal 6 if it wasn’t like 15 inches
What time is the phone expected to be released / available for order?
Might end up eating my own words about sticking to the "a" Range and not going for flagships if the regular 6 is really $599!
Rumors of decent trade in prices would be the icing on this cake. We thinking the P6 in Sorta Seafoam to replace my P5 but at these prices I could easily justify the Pro.
Imagine getting the pixel 5 for 399 through trade-in lol
Or the 6 for $50 because you held onto a $550 gift card lol
I have no interest in the pro and am excited to get the p6 in sora seafoam for 599. The 50% price jump doesn't seem worth it for the pro and the size is a huge negative to me.
They are nearly the same size
Have they improved their customer support lately? I had been looking for new phones for a while but last I really looked into things people would send in phones for repair and not get them back or google would claim to have never gotten them, customer service was impossible to get ahold of etc...
Yesssssss
Is the Pixel 6 cheaper then the Pixel 5?
The Pixel 5 was 599.00
Not in the US. $699
Yellow Pro, here I come!!
If they announced unlimited saver quality backup for Google photos coming back, they might actually gain some market share this year! Price has me stoked if true!
You overestimate how much people care about unlimited backup
That's the only reason I stick to pixel tbh.
The price without tax right?
US advertised prices don't include tax unless specifically stated so. So no tax.
Thanks btw I'm not in US. I will buy from US like my previous pixel phone
Sure thing 🙃
I swear everything about the phone is good news. It just keeps coming and now the huge one is much better pricing than expected. Had already planned on getting the Pro on launch.
I fear that these are placeholder pricing.
Former Target manager here, Target uses 1¢ as a place holder price. It should state if the amount is a sale price, so this is likely full retail prices. The big asterisk is if they will sell any off-contract.
According to the Brandon and the guy with the shelf leaks, the target employees said that these are the sale prices and they will be revealed on Tuesday
At this low price, you have to wonder what corners were cut.
I think they are trying to get their "piece of the market" right now, this strategy selling a very low price hardware with good specs Microsoft did with Series S and it's working very well They don't get money from hardware, but with services, If Google use this strategy I believe they will do very good...
Not necessarily
Since these phones are cheaper than their previous ones and the previous phones have a history of being very unreliable, I wonder where this leaves us.
I have a OnePlus 8 pro and this is tempting depending on trade in values offered. The back corner of the rear glass has a crack on it (no idea how), anyone have experience with Google's trade in system, and of they'll take a flawed device?
The back glass can be replaced for about 20 dollars for the part. I replaced the back on my one plus 6t. Very very easy to do.
Not sure the phone is subsidized really. I'm a bit tired of all those tech youtubers that want to make people believe that Google, Samsung, etcetera are are selling with no profit margin. I'd swear to good next year they will start saying a 600 euros phone is a budget phone.
Good pricing... Still waiting until black Friday. Every year guys.
Well damn, what more could you ask for besides maybe a trip to the Bahama's. That's awesome pricing, all things considered. So I'm assuming that's the base 64GB storage tiers for each model. Even then, that's gonna make it much more competitive for the other flagship phones.
I mean you might want to see an eye doctor. The base storage tiers are 128 gb and are pictured...
There's no 64gb now after pixel 4a... It always starts with 128gb now
The Pixel 6 prize is an absolutely steal.
What prize?
That's a great price for the regular pixel 6!
Anyone recall how long it took to ship if pre orders were made? Ship date for target is 28th I assume that's the same for the Google store as well?
Damn, I was planning on buying a pixel 6 pro but that $599 price point is soo tempting.
Makes me hope the pixel passport is like $1250 or so. These are really good prices.
There's no pixel passport
What are the odds I'll actually be able to buy one at MSRP?
how much will the Pro 512GB cost?
Those are some hot prices
Wow, I hope these are real launch prices.
I was going to upgrade my side/work phone from a iPhone 8 to an iPhone 11 or 13 Mini but sheesh at these prices I'm reconsidering👀. I'm using an S21 Ultra for my main phone and with having this phone only since February I can't justify upgrading my main phone
$898 for the one I want?? That's an instant buy for sure.
If these prices are true, I will be buying 2 phones for me and the Mrs.