Google Pixel 2 Announcement Coming October 4th?

[DocSwag]

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So google, today, sent a tweet showing a short video of many questions being typed into a Google search bar. These questions include ones such as:

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What's wrong with my phone's battery?

Why is my phone always out of storage?

Why does my phone take so many blurry photos?

Why doesn't my phone understand me?

With the rest all being along a similar trend.

 

To me this seems quite obvious that these are aimed directly at smartphone and seem to hint at Google releasing a phone that "fixes" these problems. With the "answer," AKA the phone, being announced on October 4. Which would, presumably, be the heavily rumored Pixel 2.

 

Obviously the first question seems to hint at the Pixel having very good battery life and the second talking about the Pixel having unlimited photo storage to the cloud (but it could also possibly hint at a microSD card slot?), and it's also obvious that the third hints at a very good camera and the last talking about Google Assistant.

 

These questions all seem to hint at a Pixel 2 announcement on October 4th with all of these "issues" addressed. However, it's also worth noting that Google didn't put a question along the lines of "Why doesn't my phone have a headphone jack?" Which I think would've been a very good question to ask, ASSUMING the Pixel 2 had a headphone jack. Which sounds to me like it won't.

 

EDIT: @The Benjamins found this:

https://madeby.google.com/intl/en_us/askmore/

[PCGuy_5960]

Nice, this phone should be way more interesting than the iPhone 8/X.

2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

However, it's also worth noting that Google didn't put a question along the lines of "Why doesn't my phone have a headphone jack?" Which I think would've been a very good question to ask, ASSUMING the Pixel 2 had a headphone jack. Which sounds to me like it won't.

Removing the headphone jack makes no sense. Don't do it Google, please.

[SeanAngelo]

cant wait for this phone, this is the only phone I'm waiting for now before I decide which phone to get. I'm choosing between the OP5 / S8 / Note8 and Pixel (XL) 2.

 

hopefully they've added an sd card slot and kept the headphone jack for the Pixel 2. Please, Google.

[TidaLWaveZ]

4 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

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Don't remember where I read it, but whatever I read this morning said they were making an announcement on October 4th, not releasing.

[The Benjamins]

2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Nice, this phone should be way more interesting than the iPhone 8/X.

Removing the headphone jack makes no sense. Don't do it Google, please.

I love the vanilla experience of google phones and the quick updates. but I am very interested in the red phone right now. I probably will keep my current phone for anther year (Pixel XL) unless their is a upgrade program. 

[vorticalbox]

unless it's gonna be cheaper than the oneplus 5 I have to give it a miss, contact is up in a short while and that phone is great specs for the price

[TidaLWaveZ]

21 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

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From what I see the phone will be announced on October 4, not launched. The media outlets are getting more and more careless by the day.

 

Don't know if places like Ars Technica or TechCrunch use the term "launch" loosely or just incorrectly, but they describe the new iPhones as having already "launched". Maybe my understanding is wrong, but still the good sources say it's just an announcement not a release.

 

[DocSwag]

49 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Removing the headphone jack makes no sense. Don't do it Google, please.

It's not a deal breaker for me if they do since I don't actually watch that many videos on my phone, but there's no doubt that it would be something I wouldn't exactly be happy about.

47 minutes ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

Don't remember where I read it, but whatever I read this morning said they were making an announcement on October 4th, not releasing.

 

40 minutes ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

From what I see the phone will be announced on October 4, not launched. The media outlets are getting more and more careless by the day.

 

Don't know if places like Ars Technica or TechCrunch use the term "launch" loosely or just incorrectly, but they describe the new iPhones as having already "launched". Maybe my understanding is wrong, but still the good sources say it's just an announcement not a release.

 

Probably true, will edit to make my post more clear.

[The Benjamins]

https://madeby.google.com/intl/en_us/askmore/

Found this

[DocSwag]

Just now, Sampsy said:

Here's hoping they weren't so stupid to remove the headphone jack. 

Which probably will be the case .

 

Why is it that samsung and lg seem like the only ones reasonable to keep it?

[suicidalfranco]

1 hour ago, DocSwag said:

What's wrong with my phone's battery?

Why is my phone always out of storage?

Why does my phone take so many blurry photos?

Why doesn't my phone understand me?

google's answers:

faster fast charging

more cloud

slightly better camera than last year aaaaaaaaaaaaanf joining the dual sensor fray

ai, ai everywhere

 

 

[sof006]

I think i'm the only one that disliked the Pixel. Had a lot of issues with the sound chip literally falling off the board and thus killing the phones ability to make/receive phone calls and listen to anything audio related. Phone app would just crash.

[Castdeath97]

HYYYPPEEEEE

54 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Which probably will be the case .

 

Why is it that samsung and lg seem like the only ones reasonable to keep it?

Let's hope it ends up like the time they tried to remove SD card slots and failed.

 

[ScratchCat]

Spoiler

What's wrong with my phone's battery?

Please be 4000 mAh at least for the pixel 2XL.

If Google bucks the trend of thinner phones they might loose some interest but the benefits would be amazing.

[The Benjamins]

1 minute ago, ScratchCat said:

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What's wrong with my phone's battery?

Please be 4000 mAh at least for the pixel 2XL.

If Google bucks the trend of thinner phones they might loose some interest but the benefits would be amazing.

The Pixel XL kinda already did that to a point, it is not the thinnest.

and I agree phones can be a bit thicker with out it being annoying

[Guest]

Really hope so, because this years iPhone lineup has laughable limitations despite it's enormous price tag -.-!

 

Only the Pixel can change anything, don't fail Google :(.

[linkboy]

2 hours ago, SeanAngelo said:

cant wait for this phone, this is the only phone I'm waiting for now before I decide which phone to get. I'm choosing between the OP5 / S8 / Note8 and Pixel (XL) 2.

 

hopefully they've added an sd card slot and kept the headphone jack for the Pixel 2. Please, Google.

There hasn't been a SD card slot on a Google designed phone since the Galaxy Nexus. Sadly, it's not coming back.

 

I bought my Pixel XL back in July and I love it. One of the best phones I've ever used. I'm sticking with it for the future, as I can't afford an upgrade and the next phone upgrade is for my girlfriend. Also, with T-Mobile's 600mhz expansion taking a few years, I've got no reason to ditch a perfectly good phone.

[Inkz]

Since I am on Google Fi I will save and upgrade  IF: They bring back dual front facing speakers and a solid aluminum design like my Nexus 6P Although if they they just changed that weird half glass/ fingerprint magnet on the back to be less offensive then that would still suffice.

[DocSwag]

53 minutes ago, Inkz said:

Since I am on Google Fi I will save and upgrade  IF: They bring back dual front facing speakers and a solid aluminum design like my Nexus 6P Although if they they just changed that weird half glass/ fingerprint magnet on the back to be less offensive then that would still suffice.

You're not gonna get dual front facing speakers but there may be the sort of thing phones like the iPhone 7 has done where the call speaker thing is also used as a speaker.

 

Rumors say that they're keeping the glass/metal back, though the glass part is getting smaller.

[Deletist_Jerk]

Google collects enough data to make the best phone on the market. I mean, they literally know what people want lmao. 

[Drak3]

3 hours ago, linkboy said:

Google designed phone since the Galaxy Nexus

Pick one, pyo.

 

4 hours ago, sof006 said:

I think i'm the only one that disliked the Pixel.

Drak3 also dislikes it, pyo.

[linkboy]

17 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Pick one, pyo.

 

Drak3 also dislikes it, pyo.

The Galaxy Nexus was a phone that was co-developed by Google and Samsung. All Nexus phones were developed that way. Google would pick a company and work with them to design the phone.

 

The difference with the Pixel is that Google is designing the phone(s) and then picking a manufacture to develop said phones to Google's specifications.

[Shreyas1]

On the Chrome home page, I found these

 

 

 

 

Click on the  " Ask More of Your Phone " and you will get this - 

 

 

Not to be that guy, but OP you should add this to your post

 

 

 

Also, this is clearly a response to iPhone 8 and I feel like there's  a chance this might be a rushed product. 

[Drak3]

34 minutes ago, linkboy said:

The Galaxy Nexus was a phone that was co-developed by Google and Samsung. All Nexus phones were developed that way. Google would pick a company and work with them to design the phone.

 

The difference with the Pixel is that Google is designing the phone(s) and then picking a manufacture to develop said phones to Google's specifications.

The Nexus lineup has input from Google, but the end design is what the OEM Google partners with comes up with, pyo.

 

Not that it matters, not a single phone that had Google's input ended up being better than the competition, pyo.

[Techicolors]

1 hour ago, Deletist_Jerk said:

Google collects enough data to make the best phone on the market. I mean, they literally know what people want lmao. 

yet we're hearing that it may not have a headphone jack