Three things: - It is not an LG phone. - Second it is not the phone Google had planned to build. When Huawei backed out they had to scramble to a second source which was HTC - Third if you try a phone with a rear fingerprint sensor for a couple of days it will clearer to you why that's the preferred placement for some folks. It's a natural landing spot for a finger when you pick up your phone, and allows for easy one-handed unlock too. A sensor on the front is also perfectly acceptable of course and is convenient if your phone is laying face-up on a table/desk. So neither location is "dumb".
Given that Huawei told them to pound sand early on why would they be scrambling? HTC is perfectly capable of building to Google's design. Granted it does somewhat look like an A9 with a fingerprint sensor and a glass back...
How "early" was early on? Apple plans the next iPhone over a year in advance of its release according to various articles. I doubt anyone else could engineer faster than Apple.
From what Huawei has said publicly it was early on. Google asked if they were interested and they said no. Huawei is interested in building up their own brand. Given the amount of mistaken information in this thread (it's an LG phone, etc) they made the right call in terms of it not helping their brand. With the Nexus their name was still on the phone somewhere.
IIRC from reading about it Google had assumed Huawei WAS interested based on the discussions on the Nexus 6P they built. At some point after the release Huawei decided not to opt in for another year. So probably not early enough for Google to continue with the all the engineering they had already done ahead of this years planned Pixels. I fully expect next year's Pixel to be a bit more "unique" than this year's build in a relatively stock HTC body.
Yah, but honestly I'm kinda over $650 Android flagships. Just bought a Axon Pro for $230 with the Qualcomm 810, 2K screen and dual cameras. The Android flagships don't hold their value very well.
I've been using an Axon7 as my casual use phone. An excellent value, and a great screen to body ratio. I love music and the audio is great!
Comments