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cornchip said:

Damn! I just upgraded wife & I to SE thinking it'd keep us current for a couple years. Hope this intel's incorrect!

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1STnTENDERBITS said:

Really want to like Pixels but their performance drop off over time is pretty terrible.  Great cameras can't overcome that issue.  There's just no excuse since other Android OEM's don't suffer performance drops as severely as Pixels... and they're running skins.

I'm not seeing much performance drop-off on my OG Pixel, but I don't use it for intensive tasks best done with another device anyway. But yeah I get for some folks that might be their only computing device so different needs. I don't see the new mid-rangers as iPhone threats anyway. They're intended for a different market segment than Apple generally plays in. 

In my case I've personally chosen to stick with a second hand Pixel for the updates, feature enhancements unique to the Pixel line, and security. For those things it's great. The sub-$200 pricing was a bonus. I could certainly afford a brand new premium priced smartphone, but it would not serve any particular purpose to do so. They wouldn't fill any need this older model doesn't already. 

Any idea why Pixels aren’t selling very well at all? Everything I read indicates really poor sales. Yesterday I read an article saying Google is blaming Verizon for it. The headline claims the Pixel 3a is “challenging” the iPhone. How can it be challenging the iPhone when it’s not selling.

I don't know what "not selling well" means. Is it not meeting (too) rosey expectations or actually failing to sell in any meaningful numbers. Maybe Google quoted the actual numbers someplace.

 I noticed in the AI article that the Pixel line was now ranked at number three in US premium sales which doesn't seem to equate with "not selling" period. 

https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1123066541946298368

"Does Google want significant market share? If so, is it willing to spend whatever it takes and take on Samsung, Huawei, Oppo etc etc? If not, why is it making the phone? Is it really having any real influence on the rest of the industry? Is option value enough?"

Number three in Premium sales at low volumes is a thing, I guess.

Yes, it could be.

Maybe they have what they believe to be rationale plans to supplant Sammy at #2. Maybe not. Perhaps they're satisfied for now with how the line is progressing even if investors want to grumble and thus some excuse to appease them must be made. Or maybe they're not. The line isn't close to 4 years old yet, and building mindshare and relationships takes time. At this stage Apple's iPhone was playing long distance second fiddle to Nokia and essentially tied with Blackberry. The Android OEM's were even farther behind.

Things do change, sometimes for the better and sometimes for worse.

racerhomie3 said:

Is this thing even Qi Certified?