“Google on Tuesday unveiled two new smartphones, the Pixel and Pixel XL, during an event in San Francisco,” Lisa Eadicicco reports for TIME Magazine. “The Pixel will have a 5-inch screen, while the larger model will include a 5.5-inch display.”
“The Pixel is available for preorder immediately. The lineup starts at $649, or $27 per month. Verizon is the exclusive carrier partner in the United States, though Google is also selling unlocked versions directly to customers,” Eadicicco reports. “These are the first Google-branded phones that were designed solely by the company. This marks a new approach for Google, which typically outsources the design and production of its branded devices to other smartphone makers like HTC and LG. Those Google phones were previously given the ‘Nexus’ moniker.”
Eadicicco reports, “The way Google created its new Pixel devices is similar to the way Apple develops its iPhones.”
MacDailyNews Take: Now, there’s a candidate for Understatement of the Century.
I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this. — Steve Jobs
Eadicicco reports, “The Pixel will be available in three colors: Quite Black, Really Blue, and Very Silver.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Uh, Karma, when you’re done with Samsung…
Holy crap! I guess we’re not going to ship that phone. – Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin, moments after Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone on January 9, 2007
Here’s what Google’s Android looked like before and after Apple’s iPhone:
And, here’s what cellphones looked like before and after Apple’s iPhone:
People who buy Android phones and tablets reward thieves.
SEE ALSO:
Why Google really, truly, deeply hates Apple – May 30, 2014
Prior to Steve Jobs unveiling of Apple’s iPhone, Google’s Android didn’t support touchscreen input – April 14, 2014
Before iPhone, Google’s plan was a Java button phone, Android docs reveal – April 14, 2014
How Google reacted when Steve Jobs revealed the revolutionary iPhone – December 19, 2013
Apple to ITC: Android started at Apple while Andy Rubin worked for us – September 2, 2011
