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0 pointsarthurfm9y ago0 comments

Also, US buyers get a free Daydream VR headset (worth £69) if they pre-order, whereas UK buyers don't. Very annoying especially since a 128GB Pixel XL costs £819!

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satysin9y ago

Yeah I fail to see why I would get this over a Galaxy or iPhone (if OS doesn't matter). They claim the best phone camera yet it doesn't have OIS so it isn't going to be the best for video I doubt.

arthurfmOP9y ago

> They claim the best phone camera yet it doesn't have OIS

The video stabilization looked really good in the demo at the Google event [1] despite using the smartphone's gyroscope [2] to do what the camera would do if it had OIS.

[1] https://youtu.be/q4y0KOeXViI?t=55m20s

[2] http://www.theverge.com/a/google-pixel-phone-new-hardware-in...

> Though there’s no optical image stabilization, Google tied the camera to the gyroscope to eliminate the hand-shake “jelly” effect in video.

satysin9y ago

A neat trick but it won't be as good as proper OIS. Considering the price I can't believe they were unable to put in a camera with OIS.

IMHO it is a damn shame to see the Nexus line replaced with such high end devices. I can't see them selling that all that well. They are priced way too high.

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satysin9y ago

Yeah I fail to see why I would get this over a Galaxy or iPhone (if OS doesn't matter). They claim the best phone camera yet it doesn't have OIS so it isn't going to be the best for video I doubt.

arthurfmOP9y ago

> They claim the best phone camera yet it doesn't have OIS

The video stabilization looked really good in the demo at the Google event [1] despite using the smartphone's gyroscope [2] to do what the camera would do if it had OIS.

[1] https://youtu.be/q4y0KOeXViI?t=55m20s

[2] http://www.theverge.com/a/google-pixel-phone-new-hardware-in...

> Though there’s no optical image stabilization, Google tied the camera to the gyroscope to eliminate the hand-shake “jelly” effect in video.

satysin9y ago

A neat trick but it won't be as good as proper OIS. Considering the price I can't believe they were unable to put in a camera with OIS.

IMHO it is a damn shame to see the Nexus line replaced with such high end devices. I can't see them selling that all that well. They are priced way too high.

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