This is the phone I'll probably get in a year's time when it's £300 cheaper. More than happy to stay a generation behind and keep the cost of a new phone to £400-£500 where is should be
Palwan to Foley2001_uk
4 Oct 17#8
400-500 is your affordability, someone's affordability is 100 and others 1000
Foley2001_uk to Palwan
4 Oct 17#13
Affordability is one thing, value for money is quite another, the difference between a £400 smart phone and a £1000 smartphone isn't in my opinion remotely good value for money. Google said it themselves in today's presentation. Technology advancement has slowed down, diferences between phones year to year is marginal yet price drop after a year is vast.
XxLJCJxX
4 Oct 17#4
Pixel 2 XL or Note 8? :dizzy_face:
vixmony to XxLJCJxX
4 Oct 17#5
Note 8 no doubt. It's a beast.
CaptainSocks to XxLJCJxX
4 Oct 17#6
Note 8 is stunning.
But the time to buy that was probably a few weeks ago when there were contract offers with a free Dex that were cheaper than the equivalent S8/S8+ deals.
XxLJCJxX to CaptainSocks
4 Oct 17#10
I'll be buying sim free, got a sim only contract. Pixel XL 2 has dual front facing speakers, better battery life, better camera/video, cheaper. Note 8 has that bigger better screen, s pen. This is a hard decision.
CaptainSocks to XxLJCJxX
4 Oct 17#19
Ah.
The Note 8 was the same price as Sim free with an unlimited sim for calls and texts (only 2gb data mind) plus the free Dex.
That's gone now mind. Forget I mentioned it!
ezzer72
4 Oct 17#7
I can't believe that Google's website for these things lists 64gb / 128gb 'memory'.
I thought it was only amateurs that made this mistake.
bloooo to ezzer72
4 Oct 17#18
It is a type of memory
ezzer72 to bloooo
4 Oct 17#21
In a way yes, but it's not the terminology in general use.
When describing the specs of a phone, would it be right to say it has 4gb memory AND 64gb memory?
The acceptable term is storage, and Google should have that right on their site.
kaizhu79 to ezzer72
4 Oct 17#20
ROM - read only memory
johnnystorm to kaizhu79
4 Oct 17#24
It's got 64 or 128gb of memory that can't be written to, only read? :stuck_out_tongue:
OrribleHarry to kaizhu79
4 Oct 17#30
It's not read only as you can write to it! It's flash memory.
Dan_999 to OrribleHarry
4 Oct 17#34
RAM I would call it. Random Access Memory. Either way we all know what’s meant by it.
OrribleHarry to Dan_999
4 Oct 17#36
Correct, I was referring to Storage as flash memory, but you are correct in memory is RAM.
Waldolf to ezzer72
4 Oct 17#37
What is it then?
thegorilla
4 Oct 17#9
Shame they aren’t doing interest free finance like they are in the USA. Looks like a great phone. Not sure about the home mini
Sagacity
4 Oct 17#11
Bonkers money all around. Buy a xiaomi of similar spec an save hundreds.
jimlad21 to Sagacity
4 Oct 17#16
Some people like paying extra for better stuff. I have young kids and travel with work. I want the best camera I can. I want a big emerisive screen
shonkygeeza
4 Oct 17#12
Very disappointing, what happened to Google manufacturing a phone for the masses - RIP Nexus
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But the time to buy that was probably a few weeks ago when there were contract offers with a free Dex that were cheaper than the equivalent S8/S8+ deals.
The Note 8 was the same price as Sim free with an unlimited sim for calls and texts (only 2gb data mind) plus the free Dex.
That's gone now mind. Forget I mentioned it!
I thought it was only amateurs that made this mistake.
When describing the specs of a phone, would it be right to say it has 4gb memory AND 64gb memory?
The acceptable term is storage, and Google should have that right on their site.