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Can we stop picking on this startup? They’re just hardware hobbyists, give them a break.
Outside of showing ads, Google is an everything hobbyist.
Well they’re certainly not a video game streaming hobbyist.
And I’m still sad to this day about this.
Me too, imagine what the very talented people behind the platform could have actually made if managers hadn’t wasted their potential on this boneheaded cheap money grab.
You joke, but Google does not take hardware as seriously as they should. I say this as an owner of a Pixel 7. I actually really like the hardware, but the simplicity and clean look of the software is why I actually love the phone. I have to baby the phone because I know Google doesn’t actually care even if they swear up and down they do.
Google does not take anything as seriously as they should.
I mean, why would you pay to replace the screen? The cost of a screen repair on a smart watch is about $300 for most comparable devices.
Guess how much the watch costs? About $300. It sucks, but it’s literally not worth the parts and labor hours required to repair it. Buy a protection plan if you’re worried about it, but otherwise, you just need to eat that cost. That’s the risk you take with devices like this.
You realize replacing the screen costs that much because google says its supposed to cost that much… i wonder why they would do that…
No they don’t. Google doesn’t say it costs anything to repair, because they don’t offer repairs. That’s the whole point of this discussion in the first place, the fact that Google doesn’t repair Pixel Watches.
I’m making a comparison to services offered from Apple and iFixIt, however - both of which will charge about $300 for a smart watch repair.
Who do you think makes it so complicated and costly to repair them?
Pixel watch replacement glass is like $10 on ebay
The screen is definitely adhered to the glass. You’d need to use gold razor wire to get it off, then assuming you don’t break the screen you’d need to clean it and install the new glass with adhesive. Definitely not a repair most people should attempt and you need more than just the glass.
You’re not the kind of guy who really spends much time thinking about how things are made are you?
Form over function. It is a wearable, give it a bezel to bump with instead of cuved glass.
Pixel lineup is garbage and getting worse on price to performance every year
Their initial model and the 2 were great. I’m seriously considering greener pasters on my next phone though.
Well my Pixel 7 is awesome so I certainly wouldn’t say it’s garbage.
