\n\nAbout a month or so ago, apple conducted a massive event in which, to the surprise of nobody, they presented their latest generation of iDevices. All nice, sleek, pieces of glass-surrounded which makes those of us that perpetually think that things were better on the old days regret the lack of a nice and large home button with a fingerprint scanner that cannot be tricked by someone holding your phone to your face and when a screen-up drop still didn\u2019t end with the melodious sounds of glass shattering. Also, when you weren\u2019t expected to pay about as much as a very decent gaming PC plus the cost of the screen protector to prevent it from just becoming a expensive temple to clumsiness. Line many people on team Android, I scoffed at it, knowing. Hoping, really, that whatever happened on the Pixel event would spell great things for Android through its \u201cOfficial\u201d version and sanctioned devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The initial signs weren\u2019t good. Depressingly, the initial signs were just as indicative of ISO Google behavior when it comes to anything not related to search or selling ads. For one, their supply chain had a hole so large that an entire pallet of phones could\u2019ve just fallen out of it. In fact, that\u2019s exactly what happened, and so we had a full view of the new Pixel 3 XL before it was released to the public and\u2026well\u2026it was hideous thanks to the notch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As per the usual whenever a manufacturer decides to copy Apple, which means everyone on the android camp except Samsung thanks to that rather unfortunate business back in the early Galaxy days, they don\u2019t take a moment to notice the consistent design language across their software, their robust security features, ability to keep a device updated for more than 15 seconds, or an almost pathological (and repair-unfriendly) approach to their components quality and the way they interact with one another. Instead, they take what they were planning to do and wrap it in whatever they have decided to make popular this year on an eternal game of catch-up. Apple itself is more than likely somewhat displeased with the compromises that led to the unsightly cut on the beautiful OLED of their device and are counting the days until they are able to throw everything on it behind the screen and make the collective apple fanatica explode in orgasmic pleasure at the realization of Ive\u2019s dream of a completely smooth slab of glass before running to buy it and the thickest Otterbox they can find to protect it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And yes, I know that the very much Android Essential phone came with the notch first, but I don\u2019t see anyone trying to imitate that particular design. Nope, the FaceID face is very much what\u2019s in at the moment and we only have cupertino to blame. In the case of the Pixel 3 XL, it even kinda looks like a face, one that is surprised that that particular design managed to slip through. Google had more than likely had guessed this from the reactions on fan communities (after all, the mainstream would be rather busy thinking about galaxies and excess to even take a glance at the pixels) and for the traditionalist among us they released the normal Pixel 3, which has all the features of the XL on a smaller and notchless design. What is design consistency anyway? And anyway, mocking something and then doing it is what they do best, let\u2019s not forget about their laughs at the lack of a headphone jack before the Pixel 2 releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This haphazard approach has taken Google through most of their other products and has done them great damage on the market (I would make a brief history of all the messaging services that Google has made over the years but I fear they will release other two and kill one of them before I finish writing this sentence), the Nexus line of phones had cost and decent specs on its side until it suddenly didn\u2019t. Every single time they are this close to honing in a new design language they replace it with another; which is just as well since their own applications never quite gelled with the old one anyway. The Pixel 3 will provide safe harbor for the fans that want flagship specs, stock android (if there even is such a thing) and no notches. For everyone else, Some phones do the sensible thing and allow you to turn the notification area black so the notch blends in and you have a rectangular screen. Rumours say the XL will do this, but I\u2019ll believe it when I see it beyond a render.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For everyone else, There\u2019s Samsung\u2026and old iPhones I guess. Or the Razer Phone. No updates, but it costs the same as the Pixel 3, looks better, has a giant battery and a 120Hz display. Also, RGB lightning, which is also very 2018 and doesn\u2019t make things look unsightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n