Google's Pixel 5 may be boring, and that's not a bad thing By Engadget

It's late August, which means it's been almost six months since I've gotten a haircut and that we're likely just over a month away from Google, revealing the pixel 5. Now normally, when a company that big launches a major flagship phone, we all get hyped to see some crazy new features and how big fast sharp the screen will be, and we're perhaps a little less hyped to see just how absurd the price tag is going to be. But judging from the leaks, the pixel 5 is going to be something of a different beast. It might be downright boring and, honestly, that's not a bad thing. So, let's start with what we know for sure there will be a pixel 5. , that's about it.

Basically, everything else, I'm about to say, should be taken with at least a small grain of salt. That said, it sounds like for starters, the pixel 5 is going to skip out on the high-end chipset and instead rock a more modest snapdragon, and, unlike some of the more extreme phones in recent memory, the pixel 5 will come with only 8 gigs of ram. Now that is more than enough power for your average user plus Google has proven time and time again that through smart software optimization, it can squeeze great performance out of lesser devices but, more importantly, the 765g is cheaper than a snapdragon, 865 plus and 12 gigs of ram a lot cheaper and building on that. It sounds like we're getting just one pixel 5 this year, no XL variant, just one model that will come with a 6 inch OLED, which is smack in the middle of the 6.3-inch screen on the Pixel 4 XL, and the 5.8-inch screen on the Pixel 4a, also like with the Pixel 4a. By streamlining the product line, Google can shave down its production costs even further and hopefully pass those savings onto you.

The consumer see while modest, specs and limited variants might be boring. It also means that google will probably be able to undercut the competition by hundreds of dollars. Remember when the nexus was the crown jewel of Google's burgeoning smartphone empire. It was a flagship caliber phone for about half the price of other phones. Now it is highly doubtful that the pixel 5 will cost just 500 bucks, but 700 dollars seems within the realm of possibility.

Google is even supposedly going back to the well by bringing back the fingerprint reader putting aside for a moment, the fact that face unlocks was never particularly good. It's especially important now to have a backup method for unlocking your phone trust me. Even if you get a mask printed with your face on it, it's not going to work. In fact, it seems like that solely radar sensor is gone completely. The only thing missing is the return of the headphone jack, but I've begrudgingly accepted that that is a lost cause.

At this point, what else? Google is probably sticking with just two cameras on the back, but this year ditching the telephoto in favor of a wide-angle lens, and it's joining the rest of the smartphone world by embracing the hole, punch, camera on the front, goodbye giant, bezels and weird notches. The pixel line is going bezel-less is. Again, though, these are not breakthroughs. These are minor tweaks to address minor, annoyances and in some way it's playing catch-up with the rest of the industry. But you know what give me a boring but affordable phone with enough power to handle Evernote and some light video editing, and I'm good.

I don't need 120hz screen or console quality, 3d graphics. I need to be able to reliably unlock my phone in a supermarket to check my shopping list without being chased out by a mob of angry people, hurling produce and when the time comes to upgrade. Furthermore, I need to be able to buy a new phone without having to worry about making my mortgage payment that month, thanks for watching and for more of the latest tech news, leaks, rumors and all of that nonsense, check out engadget. com and click that subscribe button. You.

Source : Engadget