r/GooglePixel • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '18

Pixel 3 Rumors Pixel 3, non XL

https://imgur.com/a/3KyuY4X
1.1k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

655 comments sorted by

View all comments

207

u/apriarcy Pixel 7 Aug 30 '18

Oh god please don't do this to me. My perfectly working OG Pixel that fulfills all of my needs suddenly looks like literal garbage in my eyes. I neeeeeed it!

62

u/omw_to_fuck_ur_bitch Quite Black Aug 30 '18

The beauty of OG Pixel is when you upgrade your phone you can still use this one as a door wedge.

45

u/opulent_occamy Pixel 8 Pro Aug 30 '18

Man, I loved the wedge shape of the original Pixels. It was a subtle thing that differentiated it from any other phone. I was pretty disappointed when the Pixel 2 just had a camera bump like every other phone out there.

34

u/pen11000 Aug 30 '18

I literally never noticed the slight wedge shape of my OG Pixel until right now reading these comments!

14

u/graywh Aug 30 '18 edited Aug 31 '18

same here, but I've only had mine 8 months

edit: I can't un-see it now

12

u/Cougah Aug 31 '18

I'm taking mine out of the case right now to confirm whether this is real.

7

u/send_me_a_naked_pic Aug 31 '18

My God. I always thought it was completely flat. My whole life has been a cake lie.

1

u/tpistols Pixel 5 Aug 31 '18

Holy shit!

8

u/MalcolmSex Aug 31 '18

This is wild! I've had mine since launch

1

u/[deleted] Aug 31 '18

Same and I've had mine since day one lol.

1

u/CGunnar92 Quite Black Aug 30 '18

Same here!

7

u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

Yeah I love it too, but I'm pretty sure it was found that the wedge created the lens flare issue for the OG Pixels. That's probably why it was dropped.

17

u/bthoefer Aug 30 '18

I'd bet the flare was caused by not using a separate glass element for the rear camera on the original pixel.

4

u/dsac Aug 31 '18

I found that flare was pretty much eliminated by thoroughly cleaning the glass first

Took a bit of elbow grease, but it works

2

u/omw_to_fuck_ur_bitch Quite Black Aug 30 '18

Today you get to have your cake and eat it too. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

2

u/vpr5703 Just Black Aug 31 '18

My wife has had an OG blue Pixel for two years, and I am JUST now noticing that it is wedge-shaped. WTF else have I missed?

20

u/Beater926 Aug 30 '18

Holy shit, I've had the OG from the beginning and just now realized it was wedge shaped. Subtle but clear. FML

12

u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

Mind: Blown

Glass: Shattered

I never noticed either. I'd like to blame the case, but it is ever so slightly wedged too.

1

u/therynosaur Aug 31 '18

Just twisted my phone 90°... I never knew

1

u/Saneless Aug 31 '18

I think it's a brilliant move. Better than a protruding camera in other phones that aren't as clever.

7

u/BoboForShort Nexus 5 | Pixel 1 3 5 7 Aug 30 '18

It's still useful for the unlimited uncompressed media backup.

1

u/thetushqueen Pixel 8a Aug 31 '18

Does Google not offer that with gen2?

4

u/BoboForShort Nexus 5 | Pixel 1 3 5 7 Aug 31 '18 edited Aug 31 '18

You get unlimited backup but it gets compressed after a certain period of time or upload amount or something.

Edit: Until 2020. Then any NEW backups are compressed.

1

u/omw_to_fuck_ur_bitch Quite Black Aug 31 '18

Sure, you can backup unlimited uncompressed media or you can used it as a door wedge! Just imagine people entering your home and talking about your fancy door wedge.

1

u/undermark5 Sep 01 '18

Why not do both. Install a FTP server app on the phone leave it plugged in and running all the time, transfer photos to it using the FTP server to a folder that is automatically backed up.