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148 points by mrdassani 3547 days ago
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Reminds me a lot of this video [1] from Apple that presented the iPhone 7 in 107 seconds...

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeoUELDgyM4

I like the apple video more. The music pairing and faster cuts made for a more frenetic experience that is extremely effective at building hype.
It was extremely effective at building my confusion about whether they were trying to explain their product, or convince me Tim Cook is super rad.

iPhone whatever: I carpooled here, did you see I know celebrities? I dropped my tiny mic towards the end, too, that's a stage performance thing.

Honestly, the comment elsewhere here about how the Pixel doesn't have a camera sticking out, making it point of contact with any flat surface, matters more to me than just about anything in either video. Maybe I'm not the target demo, but I am upgrading my cell phone soon, so I think I should be?

This video is screaming to me that there is something obnoxious on the top edge of the phone. It is hidden in every camera angle and we see every other edge of the phone.

Anyone know what's there?

Here is an image of the top edge: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hYE3ZZEpDkaT6PkjmodS4RsYbc... Nothing obnoxious. Just a 3.5mm jack.
Perhaps that's something they should show off in the video :)
The headphone jack would be the only thing I can think of, as when they mention it, they don't show it. The other 5 faces don't have it, so its the only remaining location for it.
Maybe they had to hide the top because this version was made before they decided to add a headphone jack back in?
Hopefully a hard switch for true silent mode. A man can dream...
Seems like there is just the headphone jack on the top: http://img.bfmtv.com/c/883/515/472/2c07f97e107ddbe1a0fd8fa99...
What a lack of courage!
Poe's law.
You must hear lots of things that scream.
Nice stab at Apple there with the 3.5 mm jack. Glad they kept it.
Yeah, unfortunately it looks very awkward and they're somehow hiding it in all the marketing renders. Why?
This is a little underwhelming.
The ahem at 0:47 is great ;)
Will it blend?
> This video is private.
I'm only seeing:

"This video is private. Sorry about that."