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by TacticalTable 2091 days ago
The phone seems to be largely what everyone expected, though the ability to change lighting during post processing looks like an interesting feature.

Honestly, the thing that stood out the most on this page was that they were using Quibi to show off the screen. Paid product placement?

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> stood out the most on this page was that they were using Quibi

Same and definitely paid.

Seems like a dumb move on Google's part to associate with a brand that is largely unknown and on (already) on life support.

For me, the thing that stood out where the 24 footnotes. The rest looked more like a normal smartphone. Wow, it can create a hotspot, but wait: it also supports wireless charging...

I am a bit confused that those features are being promoted in 2020 when my S3 from 2012 also has those abilities. Maybe it's just the promotion, but it doesn't really feel like a phone that I must buy.

I don't think they've done a good job of phrasing it, but the pixel 5 supports "reverse wireless charging", allowing other wireless devices to charge off of it.
Sadly other "wireless" devices, sadly not other phones.
I don't think this is accurate. I clicked through the footnote from the Google store page and found this, https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/10107702?p=wire.... Which includes phones.