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by arendtio 2091 days ago
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.

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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.