Gadgetory

all right think we're good don't buy a pixel for it launch so some history about me I'm a Google fanboy I've bought or pre-ordered pretty much every Google phone way back when the Nexus phones were coming out except for the Nexus 4 because I forget what carrier was on but it wasn't mine even when I jumped shipped to a Samsung or an iPhone I always just found my way back to a Google phone for some reason I pre-ordered the og pixel I pre-ordered the pixel - I even pre-ordered the pixel 3 even though I told myself I wasn't going to but now for sure I know I'm not pre-ordering the pixel 4 and I don't think you should either ok so I'll start with one of the more unimportant reasons which is that there's no more incentives to preorder or I guess I should say there's no more good incentives so if the og pixel anyone that pre-ordered got a daydream headset thrown in which was awesome it was a great way to show off a new platform to the core fan base or the nerds that we're probably gonna be most excited about it anyway I mean I still use this thing then if you pre-ordered the pixel - you got a free Google home Mini thrown in which is again another way to show off a new platform to the early adopters and it just felt like a nice nod to the fans the people that were pre-ordering the Google phones so what did you get when you pre-ordered a pixel 3 a $50 gift card yeah now I should say that they don't have to give you anything I don't want to sound like a crybaby I still think it's pretty cool that they gave enough money to pick up one of their cool cases their cold cases safe or a screen protector or any other kind of useful phone accessory that I wouldn't have otherwise purchased because it was too expensive so it was cool that they did that but it just felt to me like they kind of gave up like when you're going to someone's birthday party and you have no idea what they like or anything about them what do you give them a gift card with the first two pixels that wasn't the case it felt like they knew who their core audience was and now maybe because it's a pixel three's ago in mainstream it doesn't feel that way anymore so the second reason why you shouldn't get a pixel for at launch is probably the most important reason and that's the deals so right after the pixel 3 was announced aka right after the loyalists pre-ordered ours and started receiving them Google went ham with the promos and I mean right after like within the month everywhere you look there was $50 off $100 off $200 off and one that really ticked me off was a buy one get one half deal that was short-lived but I could have done that there was sales for people switching to Google Phi sales for Black Friday early holiday sales sales if your grandmother was left-handed there were just a bunch of sales and not to sound like a whiny brat but as someone that pre-ordered it left a bitter taste in my mouth because here I was walking around with a brand new phone that I should have been happy and grateful for and instead I felt like I got ripped off because everywhere I looked there were deals that showed if I had just waited two more weeks I could have saved 300 bucks in short I just felt kind of taken advantage of and I gladly would have waited another month in order to get that extra 50 or $100 back in my bank account so unless you have money to burn and you really don't care you should probably wait a couple weeks before getting the pixel for so the last reason you might not want to order a pic so far at launch might not apply to everyone which is why I left it for last but that's because the pixel 3 exists now the a series of pixel phones is a thing now and it's still unclear if Google is going to release a pixel for a but I'm willing to bet they are by how hard their marketing this pixel 3 a speaking for myself I probably wouldn't have rushed out to get the pic so three had I known that I could get the pic so 3a if I would have just waited a couple months so the 4a will likely skimp out on some of the higher and more premium features in the same way that the 3a doesn't have the waterproofing or the wireless charging of the three but man for $400 you get the same amount of RAM the same camera and and you get a headphone jack worth it honestly as someone who spends most of his time here working on our sibling site sound guys reviewing headphones this makes it totally worth it so I don't have to deal with garbage dongles or the trash pixel bits which yes I also bought with my own money because I have no self control basically if I could count on a sub 500 pixel for a that has 80% of the features of the pixel for I'm entirely sold and that pretty much does it for me guys thanks for watching let me know down in the comments while your going to be pre-ordering the pixel 4 or if you think it's a good idea to wait a bit or if you're just not gonna order it at all I'm interested to see what you guys think as always subscribe to the YouTube channel if you haven't already hit the notification bell down there so you'll know every time we upload a video and make sure to check out the podcast I'm sure it's linked somewhere in the description I'm Adam Alina keep it alive because we are your source for all things Android