Many commenters beneath final week’s ballot have already pre-ordered one of many new Pixels – the 2022 fashions are proving to be fairly standard or at the least nicely appreciated. Possibly Google is correct to be making a file quantity of Pixel 7 models.
If you need one, however haven’t pre-ordered, the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Professional (and Pixel Watch) are actually obtainable for direct buy. You will see that pricing particulars on this submit (word: evidently 512GB Pixel 7 Professionals should not obtainable in Europe for some motive).
Final yr the Pixel 6 ballot confirmed that there are a whole lot of potential consumers for the Google telephones, however the firm doesn’t have the retail footprint of different main smartphone makers, so many followers couldn’t purchase a Pixel regionally. Issues are barely higher this yr with the telephones being formally obtainable in additional nations.
Apparently, there is no such thing as a clear favourite – each the 7 and seven Professional have round 67% approval ranking. The cheaper mannequin has its supporters as does the bigger, pricier mannequin and nobody is caught questioning “this one or possibly this one…”. Possibly different firms can be taught one thing about not oversaturating the market with a dozen almost an identical telephones.
Additionally, Google didn’t increase the European costs in comparison with final yr (in contrast to Apple) and that didn’t escape followers’ discover.
Not everyone seems to be satisfied that the Pixel 7 and seven Professional are a sufficiently big improve over the 6 and 6 Professional. Nevertheless, Google is accepting trade-ins – for instance, a 128GB Pixel 7 is $600, however you may get $440 for a Pixel 6 (additionally 128GB) if it’s in a great situation. This makes the improve solely $160. In Europe the equation doesn’t look fairly nearly as good, €650 – €300 = €350 for a similar Pixel 6 to Pixel 7 commerce, but it surely’s nonetheless a good low cost.
Telephones from different manufacturers are accepted too in fact, e.g. an iPhone 12 Professional (128GB) is valued at $620/€620, greater than the bottom Pixel 6 prices within the US (and virtually as a lot because it does in Europe).
The optimistic reception for the Pixel 6 collection didn’t result in record-setting gross sales for the Pixel household, however the numbers did bounce again from the Pixel 5. The Pixel 7 duo obtained a heat welcome too and it may turn out to be much more standard.
