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[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] ggreenwood334:
Who is financing partner? Kept saying decline when I went to check out
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] swapavi:
Synchrony bank I think.. I'm not sure what their credit requirements are but I only got $1200 and my credit score is great...
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] ggreenwood334:
Maybe I didn't her approved for full amount. Don't have much credit. But nothing bad. I was clicking on things so fast. Lol. Will have to can on this one. Didn't give an option to pay remaining balance if that's the case.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] MoneymakerM6:
I only got approved for 900 so I had to get the 32 Gb XL
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] SuperTongue:
You should be able to pay this off early with no penalty. You can either make more than the minimum payment each month or just pay off the remaining balance next year when the new phone comes out. You only get charged interest if you don't pay it off in full within 24 months. After 24 months, you get charged interest beginning from the day the transaction posted. So basically pay it off before you hit month 25 and you'll be fine.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] mb3030:
no - google play gift cards do not work for hardware.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Gizmoe:
I got approved for 1000. Allowing the same payments that you would make through a carrier for a flagship I think was a smart move. I know people are outraged by the price, but this isn't the Nexus line we have come to understand. Google is trying to make a flagship to compete with the likes of Sammy and apple. I hope they get apple to at least pay attention a little. If Google plays their cards right over the next few years they could hurt apples profits. And I think we could all appreciate that. I do think they should not tap out of the mid range market quite yet and maybe they aren't going to. I bet next year's pixels come in more of a range. They probably figured no one is going to upgrade from the 6P right now anyways.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] mrwicked:
I did google financing and when I log into Synchrony I see the pending charge. And well, for some reason on the google store I have no order history..no order confirmation email of the order..nothing but the order # I wrote down. Google says its google financing fault and they say its google stores fault. Google store told me to redo order and it errors out saying I have exceeded the limit of products to order lol. No one can give me an answer of where my order is haha. Wow what a mess!!

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900 was glitch I was told by google finance. They up'd mine when i called and said for some reason lot of people were having a 900 limit and they were granting them a temp amount of the whole phone price with tax.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] ggreenwood334:
Yeah. I better call google. Too bad I missed out on the 2-3 week shipping. Maybe I was in the glitch
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] ggreenwood334:
OK. Called google, got switched to financing. They upped my limit to $1,000.. Now. Out of stock. What crap. This was easy when I could pay cash for a new nexus every year.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] aSquard:
Same boat as you are... spent some time talking to different agents and FINALLY got the additional $25 needed for me to get the XL and now it's out of stock... Looks like we're both waiting
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] ggreenwood334:
Did you ever get one ordered? For my black 128 ordered last night. Oct 21 delivery. Funny thing is I accidentally charged my debit card. Had to cancel that one and order again.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bartolo5:
Got approved for $2000 here.... 815 FICO score here.

It took me a while to get how this works too. You get a credit card, which can only be used on the Google Store. You buy a phone and then you have the amount of the phone as balance in this credit card. Then, every month only a 1/24th portion of the phone becomes due and if you pay that 1/24th you don't pay interest on it. At any moment, you can pay whatever the outstanding balance is and call it a day.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] aSquard:
I got one ordered finally (128GB Very Silver) - Estimated Arrival Nov. 23-25
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] ksd316:
I was approved through Project Fi for 1600 and approved for 1200 through Google store. I was told by a rep they would be the same credit line but they aren't apparently.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] albe070:
I'm thinking of ordering two pixels.. Can I order both at the same time if I'm going to do the Google finance? Or do I have to do an order for each one?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Gizmoe:
You could if they approve you for all of it.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] uploder:
OP and everyone that has the same thought of paying it off early wait a sec. Credit is all about history. They want to see that you can make payments ON TIME for a period of time. If you can deal with it mentally(I used to struggle with this; just wanted to pay everything off EVEN if it was a 0% interest scenario lol), just pay it off in 24 months. There's zero harm in doing this and it actually makes you look better. My credit is excellent as well and I got approved for $2000 through google financing. Just make sure you pay the monthly bills on time and you're golden OP. Just my 2 cents
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] SupaDupaFly24:
I got approved for $1400! I am glad Google is going the monthly payments route and I plan to pay it off early as well!
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] CZ Eddie:
Aren't ya'll taking credit score dings by just letting Google tell you how much they'll finance you for.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Gizmoe:
No. The account in good standing is worth much more on your credit than the negative effect of one hard inquiry. It's if you apply for a bunch of stuff at the same time that you get a very small drop on your credit.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] CZ Eddie:
Another drop is if you open too many new accounts within a year, I believe.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Gizmoe:
Yeah over extending your credit can hurt. It's all based on income and how quickly you pay down debts or if you pay on time on installment loans. Also having more accounts open in good standing is considered good. Not having stuff to show on your credit report at all is bad credit. It's really a rigged and unfair system IMO. The more you make obviously the more they will let you get away with and you pay less to borrow.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] BoboBrazil:
You guys getting low limits and using over 50% of it to finance a phone is a bad look. Utilization plays a huge role in credit and it's going to look like you are maxed out if you are applying for credit anywhere else.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] CZ Eddie:
Okay, the simple "check" to find out if you're approved or not isn't as bad as I assumed.

I'm sure I'll be getting all sorts of new spam email now though. :)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] clanderson:
I have an Amazon Store Card through Synchrony with a ~$3k limit (only ~$500 used); how do you suppose financing this phone would affect my existing account? I noticed a small mention of that in the fine print.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] CZ Eddie:
It'll be a completely separate account I'm sure.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cabouno:
Has anyone logged into their Google Financing account and it doesn't show a hold for the phone into your available credit? It is still telling me I have $1000 credit and nothing pending for the phone, but I ordered a charger and it shows pending still. Google financing said my charge was returned by Google. Google customer service is no help. They don't seem to be any help.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Gizmoe:
Mine showed 2 charges which was over my limit on Tuesday. Then yesterday they were both gone. Haven't logged in today but I imaging there is still nothing there.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cabouno:
OK, that makes me feel a little better. But Google financing told me it was returned by Google.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Xak:
You can obviously pay it off early. Im paying off 604$ at start then 400 ish later down the road. For example I got pixel XL 128 gb version. + expedited shipping and my credit limit on synchrony bank is 960. So 604 / 32 is 18 months meaning i dont have to pay 400 until 18 months or earlier i recommend doing it earlier so you dont have to worry about financing issues. Then i plan on cancelling the financing account after it is paid. they have a live chat support service.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cabouno:
Google financing is goofy. No one can give me a answer as to what the heck is going on. Can anyone else confirm the hold for the phone has fallen off their credit limit?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyndel:
Apparently, my room is the only place in the US I sometimes get AT&T signal, but rest of the time my cellphone connects to the Sprint network. I went to a couple other states on the weekend and I got AT&T signal after coming back to my room. I have LS980 and tried to install different roms. None of them worked. I get 'com.android.phone crashed' while trying to access Network Carriers. Please help!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Do Sprint cell phones roam on the AT&T network? Is there a way to disable roaming?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] trocchietto:
518 ppi against the 538 of the pixel that have the same resolution and slightly a slow diagonal.

My question is there is difference between the Samsung Super Amoled, and the phone from Alphabet, that claims an amoled HD, what is the difference?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BarryH_GEG:
You couldn't tell the difference between 518 and 538 pixels unless you're 2 inches from the display. The Note5 and Nexus 6P were competitors launched at the same time. The Samsung panel in the 6P was previous generation. M-B sells their 4 cylinder non-turbo engines to Renault and Mitsubishi to use in their cars. No one gets the family jewels like the blown 6's and V12s. I highly doubt the Pixel's display is the same generation as the Note7's. It's probably a fine display though with the differences alone not enough to determine a buy/no-buy decision. Tech and components have advanced so far that the difference between good and best is getting narrower and narrower.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] krabman:
I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree Barry, I'd be willing to bet a beer that in blind testing the vast majority of people would see no difference at all from any distance. :)
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] winol:
I think that the difference is almost imposible to see, but, the important thing here is, the curved display allows to the almost invisible bezels in note 7, and of course a narrower body, so, at a glance the note 7 has a more polished look, not to mention that the screen is more advanced due to s pen capabilities
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BarryH_GEG:
Nope. The human eye is the lowest common denominator. From 12" away, the distance most people hold their phones from their eyes, the difference between 1080P and 1440P is indistinguishable better yet a 20 pixel per inch difference. That's for a person with 20/20 vision.

“Retina Display” is a great marketing name, and it’s the sharpest smartphone display available, 23 percent sharper than the nearest competitor, but objectively it does not meet the quantitative criteria for being a true Retina Display – it’s about a factor of two lower than the acuity of the human Retina. Rather, the iPhone 4 has a “20/20 Vision Display” because when it is held more than 10.5 inches away, a person with 20/20 Vision will not be able to resolve the iPhone 4 screen pixels, which are at 326 ppi (1 arc-minute resolution). But 20/20 Vision is the legal definition of “Normal Vision,” which is at the lower end of true normal vision. There are in fact lots of people with much better than 20/20 Vision, and for most people visual acuity is limited by blurring from the lens in the eye. The best human vision is about 20/10 Vision, twice as good as 20/20 Vision, and that is what corresponds to the acuity of the Retina. So to be a “True Retina Display” a screen needs about 652 ppi at 10.5 inches, or 572 ppi at 12 inches. Unfortunately, a “20/20 Vision Display” doesn’t sound anywhere near as enticing as a “Retina Display” so marketing and science don’t see eye-to-eye on this…​

If you want more info search on visual acuity.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] krabman:
lol You might want to read my post again.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BarryH_GEG:
Oops. :o Long day. Oh well, someone will benefit. ;)

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Speaking of the Pixel, how about that pricing. $769 for the one with too little memory (32GB) and $869 for the one with too much memory (128GB). Keep in mind, Google branding and all, it's an HTC phone. If nothing else you have to admire Google's moxie. Especially for a phone that looks like a giant 2014 iPhone. That or a supersized 2011 Galaxy S. To each their own. ;)
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] krabman:
I'm normally a sucker for Nexus devices but this one leaves me cold. For that you could get two of the Axons which outspec it. I think Google is trying to jump on the premium phone market after the ship is already sinking. Apple is begining to have a hard time making it work and no one is going to out Apple them. In my crystal ball the premium phone market dies not too far in the future. I'm not that clever though that I figured out something google didn't know, I think they are trying to position themselves for the possiblity of being regulated into opening up the play market which will mean they need their own hardware even if they have to be part of the race to the bottom.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] THS1989:
I believe Samsung does NOT give their latest panels away.

I guarantee the Note 7 panel is superior.

Display mate testing will tell us for sure though but for the last 5 years or so, no display has beat Samsung's super AMOLED and the Note series have always had the best displays with even phones like 6P having an inferior OLED panel.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] jejb:
Agreed. I had some HTC phones, as you can see in my sig, but after my wife got a Samsung and it blew my HTC out of the water for so many things, I'd never go back. I just switched from a Nexus 6P to the Note 7 and am enjoying being back on Samsung at this point (2 days).
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] krabman:
I loved my Nexus 1, particularly the trackball. I don't care how good these screens have become with their touch sensitivity, it isn't as good as rolling a trackball over to exactly where you want. I also liked that they incorporated the notification light into the trackball making it in effect, 3D. Gotta agree with the Samsung screens, they have been at the top of the heap for some time now in their flagships.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] jmitr:
You know, the S pen works fairly well too!

Another thing the trackball was good for, games. I can't stand touchscreen controls.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] kenifer:
I just preorder my Pixel lx, ..... I been with samsung since 2012 ( 4 lines) but this Note 7 fiasco git me really disappointed. The phone is faulty and on top of that i know that we the loyal customers are been F.. bc they are out of replacement but they are selling the phone to new costumers??. Last night i preorder the Pixel XL ( I know,I know!!!! a lot of unknown but waht could be worst than a grenade???) and i will be getting a refund on my Note 7 soon. Not closing the door on buying the next samsung phone but i belive the note7 brand will not recover from this debacle and we will be with a phone that will greatly lose resale value.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] winol:
well, I never think about resale values, as I never get used phones, I like the note series because the s pen, and, no other phone has it, besides this year note is by far the most beautiful phone among all the flagship devices as of right now
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] jejb:
Agreed. We've never sold any of our old phones, so resale is not an issue. If it were, I'd probably buy an iPhone. They seem to hold their value a lot better.

I think the Note 7 will recover just fine from the battery issues, as long as they don't have any other major issues. The only other gripe you really hear about it is the price, and it's not that much more than most of the other flagship phones, including the pixel xl.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Spud37:
I'm curious about how these two fair against each other. Some of the things I wonder about are Cusom ROMs, Unlocked Bootloader, and Rooting support. As well as real life tests with them does one of them run faster, does on of them have great battery life. Those things. I know that the Galaxy S7 Exynos had a better battery life then the Snapdragon Galaxy S7. Wondering if that is true.

I ask on here because I have not found any articles that had hand on tests, only theories on both phones.

Thanks.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] racinwarrior:
both are rootable. only the exynos has roms as of right now. exynos has better batery life and less lag. SD is supposed to have better 4G signal, but my exynos note 7 had the same signal strength on At&T as my wifes AT&T branded S7.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] MoneymakerM6:
Would the exynos note 7 have VOLTE on T-Mobile?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] racinwarrior:
i doubt it. I know AT&T only allows their own branded phones to have advanced features.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] MoneymakerM6:
Yeah i figured. Thats literally the only thing keeping me from getting one. And I dont want the snapdragon.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] VICosPhi:
I think Samsung patched the root on latest SD Note7 update, so that's something else to keep in mind.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] cordell12:
yup it's patched
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Spud37:
The one thing I have heard is that the SP has a better GPU then the Exynos chip. Have you noticed any lag for games?

I am planning on going with custom ROMs, I am not of a fan of samsung software. So part of what I want is good support for custom roms in the future because I doubt that patch for the SP root will last. So what I'm curious about is will the Exynos continue to have more support for custom ROMs then the SP Note 7?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] racinwarrior:
My gaming consists of candy crush. I have not noticed any lag at all ever.

Support for the exynos will probably be better in the long run but no real way to tell
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] seh6183:
Not sure what exactly this does but it's some sort of diagnostics or logging program tmobile uses. I had my phone on airplane mode as I was in a place without service. WiFi on, WiFi calling enabled, Bluetooth enabled, WiFi set to always on when phone is asleep. I did not touch this phone for 4 hours. It was within my sight the whole time and I didn't have a chance to pick it up because I was so busy. I picked the phone up for the first time since setting it down with 100% battery life and realized it was very warm and that the battery was down to 32%. Nothing was showing in the battery optimizer, nothing out of the ordinary, no rogue apps or anything. Android system was at 50% usage and the next one down was com.tmobile.pr.adapt. Reboot did nothing. Lost another 15 percent in the next hour.

Long story short I did a lot of troubleshooting and realized that com.tmobile.pr.adapt was actually the culprit behind Android system showing such high battery usage. I used package disabler pro and disabled this process. Problem is now gone for good.

I highly suggest you consider this if you are having unexplained battery drain or a hot phone with high android system usage. Picture attached.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dvanzutphenkann:
Disabling NOW, big ups too you kind sir.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiger62651:
I still got a drain and that wasn't in my processes on titanium. Still has android 25% usage.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] SkyPhone:
I'm rooted and this app asked for superuser privileges. It's some kind of security monitoring app that reporys back. I didn't grant privs and froze it with Titanium BU. It's nice to know I'm saving battery, too.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] cyclejoc:
Try doing the same with Samsung+. Another battery hog.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dvanzutphenkann:
I'm not rooted and I've been disabling bloat all morning trying to get the battery as close to usage stats were before the recall debacle. I'll sacrifice the smoothness to not have to charge this battery draining hog halfway through the day.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] ingenious247:
com.tmobile.pr.adapt is the process that allows T-Mobile diagnostics (see what apps are on your phone, how you use them, if you're rooted)

I just deny them permission to run diagnostics when the option is presented (when you first set up your phone) and it never runs. You can also go into the T-Mobile app itself, and disable diagnostics. No need to freeze the process itself.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] seh6183:
Completely untrue.

I always 100% uncheck the box during setup to disallow tmobile from doing ANYTHING. I have factory reset my phone and reflashed the firmware around 10 times and always be sure to uncheck that. When you do there is a toast message that pops up at the bottom that says "please allow 48 hours to process your request". Process still ran yesterday and destroyed over half my battery.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] ingenious247:
Ymmv but I've never had an issue.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] seh6183:
I think it only arises when in airplane mode with WiFi calling enabled. I had Bluetooth on as well and WiFi calling was set to network preferred. It may take those exact circumstances to reproduce it, I don't know. I have had the phone since release and this is the first time I've seen it happen, but if it can happen to me it can happen to others. Also no tmobile app or process should ever be requesting root permissions so the process should be killed regardless.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] ingenious247:
Could be. I disable WiFi calling from the moment I see up my phones, so that scenario would never occur for me. I'll tell you what though, Samsung+, S Health and S Voice always get disabled immediately because they are battery draining monsters IMO.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Chr0nicDreamz:
It is in fact part of T-Mobiles app that will report back device info. That is usually the first thing that gets frozen on my devices. Love being snooped on by my carrier.