[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Will_nonya:
I can’t imagine trying to run a business using Google services. Part of it is the industry I work in but part is the generally low usability of google products. The companies I’ve worked with who tried to move to Google have moved back. None of them were what I’d consider small though and there were a lot of factors that made it unsuitable. I only know one company that uses Google services and it isn’t one Google would ever be tempted to hold up as an example of how to use their products.

I’ve used photos pretty recently, as in the last few months. For me it is iPhone level frustrating to use. I definitely share fewer pics than you though my collection is more substantial than most would suspect. If anything it’s my habits around how I manage them that makes photos redundant at best. My camera can sync wirelessly when I’m on my network or I plug it into another gadget while I’m away. I’ve never been an SD card swapper. My TWRP backups sync over the wifi at night so I have a copy on my NAS and the most recent one on my phone. I haven’t bothered with titanium backups in years but I could still sync them to the NAS if I wanted.

When I find it necessary to edit photos it’s not something I’ve found any phone to be capable of. Some apps have impressive capabilities but I find that I have to use different apps for different edits and that ultimately it’s better and faster to just edit it on a PC. I’m not talking about basic color correction or cropping a photo of the kid for the grandparents.

A private cloud is way more convenient…it never decides to stop providing the service or gives me ultimatums to download tb of data before I lose it.

I find gesture typing awkward and slow and like I said I never just peck at my phone while it’s on the desk.

OTG is a nice tech and useful but it isn’t easier than a card inside the phone. I rarely use flash drives anymore anyway and only for personal uses. It’s easier to just have things sync without all the plugging and unplugging.

I don’t think of Samsung or Apple as having strong customer support. Samsung still sells devices with Android 5. No security updates etc. I have nothing positive to say about Apple.

I had hoped the pixel would be a big leap forward for Google but I think they’ve taken one big step and misjudged the distance. Their aesthetic choices will win them as many customers as it loses but their pricing is a mistake. Who wants last year’s features at this year’s top tier prices? And I’m someone who would pay more to not have touchwiz…

Googles has a lot in common with Microsoft in that it likes to take big steps and put things out there before they’re ready. The problem is google gets bored and never quite finishes its homework before it goes on to the next big thing. Google isn’t a comeback company. It isn’t going to keep with something that doesn’t work until it’s great. If anything it will keep with something bad if it supports their goals, I’m looking at you google+. Very few things improve under Google and that’s largely because Google isn’t a tech company. That’s why I’m skeptical of them trying to become one with what looks like an ill-conceived approach.

Closer to the original topic, I can concede that there are pluses and minuses to both the OP3 and Pixels so with that in mind why would someone buy a pixel over a galaxy or iphone? What about it makes it worth the same money as those phones?