> I was annoyed when Google killed the Nexus line and replaced them with Pixels and hoped it would fail so that we would get the Nexus line back, but they've been unable to keep up with demand.
In what way is it meaningful that Google calls it a Pixel instead of a Nexus?
None, but they also approximately doubled the price. I suppose Nexus may also have a sort nostalgic glow around it, too, as developer's device - I have had an N1, N4, N5 and now an N6P.
I paid $699 for a 64GB Nexus 6. The Pixel XL with 128 GB is $869. I don't know what they were charging for the 6P but based on the 6, they definitely didn't double it, though clearly the price did increase.
I paid $349 for my Nexus 5, $399 for my Nexus 5X; the cheapest price for the Pixel is $649. It's not double the price, but it's a 60-85%+ increase at the bottom end depending where you count from. I felt like $399 for the 5X was the wrong direction already.
