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Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Google Pixel XL 128GB cell phone combined with Project Fi Wi-Fi it will change the world!
If Apple and Samsung want to send me phones to review, I will be happy to give them a comparison test but that is NOT going to happen. Since I don't give bias reviews for products, no corporation on earth is going to give up a FREE product for a questionable review. This means, ThatCyberSecurityGuy, LLC pays FULL price out of pocket for any product we review, which is fine, but understand that this limits what we can review but does keep our reviews VERY HONEST.
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Google Pixel XL review and Project Fi cellular coverage, awesome and cheap together over time!
I was using a Samsung Galaxy S2, which I had upgraded to the JellyBean Android OS until November 2016. I started out with the S2 on the T-Mobile Walmart family plan, and then had mixed feelings. It worked OK, but was dropping calls as I moved around. T-Mobile, back in the day, did not have great coverage years ago but the savings on a $144 a month Verizon plan was amazing. I eventually converted the phone over to AT&T's Walmart Go plan, which was much better coverage but still not great at $45 a month. Calls were still dropped when I traveled and visited friends and family, AT&T had its dead spots as well. I have been watching the cell phone market for years trying to find the right deal to make a new plunge into the 21st century and the new Google Pixel phone combined with their Project Fi coverage plan was it. As I conduct radio, and hopefully TV interviews and such, I can no longer afford to have a phone that drops calls or have audio that is not clear in dead zones or on speaker.
- If you watch TV, Verizon is advertising the Pixel as an exclusively Verizon phone for a contract (how this is legal I do not know). Anyone who buys into a Verizon Pixel phone plan is a fool. I'm not trying to be cruel, I just state reality. Google has Project Fi https://fi.google.com/about, which is a wireless service from Google where they are partnered with three leading national carriers to give you access to three 4G LTE tower providers for faster speeds in more locations.
- The phone, with Project Fi, will also connect to over a million Wi-Fi hotspots as it automatically shifts over for faster calling, data and texting. This is all done with encryption to keep your data safe.
- OK, I admit I have dreams of international travel for my business. The Pixel with Project Fi offers in Google's words, "Unthrottled high-speed data works in over 135 different countries and territories. No need to call ahead for a different plan. You'll pay the same price for data that you do at home."
- My wife retired April 2016 and I'm a disabled veteran. I work to reduce monthly costs at every opportunity I can find. Project Fi starts at $20 per month and $10 per GB of data. If you are connected to Wi-Fi you don't have to worry about data and I'm connected about 90% of the time with this phone. Therefore, my cell phone bill is reduced from $45 on the AT&T Go plan for unlimited (Text, Data, Voice) to $20 per month. Even at the $921 cost the phone will rapidly pay for itself.