Snarky headline, but Gruber has a point:
The almost complete lack of attention paid to this story exemplifies the niche status of Google’s Pixel phones — which is sad, considering that they’re indisputably among the best Android phones.
Short of posts like this, chances are you were not aware that this happened.
Chances are excellent that if one of the new iPhones was left in a Lyft, the internet would have exploded, and someone at Forbes would have written a headline connecting the event to a confirmation of Apple’s demise.
Here’s a link to the original Verge post. If you care.
I follow Google Pixel news and didn’t think the phone leak was a big deal since there’s been a steady stream of info and part leaks for several months (and there’s nothing wildly revolutionary about what was found… it’s Google’s iPhone X).
Also don’t you think there’s been a much less big of a deal made of the part leaks for the three different iPhone “XS” sizes? I think if they found one in a cab people would care a lot less than they would have a few years ago, especially since it won’t be very different from the current iPhone X.
“Also don’t you think there’s been a much less big of a deal made of the part leaks for the three different iPhone “XS” sizes?”
No. It’s still be a very very big news.
Left behind on purpose? Great way to generate publicity.
people always suggest this stuff but no, it doesn’t work that way. google or apple can send a memo and get all the media attention they want.