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Free Google Home Mini (Worth $79) with Purchase of Google Pixel 2 (from $1079 Delivered)

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Free Google Home Mini (Worth $79) with Purchase of Google Pixel 2 (from $1079 Delivered)
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snowcold on 05/10/2017 - 07:05 store.google.com (1678 clicks)
Last edited 05/10/2017 - 13:48 by 2 other users

Buy a Pixel 2, get a Google Home Mini on us.
When you purchase a Pixel 2, you'll get a promo code for a Google Home Mini.

Terms and conditions
Limited-time offer applies to redemption of one Google Home Mini device, chalk colour only, with the order of a Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL from Google Store in Australia, starting 4 October 2017 until 31 December 2017, while supplies last. After a qualifying purchase of a Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL, a promo code will be emailed approximately 4-6 weeks from the Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL delivery date. Upon receipt of the promotional code, visit store.google.com to redeem the Google Home Mini. Add the Google Home Mini to the basket, and enter the promotional code during checkout. Must be signed-in to your Google Account to redeem the code and must add a form of payment at checkout. Debit or credit card details need to be provided but will not be charged. Delivery charges may apply. Customers are eligible to receive one promotional code for each Pixel 2 phone purchased from Google Store. The promo codes are not stored value, are for one-time use only, cannot be transferred to other users, cannot be exchanged for cash or cash equivalent and have no balance after one-time use. Customers who return or cancel their order are not eligible to receive the promotion code. The promo code must be used on Google Store before 28 February 2018 and will expire after this date. Google LLC is not liable for lost or stolen promo codes, or for expired promo codes that are not redeemed before 28 February 2018. To be eligible, user must be an Australian resident, aged 13 or older and have or activate a Google payments account. Terms subject to applicable laws. Void where prohibited.
See additional Google Store Promotional Terms https://store.google.com/terms/google_store_promo_codes for more information.

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  • Jaystea on 05/10/2017 - 07:28
    +9

    Telstra exclusive, 1399 starting price for the XL. Why.

    • jeffcarras on 05/10/2017 - 07:30
      +4

      Because Google is the new Apple?

      • chyawala on 05/10/2017 - 09:07

        For the Apple price you should expect at least the same performance. Quote,

        "it’s not even close. Apple’s iPhone 8 averages 4195 in single-core tests and 10005 in multi-core tests. Meanwhile, the best-performing Android phone is the Galaxy S8(same SD 835 processor in Pixel 2), which averages 1965 and 6494."
        http://bgr.com/2017/09/18/iphone-x-specs-vs-galaxy-s8-iphone…

        No fan boy of either camp, but you can safely say it appears Android phone manufacturers should lift their game.

        • Oz8argain on 05/10/2017 - 09:32
          +1

          I guess it makes sense that we can buy s8 for around 800 and iphone 8 is 1.2k

        • sniper on 05/10/2017 - 09:37
          +4

          It's a phone. All 2017 flagship phones should be fast enough.

        • sam buster on 05/10/2017 - 09:48
          +1

          @Oz8argain: Where can you get an S8 for $800 locally?

          The fact that the Apple has just come out, and the Samsung has been available for six months might have explained why the S8 would be considerably cheaper, but the iPhone is cheaper from Apple than the S8 is from JB Hifi, Good Guys and Officeworks. Bing Lee is by far the cheapest I've seen it at $999.

          I know Kogan, Dick Smith and Ozmobile advertise cheaper, but what is the warranty on those? Aren't they all imported models too?

        • bchliu on 05/10/2017 - 09:51
          +10

          Android works as an abstracted Virtual Machine in order for different hardware to be compatible (Android Run Time) using virtual code. Apple does not have this and works straight to the core microcode. The Geekbench comparisons are basically the same as running a benchmark within an EMULATED Virtual machine vs a benchmark running on a physical host without an Virtualisation. Not entirely fair comparison if you know anything about virtualisation. This is not necessarily reflective of real world usage.

          It would be interesting to see how the SD/Exynos will bench on a physical layer in comparison to the Apple cores. Then again, I take Geekbench with a grain of salt given they rate the iOS cores as high as a 2 year old Intel i5 core.

        • unifex on 05/10/2017 - 10:00
          +1

          @bchliu:

          Thats like saying my subaru wrx is faster than a commodore v8 if i disable the awd on the wrx. You can't do the comparisons that way you have to look at the phones performance at the user side. That is the only thing that is important.

          Yeah i was surprised about the ios core comparison to a intel i5
          Probably very synthetic (eg very specific set of circumstances would have to hold).

        • Pecan on 05/10/2017 - 10:02

          @sam buster:
          Got my S8 about 2 weeks ago for $799 from Bing Lee when they had their eBay 20% off promo.

        • bchliu on 05/10/2017 - 10:08

          @unifex: Your analogy is valid only to the fact that the speeding laws in Australia limit you to 110km/h at most on highways and 50km/h in Urban areas. Which bought me to the "Not necessarily reflective of real world usage" statement because unless you are a dangerous hoon putting others at risk, your WRX and V8 Commodore wont get you from A to B in the city any faster given the traffic congestion and road rules in place. By all means, brag about your quarter mile times, but its not reflective of what you do in real terms.
          The comparison to the Intel i5 is really suspicious - because it is quite an extraordinary claim to have a chip that's less architecture (RISC) running slower, less voltage etc. I would like to see equivalent extraordinary evidence to prove it outside of a single benchmark company's claims.

        • sam buster on 05/10/2017 - 13:17

          @sTon3r:Thanks, thought that might have been the case. I had looked at tablets and was going to get an iPad during that promo. Alas they weren't on the eBay store, only the regular Bing Lee website.

        • chyawala on 05/10/2017 - 13:48

          @bchliu:
          I would respond to this by asking if a real world usage such as web browser perfomance would satisfy the validaty of a benchmark. While I cannot find this info in depth on the iphone 8, I refer to the review of the iphone 7/plus. This may well be relavant anyway as there are reports that even the 7 is more powerful than current gen android flagships.
          https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph10685/83911.png
          https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph10685/83912.png
          https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph10685/83896.png
          from the review https://www.anandtech.com/show/10685/the-iphone-7-and-iphone…

        • Oz8argain on 05/10/2017 - 15:42

          @bchliu: I would prefer if they test processing times for real use cases such as launching apps, browsing etc. it would be more applicable for most users. These benchmarks might not reflect real performace

    • LoungeLizard on 05/10/2017 - 07:38

      Telstra exclusive

      Will also be at JB HiFi soon. Probably same price … which is way too much.

    • Gandalf the Thrifty on 05/10/2017 - 09:42

      Australia tax?
      Pixel 2 XL(64GB) US$849 AU$1,399

      • Jaystea on 05/10/2017 - 09:47
        +1

        A 30% tax :(

        • Trishool on 05/10/2017 - 11:50
          +2

          From what I understand US prices dont include GST in them, whereas AU prices do have 10% GST, so not really a like for like comparison, and then the AU tax on top, which at least generally gives you 2 years warranty with ACL, compared to 1 year in the US from what I've heard.

  • [Deactivated] on 05/10/2017 - 07:32

    oh when did the Google mini come out?

    • chartparker on 05/10/2017 - 07:34
      +2

      Announced this morning. Shipping around Oct 30th

      • [Deactivated] on 05/10/2017 - 07:37

        that'll teach me to read OzB before my emails.

        $us49 =~ $63 damn I wish you could preorder an import with the 10% off ebay sale.

        • chartparker on 05/10/2017 - 07:46

          $79 AUD from the Play Store

        • Trantor on 05/10/2017 - 07:59
          +1

          $63 + Australia tax = $79

        • whitey1212 on 05/10/2017 - 09:58
          +1

          I was going to buy from the US but it's pretty much the same price.
          $49 plus say 10% tax, and then the conversion came to $70AUD. $79 for having it delivered to my door rather than waiting for a family member to come back at Christmas seemed worth it to me. I just hope they don't become available instore before being shipped.

        • chartparker on 05/10/2017 - 11:28

          @whitehall: Just buy the instore one and cancel your Play order if that happens. That's my plan

        • Trishool on 05/10/2017 - 11:51
          +1

          @Trantor: $63 + AU GST + AU tax = $79.

        • Trantor on 05/10/2017 - 14:13

          @Trishool: i had thought about breaking it down like that lol

  • Blu2 on 05/10/2017 - 07:35
    -3

    I have the pixel xl and it's shit. Many glitches, needing to install 3rd party file Explorer and I don't like the speaker placement (aiming out of the bottom). The only good thing is the camera imo

    • 0FoxGiven on 05/10/2017 - 09:55

      The only gripe I had with the phone was that it felt flimsy for some reason. Every time I picked up one, I had a feeling like it was hollow inside and felt like a small spring or something was loose inside that was moving ever so slightly. This is all just what it felt like to me, I only know of three other people who felt similarly. Will go check out the Pixel 2 in store when it comes out. If I don't get that same feeling, i'm definitely gonna choose between that or the OnePlus 5. Been in the Apple camp for ages, was even a bit of a fanboy once upon a time but now I just hate it.

      • CYMA on 05/10/2017 - 10:11

        Care to list any reasons? (I personally own both Android and iPhone - just one gen behind and thinking of upgrading).

        • 0FoxGiven on 05/10/2017 - 11:37
          +1
          • Their planned obsolescence time cycles are getting shorter and shorter. My iPhone 6S is already showing signs of dying out
          • In the early years, I was wowed by what the company used to reveal in their events. Now I laugh when they try to describe how they innovate.
          • These days they make a base model phone and a more chunkier phone with significant feature upgrades. I personally dislike huge phones and I don't want to get one and pay more for it just because it has those added features. The Google phones have the same features across both versions of their phones.
          • I used to hate how the Android OS UI and UX used to be. I work in a space where UI and UX matters a lot so maybe that's why I hated the older Android operating systems. But now since material design, things look much much better on the Android front while iOS doesn't seem to be improving by much.
          • Even though I loved iPhones once upon a time, I always got bored of the stock iOS and hated its limitations. But that could easily be fixed with a jailbreak and I used to argue with Android fans that I could do everything their phones could do. These days, jailbreaks are not so easy to come by.
          • Another major reason I had for getting iPhones was because their resale value was higher compared to Android flagships and their market value didnt fall by much even after a year or so compared to Android Flagships. These days, Android flagships seem to hold their value a bit and I also have the Price protection on my coles credit card. After doing all the math, the value depreciation over two years is pretty much the same if not lesser if I get an Android Flagship.
          • I got my wife a OnePlus 3T last year (she has only ever used Android and didnt want to switch). After using that phone a lot, I find it much better than my iPhone 6S
        • CYMA on 05/10/2017 - 13:52
          +1

          @edrenalin: Thanks I can understand and relate to most of those points - except my view is that Android is a worse culprit for planned obsolescence if it's not a Google product (for official updates/support).

        • 0FoxGiven on 05/10/2017 - 14:05
          +1

          @CYMA: The Pixel 2 has guaranteed 3 years updates. Plus i personally stopped updating phones after 2 major updates. Thats about when they intentionally slow down older phones via updates so that people chuck that away and get newer models

    • furythree on 05/10/2017 - 17:26
      +1

      the new pixel xl 2 has dual front firing speakers
      the best camera on the market

      you should be using a 3rd party file explorer anyway, especially esfile explorer pro if you wanna do stuff like network folders

      and ive got the gen 1 pixel, ive no glitches to date. its the fastest freaking phone ive ever used

  • Dexn on 05/10/2017 - 08:09
    +5

    Pity it doesn't come with a free headphone jack.

    • Jamiea on 05/10/2017 - 08:22
      +4

      This. What the hell are Google thinking?

    • chartparker on 05/10/2017 - 08:32
      +10

      Well, technically it does come with a free headphone jack as they include an adapter in the box

    • sniper on 05/10/2017 - 09:36

      Pixel Buds, bud.

      • ozbargainer88 on 06/10/2017 - 09:10

        $254
        propriety

      • Dexn on 09/10/2017 - 08:13

        In my case I already have a nice pair of NC headphones. When I'm in the office, my phone stays on different network so I can stream Spotify (while my work laptop is on a corporate network that cannot).

        This means I burn through my phone battery and it needs to be charged at the end of the day before I jump on the train.

        I kinda resent having to pay for a headphone jack, and unless that adapter can do power at the same time, it's not going to work for me.

        That's just my case though, I really wish they kept the jack - then it would definitely be my next phone (have Nexus 6p now).

  • heyimsu on 05/10/2017 - 09:53
    +5

    Makes fun at Apple for not having a headphone jack on the iPhone last year, then ends up following (copying?) Apple and do the same a year later.

    • 0FoxGiven on 05/10/2017 - 10:02
      +2

      They also made ear "buds" and a case that holds extra charges.
      They also have a feature that's a direct copy of Live Photos.

      I don't mind if features are copied as long as they are done better. What i REALLY like about the Pixel phones is that both versions of the phones have the same features and hardware capability. Unlike shitty Apple which leaves out the great features for the chunkier and pricy models

      • albert0pia on 05/10/2017 - 10:37

        Let's not forget the smaller sibling has a 1080p screen - less pixels to push.

        • Trishool on 05/10/2017 - 12:01

          Not to mention the uglier bezels, and if you're a Nexus 6P fan like me, you also dont get the dual stereo front firing speakers on the smaller Pixel 2 either.

  • Donkeyface on 05/10/2017 - 11:13
    +1

    No headphone jack!!! Sorry, no deal.

    I am now waiting for a good V30 deal coming.

    • hhuy837 on 05/10/2017 - 11:28
      +2

      The lack of a head phone jack used to be a no deal for me too but honestly, I can't remember the last time I used the headphone jack.

      I bluetooth almost everything now, it'll be a matter of time before every phone doesn't have a headphone jack I reckon

      • Donkeyface on 05/10/2017 - 11:57
        +1

        I had a couple of good headphones, for which I paid a lot of money. They are still performing very well now. It would be a huge waste to not be able to use them.
        The workaround is to use an adaptor or a Bluetooth adaptor… Another thing to carry, charge, fiddle with.
        My car had only Aux, and I normally use navigation while on charge.

        Anyway, there is no good reason to get rid of the bloody jack, really. Why…

        • Trishool on 05/10/2017 - 12:27

          To make the phone slimer and/or to fit in other components from what I understand. Also the new audio codecs and tech they've packed into the phone along with the benefits of Bluetooth 5.0, and to promote their own new bluetooth earbuds.

        • furythree on 05/10/2017 - 17:28

          cant you just leave the jack plugged into your headphones to make them usb C compatible
          buy a few extra ones off ebay/aliexpress for a few dollars

          if you absolutely need to, use usb c to AUX + usb splitter and leave that plugged into the headphones

          number of extra things to "carry" = 0

  • SmiTTy on 05/10/2017 - 11:52

    In relation to the deal - it seems the home mini is only available for preorders through google store.
    if buying through telstra / jb … you probably wont get the mini

  • Sergeant Salami on 05/10/2017 - 13:27

    Telstra has info on their site but no pricing/plans yet: https://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/google
    JB Hifi has a landing page on their site: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/features/phones/googlepixel2/

    Both don't mention the mini. Looks like I'll be purchasing it outright from the Google Play Store and using my 15GB + unlimited + international calls with the Sim Only deal posted a couple of months back :)

  • voldemort on 06/10/2017 - 15:13

    Right, so are we just waiting for the release now?

  • Joejoeinc on 20/10/2017 - 10:31

    Google store preorder available.
    telstra Pre-order available
    JB hifi Pre-order available

  • [Deactivated] on 23/10/2017 - 18:16

    Distributing pixel 2

  • Joejoeinc on 26/10/2017 - 13:32

    Just noticed that JB Hifi have the Samsung s8+ with wireless charging pad for $1099. Considering the crappy screen on the Pixel 2 XL makes it seem like a pretty good deal. (also will do cheaper for two phones)

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