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Google Pixel 2 XL 128GB $1199 ($350 OFF RRP) @ JB Hi-Fi (Click and Collect Only)

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Received this deal in a newsletter.

It is not as good as the last deal. Maybe we could ask them to match the previous price.

Stock availability:
Sydney - Moore Park, Hurstville, Newcastle Kotara (Westfield) & Green Hills
Melbourne - Camberwell, Southland
Brisbane - City, North Lakes, Ipswich, Morayfield
Perth - Cockburn, Ocean Key, Mandurah
TAS - Launceston

Overview

Introducing the Google Pixel 2.
Discover a better way to capture, store, and see the world. Pixel 2 features a smart camera that takes beautiful photos in any light, a fast-charging battery1 and the Google Assistant2 built-in.

A more impressive camera. All-around.
Capture stunning photos with an effortless photography experience. Pixel 2 changes the way you take, save and share your moments.

Your photos, forever.
Save all your photos and videos in original quality with free, unlimited storage in Google Photos.3

Search what you see.
With Google Lens you can use your camera to explore the world like never before. Simply pull up Google Lens on a photo to learn more about landmarks, artwork and more.4

Your own personal Google, built in.
Need help or answers? Just ask the Google Assistant2, built into every Google Pixel 2. You can take a selfie, text mom, turn on bluetooth, and navigate home – all with your voice.

Charges fast and really lasts.
Pixel’s long lasting and fast charging battery delivers up to 7 hours of use on 15 minutes of charge.1

Water resistant when it counts.
Pixel 2 also features a striking encased glass metal unibody that’s water resistant.5

**Find the perfect fit for you and your Pixel. **
Accessories designed by Google are precisely engineered to fit, help protect and make the most of your Google Pixel 2.

Key Features

Display
Fullscreen 6 inch display / Fullscreen 152 mm display
QHD+ (2880 x 1440) pOLED at 538ppi
18:9 Aspect Ratio
2.5D Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5
Always-on display

Processors
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 835
2.35Ghz + 1.9Ghz, 64Bit Octa-Core
Adreno 540
Security module

Rear Camera
12.2MP
1.4μm
Autofocus with laser + dual pixel phase detection
Optical + electronic image stabilization
4K Video Capture @ 30fps
f/1.8 aperture

Front Camera
8MP
1.4μm
f/2.4 aperture
Fixed focus
1080p Video Capture @ 30fps

Sensors:
Active EdgeTM
Proximity / Ambient light sensor
Accelerometer / Gyrometer
Magnetometer
Pixel Imprint – Back-mounted fingerprint sensor for fast unlocking
Barometer
Hall effect sensor
Android Sensor Hub
Advanced x-axis haptics for sharper / defined response

Related Stores

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closed Comments

  • +4

    In before the Pixel 3 releasing soon (October) comments.
    I would get them all out of the way now but I couldn't be bothered 😂

  • +15

    I'm a Google fanboy but these prices are insane, gone the days were Nexus was flagship on a affordable price!

    • +10

      I think Nokia is the way to go for now for the affordable pure Android experience.

      • +1

        I've got the Nokia 8… Great phone, although the camera leaves alot to be desired.

        • This is the only reason that kept me from buying a Nokia Phone. I was looking at Nokia 7 Plus and Sirocco. I tried both at the shops. My old Nexus 6P still takes better photos than any of the Nokia (Android One) Phones.

        • Former Nokia fan boy here.

          I remeber the good old days when Nokia's cameras were always 1 generation ahead of Apple.

          I tried and tried to hold onto Nokia for a while even after they changed to Windows…

    • The phone doesn't even come with headphones!! I find that very strange… They might throw in some headphones with promos, but it's on in the box.

      • +1

        They include headphones in a separate box…

      • Do you mean the missing headphone jack?

    • Then buy the smaller non XL. Hardware wise it's identical except for battery and screen.

    • This. Pixel 2 XL is an absolute joke at this price.

  • +2

    Probably other better buys currently. OP6, etc

    • Depends, if someone wants a solid device, excellent camera, clean android, frequent updates and of course excellent after-sale service; you can't go pass Google Pixel range. Google's warranty service has been excellent.

      • -3

        The OP6 is more solid than the P2XL. Quality is much better, Pixels have been a pretty big let down for me. In 2 years I have had 5 RMAs

        • +3

          So that's your reason to neg the deal? I am not sure where you bought your phone from. But if you had bought it from an Authorised dealer, Google will replace the phone. They even send a new phone to you before they pick up your faulty one.

        • +1

          @dealspider: Point remains that there have been massive QC issues with the pixel 2.

          I have the OP6, my wife has the pixel 2xl. The OP6 is better at everything, with the possible exception of the camera, which is still very good.

        • @dzhay: True, re the QC issues. Few of my friends got Pixel 2 and XL. None of them have these so-called issues.

          I personally love the OP6. 2 reasons holding me back are Camera and Warranty. Imagine you had to send the OP6 back for warranty, you are left with no phone? Also for some people, camera is a dealbreaker.

  • -2

    After watching Zack's durability test on the Pixel 2 and XL, i know i won't buy it for myself
    https://youtu.be/Me5xFSCnyNw

    For such a pricy phone, it looks and feels plasticky.
    Glad i went with Note 8, tho finding a screen protector for it is a real PITA

    Its been updated three times since I bought in January. Bought from Officeworks so after sales should go fine, the Android is clean enough, camera good enough, and i dont need unli cloud storage.

    • Seriously? who would abuse a phone in day-to-day use like Zack? I have seen his previous videos about other phones. Maybe you need a phone made of concrete… I am sure Zack will still be able to break it with a jack hammer :)

      • -1

        Point still stands tho, pay $1200 for plastic everywhere, no wireless charging, no Samsung Pay, pass with capital P :p

        • +8

          no Samsung Pay

          I am confused now. This is a Google product. Why would they implement "Samsung Pay" when they have Google Pay?

        • +3

          @dealspider:
          Some cards support Sam Pay' others only Google Pay. Can have both on Note8

          Handy to have an alternative when there is an offer for mobile payment eg Amex ones where you spend X and get cashback

        • My phone is in a cheap but durable plastic case - I have accidentally dropped the phone from about a metre on a handful of occasions and not a single scratch or scrape or dent.

          Function over form any day of the week.

        • Apart from the Samsung Pay goof up, I completely agree. Google design team are shit.

        • @KLoNe: After seeing the notch on the Pixel 3 XL, I whole heartedly agree.

  • +1

    Don't know how this is 350 savings. Google store has it for 1398.

    So savings really is 199.

    Ihave a Google pixel 5 inch first version. While it's a great experience to use the stock android, the phone itself is not a top end phone by any standards. Won't buy any pixel phone unless they change the manufacturer from htc

    • I'm considering the OG Pixel from this deal for my wife. She's coming from an iPhone 5s so it'll be an upgrade regardless. Main attraction for her is the camera. Not concerned about having 'the latest' model. I am aware that it's EOL as of October 2018. Any thoughts?

      • +1

        For that price it's a great phone. No doubt this OG pixel is a great phone, but I was so concerned about the price. For 405 you won't get a better Phone than this.go for it .

      • +2

        Absolutely go for it. This is an excellent phone with a superb camera.

      • +1

        Yes go for it. My niece has one and it's amazing (camera wise). For $405 there is nothing on the market that could compare camera wise. Cheapest would be $640 on sale (Samsung S8 64GB a couple of weeks ago). This put shame to say Oppo R series which is comparable in prices and have terrible camera (but they have BIG MEGAPIXEL, because average customers don't understand MP doesn't make phone great alone).

      • Thanks for the comments guys. Pulled the trigger and purchased one. Hopefully it all works out well.

        • u can upload unlimited photos and videos from the pixel 1 indefinitely onto google drive.
          Pixel 1 owner here. AMA

    • pixel 2 xl is manufactured by LG

    • Umm..Pixel 2 XL 128GB is for $1549 on google store. Not sure which model did you refer.

      https://store.google.com/config/pixel_2

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  • +1

    If you're thinking about getting this, make sure you test one in store first to hear the speakerphone quality. It's extremely poor and might not be suitable for what you need.

  • +3

    Makes me realize how insane the $49/month Telstra GP2XL deal was (15GB per month, can be 25GB for some lucky people).

    That totals to $1176 for 24 months, crazy.

    • +1

      Yeah totally! I didn't see that deal until too late and missed out. :(

    • $49/month?! From JB or Telstra directly?

      • Publicized as $59/month here: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/363865

        You also got headphones and a Google Home Mini.

        You were able to get -$10 off the contract price and +5GB (or 10GB for some lucky ones) if you contacted Telstra chat.

        Both from JB and Telstra. It's been long gone though.

  • +2

    These days, the mid-tiered phones are good enough (it's what the old Nexus and One Plus were).

    • Pretty much. Except in the Camera department and of course warranty. Pixel Phones still hold the Winner in Camera reviews.

      • Only if you don't value zoom etc. It's already been beat in low light, zoom, wide angle, HDR, but overall it's the best without zoom. Everything else it looses out on.

        • It's already been beat in low light, zoom, wide angle, HDR,

          By which phone(s)?

        • @Trishool: s9+ was able to achieve better extreme low light than pixel, almost as good in daylight, it actual has optical zoom which smashed the pixels digital zoom.

          Either way, they are mostly all the same these days.

          Dxomark top phone cameras

          109 Huawei P20 Pro
          103 HTC U12+
          102 Huawei P20
          99 Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus
          99 Xiaomi Mi 8
          98 Google Pixel 2
          97 Apple iPhone X
          97 Huawei Mate 10 Pro

        • @OnlinePred: Thanks. Good to know as I recently bought the missus an S9+ :)

  • -1

    I feel like this is a rip off for a nearly year old phone when the new one will be out in a few months at almost the same price.

    Given how many issues there are in the P2XL, and all the previous great deals, and the timing of the deal = this is not a good price

    • Funny how people always mention all these "issues" that occur whenever a Pixel 2 or XL gets posted.

      What percentage of phones are actually affected though? There's plenty of people I know who signed up on the Telstra deal (including me) and none of us have had any issues with them. The only thing I had was a crashing camera app (and a quick restart got that sorted).

      I agree the price is a lot to ask for a phone that's almost a year old, but as for the device itself I have no complaints. Would never spend this much on a phone, but when the plan was included it sweetened considerably.

      • Have they actually paid attention though? My wifes phone has massive speaker rattle, but she doesn't care. I noticed it straight away.

        I'm either very unlucky, or a good indicator. I have had 5 pixels, none were major fault free in my opinion. Random reboots of death, mic not working, speaker rattle, yellow screen, battery die at 40%.

        I have never had any issues with any phone I have owned in the last 6 years, until I bought a pixel.

        I paid full price for the OG Pixel XL, and it was not worth it at all, its a very basic phone with no real features except a good camera. P2XL adds a little more to that, but still isn't worth full price or even close to full price given the quality. See big name reviewers mentioning slow down/lag/issues too - more recently MKBHD.

        • I can pick up faults in my devices - the HTC One M8 sure had its share.
          A yellow screen is weird, most of the complaints have been a blue screen.

          The battery life is probably the best thing about this device.

        • @pennypincher98: And at the time, it was cheaper than the other flagships.

        • @OnlinePred: at that time ALL the flagships were cheaper. It was still not exactly the best decision I've made, needed to use my phone for a lot of things but would heat up so quickly and its metal back didn't help matters. I used to say it was "too hot to handle" as a humorous way to make light of it

        • @pennypincher98: Galaxy S5 was $929 16gb, M8 was $899 32gb. But on plans the HTC was cheaper by at least $10 a month. That's why so many people had one.

          Was a great phone initially. Miss HTC - but their build quality was worse than Googles.

        • @OnlinePred: their build quality was one of the best in my opinion. A solid one piece of metal. It was just a shame that the software + hardware didn't complement each other.

          Initially? Sure maybe straight away but it had a plague of problems from a few months in and then it just escalated from there.

    • +3

      Would you like to share a better deal than this at the moment? What I don't understand here is people neg deals based on their "feelings" rather than providing a better deal.

      • It was I believe $1099 by JB Hi-fi in June for couple weeks. Pixel 2 128GB was $899 but that sold out quickly (notice there's none in stock).

        • It was I believe $1099 by JB Hi-fi in June for couple weeks.

          I have already given credit to that post in the description.

        • Yes was. It's the past. This deal is about now. If anyone has a better deal to share then they should post it, rather than keep referring back to deals that are no longer available.

      • If you need this phone in particular right now, then no there is no better deal. My mate got the P2XL on $59 telstra plan 2 days ago just by pushing them, so perhaps you could try that.

        Given how many deals we get for this phone, it would seem very non-ozb to get it on this deal right now.

        • Did he get it off Telstra or Jb?

        • @oneland: telstra. Got the home mini too.

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    • +5

      Well said.

  • +1

    Over $1000 for a run out phone? That's no bargain! Imo the pixel xl makes much better sense now. Plenty rated 'excellent' on eBay 128gb for around $400. 95% of pixel 2 functionality for less than half the price.

    • What makes more sense is waiting for the 3XL and then getting the 2XL imo.

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