Here's why you should buy your Pixel phone from Google and not Verizon

Google kind of lied at its Pixel and Pixel XL event earlier in the week when it announced the new Android phones would be exclusive to Verizon. 

That's not true. You can also buy them unlocked from Google directly, either at full price or paid in monthly installments over two years. But if you buy them from Verizon, you're going to get a lousier experience.

Say no to bloatware

Reason number one for not buying the Verizon Pixels: Bloatware. Carrier-branded versions always come with junk apps that hog up storage and slow your phone down. Google's Nexus phones may have never been a huge hit for Google, but for those that bought them, one of the main selling pionts was they didn't come with any bloatware.  Read more...