BestBuy Offers $100 Gift Card and Google Chromecast on Google Pixel and Pixel XL Pre-Orders

After the launch of Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones on Tuesday, BestBuy has now announced the pre-order of Pixel phones on their store across the USA. The store is also giving away a BestBuy Gift Card worth $100 and Google Chromecast worth $35 to customers.

Any customer who places an order for Google Pixel and Pixel XL phone 32GB Verizon models will get a BestBuy.com Gift Card worth $100 and Free Google Chromecast in Black color to enjoy online streaming right from your phone, tablet or laptop.

If you decide to buy new Pixel smartphones from Verizon Wireless, the only US carrier. They will offer a free Daydream View headset worth $79. While this sounds like a lucrative offer, a Google representative has confirmed that no such deal will be available for other regions currently.

As mentioned, the free Daydream View VR headset offer is only applicable to Verizon Wireless buyers. In case Verizon runs outs of Daydream View headsets, users will get a $80 Via Prepaid card instead. To get the free headset, users will need a redemption code, scored from the Daydream View page of Verizon.

Both the Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones will be available in Silver and Black color options, and the Blue color limited model not listed on BestBuy. The Google Pixel Phones come with unlimited cloud storage, inbuilt Google Assistant, a camera that achieves an 89 score from DxOMark, and is running on the latest Android 7.1 Nougat OS out of the box.

Latest info comes from Droid Life that both the Pixel and the Google Pixel XL smartphones are IP53 certified for water and dust resistance. The 5 in the rating means that the devices are dust resistant and the IPX3 means that the products are splash-resistant as well. Means that your Pixel devices will be just fine if it gets wet during a rain but dipping them in a bucked of water is not something that you should be trying to do whatsoever.