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Pixel 3 Review
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Re: Pixel 3 Review
#52im very excited of being able to take photos at night but what about videos?
can I record really edgy, film fps, at night? usually in downtown alleys.
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#53I see a bunch of numbers, a bunch of graphs, 10,000+ words analyzing them, and a bunch of photos that all look perfectly fine to me. The top two comments here say that Google and Apple, respectively, are clearly the best. If I didn't know any better, I'd say I was in audiophile territory.
The photos are all really bad (technically, I mean, they're also bad artistically, but that's not the point), but you can easily tell the difference, it's not linear PCM vs DSD placebo effect.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have a Pixel 1 and neither the Pixel 2 nor the Pixel 3 are a compelling upgrade for the price. I'm worried that Pixel 4 will be also be mediocre, but I'll be forced to upgrade anyway because Google will start to drop support for Pixel 1.
You have until October 2021 before you need to worry about support being dropped. Plenty can happen before then, I would be worried more about putting your phone in the washing machine than the lack of updates from Google, it will still turn on in November 2021, you just won't get Android Yummy-sweets or whatever the release will be called by then.
You mean security updates?
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
- Unlocked: https://swappa.com/buy/samsung-galaxy-s9-g960u1-unlocked?con... $600 looks to be the most reasonable price for a sealed new unlocked Galaxy S9 [in the US]. The lower priced 'new' copies on Swappa look open-box, which are likely not new, but a refurb/return, or someone selling their used device as new. Most of the new copies on Swappa are apparently open-box units, as are most of the new units on Ebay. Def…
I don't think the price from private seller should count, so yeah, That BB's price ($700) should be the one used for comparison.
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#56I see a bunch of numbers, a bunch of graphs, 10,000+ words analyzing them, and a bunch of photos that all look perfectly fine to me. The top two comments here say that Google and Apple, respectively, are clearly the best. If I didn't know any better, I'd say I was in audiophile territory.
Personally, I buy cheap Motorola G4/G5/G6, etc phones. $150 or less, new. They are fast enough, and work well enough for me. And, cheap enough that buying next year's model when it comes out isn't a problem. And no anxiety about dropping it.
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#57The buttons to toggle photos from different phones don't seem to work here. Got "ReferenceError: ifg is not defined" error every time I click it.
I had the same problem. Try going to individual pages: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13474/the-google-pixel-3-revi...
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#58I see a bunch of numbers, a bunch of graphs, 10,000+ words analyzing them, and a bunch of photos that all look perfectly fine to me. The top two comments here say that Google and Apple, respectively, are clearly the best. If I didn't know any better, I'd say I was in audiophile territory.
Personally, I buy cheap Motorola G4/G5/G6, etc phones. $150 or less, new. They are fast enough, and work well enough for me. And, cheap enough that buying next year's model when it comes out isn't a problem. And no anxiety about dropping it.
Yah, I've been doing the - buy a generation or two back of the flag ship release. Just bought the LG g5 which was their flagship 2 years ago, amazing phone.
Re: Pixel 3 Review
#59I really appreciated the critical honesty here. With a Pixel you're getting an 8 month old SoC. The reason this detail is important is because the 8 month old Galaxy S9 is now selling far below MSRP. You can get them new for around $500. That makes the Pixel FAR more expensive than it's SD845 brothers. Also, it's crazy to me that Apple has such a huge lead in single threaded CPU performance. They've been ahead for ye…
I thought that Samsung did a bunch of buy 1 get 1 free offers.
Re: Pixel 3 Review
#60I really appreciated the critical honesty here. With a Pixel you're getting an 8 month old SoC. The reason this detail is important is because the 8 month old Galaxy S9 is now selling far below MSRP. You can get them new for around $500. That makes the Pixel FAR more expensive than it's SD845 brothers. Also, it's crazy to me that Apple has such a huge lead in single threaded CPU performance. They've been ahead for ye…
Do SoC's even matter that much anymore. The article is full or nice graphs and numbers, but at the end of the day, we're at a point where everything is fast. These days, the improvement in processing and memory are negligible. What matters much more to me is things like battery life, computational photography and new features that actually make a difference in my everyday use.
For example, with night sight, I actually took a bunch of pictures during Halloween, whereas otherwise I wouldn't even have tried. With call screening, I actually get to check all those scam calls I get every day. Wireless charging is also a pretty nice feature to have.
Things like that are much more impactful in my everyday use of a phone than having a 5% faster CPU.