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Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by Kiuhrly1 »

sbjs wrote: post #28
sbjs wrote: post #4

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These downvotes for a genuine question (-3 points at time of writing) are why I don't participate in HN tbh. And maybe they're exclusively for my parenthetical request for feedback, in which case, still, like, come on guys. Those downvotes are why my posts and comments always shadowbanned in the first place. And they all started with downvotes for genuine questions. The typical response from HN is "I dunno, maybe pos…

My guess is that your question isn't seen as relevant to the post (it's more of a general Android topic) and it has an ad for your failed submission which could be seen as manipulation, which is highly frowned upon on this site. There's a bias against the stereotype of Apple users too.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by dagmx »

thesuitonym wrote: post #49
andrewstuart2 wrote: post #3

I'm really glad to see both the partnership with iFixit and the 7 years of support. Because everything else seems mostly meh to me, and while I'm upgrading this year from a Pixel 6 Pro, the continued diminished returns make it seem likely that 2-3 years from now I won't have as much reason to.

>I'm really glad to see both the partnership with iFixit and the 7 years of support. Damn, it may be time for me to move back to Android. Do Pixels require the updates to be sent by your carrier, or do they allow direct download?

Most of the time you can direct update, but I believe Verizon has a special carve out.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by lnxg33k1 »

It's awesome to me when they do these kind of pages and then there are 28 footnotes, can you even trust any claim on the page, would you even bother reading them at a certain point

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by xnx »

ireallywantthat wrote: post #6

Too expensive for my tastes. Give me 380USD phone which lasts for next 5-8 years, feels premium, is repairable, camera is decent, replaceable battery, OS is just Vanilla Android with atleast 5 years(more years of Software updates would be welcome) of Software Updates and when you can't provide it, make it hackable enough to install Custom ROMs.

A Pixel 6 Pro meets all these criteria except for replaceable battery.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by cantSpellSober »

> Best Take uses [...] an on-device algorithm creates a blended image from a series of photos to get everyone’s best look

Sounds like Photoshop's image stacks, that "process the multiple images to produce a composite view that eliminates unwanted content"

Cool when applied to make a crowded place look empty. Useful, albeit creepy when you apply it to disembodied heads.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by WillAdams »

sho_hn wrote: post #17
andrewstuart2 wrote: post #3

I'm really glad to see both the partnership with iFixit and the 7 years of support. Because everything else seems mostly meh to me, and while I'm upgrading this year from a Pixel 6 Pro, the continued diminished returns make it seem likely that 2-3 years from now I won't have as much reason to.

My impression is that the flagships have become fairly interchangeable (aside from perhaps the new Xperia, which still has its own character to some extent) and which one "is the one to buy" is now mostly down when you're in the market to buy. As in, this one is debuting the new Samsung GN2 cam sensor and I think the SoC manufacturing process node, ahead of whenever Samsung and the others post their new updated devic…

Except for stylus support --- Samsung is thankfully continuing with S-Pen support (which also works on the Kindle Scribe and Wacom One and various other devices).

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by cogman10 »

nimos wrote: post #14

TBH the most interesting feature to me is screen brightness. I have a pixel 6 and it's not TERRIBLE in bright sunlight but it is... not great. Not sure that quite gets me interested in upgrading though. Cameras seem better I guess - have to wait on reviews for that.

I pretty much just go from security update to security update. My 6 is working fine right now and I have no reason to abandon ship for the 8.

My wife, on the other hand, has a 5 which falls out of support this month. So, she's getting the 8.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by throw9away6 »

yonibot wrote: post #33
nicbou wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a mix of good and bad. The iPhone is generally very good, and the integration with other Apple products is unmatched. ...but my Android runs Firefox with uBlock Origin. I forget that cookie banners exist until I use my iPad. It also runs two background apps pretty reliably: a GPS logger and Syncthing. It respects my default web browser and music player choices. Quality is subjective. For my specific needs, I pre…

Safari for iOS also has adblockers

I pay 4$ a year for ad block plus for iOS. Totally worth it and blocks YouTube ads
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