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Post by xnx »

syncbehind wrote: post #32

I wonder if the audio magic eraser feature will make it to older pixel phones. That and the best-shot one seemed very interesting. It also seems very arbitrarily limited to the newer ones, 7/7pro seem like they should be more than capable of driving these features. Is software limiting going to be the norm going forward for phones? Because, I don't think this is worth upgrading from last years phones from a hardware…

I couldn't find a comprehensive history of all the features that have debuted on a new phone and then been allowed on older phones, but it's fairly common. 2 examples are listed here: https://www.phonearena.com/news/pixel-6-series-gets-pixel-7-...

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by grumpwagon »

coldpie wrote: post #51
j10u wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed, I moved away from Pixels because of size... I'm hoping for a Pixel Mini someday

I moved away from Android entirely because of size. Currently on an iPhone 13 Mini, which is riiight at the very upper edge of a reasonable size. I would love to go back to Android if only someone reputable would make a reasonably-sized phone.

Asus Zenphone 10 is a bit bigger than the 13 mini, but is reasonably small and otherwise well regarded

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Post by goosedragons »

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

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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

That aren't as good as Ublock Origin for Firefox. There's also no AFAIK way to do something like what NoScript does for Firefox.

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Post by willseth »

Is anyone else confused by the inclusion of a temperature sensor? Was there a demo that explains why anyone would want this? What?

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Post by jansommer »

mupuff1234 wrote: post #25

A pixel 7 for $400 seems like a much better deal.

Yes! This is a steep increase in price since Pixel 7. Googles upgrades are not going to happen for 7 years on Px7, but hopefully GrapheneOS gives my phone a few extra years.

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Post by xnx »

cantSpellSober wrote: post #66

> 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.

Google Plus had this feature in 2013: https://www.dpreview.com/articles/1400574775/hands-on-with-g....

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Post by Tade0 »

coldpie wrote: post #51
j10u wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed, I moved away from Pixels because of size... I'm hoping for a Pixel Mini someday

I moved away from Android entirely because of size. Currently on an iPhone 13 Mini, which is riiight at the very upper edge of a reasonable size. I would love to go back to Android if only someone reputable would make a reasonably-sized phone.

My SO is holding on to a first-gen iPhone SE for the exact same reason - I don't know what kind of hands manufacturers expect people to have, but at this point I'm all but certain that modern flagships are too large for most of the population.

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Post by modzu »

pixel 6 and 7 have severly weak fingerprint sensors, they overheat, and have basic telephone connectivity issues. its unfortunate not to see any of these basic table stakes addressed and instead just get a dog and pony show for the camera software and how it can produce fake photos

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Post by _ea1k »

syncbehind wrote: post #32

I wonder if the audio magic eraser feature will make it to older pixel phones. That and the best-shot one seemed very interesting. It also seems very arbitrarily limited to the newer ones, 7/7pro seem like they should be more than capable of driving these features. Is software limiting going to be the norm going forward for phones? Because, I don't think this is worth upgrading from last years phones from a hardware…

The same thing happened with photo magic eraser, but it eventually was released for other devices.

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Post by striking »

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…

Your posts and comments are not "shadowbanned" (or dead). If they were, we wouldn't be able to reply to you.

Not every post or comment does well. You'll be better off if you don't take it so personally.

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