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Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by thefz »

kelnos wrote: post #222
thefz wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Don't you think that three phones in six years is the issue? One (P3) ended with me having it in the back pocket of my jeans and literally jumping in the backseat... yeah, not smart. Another (P4a), I tried to open to swap a new battery in and it did not end well. I'd still happily be with the 4a if it was not for my dumb self. It's perfectly working and I use it to listen to some music while biking or at the gym. I…

Would you still be with it, though? Someone upthread claims the phones just don't last. Maybe if you hadn't broken your phones, they still wouldn't've lasted much longer anyway. Having said that, I'm still using my 4-year-old Pixel 4, and it's in great shape. I'll probably get a new phone this year since it's no longer receiving security updates. Which is stupid, because I'm otherwise perfectly happy with the phone.…

Idea was to stretch the P4a until the end of security updates.

The reason is that it is much, much more compact and it's perfect to carry around when on the bike as it does not wedge into my quad when pedaling. And it's easier to hold with my gloves on. Well, it's living a second life full of music and OsmAnd maps.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by lanius »

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.

Do you have adaptive brightness enabled? For the longest time I did not realize that the screen doesn't achieve max brightness despite the brightness slider manually set to the max unless it's enabled.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

panarky wrote: post #99
joduplessis wrote: post #8

Oooooh wow, that strip - no thanks. First impressions of the aesthetic: clouds & bubblegum.

The price you pay for better camera sensor and lenses.

I don't think that necessarily true - Samsung has hidden the cameras inside the body, and I'd argue that there's nothing terribly special about the pixel camera hardware compared to, say, the S23 Ultra.

That being said, I like the look for the visor.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by deanc »

initplus wrote: post #188

Same region locking nonsense there is every launch on the Google store. I understand you aren't selling this in my region, but not even letting me look at the product is super frustrating.

Yeah. They're absolutely shooting themselves in the foot. Makes no sense to me at all as it's good advertising for their brand and people all around the world are going to be interested.

Here's an archive.is link which has most of the info [1]

[1] https://archive.ph/RuBSk

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by LostLocalMan »

I've been wanting to get off of my s21 ultra because it's extremely bulky and has gotten slow over the years. The killer feature keeping me on it is the 100x zoom for identifying birds and I haven't seen another phone rival it yet. To be clear the 100x zoom is awful quality and not really useful for anything beyond getting basic shapes and colors but for identifying far birds it's awesome.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by freedomben »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #133
shopvaccer wrote: post #115

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With respect to grapheneOS on samsung, I don't think it's about security. It's about openness, there is already samsung knox (or whatever it is called, samsung dex?) so clearly they know how to make a secure enclave it's just that samsung wants to keep their stuff proprietary. In general samsung and others (huawei, etc.) are trying to get a grip on android, and open-source seems to oppose that. I don't know what moti…

You're right about that. Google seems to be a lot more open with its hardware compared to other manufacturers. This attitude apparently even extends towards their laptops. It's certainly something I've come to appreciate about Google.

Same, in fact it's the reason I buy and continue to buy their products. I continually hope that doesn't change

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by paxys »

kimbernator wrote: post #178

It's starting to feel silly, having a yearly release cycle for smartphones. So much of this product page is focused on new software functions that may have some vague relationship with the slightly upgraded hardware, but that could mostly be released to existing phones. Every new iPhone, Pixel, or Samsung phone basically claims the camera is marginally better and hey, look at these software features that have very li…

What's silly isn't the fact that they release new smartphones every year but that people feel compelled to upgrade every year.

Incremental annual hardware refreshes are great, because everyone who is in the market for a phone can always get the latest and greatest and can be set for several years. For those that give in to the marketing and throw away perfectly usable devices and a thousand+ dollars – well that's nobody's fault but their own.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by hparadiz »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #133
shopvaccer wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With respect to grapheneOS on samsung, I don't think it's about security. It's about openness, there is already samsung knox (or whatever it is called, samsung dex?) so clearly they know how to make a secure enclave it's just that samsung wants to keep their stuff proprietary. In general samsung and others (huawei, etc.) are trying to get a grip on android, and open-source seems to oppose that. I don't know what moti…

You're right about that. Google seems to be a lot more open with its hardware compared to other manufacturers. This attitude apparently even extends towards their laptops. It's certainly something I've come to appreciate about Google.

Why does no one ever consider Sony? They let you unlock the bootloader and the hardware is excellent.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

cdchn wrote: post #189
hbn wrote: post #147

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Our thumbs haven't grown in the past decade and they now are expected to stretch longer distances. I can't even reach the opposite top corner with my thumb on my iPhone 13 mini

Stop me if you're head this one before but I'm going to tune you into a neat trick. Use your other hand.

Yeah, no shit. I don't think that there's anyone who can't figure that out. The problem isn't "I can't figure out how to use my phone", it's that always having to use the phone with two hands is annoying as hell. Phones shine when you can use them one handed. They suck when you have to regularly use them two handed because they are so big.

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Post by mrinterweb »

grepLeigh wrote: post #173

This is a meta comment, but I think it's extraordinary that we're only 15ish years from the first smartphone release and we've already reached the "boring" incremental improvement phase for these tiny pocket supercomputers. Consider how long it took PCs to reach the same stage (with a fraction of the adoption). It was like 20 years from Kenbak-1 to the 90s PC era.

I hear what you're saying, but I feel this release is less boring than other recent smart phones. It seems that they are really at an inflection point where they are able to start really utilizing their AI chips for deeper integration. From a hardware perspective, I agree this release might be boring. I don't think the Tensor3 is a far faster chip than the Tensor2 (for general purpose CPU tasks), but the AI processing capacity of this chip seem like the focus of this model. The new display seems pretty great, but I have been pleased with my Pixel 7 display.
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