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Post by cobertos »

freedomben wrote: post #261
cobertos wrote: post #191

I'm still on the Pixel 3! I can't get off. I bounced off the Pixel 6. It's too big in my hand. The finger print sensor is in a weird spot. Android 13 is more restrictive. And worst? It's not faster or better. It's legitimately a hard _downgrade_ for me. I have 2 Pixel 3s now (microphone died and battery swelled) but they run everything snappy! I might just keep buying Pixel 3s off eBay, its so much cheaper. My main w…

I won't be moving off of the Pixel 5a until the hardware breaks. Fingerprint sensor on the back and the camera notch all the way to the left are so good. With the case on the phone, my finger naturally lands on the sensor when I pick it up and it unlocks lightning fast. I don't understand why we can't have fingerprint sensors on the back anymore :-(

_Progress_

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Post by iancmceachern »

mdgrech23 wrote: post #209
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…

man if you think that's bad let me introduce you to the automobile industry.

Fashion too

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by iancmceachern »

utopcell wrote: post #252
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…

Five years ? Why would someone want to experience hardware advances in large steps instead of continuously ?

I live this way now.

My android phone is more than 5 years old, the tech in my laptop is similar.

I'm doing just fine and don't feel like I'm missing out on anything. I run up to date advanced software just like the whole world

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by modeless »

omoikane wrote: post #253
willseth wrote: post #74

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

Maybe the plan is to eventually have the phone include every possible sensor and do everything . https://xkcd.com/2212/

Can I have a mass spectrometer in my next phone?

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Post by iancmceachern »

dotancohen wrote: post #374
Moldoteck wrote: post #298

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Waiting when button phones will become the trend again

Since buying a larger-screen e-ink device, I have been wanting to go back to a dumb phone. But just a few features preclude this. 1. Dialing in the dumb phone. No dumb phones support CardDav syncing. 2. Very few dumb phones can function as wifi hotspots for the e-ink device. 3. Few dumb phones can record calls. 4. I forget what eight was for... seriously I had one or two other issues but I don't remember what they we…

Android phones can't record calls either.

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Post by seydor »

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.

It's because of how limited they are. Companies gave up trying to add stuff, and are in fact removing stuff and sensors in an attempt to up the sales of watches, earbuds etc etc. As long as it sells , they won't bother with better improvements

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Post by walteweiss »

HardlyCurious wrote: post #552
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.

Maybe I'm an idiot, but I think the expanded AI capabilities are the biggest step forward for phones in like 5+ years or more. But I'm someone who is still using a pixel 3, so maybe I'm just trying to make myself feel better about purchase I need to make because my phone's battery is pretty close to useless.

Have you considered replacing your battery instead? Or is it useless with the latest software updates?

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Post by walteweiss »

kilroy123 wrote: post #509
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 got my first smart phone 20 years ago.

Me too. Mine was Motorola MPx200. What was yours back then?

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Post by densh »

makeitdouble wrote: post #395
kylecazar wrote: post #196

It's odd to me that my Pixel 7 Pro is worth less in trade-in value than iPhone 11. I'm sure there are reasons, but it stings a little.

Getting access to the Apple ecosystem has inherent value that comes on top of the phones themselves. Green bubbles can be worth a few hundred dollars. Or why some people keep a busted iPhone around just to manage the parental controls. Android doesn't have much of those restrictions or it applies less.

As someone living in Europe this whole green bubble thing is completely baffling. Worth hundred dollars? Nobody uses default OS apps for messaging around here since they fail at cross platform interoperability.

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Post by kaba0 »

kimbernator wrote: post #353
kaba0 wrote: post #294

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> lot of people I know tend to get new phones well before they actually have a need for them It might just be your “bubble”, but even if not, is it really that bad of a deal? If you resell your previous phone at 2/3 the original price each year, you can use the latest phone for like 200 bucks for a year, or $17 monthly. For a device that is with you 0-24, and is probably the most often used item a typical person owns…

I feel qualified to say it's not just my bubble, having worked in cell phone sales. The business hinges on the fact that people don't run out the useful life of their devices. Incentives exist on the part of the person who, being human, definitely want the new shiny thing, regardless of the logic behind it. They exist for the salesperson, who will get a commission for selling the new shiny thing, regardless of whethe…

Historically? Sure. But we are no longer in that phase of the mobile industry that a year old phone is close to useless at running new apps - the hardware improvements are more gradual.
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