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"Unlock Gemini Advanced for a year on us ($239 value)" Who thinks they are booking phone sales as AI revenue to juice the numbers?

It’s total trash AI. I keep forgetting to unsubscribe. Can’t do anything.

How do you know if you are paying for it?

I signed up, but I have no idea if I am being charged for it. Hope not.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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It blows me away that people will spend $1k for a phone when there are good options for $500 or less. I will grant that Google's phone is probably the best. But in my experience the difference in quality does not correlate to the difference in price. Apple has a monopoly and they set price expectations. Also, I think buyers think if you have a cheaper phone strangers may think you are poor. Personally I want people t…

what are your favorite $500 or less options

Not GP, but I just got a Sony Xperia 10 VI, and I'm loving it so far.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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I love Google Pixel phones because of Google Fi for traveling; unfortunately Google Fi is facing major service downgrades/outages for travelers (including me) who go on 3+ month trips out of the US. Google Support tells me the Google Pixel 9 Pro has the same limitation. For comparison my iPhone works fine on Verizon. The issue is now described in the Google Pixel T&C, and I hope Google will eventually offer a way to…

Interesting. I likely won't be in a position to take a 3+ month trip for a long time. But I just came back from spending 1 month in China and Google Fi worked flawlessly in China and Taiwan. I had better 5G coverage in Shanghai than in the US.

My main complaint is once you go over your data limit and opt into the $10/GB there's no way to restrict your speed. It may sound silly, but I was hesitant to click some links as they may start loading tons of pictures and videos below the fold and cost me a dollar or two per click. So I pretty much limited my browsing to HN!

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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post #3

"Unlock Gemini Advanced for a year on us ($239 value)" Who thinks they are booking phone sales as AI revenue to juice the numbers?

and are they booking AI search as cloud revenue?

No, absolutely not. The only part of this that would be Cloud revenue would be model usage exposed via Vertex.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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It blows me away that people will spend $1k for a phone when there are good options for $500 or less. I will grant that Google's phone is probably the best. But in my experience the difference in quality does not correlate to the difference in price. Apple has a monopoly and they set price expectations. Also, I think buyers think if you have a cheaper phone strangers may think you are poor. Personally I want people t…

what are your favorite $500 or less options

iphone se 2022 is $429

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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How reliable is the Pixel fold? I jumped ship from Nexus/Pixel in 2019, and the only thing that could bring me back to Pixel would be the larger screen of the fold. But my personal experience with Nexus/Pixel quality 2010-2019 is pretty bad, and adding in the folding screen makes me think getting one is a Bad Idea.

Sadly, due to my employer, only Apple and Google are options, so none of the other folding phones are options. I wish Apple would do a fold..

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Where did the “{our, the} most {adj} yet” marketing thing come from? I remember apple using it for a long time. Did everyone just decide to copy it? It sounds so lame to see it during every tech product announcement.

Our most derivative advertisement yet.

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One of the big problems with Pixel phones is their lack of thorough testing. You upgrade and suddenly you encounter strange Bluetooth issues, call problems, or other features that were working fine before but suddenly stop functioning. Tons of people will be complaining about this in forums, and you won't receive any updates to fix them for months. IMHO all Pixel phones are just developer devices and you can't seriously use them as daily drivers. Adding more AI features won't help unless they start taking their customer service seriously!

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The previous camera bulge was questionable but this one looks horrendous

All camera bulges are a poor design. Just make the battery thicker. Either way people are throwing a case on to make the back straight again.

I love the camera bump on the Pixel 6. I made a leather belt pouch¹ for it for use on trips and hiking, and the camera bump sits neatly on the edge of the front of the pouch (the back part curves around as a flap over the top). It gives my fingers exactly the right grip to grab it and get a solid grip on the whole device as I lift it out of its pouch.

Never used a case for any phone I've owned.

1: Using the wet moulding technique.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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It blows me away that people will spend $1k for a phone when there are good options for $500 or less. I will grant that Google's phone is probably the best. But in my experience the difference in quality does not correlate to the difference in price. Apple has a monopoly and they set price expectations. Also, I think buyers think if you have a cheaper phone strangers may think you are poor. Personally I want people t…

My phone (£500/$500) was released in Nov 2017, bought in Feb 2018, and it's still just fine. Only recently have I been noticing the battery life is getting a bit pathetic.

Spending £500 on a new one hasn't really entered my thoughts. The last time I went shopping for an (Android) phone with and for my girlfriend it was a nightmare - so many absolutely shit giant phones that don't feel right in the hand

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