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Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by hendi_ »

fsckboy wrote: post #461
SushiHippie wrote: post #307

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I only bought a Pixel because of GrapheneOS. I think I've never had this few issues with a phone. (I only had Samsung phones before this) It feels even better than the Android that the Pixels ship with, I used it for a day before I flashed GrapheneOS, and I can completely understand why one would not buy a Pixel again if they only experienced the Stock OS.

I'm always interested in trying things like that, but I'm not that into playing some sort of "jailbreak cat and mouse" over time. If I install GrapheneOS, is it automatic after that for security updates and whatnot, or do I have to do some weird two-hands-three-fingers reboot and manually download, etc?

Yes, it's fully automated OTA updates with GrapheneOS.

(running it since 9mo on my Pixel 8)

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by Foobar8568 »

Scene_Cast2 wrote: post #464
roughly wrote: post #201

I'm an iPhone guy, but - there _are_ other designs for phones, right? The squircle corners, the shiny metal band surrounding the matte back, the aqua-pill-shaped buttons, the colors - Google is a $2T company, there's gotta be an industrial designer somewhere in the building or some process for phone design that doesn't take place in Cupertino, right?

There is a vibrant Chinese Android scene, with their own fairly stand-out design trends. One design that's pretty popular right now is the "large circle", as exemplified by Xiaomi 14 Ultra. My favorites in this theme are the ZTE Z50s Pro (IMHO just a gorgeous phone) and the Honor Magic6 Pro.

Huawei released a phone with a retractable lens and 1 inch main sensor, fairly unique for a phone first type of device.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by penguinjanitor »

fsckboy wrote: post #461
SushiHippie wrote: post #307

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I only bought a Pixel because of GrapheneOS. I think I've never had this few issues with a phone. (I only had Samsung phones before this) It feels even better than the Android that the Pixels ship with, I used it for a day before I flashed GrapheneOS, and I can completely understand why one would not buy a Pixel again if they only experienced the Stock OS.

I'm always interested in trying things like that, but I'm not that into playing some sort of "jailbreak cat and mouse" over time. If I install GrapheneOS, is it automatic after that for security updates and whatnot, or do I have to do some weird two-hands-three-fingers reboot and manually download, etc?

Graphene OS has automatic updates, prompts you for reboots after installing them via notification.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by teekert »

paxys wrote: post #449
taeric wrote: post #183

I'm kind of sad that the world seems to have given up on the smaller phones. The marketing of the masculine hand holding the larger phone is amusing to me, and I can understand wanting to have a larger screen. I do not like the amount of space these things take in my pocket, though.

From what I have seen women tend to prefer the larger phone sizes more than men, because they keep it in their handbags and use it two-handed.

Yes, that is also my anecdata (women with giant phones in their purses, or even wearing the phone as a purse). I have an iPhone 12 mini, really don't want anything bigger, but perhaps I'll go for a good watch and buds that can be online without a phone and also leave the giant phone in the bag most of the day, that would mean great battery life, less phone in hand, less distraction perhaps?

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by [deleted] »

queuebert wrote: post #220
nblgbg wrote: post #158

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 seriou…

So who does make good phones?

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Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by BeetleB »

999900000999 wrote: post #44

I have never been less excited for a phone. Maybe it's the One Plus 12 I'm holding, but this is a hard pass by me. All I want is a flagship chip, Esim support and a headphone jack. But since earbuds are almost all profit we won't see jacks coming back.

The OnePlus 12 cost about the same as this phone when new, correct?

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by losvedir »

renewiltord wrote: post #75
singhrac wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mostly agree, but partially because I can't tell (even though I'm paying $20/month) what tier of Gemini I am getting. I know most people won't care, but because they won't tell me, I will assume I'm getting Gemini Flash from 6 months ago, and I'm not paying $20/month for that. I'm sure if they were honest about the model people wouldn't pay for it. They're making the mistake of optimizing for general case users (wh…

I have Gemini Advanced but I can't tell which model it is, yeah. Same problem. Whatever it is, it's useless. GPT-2 level. Can't do anything reasonable. Claude 3.5 Sonnet and ChatGPT-4o are roughly the same with the former pipping it for me and then out there is this shitty Google product that is worse than Llama-3 running on my own laptop. Even Llama-3 is better at remembering what's going on. Fortunately, this time…

I pay for Gemini Advanced and it's much better than GPT-2, I think. I often search the same thing between Gemini and GPT-4 and it's a toss up which is better (they each get questions right when the other gets it wrong, sometimes).

But recently I asked Gemini "Bill Clinton is famous for his charisma and ability to talk with people. Did he ever share tips on how he does it?" and Gemini responded with some generic "can't talk about politics" answer, which was a real turn-off.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by henryfjordan »

taeric wrote: post #183

I'm kind of sad that the world seems to have given up on the smaller phones. The marketing of the masculine hand holding the larger phone is amusing to me, and I can understand wanting to have a larger screen. I do not like the amount of space these things take in my pocket, though.

I ordered and sent back a Pixel 7 because it was so large/heavy compared to what I was used to. Ended up buying a refurbed Pixel 5 (the model before Google introduced the new camera bar design) that's still kicking, been very happy.

Looks like they've gotten the Pixel 9 a bit smaller than the 7 but still the same weight. It's still larger than the Pixel 5 too.

https://www.phonearena.com/phones/size/Google-Pixel-9,Google...

The iPhone, to be fair, is closer to the Pixel 9 in size/weight than the Pixel 5 too.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by Sateeshm »

taeric wrote: post #183

I'm kind of sad that the world seems to have given up on the smaller phones. The marketing of the masculine hand holding the larger phone is amusing to me, and I can understand wanting to have a larger screen. I do not like the amount of space these things take in my pocket, though.

I'm still rocking my pixel 4a for this reason

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by myaccountonhn »

Scene_Cast2 wrote: post #464
roughly wrote: post #201

I'm an iPhone guy, but - there _are_ other designs for phones, right? The squircle corners, the shiny metal band surrounding the matte back, the aqua-pill-shaped buttons, the colors - Google is a $2T company, there's gotta be an industrial designer somewhere in the building or some process for phone design that doesn't take place in Cupertino, right?

There is a vibrant Chinese Android scene, with their own fairly stand-out design trends. One design that's pretty popular right now is the "large circle", as exemplified by Xiaomi 14 Ultra. My favorites in this theme are the ZTE Z50s Pro (IMHO just a gorgeous phone) and the Honor Magic6 Pro.

> ZTE Z50s Pro (IMHO just a gorgeous phone)

Woah that is a nice looking phone. Too bad the thing is massive.

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