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Post by Dylan16807 »

deergomoo wrote: post #465
MBCook wrote: post #393

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TBF that’s what Apple did, basically. It wasn’t in the initial release. Needed a software update 2 months later or so. You were only supposed to get 1 year (?) of service. But they extended that by a year. Because of that everyone with a qualifying phone is still in the “free” stage so we still don’t know what it will cost. Or when that will start. If ever. I’ve never used it but I like that my iPhone has it. I would…

> You were only supposed to get 1 year (?) of service. But they extended that by a year. I suspect they wanted to gauge what the usage (and therefore cost to them) would be like before making any promises. I would not be surprised if satellite messaging ends up costing after the first year, but that satellite SOS remains free forever. After all, who wants the reputation hit when someone ends up dying in the wildernes…

They can charge you after you get rescued. Or does that come out as a negligible amount?

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Post by awill »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #117
awill wrote: post #98

Remember when Google used to do live benchmarks showing it beat the iPhone (and even the iPad). Those were the days. Now Tensor is bottom of the pack for high-end phones.

Remember when average people cared about benchmarks? Because I don't.

There's a reason Apple is doing so way. The A and M chips are a huge reason for that. So sure, benchmarks don't matter, but performance does, and Tensor is way behind.

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Post by 0x1ch »

digging wrote: post #386
0x1ch wrote: post #363

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The fact that more than once, you could not call 911 due to a bug, should be enough to convince people that Google doesn't test their products or have any quality control.

I would seriously hope that 2 instances of a certain bug, no matter how critical, would not convince anyone that the manufacturer "doesn't test their products or have any quality control".

Any other service wouldn't have bothered me. This was a reoccurring issue across different releases of the Pixel line... If there is a single thing you should be able to do with a cellular device, it's call 911... Not acceptable.

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Post by burkaman »

nogridbag wrote: post #207
burkaman wrote: post #106

I've never seen a temperature sensor on a phone before, I thought that was kind of cool. Sounds like it doesn't really work though: https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/google-pixel-8-pro-the...

The "human body measurement" test in that article seems flawed. When you launch the Thermometer app, there's only two buttons: Object temperature and Body temperature. So I'm not sure why the author tried to measure body temperature by using "Object temperature" mode with "default" setting and measuring the temperature under the tongue. The Body Temperature test has always been accurate for me and matches my higher e…

Looks like the body temperature update came out a couple months after that article was written, so I guess it works better now. Very cool, I would love to have that on a phone.

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Post by settsu »

thedman9052 wrote: post #290
NotSammyHagar wrote: post #197

Pixel 9 also says satellite emergency support ("Satellite SOS"). Search for info gets you to https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15254448?hl=en&... It looks like it's coming "later this year". Lots of chatter about it, see a few details at https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-9-satellite-sos-34676... * apparently coming with android 15, but they are shipping android 14 * turning on satellite sos later, but…

How much is the subscription for the Garmin device? I'm curious because I bought my parents a personal locator beacon, since they are retired and hike constantly. It costs more up front but has no subscription, and I didn't want to gift something with a high recurring cost. There's no communication option, it's all or nothing - if it's activated they send the helicopters. On the plus side, it has a fixed 7 year batte…

One thing to bear in mind is that the iPhone based satellite connection is highly directional, meaning whoever is using it needs to be conscious and able to follow the on-screen instructions to align the phone with a certain point in the sky (within a few angular degrees.)

Whereas, in contrast, the Garmin inReach devices need "only" a clear sky view.

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Post by rangestransform »

echelon wrote: post #455
lancesells wrote: post #454

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The Pixel and iPhone are really seeming homogenous with each other. The marketing seems similar, typefaces used, the naming conventions are close to the same, the airbrushed image generators, the photos app marketing that's turning your personal photos into a photoshoot with editing capabilities. On top of that you've got the same earbuds form factor, smart watches, etc.

I wish we had more than two phone giants. This is aggravating. Unfortunately due to their market dominance and muddling of (hardware, OS, software distribution, and platform ecosystem), it's almost impossible to disentangle. It'd be amazing if the DOJ made these companies only offer one slice of those four things. There would be so much competition and a wild variety of new things being tried.

I would rather have a better phone than more options, apple's 800-pound gorilla-ness gets me a phone with:

- an SoC made on TSMC's latest process node, with a humongous die, and all the associated power/performance benefits

- because of how many phones apple can sell, they can divide the cost of R&D over more units, and can design things like their own CPU cores

- "Ask app not to track" that works, because of the app store monopoly

- I don't have to use 12342342345234 payment apps for each bank's credit card, Apple Wallet works with all of them (the EU wants to ruin this for Europeans)

As a consumer, I'm a huge fan of US antitrust law, where the test is harm to consumers

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Post by jjcm »

Lots of comments about the camera bump. I'm glad they at least went for a symmetrical bump so the phone lays flat rather than iPhone's "off to the left" style bump. I don't mind a non-flat phone, but at least make it symmetrical.

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Post by eloisant »

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?

I like the small radius corners of my Pixel 6a. I hope it will last because I can't see myself switching to a recent Pixel with those huge squircle corners.

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Post by E39M5S62 »

appel wrote: post #104

Google's trade-in estimates for the P9 Pro: Pixel Fold (256/512): $760 Pixel 8 Pro (128/256/512/1TB): $699 Pixel 8 (128/256): $490 Pixel 7a: $300 Pixel 7 Pro (128/256/512): $540 Pixel 7 (128/256): $360 Edit: there's a complete overview of all trade in estimates in this post: https://slickdeals.net/f/17689866-buy-pixel-9-pro-or-pixel-9...

If you're a Google Fi member, they have a nice discount on the price of the phone - but the trade-in value of your existing phone looks to be halved. I can get the Pixel 9 Pro XL with 256GB of storage for $750, but I only get $150 towards my Galaxy S22+.

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Post by partdavid »

vundercind wrote: post #55
Someone1234 wrote: post #38

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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 think the bulges are because everyone’s using a case anyway, so they may as well bump out. Unless someone’s doing the “I care so little about protecting several hundred dollars that I use an expensive phone without a case” thing.

My wallet case is indispensable (to me). In other words, I'd rather use the "space" of the camera's bump-out for my own purposes (ID and credit card) than a worse camera or even more-er battery life (for some time now "more than a day" is indistinguishable to me from "more than a day and a half") or some other gadget. Probably. Um, maybe put some more gadgets on the phone and I'll get back to you on that one...
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