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Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by shiroiushi »

thebytefairy wrote: post #597
nepger21 wrote: post #578

Google really needs to improve the core offering of what a phone is supposed to provide instead of using half baked AI as a selling point. I have been using Pixel 7 for almost the past 2 years. But the amount of basic core issues are crazy. Recently,since the July update, every place where the phone cannot catch network signal, it shutdowns. And with the update, somehow i feel it cannot catch network signal as strong…

Meanwhile, I'm getting pushed away from iOS when I can't customise basic things and the Phone app (you know, the main use of a phone) takes 30s to open, even after restores.

>I can't customise basic things and the Phone app (you know, the main use of a phone) takes 30s to open

I can't even remember the last time I used the actual voice calling function on my phone. It's probably been a couple of years now.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by endorphine »

arunabha wrote: post #712
Drew_ wrote: post #701

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People say this a lot about Google, but I'm pretty sure this is true for every big company.

I think the point was that it used to be different at Google in the past(I saw it first hand). People ensuring services functioned correctly after launch were valued and rewarded appropriately. Over time, the value given to maintenance and smooth operations decreased in reviews, esp for 'non core' services, which inevitably led to engineers doing the rational thing and prioritizing launching features, getting credit…

Interesting. Any hypotheses as to why this shift happened?

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by wiseowise »

saberience wrote: post #815
peapod91 wrote: post #786

The dominance of the negativity in these comments is noteworthy. Personally, I thought it was a exciting update with major hardware improvements, some compelling AI demos and use cases at a similar price point as the past. Top tech reviewers e.g. MKBHD has similar impressions. Mostly just curious as to why there are ~0 positive comments here. I suspect could be: 1) anti-google HN bias - perhaps deserved? 2) it's simp…

What qualifies someone as a “top tech reviewer”? It’s a phone for gods sake and some random YouTubers opinion isn’t anymore valid than a random Hackernews commentators opinion. If we were getting opinions on the latest PhD paper on attention mechanisms than I’d trust someone with a PhD versus a random person, but for getting opinions on the new Google phone? Think for yourself.

Whatever I watch==top tech reviewer, apparently.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by Xeamek »

LegitShady wrote: post #558
delecti wrote: post #308

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure why you think you'd like the Pixel fold more than the Samsung Fold. Their dimensions are similar, but you've already said you dislike the software experience. I had the Nexus 5, Pixel 1, 3a, and now 7a, with a couple other phones in between which each time drove me back to Google hardware and their flavor of Android. If you didn't like the software in the early days of Pixel, or even in the Nexus days be…

Personally can't imagine someone thinking "I hate the pixel experience" and then actually preferring samsung's, which is way worse.

Why is it worse?

Samsung's experience is objectively more customizable (you can have custom color schemes, custom keyboard layouts, macros and more).

At the same time, samsung defaults have neutral design, while google screams at You "this is a google app" almost everywhere.

I guess the only downside is that samsung's UIX is heavier on the performance side, but in context of flagships it doesn't matter much.

So again, what makes you say pixels experience is better?

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by Xeamek »

standardUser wrote: post #718

At this point I just want a phone that takes unbelievably amazing photos and videos under all lighting conditions and a phone that can zoom WAY the fuck out when I'm taking selfies. I don't even pretend to know what else I'm paying for at this point. I just scan reviews until it feels like I've found a phone that will reward my $1000 (or so) with a significantly better camera. Too soon to say if these Pixels will lor…

>samsungs bloatware

How is it any different then google's bloatware?

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by Xeamek »

wilsonnb3 wrote: post #306
microflash wrote: post #178

Do these phones have an upgrade to the "phone" part? My Pixel 8 Pro keeps dropping networks every few days and takes minutes to reconnect.

They are using a new modem this year but it is still Samsung rather than Qualcomm. Pixel 7 and 8 used the Samsung 5300 which wasnt very good so the new 5400 might be better but we will have to wait for reviews and what not. Google is switching from Samsung to TSMC for chip fab next gen, so the Pixel 10 might end up with a significantly better modem.

Tsmc is manufacturer, but whose design will they be using?

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by j_timberlake »

peapod91 wrote: post #786

The dominance of the negativity in these comments is noteworthy. Personally, I thought it was a exciting update with major hardware improvements, some compelling AI demos and use cases at a similar price point as the past. Top tech reviewers e.g. MKBHD has similar impressions. Mostly just curious as to why there are ~0 positive comments here. I suspect could be: 1) anti-google HN bias - perhaps deserved? 2) it's simp…

I'm very bullish on genAI, and I bought the new phone, but I really don't think the features shown are that exciting yet. It feels like they're laying the groundwork for more powerful AI to be ready to do things in your phone apps, and the current features are just paving the way.

The killer-app (that isn't porn) is going to be asking your phone to order food and it guesses correctly what you want while cross-checking availability, pricing, and discounts. Then a Waymo or Wing Drone delivers it.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by daghamm »

zooq_ai wrote: post #801
peapod91 wrote: post #786

The dominance of the negativity in these comments is noteworthy. Personally, I thought it was a exciting update with major hardware improvements, some compelling AI demos and use cases at a similar price point as the past. Top tech reviewers e.g. MKBHD has similar impressions. Mostly just curious as to why there are ~0 positive comments here. I suspect could be: 1) anti-google HN bias - perhaps deserved? 2) it's simp…

I Use Hacker News for technical input. on an average, HN crowd is pretty clueless about a) running a profitable business b) foreseeing technological progress -- say two iterations down the line. c) mass adoption of features On an average, they tend to be elitist and don't represent the average brand popularity (e.g Google, Meta, Amazon). They only mildly upvote technology that helps their extremely privileged life. E…

I don't know about the second part, but I fully agree with you on the first part.

Some days HN feels like an echo chamber, where thinking outside the box is heavily downvoted.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by flohofwoe »

peapod91 wrote: post #786

The dominance of the negativity in these comments is noteworthy. Personally, I thought it was a exciting update with major hardware improvements, some compelling AI demos and use cases at a similar price point as the past. Top tech reviewers e.g. MKBHD has similar impressions. Mostly just curious as to why there are ~0 positive comments here. I suspect could be: 1) anti-google HN bias - perhaps deserved? 2) it's simp…

Simple AI fatique I guess? Personally I'm immediately turned off when yet another product announcement mentions AI gimmicks, especially when there's no other features to get excited about. It's like the time when each new TV came with "3D support".

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by tuananh »

LegitShady wrote: post #558
delecti wrote: post #308

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure why you think you'd like the Pixel fold more than the Samsung Fold. Their dimensions are similar, but you've already said you dislike the software experience. I had the Nexus 5, Pixel 1, 3a, and now 7a, with a couple other phones in between which each time drove me back to Google hardware and their flavor of Android. If you didn't like the software in the early days of Pixel, or even in the Nexus days be…

Personally can't imagine someone thinking "I hate the pixel experience" and then actually preferring samsung's, which is way worse.

i used to think that too. but then ss fold device changed my mind.

the problem mostly come from the tensor chip where apps/games are not optimized for it. can't imagine using a top flag phone (pixel 8 pro) at the time with sub-optimal performance.

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