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Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by seanalltogether »

ForkMeOnTinder wrote: post #29
nicbou wrote: post #12

6.7 inch screen. My Pixel 5 is already big. This one is an inch bigger in my hand and in my pockets. Price increase. 875€ in Europe. The Pixel 5 was 630€. Do you really get 40% more phone?

Interestingly the non-Pro pixels have been trending in the right direction for size. The Pixel 6 is 6.4" The Pixel 7 is 6.3" The Pixel 8 is 6.2" If the trend continues we only have to wait 3 more years for a < 6" phone

They are close to being back to original size of the pixel 3 which in my opinion was the perfect size.

Pixel 8 - 150.5 x 70.8 x 8.9 mm

Pixel 6 - 158.6 x 74.8 x 8.9 mm

Pixel 3 - 145.6 x 68.2 x 7.9 mm

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by thesuitonym »

Jcampuzano2 wrote: post #110
soperj wrote: post #34

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I still don't get the "premium feel" line when everyone covers their phone in a case anyway. I don't care if my phone is made of plastic when it actually makes it less prone to breaking when dropped.

I've been saying this to people for years. Tons of companies market how a phone feels, its looks/colors but then almost everybody just ends up slapping a case on it. I literally couldn't care what a phone was made out of/how it feels since I just put a case on it before I even use it for a day in most situations.

Same here. I think it's ridiculous we make phones out of glass, then put more glass on them to protect that glass. Phone screens should be made of plastic, which doesn't break, and then let me put a piece of glass over it to prevent scratching. And then if that breaks, oh well, I don't care because i can replace it for $10.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by braydenm »

Is there any word on whether the modem has moved to a different supplier? I previously suffered challenges having to soft-reset Pixel 6/7 to "Fix Connectivity" fairly frequently.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by plorkyeran »

12907835202 wrote: post #60
ireallywantthat wrote: post #6

Too expensive for my tastes. Give me 380USD phone which lasts for next 5-8 years, feels premium, is repairable, camera is decent, replaceable battery, OS is just Vanilla Android with atleast 5 years(more years of Software updates would be welcome) of Software Updates and when you can't provide it, make it hackable enough to install Custom ROMs.

No company will ever make a 5-8 year phone at that price. That's $47-76 a year. People pay that amount or more for apps that help manage their fantasy football team... Comparitively that would be an insane bargain for a phone and it's absurd for that to be your requirement. I do wonder what the right price point would be for a subscription model. At the moment the average replacement time is every 2 years which would…

The current iPhone SE starts at $430 and will (probably) get at least 5 years of updates. If budget phone makers can't do something cheaper than the iPhone SE then surely their entire business model is just fucked?

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by plorkyeran »

abdusco wrote: post #89
Tade0 wrote: post #55

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I remember when such phones were in a different size category named "phablets".

They had huge bezels. I feel like current phones with huge displays are at most as big as then-phablets or even smaller.

The original galaxy note was 147 x 83 x 9.7: slightly wider and thicker than the pixel 8, but not quite as tall. Overall very similar in size, but with a 5.3" screen rather than 6.2".

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by Grazester »

krzyk wrote: post #136
stonewhite wrote: post #119

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Features do include Face Unlock if you scroll down enough

That's the unsecure one with only camera. And they don't allow to use that where fingerprint. Pixel 4 had dot projector for security.

Apparently it is secure enough to use for payment apps now on the Pixel 8

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by hbn »

abdusco wrote: post #89
Tade0 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I remember when such phones were in a different size category named "phablets".

They had huge bezels. I feel like current phones with huge displays are at most as big as then-phablets or even smaller.

Our thumbs haven't grown in the past decade and they now are expected to stretch longer distances. I can't even reach the opposite top corner with my thumb on my iPhone 13 mini

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by sphars »

fullstop wrote: post #130
panarky wrote: post #94

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Pixels get updates direct from Google, doesn't depend on your carrier.

This isn't entirely true. I have a Pixel 7 Pro and T-Mobile -- updates can be delayed by the carrier. https://9to5google.com/2023/01/12/google-pixel-t-mobile-upda...

Did you purchase your phone from T-Mobile? I'm on T-Mobile but I always buy my Pixels direct from Google. All updates have come direct from Google, no T-Mobile involvement at all.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by hbn »

daft_pink wrote: post #116

Snoozer like the iPhone 15 release. No real innovation, just a new chip, improved cameras, and a bunch of waxing and waning about premium materials that I will never see again after I slap a case on it.

Why do people expect to be blown away every year? Most people upgrade their phone every 2-3 years. This isn't the early smartphone days where there was tons of room for improvement. Moore's law has gotten increasingly closer to ending, screens are as pixel dense as necessary, and people generally are satisfied with the capabilities of their phone. Starting around 2017 smartphones as we know them peaked and so they just shove bigger/better/more cameras into them for the most part.

Re: Pixel 8 Pro

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Post by thefz »

Alacart wrote: post #84
andrewstuart2 wrote: post #3

I'm really glad to see both the partnership with iFixit and the 7 years of support. Because everything else seems mostly meh to me, and while I'm upgrading this year from a Pixel 6 Pro, the continued diminished returns make it seem likely that 2-3 years from now I won't have as much reason to.

My experience with my own pixel 7 pro and a pixel 5 has been that these devices are an order of magnitude lower in build quality than Samsung or iPhones. I really, really wanted to be happy with them but they've been a never ending source of frustration. My pixel 5 just stopped turning on one day about 2 years in, and my pixel 7 pro had the volume and power buttons fall out about 3 weeks in (not due to a drop, after…

> My experience with my own pixel 7 pro and a pixel 5 has been that these devices are an order of magnitude lower in build quality than Samsung or iPhones.

Subjective, I am at my third Pixel phone in six years and I never had an issue.

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