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Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by jama211 »

gowld wrote: post #142
mvieira38 wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Is this a "left brain vs right brain" type of thing? Do most HNers prefer Androids? I don't think so. The stuff you mentioned is objectively better as there's no reason for Apple not to let you do it. It's more of a "I've been in the Apple walled garden for so long and so are all my friends" or the so-called network effects. Examples: you can't "Facetime" and "Airdrop" on Android, your text confirmation marks are g…

Logical analysis, like using folders and file APIs, is "left-brained".

This is such a redditor comment

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Post by wijwp »

coldpie wrote: post #230
zamadatix wrote: post #132

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It's interesting how this type of feedback always comes up for phones yet smaller phones have an extremely hard time actually selling enough units to justify making more of them. It seems part of it may be folks remaining in this group seem much more willing to stick with old devices anyways, helping drive less priority for small sizes on top of already being a smaller market segment. Perhaps there are some other big…

> yet smaller phones have an extremely hard time actually selling enough units to justify making more of them I don't buy this. The iPhone 13 Mini all by itself sold 6 million units in a year. That's about half the rate of Google's entire Pixel lineup. The market is small, yeah, but it definitely exists. I think a company could quietly make a high quality, straightforward, small Android device with maybe every-other-…

You can't just look at units sold, you have to look at net units sold because the version of the product existed.

For example, if 5.9 million of those 6 million people would have bought the larger iPhone model anyway, then you didn't actually gain much by offering the Mini unit.

I have no idea what those numbers are, though.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by mattnewton »

topspin wrote: post #187
bityard wrote: post #55

> Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL are all available for preorder today starting at $799, $999 and $1199. Sigh, still not going to pay more for a phone than I paid for my computer. Also, what is up with that camera module? This doesn't look like it can physically slide into jeans pockets. At least round the corners or add little ramps. I guess this is what happens when design folk are allowed to trump engin…

Few people are paying those prices. Cell providers sell these at far less: on the order of 60% of Googles retail price.

Well, minor nit- cell providers offer it for 60% Google’s price to start[0], while locking it into a phone contract that subsidizes it. This is effectively bundling a loan for the hardware with your data plan. That price is more of a down payment on said loan.

[0] actually in the US at least they’ll frequently offer it for “free” with a new plan, that of course locks the phone to said plan.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by jama211 »

myaccountonhn wrote: post #183
mg wrote: post #94

The people at Google seem to think much more like me than the people at Apple. There are 3 primary decisions Google made that click with me, while Apple's choices are a mystery to me: 1: When I put a Pixel on a table, it sits there stable. Because the backside is symmetrical. When I put an iPhone on a table, it wobbles. 2: When I sort my photos on a Pixel, I sort them in folders. The "camera" folder is where the unso…

I knew apple wasn't for me when I tried to sync and backup my stuff on something that wasn't iCloud. Its just plain unusable if you don't want to be fully entrenched in their cloud services.

I’m an iphone user and I’ve always used Dropbox and google photos as my general backup mediums.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by coldpie »

OtherShrezzing wrote: post #250
mg wrote: post #94

The people at Google seem to think much more like me than the people at Apple. There are 3 primary decisions Google made that click with me, while Apple's choices are a mystery to me: 1: When I put a Pixel on a table, it sits there stable. Because the backside is symmetrical. When I put an iPhone on a table, it wobbles. 2: When I sort my photos on a Pixel, I sort them in folders. The "camera" folder is where the unso…

I do t think I’ve ever met anyone who doesn’t use a phone case, all of which fix #1

I've never used a phone case. I don't understand why they make these things so small and then everyone just slaps on an extra couple mm. What's the point? If we're making them bigger anyway, at least use that space for more battery.

Anyway, the wobble is real, and sucks.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by Kirby64 »

Jabbles wrote: post #242

https://imgur.com/a/sDJTiyK That 100x zoom looks a bit... sloppy... The car has one wing mirror and the rear tire is wider than the front. Edit: this might be real, see child comments. Is there someone who knows more about cars who can confirm that this is in fact, not real?

This is an old classic car/truck. Only one mirror was somewhat common back then. Also, wider rear tires are not unusual. Especially on anything with a bed, since you want additional loading capabilities in the back.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by Johnny555 »

nancyminusone wrote: post #160
Johnny555 wrote: post #91

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The camera bump (rather than a full-size thickness increase) makes the phone feel less massive, especially in your pocket.

I don't need it to "feel" less massive. Most wallets are thicker and I don't hear anyone complain.

not sure if you mean clip-on cell phone wallets (I assume that people that don't want a thick cell phone don't add a wallet since it makes their cell phone too thick), or actual wallets... plenty of people complain about those:

https://lifehacker.com/how-can-i-downsize-my-ridiculously-la... https://veryexcellenthabits.com/downsize-ridiculously-enormo... https://www.reddit.com/r/onebag/comments/5blfkt/my_wallet_is...

And a thick wallet causes enough health problems for it to be called "Fat Wallet Syndrome".

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fat_Wallet_Syndro...

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Post by nomel »

izacus wrote: post #120
meowkit wrote: post #112

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As someone who prefers iphones… - iPhone wobble is real. Mostly mitigated by a proper case. Does the iPhone get a better camera in return? Usually in my experience. - I don’t sort my photos. The semantic search has been sufficient, and I back everything up to my NAS via an iCloud docker shim. - Chrome/chromium is adware garbage now. FireFox is the only browser I use. The FS API does sound great though. Enviable given…

Pixel phones have won blind camera tests last few years without Apple coming close though.

This is tricky. Most Android phones apply heavy color saturation and contrast adjustments, by default, to the images and the display itself, where iPhone tends to keep things more "raw". But, "pop" is what the average person usually prefers. It's post processing step that can heavily influence favor, unrelated to the camera. The Samsung cameras are still objectively better though, in many metrics.

My work involves showing images accurately on screens, and I always have dig through all the settings to make the Android phones just to show an image without heavy modification (for Samsung, it's 3 separate settings!). There is no such setting for iPhone, where the default experience is a (literally) color calibrated screen.

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Post by ranger207 »

Jabbles wrote: post #242

https://imgur.com/a/sDJTiyK That 100x zoom looks a bit... sloppy... The car has one wing mirror and the rear tire is wider than the front. Edit: this might be real, see child comments. Is there someone who knows more about cars who can confirm that this is in fact, not real?

That looks vaguely similar to a 60s Mustang (although also has a lot of details that are wrong) and old muscle cars like that often have wider rear tires for better traction

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Post by taco_emoji »

hattar wrote: post #125
mg wrote: post #94

The people at Google seem to think much more like me than the people at Apple. There are 3 primary decisions Google made that click with me, while Apple's choices are a mystery to me: 1: When I put a Pixel on a table, it sits there stable. Because the backside is symmetrical. When I put an iPhone on a table, it wobbles. 2: When I sort my photos on a Pixel, I sort them in folders. The "camera" folder is where the unso…

I use an iphone and have for many years. I was a phone geek who would always use custom ROMs and have everything dialed in just so. I'm sure this has changed over the years but back in the day it seemed like there was always some weird issue with my Android phone. Admittedly, a lot of that could have been my fault for constantly messing with the device. Eventually I got busy and just needed my phone to do the simple…

Pixel has had face unlock since at least Pixel 7
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