Without a 3.5mm and proper dual sim, this thing is useless to me :/
Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
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Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
#402> A pocket-sized personal security guard. My slim fit jeans say “no”. Seriously, how big do people want their phones to be?
Yeah the lack of options for small devices is really frustrating. I really don't want to switch to iOS but the iPhone Mini is the only serious contender...
Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
#403This will get downvoted immediately but what the heck. I understand we need better representation for people of color in many places - but dang Google, not a single white guy on the Pixel 6 page [0]?? Dozens of photos of people, not one white male. Sort of jarring in the reverse if you ask me. [0] https://store.google.com/product/pixel_6?hl=en-US Edit: Because the common reply to mine seems to be "Well now you know h…
This is the price we pay for our history. You might think it's unfair, and you might think equal numbers would be better, but given how shit the entire marketing industry has been to non-whites for decades maybe it's not completely unreasonable to swing to the other extreme for a while.
An objective look at history will tell you that "whites" (by which, I take it you mean europeans) were not worse than africans, asians, or most other groups.
If this isn't obvious to you, then you've been studying racist history. Asians slaughtered their way through much of Asia with Genhis Khan. In Africa, the Bantus genocided their way through the entire subsaharan region. Arabs ran huge slave societies and conquered much of the middle east and North Africa. Amerindians genocided each other. The list goes on. And none of these groups - including europeans -- should be made to feel guilty for any of this. To suggest that one group should feel bad for their history but not another is just bigotry masquerading as history.
We are all standing on a pile of bones. There is no special guilt to the pile of bones that Europeans stand on, nor is that pile particularly larger than any other. Nor is there any such thing as collective or inherited guilt.
Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
#404Pixel 6 207g weight is horrible. Pixel 5 is just 151g so this is huge jump. I wish smartphone manufacturers stop adding unnecessary weights for premium (like glass back). Pixel 6 Pro 210g is fine compared to non-Pro.
Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
#405Recent and related:
Google Pixel 6 Launch [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28920140 - Oct 2021 (155 comments)
Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
#406I think normally I'd look for the Pixel or the iPhone but my next purchase will be supporting FairPhone. When I think about how powerful I need my phone to be I don't need the best. I want something I can fix and update myself; something that's supported for more than a couple of years; something that is a little "better" for the planet. Does anybody use all of the new power of these incredible devices?
> Does anybody use all of the new power of these incredible devices? No, people do the same things with every new generation of smartphones. Call, text, scroll social media, take photos, or make Google searches. That kind of stuff. None of those activities require powerful hardware, so I will never understand why some smartphones need processors more powerful than the damn PC I'm typing this on. It's equally stupid i…
> No, people do the same things with every new generation of smartphones.
People who use the same apps and do the same things as 10 years ago don’t upgrade until it fails them, or they upgrade anyway because of other reasons that were worth the money. People who do benefit from the improvements do upgrade. People who do benefit from the improvements and can afford them do upgrade and are happy with the power and features.
Why is it even a discussion, and who among us can categorically say “yes” or “no” beside what we see in our small life circle ?
Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
#407One interesting thing to note is how much more high-budget Hollywood style Apple's event feels in comparison to Google's event. Having watched the two events on successive days, some things stand out - Apple throws numbers repeatedly at you through out the presentation and you end up remembering quite a few useless statistics (55.7 billion transitors in M1 Max) Apple makes a much bigger deal about each device with lo…
Is this also a difference in audience though? Yesterday's event was geared mainly towards creative professionals who are both more technical than average as well as have specific technical needs. Today's is towards the average consumer for a consumer device (even though it's called the "Pro").
Any presentations from Apple after quarantine is really well made.
Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
#408This will get downvoted immediately but what the heck. I understand we need better representation for people of color in many places - but dang Google, not a single white guy on the Pixel 6 page [0]?? Dozens of photos of people, not one white male. Sort of jarring in the reverse if you ask me. [0] https://store.google.com/product/pixel_6?hl=en-US Edit: Because the common reply to mine seems to be "Well now you know h…
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Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
#409The launch of this phone was utterly botched. There's a hilarious dissonance between the talk of SoC design, AI, computational photography and ambient computing and the inability to handle a website with a relatively simple purchase flow for a phone that, let's be real, probably has about 1/10 th of the interest and web traffic of the iPhone. From the moment the store website went live with these phones there were al…
People will never learn. You don't preorder Pixels, there are always better deals on Black Friday (literally in few weeks, just a week after Pixel start shipping). Never take preorders, especially with Pixels. (learned that hard with Pixel 3).
Also consider that now everything is in shortage.
Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
#410Thanks Google. Think I’ll be buying this. I want as little to do with Google’s services as possible in my life, but they really deserve credits for making a modern usable smartphone that is reasonably open. There is just one single feature I will be buying this for - the 5 years of software updates. While good image processing is definitely a pro, all of these software you’re presenting features I really don’t give a…
As a former Pixel user that switched because I broke the phone and had an extra iPhone in the family, there are a number of reasons I'm heavily considering switching back (had been an Android user since 2009). 1. Spam call screening is nonexistent on the iPhone, and T-Mobile's blocker still lets a ton of them through. In my prior experience Google did a much better job in this department. It would be nice to pick up…
I think it's not appreciated enough how much they got right by putting the fingerprint sensor on the back in a natural position to touch and hold the phone. You are correct, it is unlocked usually before the screen is visible.