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Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by nh23423fefe »

Fuzzwah wrote: post #471

This seems like a good place to randomly drop my thoughts on switching from a Samsung s20+ to a Pixel 9 Pro. The hardware is excellent in the hand. The display is great, battery life excellent, the UI is snappy, does all the basic things I expect from a quality device. Over all, no huge regrets..... but... The scrolling in every app is just "different" from the Samsung, and in a "not as good" way. I moved to Pixel wi…

Samsung camera app is buggy. Slow motion videos stutter. Its a common problem they wont solve.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by lawn »

fariszr wrote: post #834
starky wrote: post #778

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>The performance is just unacceptable, it's already 50%+ slower than a snapdragon 8 elite flagship released in the same year. This is the one thing I don't understand. How many people actually need the top end SoCs that other flagships come with. Phones have been more than fast enough for a long time now. Other than playing some games with tough visuals mid range SoCs are still more than powerful enough. Complaints a…

It matters when the phone is supposed to last more than two years. Poor battery life is a symptom of a slow CPU, things that don't require full performance on a snapdragon 8 elite take double the time in a pixel while needing full turbo performance. Don't get me started on the terrible modem efficiency. These issues are there since the Pixel 6, and Google clearly just doesn't care.

I used a Fairphone 4 (a clearly underpowered phone already at release) for almost 4 years and it still performed just as well. This issue is overblown.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by rurp »

I was surprised to see "more helpful support than ever" listed as a top line feature. Google actually offering good support to their customers?! I was impressed until I got to "Magic Cue isn’t just a single app or feature, it’s proactive support". Ah, so it sounds like the helpful support is just more AI slop.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

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…

> Sigh, still not going to pay more for a phone than I paid for my computer.

My computer is ~$6,000, so that would be a pretty high bar for me.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

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.

Yeah, I bought a Pixel 10 Pro 256 GB yesterday. Should have been $1,099. But Google e-mailed me a $150 off coupon code, I got $450 off for being a Google Fi subscriber, plus $100 as a trade-in for my Pixel 6. My actual price for the 10 Pro was $399.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by ncr100 »

mrheosuper wrote: post #760
jjice wrote: post #10

> Tensor G5 and the latest version of Gemini Nano work together to run Magic Cue privately and securely on your phone. Running Gemini Nano on device is the most interesting thing here. Magic Cue sounds exactly like the Siri improvements that Apple failed to launch this past year (and have stayed mostly quiet about for this coming year, except saying "eventually"). I hope it works well, because on-device AI for simple…

call me insane, but i used to want a virtual assistant that run and listen to me 24/24. Yeah, some paranoid would scream like hell, but think about what we could achieve. It could listen to my conversation, take notes, and auto add a reminder in my calendar if needed. Since it has a large amount of context, i could something "Hey do you know when John said he would come back from his trip?" and it would answer me "Ye…

This is absolutely being worked on. Limitless.AI has a hardware recorder + mobile app for reviewing your todos plus syncing / processing, and an AI backend, and an MCP API for ... whatever else you want to do. (plus a sprinkling of privacy / "HIPPA compliance" etc.)

I'm a customer of theirs. And I have NOT researched the subject much further. However given the tone and concern of the discussions by the other customers in the limitless forums, and of the devs, I am confident what you're asking is here or coming.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by ncr100 »

epolanski wrote: post #415
jjice wrote: post #10

> Tensor G5 and the latest version of Gemini Nano work together to run Magic Cue privately and securely on your phone. Running Gemini Nano on device is the most interesting thing here. Magic Cue sounds exactly like the Siri improvements that Apple failed to launch this past year (and have stayed mostly quiet about for this coming year, except saying "eventually"). I hope it works well, because on-device AI for simple…

I hate the idea you love, so much intrusion in my life.

why ? someone else has an idea, what is to hate that another person has an idea ?

how does their idea intrude into your life ?

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by ryandrake »

dakiol wrote: post #57
jjice wrote: post #10

> Tensor G5 and the latest version of Gemini Nano work together to run Magic Cue privately and securely on your phone. Running Gemini Nano on device is the most interesting thing here. Magic Cue sounds exactly like the Siri improvements that Apple failed to launch this past year (and have stayed mostly quiet about for this coming year, except saying "eventually"). I hope it works well, because on-device AI for simple…

> I love the idea of an on-device model that I can say something like "who's going to the baseball game this weekend" and it'll intelligently check my calendar and see who's listed. Or saying something like "how much was the dinner at McDoogle's last week?" and have it check digital wallet transactions. It's probably just me (or a few like me) but I don't really keep my life in digital format as much as others (and I…

I used to consider myself a "tech guy" but the world seems to have moved on without me. I look at announcements of new phones and computers and I'm not even remotely excited about any of it. They're not solving any problem that I have anymore. I have a 9 year phone, and nothing released since then has really been compelling enough for me to upgrade. The only reason I will probably get a new one at some point is because the OS manufacturer and 3rd party app developers have (at best) stopped supporting my device and (at worst) are actively blocking my using their software/websites purely because of the age of the otherwise perfectly working device.

I used to have this "I'm missing something" thought but I don't think that anymore. This isn't me failing to get on board with what they think I should care about--It's the device manufacturers who are missing/ignoring my needs in the market.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by ncr100 »

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…

/s: B-b-b-but if you buy the Pixel 10 Pro Fold you can pay $1799 and, assuming your bank account can only hold amounts $1699 and lower, the amount needed to purchase will overflow at some point in the purchasing process, making it SEEM like you only pay $100 for that new phone!?

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by ncr100 »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #69

I really wish they'd upgrade the Pro Fold to have the Pro camera system. :( I don't know why they assume that someone buying a $2000 phone doesn't want the best available camera.

Agreed - it's surprising to call it Pixel 10 PRO Fold, when it is lacking one of the "Pro" features.

Seems like a DISCOUNT is in order.

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