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Google Pixel reportedly saw absolutely massive 3x growth in North America in just one month, but it seems too good to be true.

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[–] solrize 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

At some point you might just have to just accept it warts and all.

I've never felt that interested in flagship phones. Why does anyone buy them if they have warts? Budget phones have similar warts but at least they are affordable. I don't understand what the Pixel 9 has going for it other than some niche features here and there. I'm not trying to diss Pixel 9 buyers but if I wanted a Pixel at all, I'd probably get an older model. Maybe I'm missing something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh, I wasn't discussing hardware warts. I'm talking about software warts. I don't buy flagships ever, because I buy my phones at full price from the manufacturers, so I can use it with whatever carrier I want to. And I'm not going to spend $1,000 on a phone when a $200 phone will do just what I need it to. No, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Just newest model with graphene os capability is a big sell

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if you're not interested in grapheneOS then pixel doesn't indeed offer much beyond what a cheap phone offers bar perhaps the camera.

[–] solrize 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah I'm particularly wondering what the flagship hardware offers (ok, besides the camera) that is interesting. AI slop-enabling tensor cpu, no thanks. Is Graphene really better than LineageOS?