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So why do you have a Pixel? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Since there's no self posts here yet, I thought I'd bring up a question for those that decided to settle into Lemmy. Welcome to those here so far!

There's a ton of reasons to choose the a Pixel, but what's one or two major points that keep you hooked?

For me, I'm in love with the speed of the UI, and of course the ability to sideload apps if I want. Being in control of a device you spend a lot of money on makes a lot of sense.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I had a Galaxy S7 years ago and really disliked the phone, so changed over to a Pixel 2XL as my first Google phone. I absolutely loved the 2XL, and still would be using that phone to this day, but end of support and security updates caused me to move to the Pixel 6. I would have attempted to go to another OS with the 2XL, but... Verizon bootloader lock. The 6 I bought direct from Google so I will no longer have that problem.

The call filtering and overall experience with the 2XL is what kept me in the Pixel line. After experiencing the Pixel 6, I am still partially liking that 2XL better some. I take photos of equipment labels and motor data plates for work and the fonts are pretty small and the 2XL camera did a way better and consistent job of being able to focus on the text than this Pixel 6. The 2XL also never had Bluetooth connection issues and random disconnects like this Pixel 6, or the random reboots. And then there was the awesome rear fingerprint reader on the 2XL. I still miss that phone sometimes.