do i hate to say it? kinda. but also, everything they’ve been doing lately (15 years?) sucks.

3a was okay but suddenly bricked itself one day… that was years ago. mine and my spouses, not too far apart from each other.

7a battery is meh.

7a gets too hot for video calls over 10 minutes?

GrapheneOS make it better, for sure! and was really easy to install. i can’t wait to see the phone they help design.

but the couple of them I’ve had… not impressed.

  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    I hope graphene starts making oem devices. That’s the only reason I would want a pixel anyway. And after all the stuff I’ve been hearing about battery fires with them, I am quite concerned.

    I owned the Nexus 6P and loved it. I owned the Pixel 1 and loved it. I owned the Pixel 3A and loved it. But now I’m just extremely concerned about the way the hardware has gone recently.

    Currently I am using a OnePlus Nord N200 5G

  • cerement@slrpnk.netEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    I think the only real advantage for the Pixel (and Nexus) series was they came with stock Android – no worrying about manufacturer overlays and carrier overlays adding their own levels of bloatware and delaying updates

  • infinitevalence@discuss.onlineEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7, Pixel, Pixel 5, and now Pixel 8 user.

    For the most part the hardware is fine but what really sets them apart is pulling it out of the box. Clicking the build number until I’m a developer, turning on USB debugging and OEM unlocking, rebooting and installing my own choice of OS or ROM.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    To be fair, the a models are the “sucks” versions of the real phones. But I would agree that if a lower quality model just sucks, then it shouldn’t be sold at all.

    I’ve had a 1,3, and 7 since the original pixel launch.

  • higgsboson@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I mean, 7A was never a flagship, so it isnt shocking the thing doesnt impress. IMO, the A Pixels are just adequate. And that is how they are positioned. They are literally “midrange” for a reason.

    My partner liked her 6A well enough, but she isnt a techie with a bazillion things going on it. And now the battery is nerfed a bit, but I guess that’s the breaks with older devices.

    I like my 8 Pro well enough. I do wish it weren’t so thick, but that is mostly battery so it feels worth it. Other than that, I could wish it had a removable battery, headphone jack, IR, hell even a stylus. But again all those things would add up to being way less battery life, huge, etc.

    All that said, if I felt like I had better choices, I would ditch Pixel and never look back. I am really only on this thing for GrapheneOS and the relockable bootloader. I require control over my own device. Everything else is way lower priority.