Comment on The Google Pixel 8 is official with 7 years of updates

unphazed@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Virkkunen@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Still unable to call 911

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  • hydrospanner@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I absolutely love the irony of this being a known issue, when my Pixel 3 had the exciting issue of occasionally getting stuck in a boot loop, and every loop, it’d call 911.

    Great fun staying up till 3am in order to hang up on 911 hundreds of times until the battery ran out.

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• eee@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I still don’t like the ridiculously big quick toggle icons and the fact that wifi is hidden behind a second layer of quick toggles.

  Also I’m not sure about the warranty process, that’s always been their weak spot

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  • dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s all OS. So it’ll be there even on older Pixels.

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• LifeInOregon@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I feel like it’s going to be the 7 year commitment. I don’t think they’ll keep it. They’ll find a way to rephrase and reframe and abandon the 7 year updates like they do so many of their announced plans.

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  • PieMePlenty@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Only security updates after 4 years. I’m betting. We won’t see Android 20 on this.

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    • sugartits@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Which actually might be okay.

      The new features that I give a shit about have mostly plateaued now. I don’t care about new releases. As long as “what I bought keeps working and some cunt next to me on a laptop can’t randomly hack my phone” remains in effect I legitimately might not care.

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      • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Phones just do the same stuff now, so updates don’t really matter beyond security. That’s a problem for the pixel 8 too… I’ve got a 7a and it’s not really got anything my 5 didn’t have, other than being bigger and heavier. So I’m not even bothered by the 8.

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• danielfgom@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  1. Too expensive, won’t sell
  2. The 8 has too few features compared to the pro. Might as well get a 7pro on discount
  3. Overheating
  4. Won’t get 7 years of updates

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• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Their tizen chips aren’t good if you want to game. That’ll be about it compared to other high end phones. No SD slot, jack, or swappable battery.

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  • SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tizen Tensor

    For those who don’t know: tizen is Samsung’s operating system which they used on phones and watches previously and still use on TVs.

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    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oopsie

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