Comment on Google’s Pixel 9 lineup is a Pro show
JaN0h4ck@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
They just completely alienate their core audience. Don’t think I’ll ever go back to them
They’ve also always had poor quality hardware, just like Apples iPhone offerings.
These companies use advertising to make their phones seem great, then they have severe issues (E.g. speaker issues on pixel, overheating on iPhone’s).
It’s all garbage, and it’s bad for ya.
I always used to jump models, going back all the way to the first Nexus. This’ll be the first time I don’t. Unfortunately I know the Pixel 7 I have now will have its battery life mysteriously go to shit about three months before it’s paid off.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
They missed out on many things too. While the Pixel Pro has an LTPO display, the base model doesn’t. They only ship with UFS 3.1 storage despite UFS 4.0 being available. Charger is still not bundled.
Heck, give anything except for AI.(144Hz screen anyone? Motorola has them). I never used Assistant and after trying Gemini out for some time, disabled it as well.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
All else aside, what the heck do you need to waste battery power for on a 144hz phone screen? There’s no reason. Heck, I have a 120hz screen and turned it down to 60.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
I just meant, that having a higher powered refresh rate screen that can easily be toggled on/off is more refreshing than more on device AI, IMO.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
The ai stuff you can do with pictures on the pixel 9 is actually pretty nifty. I could see using that a lot more than a high refresh rate.