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[–] [email protected] 170 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Hate it like you want, but the effing pixels are still the best phones. Not by os, not by spec, but simply by being the most open android of them all. The easiest to de-google. Sounds stupid, but is not.

I hate google with all my heart (since they dropped their slogan "don't be evil" and went... Well.... Evil). But i will buy their fucking phones until a viable alternative comes along.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 months ago (3 children)

100%. I just bought a Pixel 8 so I could install Graphene OS. It was so damn easy too. I was amazed. This phone is great minus the lack of headphone jack and SD card slot.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

same here. bought one 2 months ago

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Been using their phones since the Nexus 6. That thing was huge.

And I'm the one guy that uses Google Fi. My bill was $38 last month.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And I'm the one guy that uses Google Fi. My bill was $38 last month.

There are dozens of us, baker's dozens.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I've been on Fi for years, I think basically since the first year they started ProjectFi. So much cheaper than my old Verizon or sprint accounts...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My bill was $38 last month.

Did you mean that this was a lot or dirt cheap? Sounds quite expensive to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Genuinely curious, what service are you comparing this to that makes it sound quite expensive? Asking for my wallet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

A very basic phone plan from one of the top three ISPs where I live (Taiwan). Comes with 3 GB of data a month. (I'm on Wi-Fi most of the time.) Costs ~$6.1 a month. No 5G connection, only 4G. ~22 cents per minute of calltime.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

$38 usd is considered low in the US because even though we all have a high median income the cost of everything is extraordinarily high, rendering most americans de facto impoverished

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I see... that sounds terrible tbh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

it is pretty bad!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

hell yes. been using this combo for over a year now, won't ever look back

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Calyx pixel gang over here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Oh man, the lack of a headphone jack is still a killer for me. It's one of the reasons why I stayed on OnePlus 6 for so long, and to be blunt, I don't see the Pixel 8 as a huge jump outside of power and bullshit like AI photos. My kingdom for a high-end phone with a headphone jack and stock-ish Android!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It's a real shame that OnePlus just became an Oppo rebranding, because the OP1 was a phenomenal phone, and up until OP6 they were both cheap and had a relatively clean Android install. To date, features like gestures are still better than what you get on the Pixel, and most of their stuff is less invasive than Google's.

The Android market nowadays, especially for high end, is "which manufacturer is the least shit", and that's a real shame.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

My 7t was the best phone I ever had when it was on Oxygen OS 10, but every upgrade was a downgrade. Features were dropped, ui got uglier, bloat was added. I have an 8t now, but I won't be getting another OnePlus. Really sad

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I desperately want fair phone (and it's parts) to be sold in my country. 8-10 years of android support for a self repairable phone? Yes please.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Those looked nice, yes.... But hard to get here and technically not that interesting to me, last time i checked. But we need more alternatives than just fairphone.

I hate the smartphone-market and what samsung and crapple made out of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Totally. First thing i check is "can i debloat and root this piece of shit which is technically awesome but ruined software-side". Which i most likely can't as the hurdles became more and more annoying each year up to the point where i gave up and went google.

If they'd do the same with PCs, noone would buy that shit. Unless it's a crapple...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The call screener is a godsend and it's the absolute most used feature I rely on. Many evenings I wake up for work and see that my phone stopped 5-10 spam calls that would have ruined my sleep.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Hehe, i have an awesome solution for that. I simply block everyone except wifey and friends. The rest of the world doesn't need to reach me. I call back when i want to, or simply don't 😁

Just because i CAN be reached mobile doesn't mean i have to. Wasn't before Smartphones and won't be with..

But yes, the call-screening is cool. If you disregard privacy and the percentage of non tech-savy people who are totally overwhelmed by that.