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The software is great, but I wish the phone itself was more like the Galaxy series—lighter, thinner, and less outdated feeling.
Why are they shrinking the phones again. My Pixel 7 a is so annoyingly small.
The 7a is massive, how big are your hands‽
The 7 a is 6.3" while I came from a 6.7" device which I found still too small. 7" sounds about right for a pocket device, 13" good for a tablet. Haven't tried a 15", that one will be probably a bit on the heavy side.
How big are your pockets!? Seriously, 7 inches was the size of the Nexus 7, the first tablet I bought. Not the kind of device you could use with one hand!
I carry them in the side pockets of military-style fatigues. The problem with small screens is legibility and being able to precisely hit a glass tty key with my thumb. I can comfortably use a 6.7" device in one hand. The Nexus 7 had considerable bezels if I recall correctly and was relatvely bulky. A thin bezelless 7" phablet should be manageable, I think.
Well congrats on the big hand, I guess! This is the first time I've seen someone asking for phones to be larger rather than smaller; I wonder why they stopped making the Pixel XL devices.
Well Google is supposed to make a bigger no pro pixel for the 10 series. So that might fit your needs
Thanks -- I don't believe in buying expensive hardware for a sacrificeable personal device. Which is why I lag model-wise, my new Pixel 7 a was 335 EUR which is borderline acceptable.
I got a pixel 9 and it's thicker and smaller and idk if I like it. I know I hate some of the software.
You might want to check out GrapheneOS, a security-focused alternative ROM for Pixels. It's minimalistic, easy to install and has been painless so far.
I would but I'm not sure how much longer it's going to last
I'm mostly an open source/libre software user (this LineageOS tablet I'm using right now is entirely Google-free) so as long as AOSP upstream is available I should be fine.
I still pay for and use some Google services for the sake of convenience but I could self-host them in principle. Or cease consuming them altogether. Same applies for some proprietary apps.