Google Pixel reportedly saw absolutely massive 3x growth in North America in just one month, but it seems too good to be true.

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    2 days ago

    At some point you might just have to just accept it warts and all.

    I’ve never felt that interested in flagship phones. Why does anyone buy them if they have warts? Budget phones have similar warts but at least they are affordable. I don’t understand what the Pixel 9 has going for it other than some niche features here and there. I’m not trying to diss Pixel 9 buyers but if I wanted a Pixel at all, I’d probably get an older model. Maybe I’m missing something.

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      13 hours ago

      if you’re not interested in grapheneOS then pixel doesn’t indeed offer much beyond what a cheap phone offers bar perhaps the camera.

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        11 hours ago

        Yeah I’m particularly wondering what the flagship hardware offers (ok, besides the camera) that is interesting. AI slop-enabling tensor cpu, no thanks. Is Graphene really better than LineageOS?

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      22 hours ago

      Oh, I wasn’t discussing hardware warts. I’m talking about software warts. I don’t buy flagships ever, because I buy my phones at full price from the manufacturers, so I can use it with whatever carrier I want to. And I’m not going to spend $1,000 on a phone when a $200 phone will do just what I need it to. No, thank you.