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Google Pixel 10 series review

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69 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 09:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.197s | source
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wg0 ◴[02 Sep 25 23:01 UTC] No.45110245[source]▶
Why in the world I would buy a phone (any not just Google) that costs north of $800 is beyond me unless I want to signal my purchasing power. If utility is my metric and not outward signalling and flex, I find this worst deployment of my funds.

So called "budget" phones these days have OLED screens some even come with 120Hz displays (beyond me why someone would want that) and plenty of compute and memory.

You want camera, buy a camera. You want gaming, buy a console or gaming machine.

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1. zem ◴[02 Sep 25 23:05 UTC] No.45110269[source]▶
for me it's the hope of at least some minor degree of longevity. I used a pixel 3 for six years, until the degenerating battery finally drove me to get a new phone, and I paid whatever exorbitant amount they wanted for a pixel 9 pro which will hopefully last me another six years