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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: 0.54s | 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. Sohcahtoa82 ◴[02 Sep 25 23:51 UTC] No.45110621[source]▶
> 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.

Are you mistakenly calling the Pixel 10 a budget phone? Because it's not. The actual budget phones are like $200, and they certainly don't have 120 Hz OLED screens.

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

Because why would I buy a separate camera and portable gaming machine when I can have them all on a single device?

Do you honestly not see the benefits of having a single device that does everything rather than having to pack multiple things? Especially a camera. They're bulky as hell and require a whole-ass bag dedicated to them. At least a Nintendo Switch can still fit in a large pocket.

I'm not a professional photographer and don't pretend to be one. I just want something that'll create "good enough" pictures to share with friends and family.