- Best Smartphone: Google Pixel 8 series
- Breakthrough Device Innovation: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- Best Connected Consumer Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra
- Best in Show: Honor Magic V2 RSR Porsche Design
What a joke! It’s literally the LAST phone I’d ever consider buying. With that Tensor junk inside and a very basic UI, plus the actual design of the phone is quite ugly with that horrible camera bar.
Wonder how much Google paid for the result?
>No SD card slot
>No 3.5mm jack
Incredible.
I’m a diehard headphone jack enthusiast, and yet I still switched to a Pixel 8 (had a Galaxy S9 previously). The unfortunate reality is that just about everything above the “bargain bin phone” price point has given up on the headphone jack (at least in the US market), and the options that do exist (Asus, Sony) have crappy software update policies*. I still hate not having it, but honestly its been a pretty decent phone otherwise. Granted my perception of the price point for it is a little skewed, since I got a 256GB model for $510.
*Plus my carrier sucks and only supports VoLTE on Samsung, Apple, and Pixel…
I feel like 10 to 15 years we wouldn’t let this shit fly, but nowadays we’ve become so complacent and just let companies stomp all over us. Phones keep getting more expensive and (in my opinion) worse and yet they break sales records.
Collects the most data of any phone! 🎉🎉🎉
That would be Samsung. By far.
I’d say it’s Xiaomi
You would say that, although no idea how it should be worse than Huawei or Samsung.
Look at these lists, Samsung had the worst bloat of all.
I would highly appreciate some updated lists :D although custom Android OSses are the only way to degoogle/detrack
What if I install Lineage to it? That’s what I intend to do when my Pixel 8 gets here.
what advantage are there to lineage? i used to use dirty unicorn.
Give Grapheneos a try!
I like the fact it de-google’s the device and strips the preinstalled BS; but It says it doesn’t even come with the Play Store. How would I get my normal apps?
It has the playstore, even has android auto now.
You can get Aurora store from fdroid which lets you download apps without having a google account.
It doesn’t include the Playstore per se, but it does provide an installer for a sandboxed Playstore.
Seconding the GrapheneOS recommendation. This is the privacy respecting route to take.
Not if u 're using GrapheneOS but yeah you re right, the stock OS is a nightmare
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After pixel 5 or 6 I’m done I think. Before the free photo storage was an advantage but after enshitification I’m done with it. I’ll probably go back to Motorola or Nokia.
Long story short, y’all dumb as shit.
