Nice hardware, shame about the software. I suppose you get what you pay for. Or as my dad used to say "there's no such thing as free. If it is free you are paying some way you haven't figured out yet".
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Google Announces Low-Cost 5G Pixel 5a Smartphone, Plans to Nix Chargers in Box Going Forward
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Of course, the mobile industry will follow Apple. Can't wait when everyone is doing on-device scanning! /s
I agree, yet a lot of them will complain when they cannot get this or that amazing new feature in a future system update and cry "programmed obsolescence"…
I think a good SE would be roughly the same size, with a bigger screen by using the iPad TouchID button.
Include a better camera too. It would still use all existing and cheaper tech than the iPhone 12/12 Pro (and obviously 13) and the price would probably be about the same for a phone that would look much more modern. 😊
Include a better camera too. It would still use all existing and cheaper tech than the iPhone 12/12 Pro (and obviously 13) and the price would probably be about the same for a phone that would look much more modern. 😊
Many people overlook this! They also try to say oh it’s fine you can get another Android OS like LineageOS, etc. nothing comes close to the OS support of iOS and Apple devices.
I'll do you one better: Apple does it and it's a Congressional hearing and multiple state AGs investigation. Google does it, and no one bats an eye.
If there were a way to get an Android, easily lock it down so Google isn’t devouring my personal info, and transfer from iPhone, I’d actually be interested in this. Unfortunately I’m not at a point in my life where I can spend an entire day (or three) configuring a phone.
Clear Phone all the way now.
Comes without 5G too.. thanks!
5G the feature that is useful mostly to state level actors... otherwise it's the same as 4g if that... but the mmWave should be pretty good at interacting with your graphene nanoparticles you've injected into your body, making the Borg wet dream come ever closer...
Comes without 5G too.. thanks!
5G the feature that is useful mostly to state level actors... otherwise it's the same as 4g if that... but the mmWave should be pretty good at interacting with your graphene nanoparticles you've injected into your body, making the Borg wet dream come ever closer...
I bought a Pixel 4a about a month ago when my iPhone X died. So far I'm liking it pretty be good. This is my first Android phone after 13 years of iPhones.
I'm not sure it takes an entire day to configure an Android phone.
But even if it did take a day... are you sure you couldn't find a day to configure a phone that you could use for the next 1,000 days?
I'm surprised it's 450$ in the first place, considering you're the product when you buy a phone like that.
The pixel 5 is $999 in Aus 😬 can get a iPhone 12 for a $100 more, which destroys it in every department.
Lack of a charger is a good thing. Question is, are you paying less given the hardware omission?
That standard practice line that you have parroted is BS. For something to be deemed 'standard practice', I'd expect you to be able to demonstrate numerous examples to support your assertion.
Not me. They've done it I suspect so that they can;
1. Still charge you as if they are still including it.
2. Say they are reducing waste, (which they actually are), so as to avoid calls to standardise on something that isn't Lightning.
Actually, I always liked Apple for their confidence in design. They didn’t give users choice, they just picked what they thought was better and usually they were right. Now this backtracking during the beta of safari and creating compromising stuff that is not fully “old” or fully “new” really doesn’t feel like Apple. Not what I expected from them as a customer. If I wanted tons of choices, settings, and overcomplicated design, I would simply choose Android, not iOS…
Definitely not! The phone price remains the same even though you now get less stuff! ZOMG! How dare they!
But let's be clear... that $30 charger that Apple or Google wants to sell you later didn't cost them $30 to include in the first place.
So no one should expect the retail price of a smartphone to drop by exactly $30 since a $30 charger isn't included in the box anymore.
I say leave them out. I already have PLENTY of charging solutions in my home, at my desk, in my car, etc.
I was buying 3rd-party chargers anyway... even though smartphones came with chargers in the box for all those years. I simply prefer other brands of chargers.
So if Apple, Google, Samsung, etc want to exclude their own chargers... it's fine by me!
It kind of make sense, I have a box of USB chargers from various devices. Mainly, because i upgraded a lot of my household dual sockets to include USB capability.