just bought a pixel 6. returning it. the finger printer reader is trash. that's a deal breaker for me.

really want to like this phone. for now, I'll switch back to my LG G8 for now.

luckily, I didn't pay for it yet. did the financing because google was running a deal to get 256GB version for the 128GB price.

I'm not getting an iphone. I kinda hate them. Have a 12 for work. not a fan.

bought this pixel one because the price was good. I hate spending more than 600 or so for a phone.

copped the Galaxy S21 Ultra. My faithful LG G7 was on it's last leg. Joint wasn't even getting updates, anymore. Super happy with the Galaxy, though. Big screen, fast processor, banging camera, wild long battery life. I love it.

my G8 is the best phone ever lol. but also not getting any updates after android 11.

it was the right size. takes good pics. battery is eh, but I got chargers in the car and everywhere else, so it was never was an issue.

I was thinking of the s21 too. had a samsung before and it was just so so. didn't like their version of android (I'll use the nova launcher to get over that). they're always hella pricey, but that's probably the route I'll go.

where you tapped the screen to wake it up.

Best photos ever.

Everyone with an iphone was like “damn..your photos mad crispy”

I loved that my G7 had the fingerprint/unlock button on the back of the phone. Took me so long to adjust to my Galaxy having it on the bottom of the screen.

My last 4 phones were LG and it wasn't even due to brand loyalty. It was just because they kept coming out with phones that appealed to me, plus the phone jack being included added on to the likability factor. I hated when they had decided to drop out of the game.


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dying may be too harsh. Really it's just the battery life is shit, and the charging port is so janky it won't charge unless it's exactly perfect. So when i'm using a portable charger, i literally have to hold it in place.
other than that it works great lol

looking at the s22 or 22 ultra. i haven't decided yet. Pixel6 was in the running and sounds like a good deal, but it also sounds a bit buggy. Iphone 13 sounds kinda perfect but i'm scared it's gonna put me on the road to all things apple lol

no other issues for me with the phone. battery is good. charges quickly. pictures are dope. and the price made it a no brainer.

If I knew for certain that finger print would actually work after software updates, I'd keep it. I can't trust it to happen, so I'm sending it back to google.

the back was slick. but this pixel has functions with back taps too.

Really not a fan of big ass phones and ugly ass camera bumps. The S10e is still the best compromise after a few years, so I'll stick with i t until Samsung sends a kill signal to it.

recent upgrade from pixel 2 xl

if so, does it work?

i don't have any problems with it. it is slightly slower, but only by a second... it give 2 haptic vibrations before opening. 1st when you touch it and the 2nd when it opens

the slowness didn't bother me. just took some getting use to since my previous phone was really fast.

the inconsistency just became too much. now it won't even let me add another print. just keeps saying the enrollment isn't complete.

Waiting for the Pixel 7.
But man, this Pixel XL2 is on its LAST legs.
I mean, apps freezing, restarts daily.

Might have to get that 6a next month instead.

randomly shutting down Spotify, rebooting, all types of shit.

But man I tried...ha.

All the review sites say the Samsung Galaxy S22 if you must have a flagship Android phone.

The Motorola Moto G Pure gives you the full Android 12 experience - but low end hardware.

If the Pixel 6 wasn't up to snuff then you probably have to spend MORE.

liked nearly everything about it, but that one issue ended up being deal breaker.

i ended up waiting more than a month for it to come in.

my note 10+ was still working fine but so was my phone before it that suddenly died. i didn't want to wait for the same thing and the trade in offers were pretty good so i figured i might as well go for it. main thing i wanted on the s22 was the upgraded cameras.

i thought i was going to go with a fold but it would still end up being so expensive after trade in and the more i looked into it the less i wanted it. i do think the fold 4 might give me a bit of regret but if i REALLY want it then im sure ill get a good trade in offer on the s22 ultra.

my main concern with it was no more sd card. after moving everything from my old phone and sd card im left with 20% of storage left.

im hoping the fold 4 doesnt tempt me enough to get it and that i stick with this one for a few years. i did buy it unlocked. verizon was being coy about which offers i could use if i didnt get it directly with them and i didnt want to be stuck with them for 36 months and deal with contacting support to get the credits applied.

didn't want any extra charges on my phone bill. just want to pay for it and get it out the way.

I'm also not a fan of the lack of SD cards. the move to paid cloud storage killed it.

locked for AT&T. Never bought a phone from a cel phone store or got one as an upgrade for signing a contract. Let me drop this bread and be done with it.

I normally get older phones when they go on sale. my g8 was 500 or so from best buy.

finger print on the back is the better option.

I'd buy a new joint that was maybe 2 models old. Always got it at a good price. If LG kept rocking, I probably would have gotten another one. This is the first phone that I bought that was the current model out.

I look at my S21 Ultra that I've had less than a year like...man, am I about to become THAT guy? LOL.

every video i have seen says they dont recommend upgrading from the 21 to the 22. i do prefer the look of the 22. overall performance seems to be about the same as the note 10+ besides the cameras.

i think part of what clinched it for me was this basically being the new note. i dont use the s pen a lot but i do like having it and being able to put it in the phone. its useful when you do need it.

You're either always on the cutting edge or always saving a grip...if you came in at the right time it's both...

That's how I played it when I was on Samsung...and that's how i'm playing it on iPhone now.....
with the iphone you can stretch it to every 4th even year or every 4th odd year though...

"Get ready....for your blessing....."
"Bury me by my Grand-Grand and when you can come follow me"

i rarely use my phone for anything other than texting, calendar/schedule, and music. so i dont need top of the line specs.

i love the cohesion with the google ecosystem between chrome os, android (with the clean niagara launcher layout), and chromecast/google tv.

any service issues? I don't know much about trac-fone. what carrier lines are they actually using?

I use the Nova launcher. will check out Niagara.

usually verizon in my area.

i havent had any network issues. but i rarely talk to anybody lol.

niagara launcher is so dope. i use that and the black sweet icon pack. dark mode everything.

joint hadn't had updates since 2018. She bought a Samsung A52 and it's a pretty solid phone.

wish you could uninstall more of the samsung/oneui/bixby/etc bloatware.

but def not complaining for that price with service included.

This year I'm buying an iphone 13 mini and a xiaomi redmi note 11. Waiting on the Poco x4 series.

At this point give me something between an s860 and s888 or s680 and s695. Toss in a 5000 mah battery, nfc, hdr display, headphone jack, and fast charging. That's $400 at most for a whole lot of value.

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I prefer the size of the 12. I hate apple's keyboard for not having numbers across the top.

maybe that's a setting, but didn't care enough to look lol

Got a Samsung Galaxy s9 from a friend to succeed it.

I don't think I'll ever buy a brand new smartphone again, it's ridiculous how many good ones are lying in a drawer somewhere.

I hate this thing SOOOOOOOOOOO much.

I was deadass distraught the first night (didn't help that our experience in the store was fucking terrible).

So, people with the Galaxy S22 - how's the pics/battery life on that joint?

Cuz, I have 3 more days to decide if I wanna go back, and I'm leaning towards paying the $70 restock fee and getting an S22 cuz I hate this phone. I mean, I've figured out how to use it and could LIVE with it, it's just mad inconvenient IMO and it's missing quite a few things I liked about Androids.

people are recommending to go with the s22 plus. i got the ultra and im happy with the battery life. it's not a huge change from my old note 10+ but it is lasting longer. i'm usually going to bed with 30% or more. on my note 10+ i had to charge by about 7 pm.

the s22 ultra has some nice features for pics. the zoom is stupid, im not sure we should be able to zoom in so much with a phone lol i havent done any night shots but theyre supposed to be good too.

i would say look into the s22 plus and ultra, dont do the regular s22.

definitely looks like the plus or ultra is the move for the S22 based on some reviews and articles i read.

your comments pretty much align with those. thanks.

and on the one day a week that I have to go to the office, I don't even take a charger. I leave home about 8 and get back home with 30 to 40 percent, at 6pm or so. That's with a whole day of texting and playing word games while I'm working. I'm sure you already know the deal with the camera...but I've had a couple of friends with newer iPhones mess around with my camera and be like, "man this is killing my camera"

she's had the iphone for a couple of months now and still hates it.

cuz he's been iPhone forever and we joke back n forth. i got the phone April 1 so he truly didn't believe me until we texted.

but even he was like "yeah, if you've been an Apple hater and had Android forever you should probably just go back to makes you happy."

i'd be lying if i said there's nothing i like about the iPhone, but the good definitely doesn't outweigh the things i dislike or find inconvenient.

and specifically Samsung was my Android model...
the iPhone 11 was when I switched camps from Android....I didn't like a lot of things about iPhone for that 1st year and it wasn't until the 2nd year that I think I finally understood the whole iPhone philosophy...

I'm using the iPhone 13Pro Max now...and honestly i'm probably really JUUUUUUUST now getting to 100% comfort level and ease of use with iPhone.

I'd honestly say to just chill and give it more time...but i've been in your shoes...so I know what you're going through.

I have a galaxy s10( personal ) and an iPhone 13 pro (work)

I can’t do anything about the latter bc we operate on iOS but I might just go back the razr for nostalgia sake

made sense. it's really going to be apple, samsung, and google. Motorola is still kicking out decent phones, I think.

I don't trust OnePlus or other newish brands enough.

seems like they put out phones with good features but they take almost a year to release them from announcement.

and I've heard they update slowly. not sure how true that is.

But Sony has to have some silly quirk on their phones that make no sense and price them like Trinitron TVs in the 90s, ie way too f'ing much. Buying one at cost then getting insurance and possibly missing out on some network perks doesn't make sense. Still, if I had the bread, I'd seriously consider it

I legit think the Samsung S10e is the best Android phone made in the past 10 years.

I STILL get a full day+ out of the battery.
The fingerprint unlock NEVER fails...like EVER...ever...
It's fast.
It's the perfect size for a phone.
The pictures are GREAT.
The software is still snappy with zero lag.
This is probably the longest i've ever kept a phone...before this i'd hit up my job for a replacement phone every year. I'm trying to rock this S10e until it just gets dumb slow and won't hold a battery charge...but at the rate it's going, that ain't happening anytime soon.


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still existed.

I still miss my Nokia Lumias.

It was legitimately a fun time with iOS/Android and WP all co-existing even if the Windows Phones were far behind the other two app wise. It was refreshing to see a different user interface paradigm.

Damn shame it didn't sell well enough to be continued because now we're left with two systems unable to push each other past their current level of boringness.

>now we're left with two systems unable to push each other past
>their current level of boringness.

I bought a used Pixel 2 four years ago that has served me well

really dislike iPhones as a preference, thankfully I am the only one in my family with an Android so my charger never gets stolen

coworkers are ALWAYS looking for their charger. customers are ALWAYS looking to charge their iphone and eyeing any charger they see laying around...

>really dislike iPhones as a preference, thankfully I am the
>only one in my family with an Android so my charger never gets
>stolen

My non-5G Pixel 4a is starting to slowdown on certain apps.

I'm hoping the Pixel 6a's processor is much better than the non 5G 4a's and that is has a headphone jack. I'm one of the old school dinosaurs that still uses wired headphones to listen to my tunes.

It's a fantastic phone. It does everything I need it to do and it does it all very well. The only thing I would change is the size. I wish I could have it at the same size as the Pixel 6. But it's not a dealbreaker for me at all.

My fingerprint reader works just fine but I've seen a lot of people complaining about it. That would be a pain in the ass.

I like the phone, but sent it back. The fingerprint issue made it unusable for me. Might wait for the 7.

Hopefully my G8 will keep rocking for a while.

aint broke dont fix it
*shrug*

took the iPhone 13 back, paid the $60 restock fee and got an S22.

as soon as my stuff transferred over and they handed me the S22, it's like the sky cleared, the sun shined and life made sense once again.

Do you miss microsd card support?

remedied one of the worst decisions i've ever made, lol.

nah, i don't need a micro SD for the shit i use my phone for. i'm not fancy like that.

i use my phone for texting/social media/taking still photos of clothes/streaming music & podcasts.

the ONLY negative, which i already knew from my previous android, is the iPhone battery KILLS the Samsung batteries. i'm always around a charging cable though so it's not an issue.

i had my s7 for 6 years. if it wasn't for the battery, i was fine with it

this s22 ultra's a monster tho. really like it so far.
but the biggest adjustment is the size which i'm already getting used to.
the good part about waiting so long is you really feel the upgrade.

the size was the only reason i was hesitant to cop this one, but fuck i love it.

i have to access my old phone occasionally for something i wasn't able to transfer over, and that shit seems like its tiny. it's also crazy slow in comparison lol

Too lazy to fix my s9 as I type on an s10e.

Want a new smartphone but AMOLED displays give me headaches and most phones don't support pwmfree. pwmfree dramatically dims the display.

Most phones on the market are 6.4 inches+ so Chinese oems are excluded. That's a whole tablet lowkey.

My options are an iphone se 2022, zenfone 8, an iphone 13 mini or a pixel (the 5.6 inch one). LCD display and newest soc favor the iphone se but battery life is abysmal. Iphone 13 mini should cost $530 in a year. The 5.6 Pixel only receives os updates for another year or two.

As full-time trader battery life is important. Most devices have small battery capacity even my old xz1 compact.

Not sure what to choose.

not sure anybody's android will ever do as well as they do.

I feel you on the smaller phones. my g8 is pretty perfectly sized for me, although heavier than I like. my work iphone 12 is a good size too. the pixel I returned was a lot. trying to fit into pockets or stuff it into my flipbelt for running was a challenge.

I've never owned an iphone. 100% a point of pride with me. Even my entire family is on apple. But we use spotify and youtube music for music and we have all sorts of google home devices.

But this not getting messages thing. It's actually gotten worst. People straight up not getting my text. I just learned I am on a group chat for months and folks just thought I was quiet on it. Nope, just not getting them. It's the only thing that makes me want to switch but its a pretty big deal. What's tough is that android has claimed to have fixed this.



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"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

>I've never owned an iphone. 100% a point of pride with me.
>Even my entire family is on apple. But we use spotify and
>youtube music for music and we have all sorts of google home
>devices.
>
>But this not getting messages thing. It's actually gotten
>worst. People straight up not getting my text. I just learned
>I am on a group chat for months and folks just thought I was
>quiet on it. Nope, just not getting them. It's the only
>thing that makes me want to switch but its a pretty big deal.
>What's tough is that android has claimed to have fixed this.

Are you missing texts in groups that include Android & Apple folks? Or solely Android users?

I assume you're using the Messages app?

And iMessage is great (group chats are awful though if there is an android user in there lol , it throws off the whole chat)

But if you’re Iike most OKPs and have lots of personal music that you would like to personally load onto your phone , you will pull your hair out trying to tag and sort it correctly in iTunes


I've never owned an iphone. 100% a point of pride with me.
>Even my entire family is on apple. But we use spotify and
>youtube music for music and we have all sorts of google home
>devices.
>
>But this not getting messages thing. It's actually gotten
>worst. People straight up not getting my text. I just learned
>I am on a group chat for months and folks just thought I was
>quiet on it. Nope, just not getting them. It's the only
>thing that makes me want to switch but its a pretty big deal.
>What's tough is that android has claimed to have fixed this.
>
>
>
>**********
>"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then
>they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
>
>"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

It supports group chats while free.

https://help.textnow.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042634154-Group-Messaging-with-TextNow

I actually thought I had an 11.
I don't even remember upgrading but I guess I did. Lol

I had a non-5G Pixel 4a and had to get a new phone, mainly because the screen finally cracked after all the times I dropped the phone. The processor started to show it's age as well since the phone would routinely stall on opening apps.

Helped a ton that the Pixel 7a was on sale at the time I copped it; a bit of an early Black Friday sale I suppose.

I slightly curious what Black Friday sales Google will have; would be wild if the 8 and 8a got discounts.

Charging stopped working while the phone is on-on. Will charge once the battery drains really low tho. Really think they bricked my shit because I had it too long.

Just switched to my lady's old Pixel 4.

only way I'm doing it is if they offer half price for a trade and some google buds for black friday.

they offered that when it released it a couple months ago, but I was waffling because I've never been a new year, new phone person.

Way more storage space, better camera, better feel of the screen. Tomorrow, when I get some time, I'm gonna play around with my lady's 7 to see how much better than mine it is.

on Google's Pixel site now. It's not as impressive as what you typed, but I believe both the Pixel 7 (at least the Pixel 7a from what I saw), the Pixel 8, and the Google bluetooth ear buds will all be discounted.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

unlocked

I bought a 6a last year and have enjoyed it after upgrading from a Pixel 2

I don't think the camera is a huge improvement on the "a" series, but Pixel always had a very good camera for the price and overall the phone has a lot of modern improvements that make it worth the modest cost

I refuse to pay full price on the latest phone these days tho. I'm over it.

.

It's cool. I got it early 2022, still ain't showing no signs of slowing down. I'll probably start thinking about a new one early next year.

I imagine yours would be good for a while.

So when I notice it getting slow, or being unsupported by the next OS, that's when I'll start looking to get a new one.

Everytime a new model comes out there's all this yap about the cost....I haven't paid for a phone upfront since...shit...I don't even remember....
What service are folks on that doesn't basically wrap the cost of the phone up into the monthly bill??

I've gotten then from bestbuy or google.

if I'm getting it from bestbuy, it's probably last year's version. if I'm doing google, they're probably doing half price on trade-ins. basically, I'm not paying 1G for a phone and definitely not paying full price to add it to my bill.

from Best Buy years ago and their trade in incentive was much better than Verizon Wireless

I pay for my phones...straight cash, homey (c). I get the model like one year back off Ebay...brand new in the box. I don't have a contract. Been with Cricket since I got home from Iraq. No complaints. It's basically AT&T's little brother. I just buy an unlocked or locked to AT&T, activate and go.

"Get ready....for your blessing....."
"Bury me by my Grand-Grand and when you can come follow me"

>Been with Cricket since I got home
>from Iraq. No complaints. It's basically AT&T's little
>brother. I just buy an unlocked or locked to AT&T, activate
>and go.

Man, I tried Mint Mobile and hated their bate and switch tactics and jumped over to US Mobile. Went from paying $160/month for 3 lines on T-mo to $66/month with shared data between all lines on US-M. I'm done paying the big3 for the same service. MVNO's for the win!

I'm not making payments on a phone. I'm going to buy one I can afford and be able to get the cheapest month to month service I want.

I always buy what folks are trading in at the time.

I have an iPhone 11.

I always chuckle when I see people run out to buy the newest phone. I'm sure the camera and 1 or 2 improvements make them feel good but I'm all about the price.

I just feel much better when I'm paying for the service and not the phone.

(paid 400$ for it)
my phone was still perfectly fine - it died when i was using it. i couldnt even reboot it.
yes, i'm still pissed at that.

were you able to trade it for some cash off the new one?

I've been waffling on getting the 8. my 7 is working fine, but I want the slightly smaller phone. there probably isn't enough difference in mine and a new one to make sense on buying. though, it would be just over 300 bucks with a trade and their sale price.

and i would've got 90$ for it.
i got the low price because i am on google fi (300$ off).

>though, it would be just over 300 bucks with a trade and their
>sale price.

makes sense at that trade price, i guess. but i would never buy a new phone unless my old one died, tbh.

I'm considering switching from my Samsung....

It works like a charm so far. Battery is solid and the camera is ridiculous.