Pixels are expensive on introduction but get fairly affordable once they’ve been around for a while. Does the 9 have any real attractions if you’re satisfied with the cameras on older Pixel generations? You can get unused Pixel 6’s and 7’s at budget-phone prices on woot fairly regularly. They seem nice, if you want a Pixel for whatever reason.
Fair enough. I remember thinking the last good one was the 4a since it has a headphone jack and SD slot, iirc. I guess I could do without those if other parts of the proposition were good enough.
Ah oh well. Maybe it’s possible to use a USB-C pen drive if you don’t mind a contraption hanging off the port. It could be useful some of the time. Other than Graphene I don’t understand what is so great about Pixels anyway. Maybe this is about the last chance to get a phone that’s not loaded with AI crap though.
If I got an older Pixel I’d run Graphene so np. Right now I’m satisfied with my Moto G. I’ll wait to see what happens with NTN (satellite) messaging in Android 15 since that’s the most interesting feature that my current phone didn’t have.
Just ordered a new 7 a so it fits the expected hardware lifetime. 335 EUR is somewhat above my phone hardware price limit but moving from LineageOS to GrapheneOS is worth it.
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You’re allowed to call it 5Ah at this point.
Pixels are expensive on introduction but get fairly affordable once they’ve been around for a while. Does the 9 have any real attractions if you’re satisfied with the cameras on older Pixel generations? You can get unused Pixel 6’s and 7’s at budget-phone prices on woot fairly regularly. They seem nice, if you want a Pixel for whatever reason.
They’re great phones to run GrapheneOS on.
Unfortunately the only ones who are able to run GrapheneOS
Fair enough. I remember thinking the last good one was the 4a since it has a headphone jack and SD slot, iirc. I guess I could do without those if other parts of the proposition were good enough.
Pixels never had the SD card slot
Ah oh well. Maybe it’s possible to use a USB-C pen drive if you don’t mind a contraption hanging off the port. It could be useful some of the time. Other than Graphene I don’t understand what is so great about Pixels anyway. Maybe this is about the last chance to get a phone that’s not loaded with AI crap though.
6 series (don’t know about 6a) won’t receive major OS updates anymore.
8 and 9 series come with seven years of OS updates.
If I got an older Pixel I’d run Graphene so np. Right now I’m satisfied with my Moto G. I’ll wait to see what happens with NTN (satellite) messaging in Android 15 since that’s the most interesting feature that my current phone didn’t have.
FYI graphene does still rely on the Google updates:
https://grapheneos.org/faq#device-lifetime
Just ordered a new 7 a so it fits the expected hardware lifetime. 335 EUR is somewhat above my phone hardware price limit but moving from LineageOS to GrapheneOS is worth it.