Google Tensor has a bright future, but that puts interim Pixels in a tough spot
Google Tensor has a bright future, but that puts interim Pixels in a tough spot
Google Tensor has a bright future in store, but that means the next couple of Pixels will be in a tough spot.
Hopefully the switch to TSMC will work out well for the Pixel 8 series. 🫰
The pixel 8 still uses Samsung fab. The pixel 10 will be on tsmc.
15I guess I'll be holding on to my P4XL for a couple more years then. Hopefully they'll take another run at face unlock in the P10.
3I Hope so. Especially how google/huwaie implemented it. Since the aod would be on when you actually look at the phone.
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I was planning on getting the Pixel 8 but will hold out for a while. Would love to hold my Pixel 5 for a couple more years but security updates will stop end of this year so we'll see then.
4You can still install LineageOS and probably get even more standby battery life (because I bet their build is more clean than Google's. Google and Pixel launcher together are taking 7% of my battery life with more than a day of background usage).
However the issue for me is that I like to keep the bootloader closed in case my phone is stolen. And I think with LineageOS they don't recommend doing that. So this is one of the reasons I never tried to install it in my wife's pixel 4.
The other reason is the time to restore all the apps, backup, check if the esim is still there and not deleted (it's a pita to get a new esim with my carrier) and all that kind of stuff.
2You can use GrapheneOS which allows you to lock the bootloader
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The best phone is the one you can get right now. Waiting for a phone that might come out in 2 years is... impractical 😅
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