1y ago

MWC 2024 Awards announced: Google Pixel 8 series wins Best Smartphone

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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

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Collects the most data of any phone! 🎉🎉🎉
- Not if u 're using GrapheneOS but yeah you re right, the stock OS is a nightmare
- That would be Samsung. By far.
  
  I'd say it's Xiaomi
- What if I install Lineage to it? That's what I intend to do when my Pixel 8 gets here.
  
  Give Grapheneos a try!
  
  Seconding the GrapheneOS recommendation. This is the privacy respecting route to take.
  
  what advantage are there to lineage? i used to use dirty unicorn.
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.
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?
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.

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