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Is Pixel 9 worth it? (instead of Pixel 8)

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cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/31616900

I currently have an iPhone 14 Pro Max and I want to switch to an Android phone.

First of all, I eliminated all Chinese phones. Since Samsung has limited custom rom support, I gave up on that too. At the end, I decided to get a Pixel because of its GrapheneOS support.

But right now I’m stuck between Pixel 8 and 9. There’s a big price difference with small improvements. I can afford both but not sure if Pixel 9 is worth it. What do you think?

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Btw if you miss some performance, as far as I grasp it, you can disable “secure app spawning”. Again, afaigi it is for a pretty high threat model (apps trying to attack others, with their memory layout as attack surface).

This will reduce RAM need a ton, speed up app spawning and can reduce many issues like

  • OSMAnd crashing or running slowly
  • apps being killed in the background, increasing the issue of…
  • … slow app spawning (the app performance is normal, except from low memory edge cases)
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