Here’s to you, AnandTech - thank you for the detailed smartphone reviews all these years.

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Thought about this recently. I have a pixel 6 pro, and I searched and I couldn’t find a reviewer that said it’s not worth the upgrade to the 9/9 pro. They usually had several reasons why. Literally the only reason is the camera. Meh. I ain’t spending MORE money to buy a slight camera upgrade. Fuck that.

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Do you actually need a new phone? If you don’t need any new features just have your battery replaced and keep using it.

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I don’t even need a battery. Basically my point is it’s more expensive, with little more to offer, and I’m not spending that much on such an incremental upgrade. I don’t need to upgrade.

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So don’t buy one? You don’t need a new phone every 1-2y unless you’re a spectacularly well trained consumer.

I usually replace my phone every 3-4y when power efficiency and performance have significantly improved, or there’s a new radio standard that I need (5G, AX WiFi) or the camera makes me want an upgrade. If none of those things are true then use your phone until it dies 🤷‍♂️

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Did you comment on the correct post? Not sure how this comment is related to Anandtech shutting down.

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True

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Oh, for fucks sake

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Ah bollocks, another trusted voice silenced. Now it’ll be that slight bit harder to find a review that isn’t just parroting stuff from the press release.

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Hey, some of them just throw up some AI generated garbage too!

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i wasnt aware they were having a hard time. i hate this.

guess theres only space for ai bullshit now.

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They’ll be missed.

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