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Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro released. Thoughts?

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Google Pixel 8 (128GB): $699 / €799 / £699
Google Pixel 8 Pro (128GB): $999 / €1,099 / £999

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Blue and Orange@lemm.ee
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£1000 for the pro lmao no thanks

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Treczoks@lemmy.world
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Time to update to a Pixel 7, as they now get into a reasonable price range.

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Pantherina@feddit.de
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But they are so damn huge… why? I love the size of mx 4a, the gesture navigation and all really help to use the space well.

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AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.world
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The Pixel 7a’s size is pretty reasonable I think, very close to the Pixel 8 (which got a tiny bit smaller).

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Pantherina@feddit.de
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Nice thing, now that mamy people are hyped about the 8 and the 7’s are veeeery cheap, like 300 instead of 700€ last year…

Still dont really feel buying a phone without a headphone jack.

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droidpenguin@lemmy.world
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Glad it has an actual display as compared to all those previous imposters /s.

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knotthatone@lemmy.world
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I’m coming from a 6 Pro and getting the 8 Pro. I’m pretty happy with what I’ve seen:

  • 7 years of software upgrades!!!
  • Incremental improvements in processor & cameras
  • Free watch
  • The display isn’t fucking curved
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mec287@lemmy.world
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  • A modem that isn’t do do water.
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zerotime@feddit.de
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Do you think that you’ll use the pixel 8 longer than 2 years?

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knotthatone@lemmy.world
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It depends on how well it holds up, but I like having the option to keep it longer and better support usually means higher resale value if I do decide to upgrade in two years

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CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
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Are they going to bring the manual camera controls (shutter speed, iso, etc) to the Pixel 7 Pro?

Thats the one thing the camera app needs. 3rd party manual cameras can’t seem to access the two other lenses. At least the ones I’ve tried. And they also don’t have the nice AI processing.

For that matter, it looks like the 8 Pro can do 1-for-1 pixel raw files instead of pixel binning down to 25 MP like on the 7 Pro. That’s just software, too. They need to bring that to the 7 Pro.

I can get $420 (maybe) as a trade-in credit, and get free Pixel Buds Pro which Ive been thinking of buying anyway. But thats still $380 for some better software.

At least it doesn’t appear to have this crappy curved glass! Why google thought that was ever a good idea is beyond me.

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