The original Google Pixel launched in 2016 and the series changed not just Android, but the entire mobile market in the last eight years.

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    6 months ago

    By taking away the MicroSD slot to force users towards expensive cloud storage?

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      6 months ago

      That was a thing long before Nexus became Pixel though

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    6 months ago

    This reads like a pure ad. And just in time for the pixel 9 launch event tomorrow. What a coincidence.

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    6 months ago

    I’d say the Nexus phones (pure Android) were way more a game changer than the Pixels.

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      6 months ago

      Yes, but the nexuses did not have the courage and the vision to remove jacks and sd cards, all while getting more expensive. Fuck I miss me a proper nexus.

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      6 months ago

      I hated rear fingerprint sensor tbh, didn’t help that it failed 1/3 of the time. Current location is much better imo

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    6 months ago

    So they’ve “pushed RCS and AI into the mainstream” which are both negative developments.