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I've switched for a month while traveling and I agree with the author, some additional points: - The phone is too smart. E.g. it transforms your voice messages
by ArmandGrillet 8y ago
I've switched for a month while traveling and I agree with the author, some additional points:
- The phone is too smart. E.g. it transforms your voice messages into text messages which is magic but also pings you after you visit something "Hey, wanna rate the store you just visited?" "Hey, you took pictures of this place today, wanna share them?".
- The pictures are outstanding, particularly in low light. The portrait mode works much better than on the iPhone X.
- Third-party apps are not as polished, e.g. Instagram Stories do not work well.
- The design is good but placement of the buttons is awful. After a month I was still shutting down my phone while taking a picture because you can press on the volume button to shoot which is right next to the power button.
- Project Fi is perfect (the price is the only downside I've found and it is a subjective argument) and should have an Apple counterpart, not only Apple SIM on the iPad.
All in all I liked it and it was great to go back to Android for a month, but I went back to the iPhone. I have an Apple ecosystem and the iPhone is just too well integrated to leave it. It feels like the Pixel is one of the few Google hardware devices that is not an experiment but Apple offers me an entire ecosystem that is coherent and enjoyable for my daily life.
- dogweather 8y ago> The placement of the buttons is awful, after a month I was still shutting down my phone . . . Lol, yeah, that's taken some getting used to. I bet they did that so that the phone would work smoothly in the VR headset. It is supported on the left side edge, and doesn't work the other way around because the buttons get pressed.
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- ratzinho87 8y agoThe smart notifications you are mentioning are from Google Maps. You can disable them individually by going to Settings -> Apps -> Maps-> Notifications and then unchecking everything under "Your contributions". But I agree they are anoying.
- sowbug 8y agoOr slide a notification about one-third to the right, then adjust the settings that appear.