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So it competes favorably with the Google Pixel 3, released in 2018.
by oldstrangers 6y ago
So it competes favorably with the Google Pixel 3, released in 2018.
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- baxtr 6y agoI don’t believe that’s a relevant comparison. AFAIK Pixel always has been the Android flagship. iPhone SE clearly isn’t its iOS equivalent. It speaks to a completely different audience / sub-market.
- foepys 6y agoI don't know who would consider Pixels to be flagships. Other than the relatively pure Android and timely updates, and the relatively good hardware, there are better phones available. Google is also very strict with their update policy, which means that after 3 years after release, the phone is EOL. I'm repeating myself on here but Nokia (HMD Global) is actually still providing my Nokia 6 from January 2017 with updates every 3 months. I recently went on a research mission for a new Android phone but noticed how bad the situation on Android still is.
- samwhiteUK 6y agoThe Pixel is Google's flagship android phone, there's no argument to be had here
- foepys 6y agoMight be Google's but they certainly aren't Android flagship phones. Samsung, Huawei, and previously Xiaomi are packing better hardware with innovative technology like under-screen fingerprint scanners and multi-lense cameras.
- jeffbee 6y agoYou don't seem to understand the word "flagship". It doesn't mean the most bodacious ship in the fleet. It means the one from which the admiral flies their flag. This is clearly Google and the Pixel, in the Android analogy.
- foepys 6y agoGP clearly said "Android flagship". Google is only selling Pixels, that's like saying iPhones are Apple's flagships which clearly says nothing.
- derethanhausen 6y agoParent comment might have meant Pixel 3a, which also aims for the market segment of $400, nice camera, no frills.
- scarface74 6y agoWell let’s see in four years which one is still likely to be getting operating system and security updates. The original iPhone SE released in 2016 will be supported at least through September 2021.
- speedgoose 6y agoWill it also run slower and slower until you know that you can pay Apple to replace its battery, or buy a new one?
- ibero 6y agonope!
- jeffbee 6y agoYou can just stick with Android which will randomly shut off instead. I'm sure Apple isn't worried about losing the business of irrational cranks. Another fun feature of Android is you can just wait for Google to ship that one last major release that makes the phone an unusable slideshow, the way they did to the Nexus 5X.
- cillian64 6y agoYou can disable the performance reduction and deal with the random shutdowns, if you'd prefer.
- speedgoose 6y agoIt doesn't sound better.
- scarface74 6y agoI never said that Apple had access to magical battery technology that didn’t lose it ability to charge
- molszanski 6y ago
- reaperducer 6y agoAccording to this†, the Pixel 3 stops receiving updates next year. We know that Apple supports its phones for at least five years, so this iPhone should last until 2025. Seems like a pretty good investment for $399. † https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/4457705?hl=en https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/4457705?hl=en
- cobookman 6y agoI just picked up a SE with the T-Mobile free additional line & 50% off promotion. Cost was only $200 + Taxes. Amazing deal when you consider the support & hardware quality.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoLink? Promo still on? I’m a glutton for a deal.
- cobookman 6y agoThread on the free line promo. https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/hi8a98/reminder_get_your_free_line_before_its_gone/ https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/hi8a98/reminder_ge...
- toomuchtodo 6y agoThank you for the extra free line! Worked a treat.
- dylan604 6y agoUntil you remember you're on the T-Mobile network, and realize you'd now be willing to pay double to be on a different network
- reaperducer 6y agoIt depends on where you are. There are certain places where T-Mobile is the best network to be on. People like to think that Network X is terrible in my neighborhood, so it's terrible everywhere. That's simply not the case. The big three networks got to be the big three by buying smaller regional networks. Some of those networks were very good. T-Mobile, for example, is excellent in the upper Midwest because it came into the market by buying Voicestream, which had huge and dense coverage. There are places I have to visit in Nevada where T-Mobile is the only provider. Heck, there are portions of the city of Las Vegas where T-Mobile/Sprint was the only signal at all until AT&T service came in last year, and there's still no Verizon to be found as recently as February (I carry all three when I'm working). Bring your Verizon phone to southern Ohio, and get a fraction of the coverage you would get on a Cincinnati Bell (or AT&T roaming) phone. Cell phone networks, like politicians, vary in quality by region.
- Eridrus 6y agoThe score itself is identical to the Pixel 3A, which is from last year. But these scores are very subjective, so....
- oehtXRwMkIs 6y agoI think the Pixel 3a is a more relevant comparison. Very similar score to the SE and also a budget phone.
- CoolGuySteve 6y agoThe Pixel 3a has been discontinued and the 4a is either not released yet or cancelled. But I had a Pixel 3a, it was the worst phone I ever owned. The screen coating had a defect that Google refused to fix. The body is plastic and the screen is more brittle than Gorilla glass, so it shattered after hitting the ground on its corner. In 13 years of carrying these things around, it's the only phone I ever broke. This iPhone can't possibly be any worse.
- oehtXRwMkIs 6y agoFunny thing is that my first smartphone was an iPhone but after replacing it 3 times because of dead pixels, I switched to a Samsung Galaxy S3 or 4, can't remember. You're right that the Pixels are lacking in build quality but I think your experience is a bit unlucky like my own experience with iPhones. I'm a bit behind on the times, but it seems to me that for build quality Samsung is still the best. They've always been ahead with stuff like Super AMOLED, thin bevels (even curved edges), microSD slot, etc. But software matters more to me these days which is why I like the Pixel 3a. It was dirt cheap and has decent microG support. In my own very personal, biased, subjective experience, iPhones have had mediocre build quality and the worst software.