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If only the Samsung Note ran Android One. At this point marginally improved devices at premium price point.. might further leave iPhone as the leader. iPhone

by j45 6y ago

If only the Samsung Note ran Android One. At this point marginally improved devices at premium price point.. might further leave iPhone as the leader. iPhone sales are up this year while samsung/Android is down.. Part of it is iPhone will last longer have updates for far longer than any Android device. I'm an Android user considering switching to iPhone not out of boredom, but wanting my phone to be an appliance instead of a source of innovation, as that seems to be largely gone in this Form factor

PopePompus 6y ago
Google has done significant innovation in cameras recently, though. The astrophotography mode is wonderful.
- oblio 6y ago
  That's such a niche thing, though. How many people will use that feature more than once? 0.001%?
  - PopePompus 6y ago
    There's a subreddit for photos taken with Pixels (https://www.reddit.com/r/pixelography/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pixelography/). About 1/4 of the posted images are Nightsight or Astrophotography mode images. People may not use it a lot, but they seem to be very proud of the results when they do use it.
  - parliament32 6y ago
    Using your phone's camera is niche? I don't know about you but I easily take a dozen photos a day, between SC and work documents and social photos.. honestly the quality of a phone's camera hardware and software is the defining factor for buying a phone for me.
    - oblio 6y ago
      I'm not sure how you could read my comment and the one above it and misinterpret it that way. I was talking about astrophotography.
- mugsie 6y ago
  Nightsight on its own is freaking magic, and makes the camera worth it for me. Taking pictures in doors, or in a bar (not that I can do that anymore :) ) was easy on a pixel, and always came out looking good.
- j45 6y ago
  Neat, the Google Camera phone is definitely amazing. My reference is to the thing that's more important than cameras or any feature - Android One is about ongoing and meaningful security updates that are available to the devices in the same month that they are released.

by j45 6y ago

PopePompus 6y ago

Google has done significant innovation in cameras recently, though. The astrophotography mode is wonderful.

oblio 6y ago
That's such a niche thing, though. How many people will use that feature more than once? 0.001%?
- PopePompus 6y ago
  There's a subreddit for photos taken with Pixels (https://www.reddit.com/r/pixelography/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pixelography/). About 1/4 of the posted images are Nightsight or Astrophotography mode images. People may not use it a lot, but they seem to be very proud of the results when they do use it.
- parliament32 6y ago
  Using your phone's camera is niche? I don't know about you but I easily take a dozen photos a day, between SC and work documents and social photos.. honestly the quality of a phone's camera hardware and software is the defining factor for buying a phone for me.
  - oblio 6y ago
    I'm not sure how you could read my comment and the one above it and misinterpret it that way. I was talking about astrophotography.
mugsie 6y ago
Nightsight on its own is freaking magic, and makes the camera worth it for me. Taking pictures in doors, or in a bar (not that I can do that anymore :) ) was easy on a pixel, and always came out looking good.
j45 6y ago
Neat, the Google Camera phone is definitely amazing. My reference is to the thing that's more important than cameras or any feature - Android One is about ongoing and meaningful security updates that are available to the devices in the same month that they are released.