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I look at these phone announcements nowadays and realize I don't care about any of their value propositions. The phones sold 5 or 6 years ago were good enough

I look at these phone announcements nowadays and realize I don't care about any of their value propositions. The phones sold 5 or 6 years ago were good enough on any of those metrics by my standards: I look at my 5 year old phone, look at the new ones, and realize that just the hassle of setting a new one up wouldn't be worth it. Also they need to scrap all the Google software crap like "Google Assistant" out of their marketing. I have yet to meet someone who would consider anything like that a feature. People expect it to be an annoyance at best - that's those who don't give a fuck about privacy.

thirtythree 6y ago
I agree with you but set up of a new phone is pretty simple if you move Android->Android or iPhone->iPhone. Your google or apple account should sync everything
foolfoolz 6y ago
for most people phones have reached the same peak as laptops: only buy a new one if yours breaks
jfengel 6y ago
The Pixel phone setup was very, very good. It copied all of the data off my old phone and was off and running. I don't even think I had to re-enter passwords. I like the Google assistant. It's useful for "set timer 15 minutes" while my hands are dirty from cooking. (I had an even better use, "Remind me at 8 PM to take out the trash" while I'm driving, but for some idiotic reason "Reminders are currently not available for GSuite users"[1]). [1] https://support.google.com/assistant/thread/11607814?hl=en https://support.google.com/assistant/thread/11607814?hl=en