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Oooooh wow, that strip - no thanks. First impressions of the aesthetic: clouds & bubblegum.
by joduplessis 3y ago
Oooooh wow, that strip - no thanks. First impressions of the aesthetic: clouds & bubblegum.
- ForkMeOnTinder 3y agoThat strip is part of the deal if you're buying a pixel. https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_6-pictures-11037.php https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_6-pictures-11037.php https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_7-pictures-11903.php https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_7-pictures-11903.php https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_8-pictures-12546.php https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_8-pictures-12546.php
- joduplessis 3y agoWow, I have not noticed that before!
- gpm 3y agoI actually really like the strip on my pixel. Being able to support the phone by the bottom of the strip instead of squeezing it feels good.
- xnx 3y agoLargely invisible once it's in a case
- bigstrat2003 3y agoI don't put my phone in a case and don't understand why people do. Dropping your phone is a rare event, not a serious risk.
- devit 3y agoIn my experience most of the flagship phones are slippery enough that it's not a rare event to drop them if you don't use a case made out of a higher friction material. Of course that's an incredibly dumb design, but unfortunately they are made like that.
- bigstrat2003 3y agoI guess I can't relate. I've had a Pixel (the first one) and I didn't feel like it was slippery or anything. It's been a while but I think the reason I had to replace it wasn't damage, but because it wouldn't hold a charge any more. Otherwise I'd still probably have it, I really liked that phone.
- delfinom 3y ago>Dropping your phone is a rare event, not a serious risk For you I drop my phone at least once a day lol I actually dropped it more before I got a case on the Pixels because the back glass is ridiculously slippery and it'll even slide itself off surfaces that aren't perfectly level. Back glass needs to fucking die. The insanely polished smooth metal frame doesn't help either when combined with the ultra smooth glass back in my hands.
- kevstev 3y agoHeh, when I got a Nexus 4, it was my first glass backed phone. It arrived two days before the case did. I was meeting my wife for dinner and got there a bit early, and had the phone on the restaurant table. When my wife came and sat down the slight wiggle she gave to the table was enough for the phone to slide right off and make the back look like a spider web of cracks. Fortunately it was only the back. I never go without a case now. The thicker and grippier the better. I also have a belief that phones these days are too thin, and I would gladly have a thicker phone with better battery life. The best feeling phone in my hand IMHO was my Palm Treo, which was almost an inch thick.
- panarky 3y agoThe price you pay for better camera sensor and lenses.
- SketchySeaBeast 3y agoI don't think that necessarily true - Samsung has hidden the cameras inside the body, and I'd argue that there's nothing terribly special about the pixel camera hardware compared to, say, the S23 Ultra. That being said, I like the look for the visor.
- crossroadsguy 3y agoIs that some kind of subtly resurgent brutalist design?