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Out of (genuine) curiosity, what major hardware improvements are you referring to? On paper, it’s largely the same as prior years for the SoC at least. I think
by dagmx 2y ago
Out of (genuine) curiosity, what major hardware improvements are you referring to?
On paper, it’s largely the same as prior years for the SoC at least. I think the fold has the most obvious upgrade but nothing I’d consider really major. Other than that, it seems like mostly a camera bump year?
- winternewt 2y ago> On paper, it’s largely the same as prior years. Not even the same. The 9P screen has lower PPI than my 7P, the camera has worse field of view and the battery has lower capacity.
- peapod91 2y agoI thought the upgrade to metal/glass + new design looked great which I included in "hardware". Beyond that https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Google-Pixel-9-vs-Pixel-8-Whats-changed-with-the-most-affordable-Pixel_id6420 https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Google-Pixel-9-vs-Pixel-8... shows: - Much brighter screen - Next gen tensor chip - 50% ram upgrade - Better camera + battery - SOS functionality - Better ultrasonic fingerprint sensor Holistically felt like meaningful improvements across the board to me, but I understand where you're coming from. I think maybe I have lower expectations for improvements year to year
- dagmx 2y agoAh, fair. I usually don’t include form factor too much because it’s so subjective. I think perhaps one of the reasons for the negativity here is that the price is approaching flagship from other companies, but that Tensor G4 performs like chips from four years ago. I think that overshadows a lot of the improvements. Perhaps if the whole package was significantly cheaper, the reception would be more balanced.