Hi, this is the last week before I will return my Pixel 7 Pro for a refund, after owning it for a year. My replacement is the 15 Pro Max, and I thought I’d post here in case anyone has any questions regarding these two devices.
I know it’s not best comparison as the Pixel 8 Pro is out, but in any case…

I can take pictures, run benchmarks, answer other questions etc.

  • spaghetti_carbanana@krabb.org
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    11 months ago

    What’s driving the change for you? Just curious as I’ve been considering jumping the other way (to an undecided model of Pixel running GrapheneOS from an iPhone 11 Pro).

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    11 months ago

    How can you return the Pixel 7 after such a long time? Wouldn’t most return policies limit you to a few weeks or months?

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    11 months ago

    The call dropping issue would cause me to switch phones too… just not to an iPhone… Best of luck!

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      11 months ago

      Thanks :) Didn’t want to risk going for another Pixel given the issues I had.

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    11 months ago

    Sorry to hear about the downgrade. We’ll welcome you back once you realize how bad iOS is lol.

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      11 months ago

      I swapped from a lifetime of android, to a 15PM im not missing much nowadays. The only major feature id say is split screen but PiP does the trick most of the time for that, while not as perfect that and the keyboard being a bit slower would be the only “downgrades” i could come up with in a month of use.

      The list of things that have worked better is a lot longer, the bt and cellular modem is miles better than my old pixel 6 pro, the high refresh rate screen actually delivers high framerates more of the time and the apple intergration is so much more cohesive than googles hodge podge of integration

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        11 months ago

        This is such a consumerism comment. You are buying a closed garden ecosystem and encouraging lack of choice from a terrible company. Maybe you don’t value actual freedom with your devices, but if you have even the slightest curiosity with how your phone is operating then you’d realize iPhones are designed for the lowest common denominator and to be used one way. It discourages any other competing brands from using its software. It heavily nerfs anything that isn’t an Apple product. It’s all closed source and proprietary. It’s anti consumer. There’s more to phones then opening up the app store, installing app, and opening app from home screen.

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          11 months ago

          True. But to be fair, Android as it normally comes is shit too. 90% open source still leaves room for Googles Tracking.

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          11 months ago

          For me the features I need aren’t part of aosp. So I’m using closed source now anyways. Sure it’s running on an open source platform, but it seems Google wants Android to be like Apple. Then I might just as well use Apples products as their ecosystem is a lot more refined.

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    11 months ago

    I don’t care about benchmarks, or camera, if the photos it takes are as good as my iPhone 4 that is enough.

    Just curious, and no judgement, why are you switching?

    My perfect phone would be basic and run GrapheneOS.

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    11 months ago

    As someone who did a similar swap Pixel 6 Pro to 15 Pro Max, and my first time off android Hope you enjoy it. I do miss the customization but at the same time i did a lot less customization than i did back in the older android days. The stability of the general phone things has been alot better, bluetooth, mobile data and reception has been a big improvement. The thing that really pushed me over is the device values, my P6P isnt worth putting a new battery in a iphone bought at the same time can have a battery replaced for $69 and will be worth about double the pixel equivalent.

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    11 months ago

    Uhm… why??

    I have a Pixel 7pro just for GrapheneOS. That phone is damn fast, but huge, no headphone jack and glass everywhere. I dont like it, and hope there will be alternatives soon.

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    11 months ago

    When you switch prepare to lose all your Signal messages. Transferring SMS and WhatsApp is a pain too. Photos will transfer but you’ll have to set up albums again. A bit of growing pains, but no looking back.