Anon Archived Google loses Android friends with Pixel exclusivity (theregister.co.uk)
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Anon Archived Google loses Android friends with Pixel exclusivity (theregister.co.uk)
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[–] skidmark-steve ago
I still can't fathom the idea of spending $700 on a phone which won't let me stick in a 256 GB MicroSD card, and which will also be abandoned in about three years from now by the vendor, meaning no more OS updates.
I write this post on a first-gen Core I5 laptop, which I acquired at a thrift shop for $60 a couple weeks ago. Its more than half a decade old, and with the 8GB of memory that I installed and the SSD, it will continue to perform admirably AND GET UPDATES for years to come.
These phones just aren't a value proposition, especially when the price is so high, the support life cycle is so short, and they lack critical features like expansion slots and batteries which are easy to change, while phones that cost literally a fourth the price proudly offer expansion slots and batteries that are easy to change.
TLDR: If you handed me $700, I would not buy one of these. If you handed me $7,000,000, I would still not buy one of these.