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Kirun

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Why not go for a Pixel 4? That's probably the phone I'll pick up when the 5 comes out and the 4 goes on deep discount(rocking a Pixel 2 XL still and totally satisfied).
 

Adebisi

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Why not go for a Pixel 4? That's probably the phone I'll pick up when the 5 comes out and the 4 goes on deep discount(rocking a Pixel 2 XL still and totally satisfied).

Considering what a piece of shit my Pixel XL battery turned out to be? Sorry Google, no money from me this round. You need a time out. My Note 4 and Google Nexus still charge and run just fine.

Never had a battery fail this bad in a smartphone before.
 

Denamian

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The PIxel 4 has a small battery and while the 4XL is better, I'm not sold on it. I've had a 3a XL since June ant it has been fantastic. Not the highest end specs, but battery life is great due to that.
 

Adebisi

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The battery could give me amazing BJ's, Google's not getting my business this round. Maybe next time.
 

Denamian

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The battery could give me amazing BJ's, Google's not getting my business this round. Maybe next time.

Understandable. I got the 3a XL because the battery on my OG XL took a nose dive at 2.5 years old and I broke the screen trying to replace it. My problem is that nobody sends out updates nearly as fast as Google. Usually it's a minimum of 6 months and you're lucky if the phone gets more than one version upgrade. I'm no longer willing to fuck around with custom roms anymore.
 

Adebisi

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Understandable. I got the 3a XL because the battery on my OG XL took a nose dive at 2.5 years old and I broke the screen trying to replace it. My problem is that nobody sends out updates nearly as fast as Google. Usually it's a minimum of 6 months and you're lucky if the phone gets more than one version upgrade. I'm no longer willing to fuck around with custom roms anymore.
I'll prob give battery replacement a shot after I have my new phone in hand 😄

Give it to one of the little bisi's if successful.

Or I could permanently Mount it in my car for tunes and gps
 
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Lanx

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Understandable. I got the 3a XL because the battery on my OG XL took a nose dive at 2.5 years old and I broke the screen trying to replace it. My problem is that nobody sends out updates nearly as fast as Google. Usually it's a minimum of 6 months and you're lucky if the phone gets more than one version upgrade. I'm no longer willing to fuck around with custom roms anymore.
lulz i just got android9 yesterday(auto update), verizon stylo4
 

BrutulTM

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Considering what a piece of shit my Pixel XL battery turned out to be? Sorry Google, no money from me this round. You need a time out. My Note 4 and Google Nexus still charge and run just fine.

Never had a battery fail this bad in a smartphone before.

You're using a 2016 phone and you're mad that the battery went bad? I think if you get 3 years out of a phone you're already ahead of the game.
 

Lanx

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Considering what a piece of shit my Pixel XL battery turned out to be? Sorry Google, no money from me this round. You need a time out. My Note 4 and Google Nexus still charge and run just fine.

Never had a battery fail this bad in a smartphone before.
iphone6 took less than 1hr to replace the battery, amazon replacement batteries come w/ all the tools needed less than 20bucks, for the pixelxl i figure it wouldn't be as annoying.
 

Crone

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Yes. That's exactly it.

I expect my phone to be slow and annoying by the time I'm done. Not completely unusable.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm with BrutulTM BrutulTM on this one.

Your expectations of phones are WAY off. In what world do you live in, that batteries, regardless of where they are being used, just last forever?
 

Denamian

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Google is officially ending support for the OG Pixel anyway. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets a few more security updates, but that's pretty much it. 3 years is pretty much the longest any manufacturer other than Apple will support a phone nowadays.
 

Lanx

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Google is officially ending support for the OG Pixel anyway. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets a few more security updates, but that's pretty much it. 3 years is pretty much the longest any manufacturer other than Apple will support a phone nowadays.
wait until Amazon makes a smartphone, then we be serious!
 

LiquidDeath

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Google is officially ending support for the OG Pixel anyway. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets a few more security updates, but that's pretty much it. 3 years is pretty much the longest any manufacturer other than Apple will support a phone nowadays.

I'm salty about this. I am over 2 years now with the Pixel XL they sent me to replace my 2 year old, malfunctioning 6p. I don't expect them to support the phones forever, but I'm mainly upset that no phones these days are very attractive coming from the OG Pixel. The only thing I want is the same Pixel XL but with dual front-facing speakers. Add that and I am 100% in. And fuck getting rid of a head phone jack. I have both wireless and wired ear phones and there is a time and place for each type.
 
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mkopec

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Nahh man, I still have my S3 the kids sometimes use for games and it still holds a charge just fine. Both the wife and I have the s7 which are about 3 yrs old and they work fine, still hold an all day charge.

Anyway, I was gonna get the new S10 for the wife for xmas. She still has the s7 and its all rigth but she sometimes complains that it bugs out now and shit. Plus she loves to take pictures and video on her phone and I guess the s10 has a pretty good camera set up? Anyone here own one? Was thinking about the S10, the medium one, not the small one and not the s10+, although when I walk into Verizon that might change lol since im like a wide eyed school girl in a make up isle when surrounded by all those fresh new devices.
 

mkopec

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So I broke down and got the S10+ for her at costco. It was about $300 cheaper than from Verizon so it worked out. The thing is a beast of a phone. I broke down and gave it to her and she literally hid her head in it the entire weekend.
 

Crone

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So I broke down and got the S10+ for her at costco. It was about $300 cheaper than from Verizon so it worked out. The thing is a beast of a phone. I broke down and gave it to her and she literally hid her head in it the entire weekend.
My wife plays ps4 and shit but she's far from your wife in terms of getting excited about any new tech. That's pretty cool.

She got a new iPhone not long ago and was like cool its not fucked up from the kids yet. Thanks. 🙄
 

Alex

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I got an S10 back in February or March and it kicks ass. Best phone I've ever owned.