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Nah, still too big. If there's a Pixel Mini in a year and a half when I'm looking to replace this SE, then we can talk.

But let's be honest, the product line is a lot more likely to go Pixel -> Pixel 6 -> Pixel 6R -> Pixel 6 Max -> Pixel 7 -> Pixel One -> Pixel X or some nonsense like that.

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As a Nexus 6 user it's not big enough and I dread the eventual shift back to a smaller device. So far the Pixel's features and cost aren't compelling me to switch. Particularly since I'm also a Fi customer and their punitive data rates prevent casual photo uploads.

My basic use test is activity based: would I take this phone cycling, kayaking, to the beach, etc? Hell no. At a minimum it would need a drybox and I'd be afraid of triggering a costly moisture-related repair to a $900 phone due to some wayward sweat or water.

Ive taken my nexus 6p and previously my nexus 5 on long cycle rides, exposed them to rain, and spilled liquids on them without issues. Phones these days are pretty water resistant, just don't submerge.

I have two phone requirements: stock Android and <5" screen. The Pixel comes so close. If it were cheaper, I would compromise on the screen size. As it is, I just bought a new battery for my 2013 Gen 1 Moto X for $5 instead.

My God I love that phone. It's my favorite phone I've ever owned (and I've had several iPhones and several Androids).

I broke mine. Sad, sad day.

I bought that phone in 2014 with a broken screen and was intending to repair it and flip it. I ended up keeping it. That phone was amazing. Voice commands just worked so well. When I was driving and issued a command it would know I was driving and therefore enable the speaker. It also supported what Google now terms "trusted voice"(lets me issue command when locked and it would do it only for my voice alone), something that my Nexus 6 doesn't and for no good reason since the Snagdragon in it supports this.

Its too bad the replacement screen crapped out

Maybe someday professional basketball players will stop moonlighting as phone designers and we'll get reasonably sized screens again.

I recently made StockDroids[1] -- it's still not much but it's a good start if you're in the market for a new phone :)

[1]: http://stockdroids.com/

This is really well done, thanks!

Very nice. Maybe add a Filter/Search field to reduce the list.

Clicking the field's name on the left will let you filter. It should be more discoverable

A sub-pixel would be amazing

Pixel Nexus? ;)

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