My xperia 10 iii was 280€(+50€ OS) vs 500€++ for a pixel.
But I hate phones. All I want is navigation, sms/call, signal, steam and firefox.
But I hate phones. All I want is navigation, sms/call, signal, steam and firefox.
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It's pretty cool looking! Very optimistic about it.
Of course, if your goal is to run SailfishOS, there is currently not much of another option.
My phone would have a screen time of a few mins per day. I can't stand doing anything on these tiny touch screens or browsing the web on a phone screen.
A cheaper 6a would be EOL next year.
They also came later vs 6/6Pro
6a is a 2022 phone, 7a is $150 on Swappa.
Where are we going with this?
All I can give you is my reasoning for picking it. Not giving google my money is always a plus in my book.
and I don’t consider buying used and flashing “giving Google my money”.
Although it definitely enables the market for Pixels, they definitely don’t make much (if any) money selling Pixels, due to they’re being cheap-yet-flagship devices.
It might even hurt Google for you to buy them and not capture all your data with their OS!
Compared to Samsungs, they seem to have comparable prices for less performing hardware, to me.
But what about all the other phones?
Are all Chinese manufacturers selling at a loss?
Pixels are manufactured in China, Vietnam and India.
Maybe their flash gates are made by hand, given how much more they ask for decent storage amounts...
so not sold at the same rate.
Price goes down when you do a run of 10 million boards
vs 1 million.
(and or the facility making them is yours!)
Not to mention that the Pixels were a lot more convenient years ago, when they sold a lot less.
I think you're clutching at straws here, Pixels were cheapish in the first versions, but are not anymore ;)
Most people will fill that up in a glimpse without using cloud services