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Pixel 8 series MEGATHREAD

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Pixel 8 series MEGATHREAD

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Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id to Android@lemdro.idEnglish ·
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Livestream:

#MadeByGoogle ‘23: Keynote

Preorder deals:

Google Store

BestBuy

Videos:

Google Pixel 8/8 Pro Impressions: Software Magic! - Marques Brownlee

Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro hands - on Engadget

Pixel 8/8 Pro Hands-On! | EVERYTHING New! - 9to5Google

Google Pixel 8 Pro - Early Thoughts! - Dave2D Articles:

The Pixel 8 Pro has better cameras, a brighter screen, and a lot of new AI tricks -Verge

Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro hands-on: Generative AI and a temperature sensor on your phone - Engadget

Android 14 info:

gen ai wallpaper - Mishaal

clock/weather update - Mishaal

VPN info Mishaal

Pls let me know if I miss something, I’ll post it as soon as I can.

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    The same optical fingerprint reader it seems? That’s literally the only improvement I wanted, so if it has an optical fingerprint reader that’s a dealbreaker for me.

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      7 here, and yeah it sucks, even when using special fingerprint-ready screen protectors.

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        Yeah, I forgot to mention I have the 7 and the fingerprint reader is the only part of this phone that I genuinely hate.

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          Worse than the suboptimal battery life?

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            Yeah, I haven’t really had issues with the battery, especially since I plug it in every night. I plug it in the dark shortly before my corneas are burned out by the fingerprint reader.

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            With GrapheneOS I’m kinda surprised how well it performs, TBH.

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              On my Pixel 4a it performs worse with GrapheneOS and Sandboxed Google Play Services

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      It seems like the face unlock is a lot better now. Since it’s level 3. That means you can use Google pay and such without the fingerprint sensor.

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        Does it work well in the dark? If so it might not be so bad.

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          Probably not since it doesn’t use infrared lasers or similar as far as I know

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          Idk tbf. The reviews will have to tell us

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          it does not

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      You get secure face unlock now as an alternative if the fingerprint sensor isn’t cutting it.

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          Yeah, face unlock doesn’t matter to me especially if it isn’t supported in Graphene.

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        it’s even worse than the fingerprint reader… i can get it to unlock about 1/10 times

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      7 Pro user and I have owned a handful of different pixels.

      I haven’t really had any issues with the fingerprint reader. I haven’t tried other phones to see if theirs are better or worse.

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        Probably partially my fault since I fat finger it, but it blinds me all of the time. On top of that, it’s very inaccurate when compared to my partner’s phone which has an ultrasonic one.

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          Ah yeah, it’s fun trying to unlock your phone in a dark room 😂

          With the amount of complaints I have read about it, I’m shocked I haven’t had more issues but hey I’m not going to complain.

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