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Pixel 8a gets more expensive: Colors, prices, memory of the new Google phone(winfuture.de)

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Pantherina@feddit.de
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Aaand only ugly colors again. Google, what about dark blue, silver or other normal colors?

And glass back too? Such a garbage

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Pantherina@feddit.de
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Yeah, so no Pixel 8a? What the hell will I buy when the last half-tolerable Pixel (6a) gets no updates anymore?

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I’ve had Pixels pretty much the whole time since the Pixel 2, I’ve dailied every generation except the OG and the 6a, coincidentally. I’m on the 7 now and really like it after thinking the 6 was hot trash. Out of curiosity, why is the 7 “intolerable”? What makes the 6a better?

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Pantherina@feddit.de
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6a has a plastic back and is smaller. I want a phone not a tablet and it shouldnt crack.

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Pantherina@feddit.de
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6a has a plastic back and is smaller. I want a phone not a tablet and it shouldnt crack.

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angrynomad@infosec.pub
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Stick divestos or calyxos on that and you’re good for more years

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Pantherina@feddit.de
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No youre not. Calyx is a joke, sorry. DivestOS may be okay but its still very different from GrapheneOS.

And no tiny custom Android can fix the issue that hardware manifacturers will not supply a single byte of firmware updates after their contract is done.

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True discontinued firmware updates…, but look at the actual threat model. Why is calyx a joke?

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PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee
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English: https://9to5google.com/2024/03/05/google-pixel-8a-reportedly-getting-another-price-increase/

Once again Google finds a way to ruin a good thing. With a $150 price difference between the 8a and main 8 series, I have absolutely no reason to purchase the 8a. There was a time when the A series was half the price of the main series.

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Chup@feddit.de
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I think the article only mentions the prices in the Google store, which are way more expensive than other shops. The Pixel 8 128GB is currently available at 550€.

So the Pixel 8a at 570€ would be the more expensive model.

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When the 7a launched the regular 7 was almost the same price already, so the gap is actually bigger than last year. But I guess they’ll just make the upcoming Pixel 9 more expensive as well to restore the gap again.

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