cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18709244
Google offers 128GB of storage for the Pixel 9 Pro and XL, but that’s nowhere near enough for a flagship built to last seven years.
I, for one, am outraged that cheaper options are available for people who don’t use very much storage.
Aren’t people mad because the prices are disconnected from reality? It looks like an extra $100 to jump 128 to 256? Meanwhile we can all see retail prices for 128 G microSD cards.
Apple does this bullshit with their soldered RAM and everyone is rightfully enraged by that also.
I’m currently using 34 out of 128 GB on my phone ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I wish this were me. I thought I would be fine with 128GB but I’m currently using 78% of my storage. Not even sure where it all went, but I do love taking random pictures that I forget about, so it’s probably that. It also probably doesn’t help that all my pictures are in the highest available quality without being RAW.
Agreed. I desperately wanted a Pixel phone with 1TB, when I saw that not only is the Pro available in a normal size model this year, BUT with a 1TB option I got excited…until I saw that it adds $500 to the base price of the phone, bringing it to a whopping $1499.
I’m gonna wait and see what the pricing looks like on Black Friday. I was originally wanting to keep my Pixel 8 until support ran out, but I’m already over half full on my 256gb, and my screen is having the green screen issues. I know I can get it warrantied, but the 1tb normal sized Pro is just a tempting option.
Wow that pricing is rough. They usually knock $200 off the price of pixels pretty quickly, and not just on Black Friday. They also f around with the trade in pricing which I think is a bad look, especially for their own products.
Yeah it’s absolutely awful. I haven’t checked out the trade-in pricing. I haven’t ever tried that before, I was considering trading in my pixel 8, but I like having a spare in case something happens to my main phone and it needs to be repaired.
But yes, I agree it is a bad look.
My spare is still my 3XL. It would be rough. You could always pick up an a series if you need a phone quickly
I mean I’ve got all my photos I’ve ever taken, I take videos in 4k, all my music downloaded in lossless alac, and I’ve got plenty of space on my 128gb pixel
My music library alone is nearly 280GB, and all the pictures/video I’ve taken are over 450GB. No way I’m fitting all that into 128GB. That doesn’t take into account any media I want to watch offline, or any games I may choose to load onto my phone.
This is why I like having an micro SD card slot (and headphone jack) and don’t like that if I upgrade to a Pixel, I’ll lose it.
And then there’s me. I don’t even know how much space my phone has, probably around 128gb but 16 or 32 is all I need tbh. Haven’t used my camera for about 5 years. Don’t even know if it works. Also: probably wouldn’t buy a pixel phone.
