"The angled corners of the Pixel 7, along with the extended bezel around the entire screen, now seemed dated compared to Google's 2023 stylings."

Fucking designers. This year we have round corners, SO ELEGANT! Wait, now we have SQUARE corners! Round is so drab now! Wait, round is elegant again!!
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...Give me back my Nexus 5...

The gating of a lot of the software features and UWB are really disappointing in the non-pro 8. I'd love a smaller phone, but they really do push you to the big one if you plan on keeping it for any length of time.

Even the pre-order bonuses are only for the larger phone.

Need more places calling them out on this.

"small"

While it's far from the small flagship plenty of us want (a dream that's as good as dead), compared to behemoths from companies like Samsung, I'll happily settle for a phone series that gets a little easier to hold every year.

Or maybe they could just stop using heavy, brittle material for back covers because they look shiny.

I really don't get why the Pixel lineup always gets this weird... hostility directed at it every release cycle. It's like the Pixel line is always given an extra level of scrutiny, that makers like Samsung, OnePlus, or even Apple don't get. There are reasons to give it scrutiny, especially on the software side, but some of the things thrown at the Pixel line (especially since the 6) just sometimes seems... petty. I'm not saying it's without fault, I'm a Pixel 6 Pro owner after all and can definitely offer some criticisms. But a lot of the criticisms about the design of the models always seems like nitpicking, yet it becomes a big to do.

I just don't get it, is it just the Google name that brings about higher expectations?

Been using pixel phones back when they were Nexus, but it's always bothered me that the phone that doesn't have a desktop mode is made by the same company that makes the OS that has a desktop mode. It's such a useful tool that I think I'm going to go back to Samsung, haven't had one of their phones since the S4. Not sure why Google doesn't let you use desktop experience on their phones.

I'm very sad I paid for a Fold and don't get 7 years of updates.

Hmm pretty heavy compared to my 4a, 143g vs 187g.

So, the both have almost identical hardware? Same photo sensor? Great, anyone running graphene can get the cheaper one knowing they are not missing out on anything.

@ijeff I've had a few Pixels the last few years, but I think I'll give this year's lineup a miss and stick with my Pixel 7 Pro

Does it have wired external display connectivity? I currently have pixel7 and that might be only reason to actually upgrade.

I went from Nexus 5 to Samsung s7 and now s10 which is so smooth in hand. I was thinking of upgrading to s23 but it looks like an iPhone 5, edges are so sharp that I'll pass. Eyeing on the pixel 8 now. It will be a big upgrade for me anyway so not bothered about the pro having higher specs. I simply can't handle (literally) phones bigger than that, and actually can't be bothered by the latest AI gimmicks. I would in fact deactivate stuff that would need to connect to a server to improve the pictures or videos I take.