Tag: phones
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Google is doing some weird shit with their photo processing
I have a Pixel 7a. I’ve been using it since May 2023 and I’ve noticed selfies taken with this phone were a bit odd. In some pics it looks like I’m photoshopped into the scene rather than a natural photo. Today I think I pinned it down. It’s a combination of processing and Top Shot.…
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A regular person’s review of the Google Pixel 7a
I finally ditched my Pixel 3 for the shiny new Pixel 7a. The switch came at a fortuitous time because I bricked my Pixel 3 by dropping it in a stream while hiking. It’s not the only reason I made the change. It so happened I purchased the Pixel 7 the day before I went…
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Pixel 6 update: Buy my Pixel 6!
That’s right. For the low low price of whatever it auctions for on Ebay you too can have your very own Pixel 6. I’m setting the starting price at $400.00. That’s a little over half of what it cost me new. If it ends up being higher than that fantastic. If not and it only…
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Pixel 6 update: I wish I returned it in time
I’m well past the two week return period and I wish I wasn’t. The behind the screen fingerprint sensor is so bad that I disabled it and will now go security free on the lock screen. I’ve grown accustomed to using the fingerprint sensor on the back of my Pixel 3 and going back to…
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A regular person’s review of the Pixel 6
I wasn’t going to do it. But I did. I bit the bullet and purchased a Pixel 6 because the battery life on my Pixel 3 is getting to the point where I need to plug it in several times a day and the phone’s hardware feels like it’s getting long in the tooth. After…
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Pixel phones have jumped the shark
Google has released a phone that seems to increasingly be designed by committee in some misguided effort to hit some sweet spot of a middle of the road consumer. The new phone uses an old chip that is a non-starter and the camera is no longer top of the heap. I skipped the Pixel 4…