Pixel 3 was the last good pixel. I’m hoping that pixel 8 is the next good pixel.
Finger print readers have been garbage or gone since pixel 4, pixel 6 seemed to have poor QC where some phones had connectivity issues with wifi and 5G, I haven’t tried the pixel 7 because it has the same garbage fingerprint sensor from the 6. I’m currently using a OnePlus 10 pro. I think it would be great with a custom ROM, but even with the default it’s pretty good.
Rumor has it the pixel 8 will have an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor though and while the op10 pro has a decent optical sensor, ultrasonic is just so much better. Google has done a wild job screwing up one major thing per phone just bad enough to piss me off and make me sad starting with the pixel 4. Samsung has really great hardware, but they screw it up with their software.
Honestly I’d get an iPhone at this point, but why tf do they not have a back button, it’s insane! Touch screens are bad enough as it is, if I click the wrong thing I want to be able to go back god damn you!
Finger print readers have been garbage or gone since pixel 4
I must be living in another dimension because I cannot grasp all the complaints about the in-display fingerprint reader. I had a Pixel 3a XL with a capacitive fingerprint reader and then switched to the Pixel 7 Pro. I was hesitant at first because of all the complaints. But honestly: the difference is marginal at best. It works fine 9 out of 10 times both in terms of speed and accuracy.
The only exception is when I have a sweaty finger. But then the 3a’s fingerprint reader couldn’t really deal with that either.
Pixel 3 was the last good pixel. I’m hoping that pixel 8 is the next good pixel.
Finger print readers have been garbage or gone since pixel 4, pixel 6 seemed to have poor QC where some phones had connectivity issues with wifi and 5G, I haven’t tried the pixel 7 because it has the same garbage fingerprint sensor from the 6. I’m currently using a OnePlus 10 pro. I think it would be great with a custom ROM, but even with the default it’s pretty good.
Rumor has it the pixel 8 will have an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor though and while the op10 pro has a decent optical sensor, ultrasonic is just so much better. Google has done a wild job screwing up one major thing per phone just bad enough to piss me off and make me sad starting with the pixel 4. Samsung has really great hardware, but they screw it up with their software.
Honestly I’d get an iPhone at this point, but why tf do they not have a back button, it’s insane! Touch screens are bad enough as it is, if I click the wrong thing I want to be able to go back god damn you!
I must be living in another dimension because I cannot grasp all the complaints about the in-display fingerprint reader. I had a Pixel 3a XL with a capacitive fingerprint reader and then switched to the Pixel 7 Pro. I was hesitant at first because of all the complaints. But honestly: the difference is marginal at best. It works fine 9 out of 10 times both in terms of speed and accuracy.
The only exception is when I have a sweaty finger. But then the 3a’s fingerprint reader couldn’t really deal with that either.
The Pixel 5 was the closest thing to a perfect phone that I’ve ever used.