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cogman10last Wednesday at 2:27 AM1 replyview on HN

Exactly the reason I own a pixel.

Pixels get first class support by google in terms of software which means I can rock my phone for several generations before upgrading.

I've owned a 2, 6, and now 9. Even though the 9 is much faster than the 2 or 6, I've reached a point where that performance difference simply doesn't matter. I'm not being held back by the CPU in any real way. That leaves security, software, and battery life as the main reasons why I might decide to update my phone.


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zemlast Wednesday at 2:31 AM

same here, got six years out of a pixel 3 and hope to get another six out of my current pixel 9. if it hadn't been for the battery life degrading I might even have hung on to the 3 for another year or two.