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Pixel 9 raises the bar for fast charging, should apply to other Android phones too (9to5google.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Pixel 9 series has way better battery life, but it also delivers improvements to charging. One of those improvements is that the Pixel 9 has higher requirements for fast charging, helping you better know if your charger is truly up to speed.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just got a new phone (reluctantly) and it feels like 90% of the "features" are useless marketing gimmicks.

Most people still use their phones for very similar purposes to 2016 or even 2012. Instead of providing properly optimized software and batteries that last weeks, we get these huge heavy expensive unoptimized pieces of techno garbage. And of course they need fast charging, otherwise you'd be wired to a charter half the time.

I'm practically forced to spend 10€ per month, even if I'm hesitant to buy new stuff, just to have a reasonable phone. That's crazy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm practically forced to spend 10€ per month, even if I'm hesitant to buy new stuff, just to have a reasonable phone. That's crazy.

What? Who forces you to pay that?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Life.

I need a smartphone for my job (authenticator), bank, social life, etc.

Buying a new phone in the range of 500€ and having to replace that every 4-5 years, comes down to about 10€ per month.

Of course I could buy a cheaper phone, but those usually get barely any software updates, which I find rather frightening, and often enough break for other reasons (battery dead, ports worn out, cracked display). So it's not really cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Buying a new phone in the range of 500€ and having to replace that every 4-5 years, comes down to about 10€ per month.

Fair enough, I thought you meant a real subscription of some sorts.

Yeah I definitely agree with you, phones are a necessity nowadays and it's not getting better

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can get a good phone for less than that. Also a 1yo phone is even more cheap so if you need a cheaper alternative...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Not much less. The cheaper ones all have significant drawbacks.

Used phones might be cheaper, but they still rely on someone else shelling out money.

My problem is not my personal financial situation, it's societal. We throw out tons of resources (natural, but also human) out of the window for products that have zero benefit. It's extremely wasteful.