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Google says bumpy Pixel 8 screens are nothing to worry about | Display "bumps" are components pushing into the OLED panel. (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by chrisdh79@alien.top to c/gadgets@hardware.watch

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[–] drmirage809@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (19 children)

So I went and checked. That thing retails for €1100 around here. And I don't know about you guys, but when I buy a phone that costs that kinda money I expect a solid piece of hardware. Not something where the manufacturer decided to skimp out of rigidity because they were being cheap. Not because of some aesthetic choice, no this is just cheap.

And they expect these things to last 7 years? Yeah right.

[–] karlzhao314@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

And they expect these things to last 7 years? Yeah right.

One of the possibilities I semi-unironically expressed was that Google is willing to promise 8 years of software updates because judging by their track record, there won't be any Pixel 8s left alive after year 5, which means there won't be any customers to complain when they break that promise.

[–] SardonicOptomist@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

my 4y/o pixel 3 is Definity hitting a lot of programed/planned obsolescence.

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