• Alchalide@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 天前

    I received 100 dollars from Google for nerfing my battery capacity on my pixel 6a. If you have an pixel 6a you can also get this.

  • ronflex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 天前

    I can anecdotally attest to this. I’ve been using the same Samsung phone since basically 2020 with original battery and the runtime is still damn good for what I need.

    • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 天前

      cool. since whatever i had after the pixel 1, I’ve had to replace my phone every 1 or 2 years. i like the os but they’re not made as well anymore

  • xia@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    2 天前

    I wonder why people downvote this… some kind of brand loyalty/emnity, or buyer’s remorse?

  • Wispy2891@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 天前

    That data is independently researched or Samsung gave that to the EU and it’s published as-is?

    • Kilgore Trout@feddit.itEnglish
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      2 天前

      The new law does not mandate third-party review. It’s the innkeeper claiming that the wine is good.

  • Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 天前

    Can confirm my pixel 6a battery went to dogshit this week. Almost feels like it’s more the update than anything with the battery… but I guess I’ll be learning to switch battery and finally going back to lineageos

    • IcyToes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 天前

      My 6a is over 3 years old and still strong. I had no Samsung battery that lasted under a year and a half.

      GrapheneOS though.

    • TheWonderfool@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 天前

      Yeah they sent a communication to pixel 6a owners saying that they will force an update that will reduce battery usage. In case you did not know, Google is providing a 100$ check, or 150$ discount on their store for 6a owners.

        • TheWonderfool@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 天前

          Experiencing it right now… Still no battery update for my phone, but I am currently away on vacation and am dreading the moment it will become a fancy brick

    • ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 天前

      I’ve had my Pixel 5 since around the time the 6 came out. The battery life isn’t great, but I can get by just fine. Maybe Samsung phone batteries are better, but before this I had a Samsung Galaxy. The battery on that was no better. I know this is anecdotal, but I don’t plan to switch when my 5 croaks.

  • sartalon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 天前

    Sorry, no way I am going back to Samsung. I had the A71 and it was a TERRIBLE smart phone. I switched to the Pixel 6 and it was night and day.

    I just need to get off my ass and install Graphene.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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      1 天前

      You’re comparing apples and oranges. The A71 isn’t supposed to be comparable with a pixel 9.

      You’re comparing the three-door Nissan to a Lamborghini

      • sartalon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        22 小时前

        You misunderstand. I went to from the A71 to the 6. I am only recently on the 9.

    • adavis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 天前

      I used the A71 early 2020 till about a month or two ago, and it was a fantastic phone. Only reason I moved was it’s out of support, so no more security updates.

      The battery was still rated at >90%. And I’d believe it, I never had to worry about it lasting a whole day. My only complaint about the phone was even during its support period the security patches were infrequent.

      I contemplated Samsung again but chose a Pixel 9a due to the monthly security updates for 7 years. And in doing so I’ve given up dual sim, headphone jack and sd card slot (but few phones have all those features now).

      I’m curious what made your experience with the A71 so terrible?

      • sartalon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 天前

        It was constantly giving out mistaken SOS messages. It would lock up and I’d have to constantly reset.

        The final straw was when I was travelling to a work site I had never been to before. It locked up with a static screen and refused to reset. I had to stop at a gas station, at 4am, actually talk to another person and buy a map.

        It was slow, buggy, constantly trying to get me to use their Samsung store, .etc…

        When I moved to Pixel, it gave me the iPhone experience where shit just worked. And it integrated more things for me, which was convenient at the time. (But now I know it is scraping the fuck out of everything I do/see/hear.)

    • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 天前

      From a budget phone to a flagship?

      Yeah, i can see how the difference would be night and day…

      Regardless pixel is a great series of phone if the OS works for you then stick with google phones.

      Personally i like samsung. Even if they have gotten pretty shady. Since i owned the s2 years back i have always found myself liking samsung.

      Tried nexus 6, tried the OG pixel which i liked but ruined when i dropped it in a barrel filled with potatos and water. (No k wont elaborate, its more fun to leave you guessing)

      Tried huawei and enjoyed my p20 pro and p30 pro but once the fold 3 came out i was back with samsung. Got a fold 6 now and am very happy.

      If i recall, since the advent of smart phones, i went: Sony xperia x10, Galaxy S2, Galaxy S4 mini, Google Nexus 6, Google Pixel, Huawei P20 pro, Huawei P30 pro, Galaxy Fold 3, Galaxy Fold 6,

    • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      2 天前

      Had endlesss issues with 2x Nexus phones, eschewed google, gave them another chance with a Pixel 6Pro, sold it after a month it was so shitty and grabbed a Samsung S22u that i still use. I use the pen so often its shitty not having one and goodlock does along looottts of customisation. I also mostly prefer their apps to googles, alas googles cant be deleted :(

    • HeyJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 天前

      Funny enough, I had the complete opposite experience. I didn’t necessarily use Samsung then either, but I would get the phone that was normally rated the best or highly reviewed. I think i came from an LG to the first pixel phone. Pixel was the first phone to ever give me issues. Felt it vibrate one day in my pocket and I looked at it a few min later and it was in permanent boot loop. Tried a lot of things, but my one regret was forgetting to turn on developer options with the usb so essentially the phone was bricked. I couldn’t access it or do anything, everytbing was lost and support was no help and told me they couldn’t replace it. Last time I used them. I also wasn’t a fan of how hard they tried copying an iPhone at the time. Since them I’ve mostly used a Samsung either the Note and now the higher end galaxies and love them. Only thing I dislike is their own line of apps for everything that I disable immediately.

      • sartalon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 天前

        I just upgraded to the 9 and assume it’s scraping every bit of data it can from me. I will do it this weekend.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      23 小时前

      I wanna know what the hell people are doing to destroy the ports on their devices. Like are you plugging your phone in then using it as a lasso? Are you smashing the plug down against something and bending the connector? In 20 years of using various smart phones I’ve never destroyed the port on my device.

      Lint? Yes, but you can clear that out easily. But like actually destroying ports when they’re clean?

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 天前

      Try cleaning out the USB-C port. Lint gets compacted in there and it can prevent the plug from seating correctly. Most charging problems I’ve had were resolved by scraping the lint out of the port, with a plastic floss pick thing or an unbent staple. Careful not to damage the contacts though.

      • MBech@feddit.dkEnglish
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        1 天前

        I’ve started using a wireless charger. It’s been so much better because I regularly had to clean lint and wood dust out of the charging hole.

    • ben_dover@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 天前

      try a magnetic charger. it may look a bit off leaving the usb-c part plugged into the phone, but there’s way less wear or lint

    • asdfbla@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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      1 天前

      Unfortunately, the future of grapheneos is not certain anyway with Google going closed source on all the drivers and device trees

  • Fedditor385@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 天前

    But… Samsung also needs twice as many charges because for whatever reason, their batteries simply don’t last as long. Timewise, you get the same lifetime, from both. What good does a larger charging count bring, if you need to charge it twice as much? Misleading spec.

  • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 天前

    Although, replacing the battery on the Fairphone is so much easier that 1000 cycles is acceptable.

    • ssillyssadass@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 天前

      You say that like it’s impossible to change the battery on a Samsung phone. I can have it done in under 10 minutes.

        • chiliedogg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 天前

          But non-tech people aren’t buying Faiphones, but whatever they’re pushing at the Verizon store.

        • ssillyssadass@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 天前

          Can you follow a step-by-step guide?

          Can you use a screwdriver to remove 5-10 identical screws?

          Can you use spudgers of varying sizes?

          Can you use a hair dryer?

          Then you can change the battery on your Samsung phone.

          • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
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            2 天前

            I guess the answer to at least one of those is no. Last time I tried a battery replacement, I broke the screen either during assembly or disassembly. I build my own desktop PCs, and have fixed laptop monitors and drives, but every time I attempt hardware repair on something phone-ish, I make it worse (even going back to when I owned an OpenMoko).

            • ssillyssadass@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              2 天前

              You haven’t had to touch the screen on a Samsung phone since like the S6, every model after that opens from the back.

              • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                2 天前

                Yeah so?.. They still managed to break it because battery replacement in a phone is not as easy as pop off the panel and replace.

  • pulsewidth@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 天前

    Before anyone rushes to replace their phones my Pixel 5 is nearly 5 years old, still on original battery (would be on at least 1200 cycles) and is presently sitting at 92% and claiming 1 day 11hrs remaining. Off the charger since 9:45 this morning and used for streaming music to my car while I was driving earlier. It still easily holds over 24 hours charge in my usage, so if I forget to charge it at night it’s usually around 40% in the morning and I can plug it in sometime in the morning to top up. Perfectly useable after almost 5 years, and this is pretty normal for Pixels in my experience.

    Love the new EU measurement standards but per other people’s comments above they do not seem to mandate strict third-party testing, but rather rely on manufacturers submitting their results and adhering to the set test standards. This has not worked out well in the past, it should be mandatory third-party.

    Cannot wait to see the return of user-replaceable batteries (thank you again, EU).

    • ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish
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      2 天前

      Your pixel 5 didn’t just mysteriously die? There was a wave of them dying. Mine was part of the crossfire.

      I loved the pixel 5 too, for like 3 years then mysteriously croaked.

      Currently on the pixel 6 which is pretty good.

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        1 天前

        I had the 5a, and the screen died after a small fall, apparently that was common with this phone, and yes I only found out defective it was from other reviews

      • pulsewidth@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 天前

        Ive not heard of this - were you on the standard Google OS? I wonder if that makes any difference.

        I’ve been on custom ROM (CalyxOS) for most of the phone’s life.

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    3 天前

    pixel also has the bad exonys chip that drains thier battery pretty fast. im using a oneplus12r right now, and it has 2 days of batteries if intensive usage(no gaming).

  • LostXOR@fedia.io
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    3 天前

    I’m at 943 cycles on my Pixel 6 Pro and it’s still going strong. I slow charge it every night and try to avoid fully draining the battery to slow down the deterioration, which seems to have worked pretty well. Thankfully a battery replacement is only $50 so it won’t cost much when I do have to replace it.

    • phx@lemmy.caEnglish
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      3 天前

      Yeah I’ve got a P7 Pro and the battery is still fine. Adaptive charging enabled to help batter life.

      Handed my P6 down to my daughter and it’s still fine for her too

    • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 天前

      I had the same phone, and the only reason I replaced it was because the USB C port was finicky. It must have been damaged at some point and when plugged in, the cable had to be just right. Wireless charging works great, but I wanted the stability of being able to plug in and know it would discharge over night when I didn’t have a wireless charger. Otherwise, I had no issues with the battery, and I got the phone when it was pretty new to the market. I swapped it out just a few months back, and it’s going to be my test phone for grapheneOS and may end up being a communal remote.

      • GreenCrunch@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        2 天前

        (Not saying this was your case, but generally good to check) - a finicky/wobbly USB type c connector has been a symptom of a dirty charging port several times in the past. Awful lint/dirt would get packed down into it, preventing the charger from fully inserting.

        I ended up carefully and gently picking it out, though there are some delicate small contacts in there!

        Anyway, good luck trying GrapheneOS! It’s been my daily driver for months and past the learning experience it’s great!