Google Pixel 4a’s ruinous “Battery Performance” update is a bewildering mess

[frunch@lemmy.world]

I had a couple 4a and now have an 8. Don't bother -- I'm convinced there are better phones for the $. Not to mention better companies to buy from, after this shit show

[thomascrappersghost@feddit.uk]

I’m in a slightly similar boat. I was considering one of this foldable phones next…but what’s the point in leaving one big tech for another?

[thomascrappersghost@feddit.uk]

It’s all about companies making profit, not you and I getting a decent and useable product.

[scrollone@feddit.it]

Hardware-wise there may be better phones, but from a software standpoint... hmm... I haven't been able to find any other phone with a stock-like experience, and no bloat.

[bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works]

So. Many. Shills.

Graphene Pixel > Stock Pixel > Dumbphone > bloated phones like Galaxy.

I've had all. Nothing beats stock Pixel OS experience. Version 8 and above have 8 years of security updates guaranteed. Show me another company that has delivered this. Google is notorious for killing services/products buy Pixels ain't one of them.

[avengefulaxolotl@lemmy.world]

Are you sure about that? There are builds for it on their site: https://grapheneos.org/releases#sunfish

[stupidbrotherinlaw@lemmy.world]

I think reading this comment just made me even stupider.

[nawa@lemmy.world]

Well I can't say that. I got an 8a and honestly it's been a solid upgrade in all regards. It is a little bit too big for me (4a was sized perfectly) but other than that, I enjoy 8a more.

[riodoro1@lemmy.world]

Calls people shills.

Immediately begins to shill.

[frunch@lemmy.world]

What improvements do you like? Maybe there's something I'm overlooking. I also agree on size, i really didn't want anything larger than the 4a and the 8 was the closest i could find.

[roofuskit@lemmy.world]

Sorry I think I'm a generation ahead? Whenever Google stops updates graphene does.

[roofuskit@lemmy.world]

I might be won't actually, double check.

[suffocate9920@lemmy.world]

My pixel 4a was affected by that update. I ended up buying a new phone. I don't even want to install something like Graphene os. So many privacy-based limitations I don't really need. And I have no desire to try Lineage OS. All I wanted is to have a functional phone. I can't trust google long-term hardware reliability. They don't even gave an explanation. I don't think that I will consider any Google hardware in nearest future.

[31337@sh.itjust.works]

Yeah, I was disappointment when I bought a very expensive Galaxy S22 to replace my old Moto G whose charging port wore out,. The S22 had worse battery life, camera, and no noticeable performance improvements. Recently, my S22 stopped charging, and I just bought a "Mint"-grade used Pixel 6 and installed GrapheneOS on it. Happy so far, and it's nice to be able to block network access to all apps, including Google's.

[nawa@lemmy.world]

The metal frame makes the phone feel much more solid. The 120 Hz screen is an incredible improvement, 60 Hz screens feel laggy now. The camera is noticeably better, I've always considered 4a's camera to be way above its price range in terms of quality but 8a beats it. And also I like that 8a comes in mint, that's always been my favorite color.

[deltapi@lemmy.world]

Not quite. Graphene provides 'legacy extended support' which means they'll patch any vulnerabilities they become aware of for the OS, but because they don't have baseband source they won't be able to address any vulnerabilities in the baseband unless Google releases an update.

The most recent release of grapheneos for 4a is less than a week old.

[aufgehtsabgehts@feddit.org]

For all people reading this: there are zero privacy-based limitations with GrapheneOS.

[werefreeatlast@lemmy.world]

And not android either. My phone is different and lately the battery is just not lasting like even a 4th of what it was new.

[phoenixz@lemmy.ca]

I'm seriously considering an open source phone now, one that has everything open source, no Google or Apple shit.

I do want one that has good cams, battery, and display, though

[thomascrappersghost@feddit.uk]

Same.

I’ve looked at pics presumably posted using a FairPhone on Pixelfed (They have a FP hashtag.), and I think they look good.

From my conversations on Mastodon, it’s good in all other aspects although some do say the camera isn’t great. The battery is 4200mah, which is bigger than this iPhone 13. I’m going to look into trying one, somehow.