Smartphone sales down 22 percent in Q2, the worst performance in a decade::North American sales are bad for everyone, except, miraculously, Google.

  • OldQWERTYbastard
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    151 year ago

    Honestly, how much better can they get? I love to have the latest gadgets as much as the next guy, but I’ve got bills and shit too.

    Still rocking my Pixel 4a.

    • Pxtl
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      1 year ago

      I had one of those. Failed in the weirdest way: sound stopped working, even through Bluetooth. From googling, it sound like the bends the phone gets when sitting on it can damage the main board and the connection to the sound chip fails. Was shocked the phone could have a hardware failure of that type. I have learned zero lessons and still keep my phone in my back pocket.

      Anyhow, it was a great phone but just a bit too narrow. The keyboard was uncomfortable. I don’t need these stupid supertall 20:9 stretched screens, but I need enough width to type. I miss 16:9 phones, my old Moto Z was the comfiest-typing phone screen ever.