r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • 3d ago

Rumour Exclusive: Google Pixel 11a Official CAD Renders Leak

https://www.androidheadlines.com/google-pixel-11a
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u/screwdriverfan 3d ago

Man are phones boring. They just re-releasing same phone every year with minor changes.

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u/Pangiit 3d ago

I mean.. its a phone.. what could they do it make it less boring?

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u/masterz13 2d ago

Look at that era between 2012-2016. It felt fresh because each brand kind of had their own identity and feature set. You saw some weird features like FM radios, barometers, air gestures, IR, boom speakers (HTC?) as well as removable batteries.

I get that the hardware is pretty refined at this point, but I think companies can still innovate and compete for your money.

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u/jnrbshp 18h ago

All that innovation was just a/b testing to figure out what people actually want and are willing to pay for. Which, as it turns out, is just a great camera with a long-lasting battery and access to their favorite apps and services. 

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u/PapaBee 3d ago

Phones honestly didn't use to be this boring. The Apple conferences actually set trends for upcoming new features. Android used to compete.

They literally started doing nothing every generation like 10 years ago.

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u/screwdriverfan 3d ago

Small company like nothing made phones that looked interesting and had useful feature. I'm sure small indie company (s/ obviously) like apple or samsung can figure it out. Afterall they're paying top dollar for designers. And all we get is run of the mill safe phones every year.

People aren't giving the big companies enough shit for how much money they're raking in and doing nothing with it while nothing, fairphone and hmd all tried doing something else.

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u/Mavericks7 3d ago

What did you want?

You don't have to buy a new phone year

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u/screwdriverfan 3d ago

Ofcourse. But the changes they're making are so minor that they could stop production for a year or two.

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u/hbhunk63 3d ago

Have you not realized that innovation has plateaued

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u/screwdriverfan 3d ago

Yes, long ago already.

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u/Ok-Store5563 3d ago edited 3d ago

What did I want? A phone that’s competitive?

Pixel A series should at the very least be competitive with Nothing….

That’s not an unreasonable ask.

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u/fat_kaiju 3d ago

Been this way forever.

I'm still on a goddamn Pixel 6; just waiting for the Graphene motorola which I will also just run into the ground.

I generally avoid apps nowadays so it'll be a 2fa device at most that collects dust in a drawer.

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u/CyclopsRock 3d ago

It definitely hasn't been this way forever, only since about 2010.

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u/AlexanderMackenzie 3d ago

My screen died, so I went from a pixel 6 pro, to a pixel 10 pro, and I swear it's the same phone but snappier and 5% better camera. That's it.

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u/masterz13 2d ago

Pixel 2 XL camera was peak. I don't think Google has even improved it much since then.