flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGoogle reducing the capacity of the Pixel 6a battery after 400 cyclesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1207arrow-down1external-linkGoogle reducing the capacity of the Pixel 6a battery after 400 cyclesarstechnica.comflop_leash_973@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
I wonder if there is something subpar about whoever Google is getting the batteries from for the A series phones.
minus-squareLyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down62·edit-23 days ago It’s a budget variant, The Pixel series are midrange, not high-end or flagship This doesn’t seem like that big a deal, especially as it’s a software update. Easily fixable with a firmware update like GrapheneOS
minus-squareweirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoI haven’t seen a single other budget or midrange phone with this problem.
minus-squarelimerod@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI have used cheaper budget and midrange phones. To date I have never experienced this issue ever. This is the 1st I have been hearing since the Pixel 4a. Let’s not justify google.
minus-squareJackFrostNCola@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI expect even a budget phone to still work the same after 1 year.
minus-squarelimerod@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoMost already do. This is the 1st we have been hearing for a while. Consistently since the Pixel 4a
minus-squareAlk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·3 days agoPixels of this generation can get up to $1500 USD. If that’s not flagship territory, I don’t know what is.
minus-squarekadu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·3 days agoEven if they were cheap, the implication is that its okay to screw a customer if they’re not rich?
minus-squareeverett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days ago“You were warned. The a stands for a-splode.”
minus-squareYashaB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoNever seen a 4a or a 6a sold for 1500 Bucks. Dunno where you live though…
minus-squareAlk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoThat is correct! However they said “the pixel series” meaning the entire lineup of pixels.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-23 days agoI don’t think the ‘a’ variants are ever close to that price.
minus-squareAlk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThat is correct! However they said “the pixel series” meaning the entire lineup of pixels.
minus-squareMrSoup@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days ago GrapheneOS Won’t they push this update?
This doesn’t seem like that big a deal, especially as it’s a software update. Easily fixable with a firmware update like GrapheneOS
I haven’t seen a single other budget or midrange phone with this problem.
I have used cheaper budget and midrange phones. To date I have never experienced this issue ever.
This is the 1st I have been hearing since the Pixel 4a. Let’s not justify google.
I expect even a budget phone to still work the same after 1 year.
Most already do. This is the 1st we have been hearing for a while. Consistently since the Pixel 4a
Pixels of this generation can get up to $1500 USD. If that’s not flagship territory, I don’t know what is.
Even if they were cheap, the implication is that its okay to screw a customer if they’re not rich?
“You were warned. The a stands for a-splode.”
Never seen a 4a or a 6a sold for 1500 Bucks. Dunno where you live though…
That is correct! However they said “the pixel series” meaning the entire lineup of pixels.
I don’t think the ‘a’ variants are ever close to that price.
That is correct! However they said “the pixel series” meaning the entire lineup of pixels.
Won’t they push this update?