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Re:Pixel 3 Review by nickthemagicman on Saturday November 03, 2018 @01:46PM (#18371461)
Ive had cheap phones. They're miserable. You're waiting for 30 seconds for google maps to open up while you're in traffic and need the directions...no thank you.
Re:Pixel 3 Review by yorwba on Saturday November 03, 2018 @02:21PM (#18371658)
Depends on how cheap you go. "Disposable" phones aren't going to be comfortable to use, but you can get much better value for your money with a Chinese phone that failed on the international market and is massively discounted one year after launch.

My current phone cost 1/6 of the new Pixel but has more than 1/6 of the hardware. My only hard requirement was support for LineageOS 15.1, which is already somewhat of a quality filter because no volunteer is going to support a phone that's too shitty to use.

Re:Pixel 3 Review by vetinari on Saturday November 03, 2018 @02:15PM (#18371626)
I've had the original ZTE Blade when it was a new thing and Orange was selling it for 100 GBP.

Best phone purchase I ever did.

Re:Pixel 3 Review by bufferoverflow on Saturday November 03, 2018 @03:02PM (#18371874)
You need to look again. I use Nubia M2, it's fast, the battery is great, the screen is OLED, 64GB space, and it's crazy cheap. The downsides are - the camera is garbage, and Android is 6.

Google maps opens and is ready to use in 2-3 seconds.