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Re:Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A by ehsankia on Monday August 03, 2020 @05:51PM (#24043873)
Even then, the number of cameras doesn't mean much, Pixel 4a still takes better photos than most 800$+ phones with 3-4 lenses. Also, it really depends on your use case, but most people don't need extra storage with 128GB base storage.
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Re:Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A by nfriedly on Monday August 03, 2020 @06:05PM (#24044013)
Not sure if you meant to reply to me, but I agree with you about the cameras.

Not sure I just about the storage, though. I have a Pixel 2 with 128 gigs, and I occasionally find myself having to go through and delete some things to make room for whatever new thing I want. If they're not going to include a micro SD slot (which I would prefer), then they really do need to put a generous amount of flash on the device.

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Re:Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A by ehsankia on Monday August 03, 2020 @08:55PM (#24045351)
It was mostly a reply to:

> On a hardware-level, though, I agree, the A71 is a much better value.

Just because it has better hardware "specs" doesn't mean much. For example, there are phones nowadays with 112MP cameras that still take worse photos than Pixel's 12MP camera. Similarly, 12 or 16GB ram which a lot of phones flaunt makes absolutely no difference.

I'm not saying you're falling for that, but unfortunately a lot of people do direct spec sheet hardware comparisons without understanding what the numbers even mean.

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Re:Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A by nfriedly on Monday August 03, 2020 @09:19PM (#24045495)
Aah, fair enough, I see you point.
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