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Re:Pixel 8 to have seven years of Android updates by hn_throwaway_99 on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @03:39PM (#37770495)
Apple is one of the most advanced consumer electronics companies on the planet. I may question its utility, but their VR headset is one of the most amazing feats of consumer product engineering I've ever seen. So excuse my scepticism if "replaceable battery" is somehow beyond their engineering and product design prowess.
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Re:Pixel 8 to have seven years of Android updates by jmspring on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @04:08PM (#37770949)
I don't doubt they would be able to do so. I think the choice of doing so, maintaining esthetics, and making it such that a layman can do it while not making tradeoffs they don't want to probably play into it.
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Re:Pixel 8 to have seven years of Android updates by idiotsecant on Thursday October 05, 2023 @07:58AM (#37777478)
Yes, it's difficult to maintain the 'giant pile of scrooge mcduck gold' aesthetic in the apple corporate vaults if users aren't railroaded into buying a new phone every few years.
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Re:Pixel 8 to have seven years of Android updates by _rutinerad on Friday October 06, 2023 @05:18AM (#37788630)
And keeping the phone as water resistant
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