The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops

Re:The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops by bigfatkitten on Saturday November 23, 2024 @06:29AM (#42220385)

What sort of hardware issues?

I've had the Pixel 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6a and 8 Pro and each has been excellent. I've had no hardware problems with any of them.

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Re:The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops by amelius on Saturday November 23, 2024 @07:05AM (#42220494)

I have a Pixel 8 Pro, which is fine, except the GPS takes a very long time to wake up. It is running GrapheneOS, however.

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Re:The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops by bigfatkitten on Saturday November 23, 2024 @05:16PM (#42224364)

Mine's pretty quick, using the stock OS. I assume in your case it's doing a cold start with no AGPS assistance? If so, it'll take up to a couple of minutes to acquire a fix.

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Re:The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops by amelius on Saturday November 23, 2024 @09:41PM (#42225558)

I have no idea, tbh. I just open Google Maps, and it usually takes a few minutes to get a reading. This used to be on the order of seconds on my old (Android) phone.

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Re:The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops by aucisson_masque on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @04:42AM (#42254551)

Are you telling me the tensor backslash was all internet drama ?

Google themselves acknowledged their phone have issue in leaked document.

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-tensor-g6-downgrades...

Beside this recent issue with tensor, everyone know that pixel phone don't hold up. They always break one way or another, which was barely acceptable when they were cheap.

Your collection of pixel either say you got many defect or you switched so frequently you didn't have time to see them appear.

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