Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro released. Thoughts?

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Google Pixel 8 (128GB): $699 / €799 / £699
Google Pixel 8 Pro (128GB): $999 / €1,099 / £999

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I'm excited to see pixel grow but why are we accepting this storage bullshit? 128GB in 2023? Why do we tolerate this storage extortion. Hard drive space costs almost nothing yet they give this unacceptable starting model to sell more cloud bullshit. Apple is even worse at this. Disgusting stuff.

You don't have to accept it, just buy something else. That's the beauty of Android. I'm using an Xperia 1 IV and really like it. The Mark V is better with heat and a few other things but not enough to switch right away. 512 GB internal, SD card slot, headphone jack... basically everything phone buyers complain about getting removed are all available in one package.

It's a dark pattern and a trend. It has nothing to do with "accepting it"

Fine, I used a synonym instead of the exact word you used "tolerate". The point is, the power to tolerate this or not is still in your/our hands. If we only talk and complain, but don't actually reward with our business the companies who do what we say we want, then the future will absolutely be no on board storage, cloud connected, personal-data-harvesting everything.

So it kind of does have something to do with accepting (or not) these things.

How's the heat with your phone? Was looking at a 5 IV but the potential heating issues has me worried.

And apparently the 5 V isn't coming to the US.

Overall not too bad, but using the camera, and especially recording video, will cause it to overheat and ask you to take a break much quicker than it really should. Honestly that's not a minor issue I guess when one of the main features forces you to stop using it after a relatively brief time. I think the 5 series is better at managing that though.

They could also spend an extra $50 for the 256GB one.

Extra 60$ and thats exactly the problem with discussing this as people defend it by straight up lying. It's always a little bit like oh it's just a few extra dollars or it's like 5 when it's 10 and it creates this delusion that just enforces this dark pattern.

I guess I'm the only one who uses phone storage like slow motion swap.

Stuff gets migrated off my phone to my own backup a few times a month

Two of the reasons why I chose a Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G (2022) over a Pixel 6a with much better other specs was that it has 256GB internal storage and that it has a MicroSDXC slot vs 128GB and no slot. This stuff matters to me.

I wouldn't be opposed to 128GB if the price made sense for it. I'm only using 64GB on my current phone, and it also had 128GB.

Google wants you to use cloud storage.

Obviously yeah. Apple even has a monopoly on their cloud solution so it's even a more extreme example.

I love Google Photos but it makes me feel dirty when they do me like that.

Would seriously consider an iPhone if they offered the 1tb on the non pro model and didn't skyrocket the price.