On this topic, have you watched how almost all online reviewers gives the pixel 9 excellent scores despite it having a shit cpu, is extreamly overpriced, has most of its Ai capabilities turned off in Europe, charges extreamly slow and is heavy like a brick?
The 8-series and beyond have a more power efficient CPU. Yes it's the same general design so it's not faster but it's built on a smaller node. I don't remember well but the modem might be a bit newer too and given how shit the Exynos modem is, any improvement is welcome.
Looking at it you would think not but I'm a big guy, so have fairly large hands, and I found it super comfortable to type on. It was designed and made in a way that gave a really positive typing experience whilst minimising incorrect key presses despite having tiny ass keys.
Unrivalled in quality? IMO quality was one of the only bad things about the Nexus phones. 2 people I know switched to iPhones permanently after the constant issues they had with their Nexus 5s.
The Nexus 6P seemed high quality, I'll grant you, but the batteries were absolutely appalling. Mine would regularly die on 60%, or just on a cold day.
Are we forgetting the countless issues the Nexus phones had? The 5 for instance had bad camera quality and battery life even for the time, the speaker was as loud as a whisper, the side buttons would stick with less then a year of usage...
For the time, I'd argue the Galaxy S8 was better. 2 years older, was IP68, Super AMOLED, better resolution, better chip, better CPU, micro SD, and 3.5mm jack.
Reasoning: It has a very good quality camera, even today, although obviously missing out on ultrawide and telephoto. It's got a very nice OLED screen, and it's built very solid. The audio is also excellent and seldom touched on. I also love the active edge feature, where you can squeeze to trigger a command(e.g. open camera, activate assistant, flashlight). It launched at 400$US.
In my lifetime, I've owned three of these phones, two 3as and one 3a xl.
Reasoning: It has a very good quality camera, even today, although obviously missing out on ultrawide and telephoto. It's got a very nice OLED screen, and it's built very solid. The audio is also excellent and seldom touched on. I also love the active edge feature, where you can squeeze to trigger a command(e.g. open camera, activate assistant, flashlight). It launched at 400$US.
In my lifetime, I've owned three of these phones, two 3as and one 3a xl.
Reasoning: It has a very good quality camera, even today, although obviously missing out on ultrawide and telephoto. It's got a very nice OLED screen, and it's built very solid. The audio is also excellent and seldom touched on. I also love the active edge feature, where you can squeeze to trigger a command(e.g. open camera, activate assistant, flashlight). It launched at 400$US.
In my lifetime, I've owned three of these phones, two 3as and one 3a xl.