The Google Pixel 7P that I have now I bought because I dropped the 6P on the ground so bad that it wouldn’t even start. The 6P I got because it had significantly better camera and was faster than the OnePlus 6T I had before. I know you say 100mp doesn’t make a difference from 12mp but there’s really a huge difference in image quality with the Pixel compared to the 6T, especially in low-light conditions or when you zoom. And it’s not just me, people have been commenting at how good the pictures are without even knowing what phone I own.
I also enjoy new features like the gestures to control apps. Overall, apps and the OS get slower because new features keep being added, and security updates stop coming, so I need to renew the hardware to keep up. I use the phone for hours a day every day, all year around, so I think it’s worth putting some money into it. But I don’t get a new one every year. Maybe 3 years, or possibly 2 years depending on what gets released.
hottest was 47°C and coldest around -10°C (which felt too cold for me haha, it's crazy to me that people can survive with temps like -20°C and lower :ρ)
The Atari 2600. I don’t remember which games we owned, I was about 4 at the time, didn’t even understand the objectives of the games. But then our parents got us the NES with the Zapper a few years later and by then I was old enough to understand how to play both Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt.
There’s an actual reason for me, which is still not good enough of a reason for me to actually buy a new phone even if the old one is still working. Emulation! My Snapdragon 888 is good enough for 3DS, PS3 and Wii and all this stuff, but it can’t keep up with the current develpments in Switch emulation. That’s why I’m already looking forward to my next phone (as soon as my current one doesn’t work anymore)
A rudimentary analog type of Pong, assembled from a PCB that came with an electronics magazine and parts from the local equivalent of RadioShack. The controllers were potentiometers mounted on plastic salt shakers, the display was a crt b&w tv.
I was 11, it was my first contact with electronics, coached by one of my mother’s former student who was visiting - he was from Japan, my mother was a highschool teacher and taught him Portuguese (I’m Brazilian) after classes, for which he was grateful.
That kickstarted my interest in electronics and tech, which defined my whole career. Thanks Kenji, wherever you are!
better battery. the old was too poor to last more than half a day.
the apps are the same, and honestly apart from the ultrawide camera, the pictures look so identical i cant really tell them apart.
i did notice a slight improvement in loading times of a game, but… its 2 second difference. nothing major. and also the new screen is a bit brighter, but the resolution is lower.
i miss my S9+. it was great.
My S21 is 2 years old now, and still holding strong. It’ll probably be replaced in 2025 or something. It’ll all depend on the battery. but i live in EU, so i may be holding on till we see the EU law with replacable batteries come into effect. then i can use the same phone for even longer. spend my money on more interesting things, like graphics cards and mechanical keyboards.
Unsure, and depends on what counts as "playing". My brother got an old computer for cheap a long time ago. There was a floppy disc with a game on it. I don’t have more impressions of it than walking around in some weird geometry on the black-and-white monitor. Some sort of chess-board floor I think.
Truly gaming would probably be one of those small Tetris handhelds. I still have mine. Used to play for hours on car rides. Either that or Game Boy Pocket.
For me, I just like “fun” phones. I don’t update purely due to specs. I recently updated to a fold phone because I’m a bit bored with glass slab phones. A lot of phone manufacturers have decent trade-in deals where I’m at so I never pay full price for them. I might trade in this phone and get the new one if the build quality was improved but it needs to be a notable difference between versions.
I was scarred by the OG Crash and it took a long time to convince myself to buy the remastered version. The time it took to go for platinum still haunts me :D
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