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Which Pixel to get? (mander.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago by acockworkorange@mander.xyz to c/graphene_os@lemmy.sdf.org

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My current phone (iPhone 13 mini) is telling me to retire it, and I want to get into Graphene. I really dislike that my phone sometimes will just hang while I’m swipe typing and don’t want to buy a new one that has these latency issues. I also don’t want to spend a ton of money.

I was looking at the Pixel 8a which is being sold for $500. Anyone else use it with Graphene? Do you use a swipe keyboard? Any responsiveness issues?

What about storage? Coming from Apple, I can see my current phone using about 64GB with OS + apps. Anyone recently made the transition and can tell me if I can expect this number to grow or shrink?

Thanks a bunch!

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[+] 3aqn5k6ryk@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] philycheeze@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Was the banking stuff easy to get working? I’m looking to ditch my iPhone but I also don’t want to spend more than a weekend getting my basics swapped over.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 11 months ago

My banking app works, but I stopped using it because it's bloated garbage (100mb!?)

Instead I use Hermit or Native Alpha to create shortcuts to websites like bank, Amazon, etc. These make websites function like apps, so I don't need the crappy apps from these places, and have a single app install instead of multiple crappy apps.

[–] fnie@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I can second this. Picked up an 8a a few months ago. Read up on installing GOS and had no issues putting it on for the first time. Spent a few weeks reading the GOS docs/forum, exploring, and experimenting to figure out how I wanted it set up. Been so happy that my only regret is not splurging on a pro model.