Recent content by Technerd71

I find it hard to believe that there is a noticeable difference between the 8 and 8 Pro. 4gb less ram will not make any difference in benchmarks for GB6 and the like. Certainly not 15%. The CPU is much more important than ram as long as ram is not a bottleneck and 8gb of ram should be more than...

Battery life on the Pixel 8 Pro is vastly better than the Pixel 7 Pro. I have noticed that after two weeks of using adaptive battery that my battery life was a lot worse at the end of the two weeks which was the opposite of my expectations. Google has buried the adaptive battery setting under...

Terrible article that focuses on one metric on a chip that isn't even available yet while ignoring the real reason Google went it's own way. First off, The Tensor is in it's infancy compared to Qualcomm SD and Apple a series. A17 says it all. Google could really improve something if it had 17...

I wasn't going to upgrade after the abysmal trade in value for my s22 plus. But then Google Fi ran a promotion I couldn't resist. I really wanted the lime color but alas I got green. Google Fi has the ultra with 512gb for $599 without a trade in. You have to buy a data plan, port your number...

In my experience adaptive charging works well. I think the previous poster meant to suggest that you try charging without adaptive charging just to see if it charges. If it charges fine without adaptive charging then it is a software issue and if it still doesn't charge it is hardware. If...

Why not get a Samsung s23? $299 if you activate a new line with Google Fi. 4 months with Google Fi and then you can keep the line or not. Phone is unlocked. Considering you like the iPhone Pro the s23 is the same size and has some things a little better than the Pixel 7. Smaller than the Pixel...

I assume the Pixel 7 Pro is too big? Why not get a Pixel 7 Pro as it is closer to the iPhone 14 Pro in terms of screen resolution and better cameras? I understand that it is a large phone and some people don't like large phone so I am not trying to say the Pixel 7 is bad in any way. I had a...

There should be NO ADs in your operating system or general use apps like messages, camera, etc. If you are using Chrome and get pop up ads then you may have malware on the phone. Have you sideloaded any apps or only use Google play? Where are you specifically seeing ads? What are you doing...

If you don't mind using two phone numbers then two Sims work but if you have friends and family you communicate with it is a bit of a hassle because then they have to know what phone number to text or call you on. They may text to your iPhone and you are using the Pixel and you won't get it...

Sorry for the late response. I am pretty sure that you can use Apple music without a subscription and sync your itunes library. You just don't have access to the streaming service. Otherwise it should work fine.

Pixel 7 Pro battery life is excellent. I have my brightness at 75-80%. I use 5g and 120hz display. I use maps and any other apps. I game lightly. I am a heavy user and get like 7 hours SOT and still have a range of battery life from around 50% to 25% on super heavy days. I have all adaptive...

It is not a simple thing unfortunately. I had an iPhone and traded it for my Pixel 7 Pro. I have an iPad and Mac. I have family that use iPhones. In order to accurately talk to them you have to turn iMessages off on your iPhone and deregister your phone number from Apple website. Then you will...

Why don't you just install Apple music app? You can have all your music from iTunes on it. It works just like on an iphone.

Completely agree. Personally the more I use my Pixel 7 Pro the more I like it. I have a Samsung s22 plus and it is a great phone overall but it doesn't feel as fluid, the animations are not as nice, the cameras are not as good either. That being said it is still an excellent phone overall...

I am all for using two phones, one at a time and alternating but I have never even thought to carry two at the same time. I am sure if I did that the chances of me misplacing one of them would be very high. Also I would feel it is too bulky and I don't really feel there would be any point or...