[dminik]

I have had a mixed experience. Bought my Mom a Pixel 9a. It seems to be running fine with no issues.

Bought a Pixel 10 Pro XL for myself and had to return it. Connectivity issues (WiFi connected, but no internet), screen losing colors (white would turn gray), ghosting issues (scrolled/hidden content would stay on screen for a period of time).

[inigyou]

Try GrapheneOS?

[dminik]

Bit hard to do with a phone I no longer have in my hand. Additionally, I wasn't sure if that would void my warranty.

It did cross my mind, and I did buy it for the possibility to do that in the future if necessary, but I just wasn't in the position to actually do so.

[inigyou]

People need to stop caring about warranties so much. Don't overpay, and have emergency funds. If you break something, fix it or replace it. When someone dropped my phone and cracked the screen, I spent 300€ on a new phone. Not 3000€ because I'm not an idiot.

[dminik]

Thanks for calling me an idiot I guess ...

I mean, I don't particularly understand how "caring about warranty" goes against what you've written after that. Replacing something for free is surely better than doing so for $300 dollars, no?

Are you saying I should have installed GrapheneOS on the phone, possibly discovered that the phone has hardware issues and then go out to buy another phone because I have an emergency fund? Or stick with a new phone that had issues?

Or maybe I have made a mistake by buying a phone more expensive than $300? I can see this one actually, but I was going for something that didn't have ads in every menu as the cheap Chinese phones I was using up until this point.

Outside of the used market, which I tend to ignore due to battery/performance degradation, there's no way for me to buy a Pixel for less than $300 anyways.

[belowavgiq]

Just don't listen to someone who tells you that you need a custom ROM to have a phone not suck in 2026. Google's hardware has been middling (camera sensors, display) to downright trash (the Tensor SoCs) ever since the P6, and GrapheneOS won't magically make its modem Qualcomm or even Mediatek.

[Dylan16807]

> Thanks for calling me an idiot I guess ...

Did you have a $3000 phone?

> Replacing something for free is surely better than doing so for $300 dollars, no?

And having a phone you like more is surely better than having to return your phone and buy a different one, no?

It's a tradeoff. If they can even legally touch your warranty to begin with.

[dminik]

> Did you have a $3000 phone?

Funnily enough, no. When I read that comment, I didn't even know that phones can go for such a price. But, apparently some triple folding phones do.

I read that as a "buy a budget phone and use it until it's gone, don't buy an expensive phone," which to be fair was exactly what I was doing up until this point.

> And having a phone you like more is surely better than having to return your phone and buy a different one, no?

Yes. But I do include functionality when evaluating how much I like a phone. I liked the phone at first, but then the issues moved it to a dislike. Considering I only had it for a week, what further issues awaited? I didn't want to risk that.

Searching for a different phone sucks, but at least I get my money back.

[inigyou]

It isn't a free replacement. It's a $50 for a 50% chance of replacement if you need a replacement, and if you don't you still have to pay the $50.

[dminik]

This might come as a bit of a shock to you, but not everywhere has terrible customer protection. I was less interested in the (free) 2 year warranty than the 14 day free return mandated by the EU.

I wasn't really risking being denied, as long as I didn't break any rules.