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[–] verysoft@kbin.social 50 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That will be a side effect of them locking abitrary features behind the bigger and thus more expensive models, if there was feature parity smaller phones would probably still be the norm.

[–] nexusband@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I only got the Pixel 6 Pro because of the zoom lense...i would not have chosen it otherwise. It's too big...

[–] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me for the pixel 8 pro. I'd rather the regular pixel 8 but if I'm going to keep this thing for 7 years (which I will; typing from a pixel 2) then I want it to be as feature rich as possible. Not looking forward to how big it's going to be when it finally gets delivered

[–] nexusband@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Good lucky keeping it for so long... I'm having lots of little issues with my 6 Pro...

[–] Amilo159@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There is simply less space inside smaller phones to add same features and battery as a larger model.

And then they can't justify small model having same, high price as pro versions, so they cut features to go along with reduced price.

[–] ayyndrew@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are some features that just can't be equal between a bigger phone and a smaller one (or would require gimping the bigger phone) like a bigger screen (obviously), bigger battery and more size for larger camera sensors