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I wonder if this will have a significant negative impact on Pixel sales.
The only reason I bought a Pixel is for GrapheneOS and the only reason my SO has one is also GrapheneOS.
I can't see how it would. Techies are the only people who know what GrapheneOS is, and even then it's a small percentage of us. The average person still asks if you have an iPhone or a Samsung.
I hope it takes off, but even if it does the dent will be small.
I would assume it will, if the SoC performance is in the same ballpark. Pixels have good NPU specs but their CPU, GPU and RAM feel like mid range options compared to snapdragons. So I don't think that's a high bar to hit. I don't run graphene because I'm not buying a google phone, but I would consider running it on something else.
I want to try GrapheneOS. But my current Samsung phone still works. If I ever do switch, I would be looking for a Pixel on the local resale market so as to avoid giving Google money, anyway.
Used Pixels are cheap.
I have three, paid about $120 for each one.
Using current phone rather than buying a different one to replace it is a lot less ewaste.
I am also going to see what happens with Graphene's new partnership. I don't really like the idea of being locked down to specific hardware.
It's what I did. I bought a used pixel 8 and only regretted it after the recent strong of Google shenanigans. I'm still looking for a proper Linux phone solution in the meantime. I'd rather not have to be reliant on anything Google does in the future.
That's fair, I don't like being tied down to their hardware either.
Yes it well. Their chips are pathetic and they seem to have no motivation to do anything about it.
The phone market is very saturated
I doubt it will have any effect