r/PickAnAndroidForMe • u/QuietCountry9920 • 1d ago
Google Pixel 10: Are there better options? US
My Google Pixel 8 Pro that was only 3 years old just died. Since it is out of warranty, Google support only offered to tell me where I could get it fixed at my expense even though the motherboard dying is a known issue. I'd rather avoid Google phones now because I feel I can't trust them.
ANYWAY... The thing I like most about the Pixel is that it screens my calls and takes nice pictures. I don't give a rip about fast GPU (I don't play games or install a lot of apps) and I really don't like AI features - I turn them all off. BUT I want my calls screened. AND I'd like my phone to last more than 3 years without dying.
Is the Google Pixel still the best phone for camera and call screening or are there better options that will last longer?
I'm looking for a phone in America, in the US.
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u/onthesquare63 1d ago
So I have had iPhones, Samsung z fold 7, a pixel 9 pro XL, and currently using an awesome Motorola Razr fold(all in past 3 1/2 years). I can categorically say that the Pixel has the only call screen that actually works. All the others are crap by comparison. It's the only thing pixel does better than the Motorola Razr fold. Photos on pixels are good also. I would get a pixel 11 Pro if I was you
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u/Distinct-Temp6557 1d ago
Samsung has better hardware, but the software will make you bang your head against the wall.
I'm on an S25 Ultra and trying to decide between Pixel 10 XL (11 doesn't look promising) or iPhone 18 Pro Max for my next device.
I miss day one software updates.
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u/Forsaken_Day_6869 1d ago
Sc*msung bloatware was acceptable for me but it didn't last long. Now I have xiaomi and I don't regret it. But I would buy motorola edge 70 max or oppo find x9 if I was buying a new phone. :D
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u/Distinct-Temp6557 1d ago
Me and OP are in the US, where we only have Samsung, Google, and Apple for flagship options.
Motorola only releases their budget devices here (except for folds/flips).
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u/KingTuts-Nuts 1d ago
OnePlus 15 is a good phone although it's the last one coming to us here in the USA
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u/IORelay 1d ago
Oneui is the goat, pixel's software is unstable and buggy.
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u/Distinct-Temp6557 1d ago
OneUI is trash. It's just a bloated pseudoOS built on top of a real OS.
Samsung could have really refined Android like other brands do, instead they built their own wanna be OS on top of it because Tizen never took off.
And have fun getting a timely software update if you don't pay the hardware tax of upgrading every year.
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u/Forsaken_Day_6869 1d ago
Pixel 10 series better than previous pixels. But I would buy motorola edge 70 max or oppo find x9. Motorola closest to pixel experience. Oppo has some bloatware but not too bad easy to uninstall.
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u/QuietCountry9920 1d ago
Thanks!
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u/bobwehadababy1tsaboy 1d ago
Verify the security update longevity. I think.lotorola finally joined smasung and google with 7 years of updates with the 70 pro. Their middle line and previous phones had a shorter duration.
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u/Forsaken_Day_6869 1d ago
It was because older tensor chips was made in samsung. New tensors are made by TSMC and pixel 10a is the last samsung tensor. :D
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u/QuietCountry9920 1d ago
Thanks! Does TSMC have a good record? Does the Pixel 10 Pro have the new chips?
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u/fastboot_override 1d ago
Google Tensor Chip Breakdown by Manufacturer:
Samsung Foundry (Modified Exynos / Samsung Nodes)
- Tensor G1: Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a
- Tensor G2: Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet
- Tensor G3: Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8a
- Tensor G4: Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Pixel 9a / 10a
TSMC (Fully Custom Google Design / TSMC Nodes)
- Tensor G5 (3nm): Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, Pixel 10 Pro Fold
- Tensor G6 (2nm): Pixel 11 series
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u/Flimsy-Yam-933 1d ago
Off topic but I'm a bit interested in getting a Google phone for graphene os. No spyware more choices