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I looked it up at a local refurbished phone dealer. A pixel 9a with 256GB storage in “excellent” condition (the second best condition) is 500€.
Who in their right mind pays that for a phone? New or not, that’s just insane. My current android has twice the storage, 50% more memory, waaay better display, and a larger battery that can charge faster, and it was just 200€ with no contract. only downside is that I can’t get a different ROM for it.
I bought a used 9 XL Pro with 512 for approximately $400 USD. I sold my 8 Pro right afterward for $350.
I’m not sure if I was in my “right mind,” but I don’t expect to replace this for a long time. I only replaced the 8 Pro because after a screen replacement, the thumbprint sensor would not work again. Known issue with screen-based sensors.
In any case, I run at the trailing edge of tech on these devices. It’s worth it to me to have better privacy.
I’m commenting from a pixel 6 I picked up for nothing to learn on. Check out Swappa, I’ve had nothing but good luck with them. You can pickup a Pixel 8 or 9 for a good price
I’m with you on this. As much as I care about privacy, buying a phone for that price that isn’t even very good is not worthwhile. Google hardware exclusivity pretty much rules out Graphene for me.
I looked it up at a local refurbished phone dealer. A pixel 9a with 256GB storage in “excellent” condition (the second best condition) is 500€.
Who in their right mind pays that for a phone? New or not, that’s just insane. My current android has twice the storage, 50% more memory, waaay better display, and a larger battery that can charge faster, and it was just 200€ with no contract. only downside is that I can’t get a different ROM for it.
I bought a used 9 XL Pro with 512 for approximately $400 USD. I sold my 8 Pro right afterward for $350.
I’m not sure if I was in my “right mind,” but I don’t expect to replace this for a long time. I only replaced the 8 Pro because after a screen replacement, the thumbprint sensor would not work again. Known issue with screen-based sensors.
In any case, I run at the trailing edge of tech on these devices. It’s worth it to me to have better privacy.
I’m commenting from a pixel 6 I picked up for nothing to learn on. Check out Swappa, I’ve had nothing but good luck with them. You can pickup a Pixel 8 or 9 for a good price
I’m with you on this. As much as I care about privacy, buying a phone for that price that isn’t even very good is not worthwhile. Google hardware exclusivity pretty much rules out Graphene for me.