Google Pixel 8 series

[anthonygreenisreal]

Wah now P8 voucher $780 lol for those interested

Yesterday lazada 8pm sales. The 256gb obsidian model was going for $780 or so on challenger lazada store.
This was the best price I’ve seen so far.

 

[frizee]

Yesterday lazada 8pm sales. The 256gb obsidian model was going for $780 or so on challenger lazada store.
This was the best price I’ve seen so far.

This price i rather buy Vivo

 

[anthonygreenisreal]

This price i rather buy Vivo

Why buy Vivo?

 

[frizee]

Why buy Vivo?

Cheaper, though warranty is in Msia, camera also power

 

[anthonygreenisreal]

Cheaper, though warranty is in Msia, camera also power

Vivo dunno the software support can pass 2 or 3 years or not.
the Android UI don’t think as polish as pixel.

 

[frizee]

Vivo dunno the software support can pass 2 or 3 years or not.
the Android UI don’t think as polish as pixel.

Ok la i guess, PRC been using Vivo, and I dont usually keep a phone for more than a year haha

 

[Loser]

Yesterday lazada 8pm sales. The 256gb obsidian model was going for $780 or so on challenger lazada store.
This was the best price I’ve seen so far.

That's for the non pro model right?

 

[anthonygreenisreal]

Ok la i guess, PRC been using Vivo, and I dont usually keep a phone for more than a year haha

Yeah I guess. The most Chinese phone I ever use is Oneplus. If Vivo UI and user experience is similar then I guess they sure are worth the money.

That's for the non pro model right?

Correct it is non pro model

 

[Blueberrytea]

Yeah I guess. The most Chinese phone I ever use is Oneplus. If Vivo UI and user experience is similar then I guess they sure are worth the money.

Correct it is non pro model

My last phone from OnePlus was the oneplus 6

 

[limmk]

Google sometimes makes weird decisions

 

[xonix]

Google sometimes makes weird decisions

This is one i was extremely puzzled by the design change. The older ui was much easier to activate and use, just doesn't make sense to tuck it into a separate menu. I am guessing they were targeting a specific group of people of who can only tap what they can "see" and those users were not using the older ui

 

[limmk]

This is one i was extremely puzzled by the design change. The older ui was much easier to activate and use, just doesn't make sense to tuck it into a separate menu. I am guessing they were targeting a specific group of people of who can only tap what they can "see" and those users were not using the older ui

The change is not intuitive for everyone. it's like G-spot is telling users that their point-and-shoot camera is so good that they don't need to adjust anything, like brightness, shadow, or ISO loh

 

[andriod]

Yesterday lazada 8pm sales. The 256gb obsidian model was going for $780 or so on challenger lazada store.
This was the best price I’ve seen so far.

This phone is set for doom. Deeply discounted, new features are excluded from it. Only enticing feature for me is a compact phone, other than that - nah.

 

[Loser]

This phone is set for doom. Deeply discounted, new features are excluded from it. Only enticing feature for me is a compact phone, other than that - nah.

They are clearing stock before 8a releases. I think 8a is the doomed one.

 

[Blueberrytea]

Google play system update march patch available

 

[anthonygreenisreal]

This phone is set for doom. Deeply discounted, new features are excluded from it. Only enticing feature for me is a compact phone, other than that - nah.

It has already been deeply discounted since last year November. For pixel phones, the number 1 rule is never to buy them at their RRP price. They always go on discount quickly which I believe should be the real price to get it at.

 

[limmk]

After “hardware limitations” were cited as the reason that the Pixel 8 isn’t getting Gemini Nano earlier this month, Google announced today that the on-device LLM is coming after all.

The Pixel 8 will get Gemini Nano, in developer preview, to power Summarize in Recorder and Gboard Smart Reply. The latter allows for “higher-quality smart replies” that have “conversational awareness” and should be generated faster. On the Pixel 8 Pro, it works with WhatsApp, Line, and KakaoTalk. Meanwhile, Summarize can take a recording and generate bullet points.

RAM — 8 GB versus 12 GB — is the main hardware difference between the two Tensor G3 phones. Google today says “running large language models on phones with different memory specs can deliver different user experiences, so we have been testing and validating this on Pixel 8.”

It looks like Google found a way to run the LLM on less RAM without impacting the rest of the user experience, with the smaller Galaxy S24 doing the same. As a reminder, Google only ever said Gemini Nano was coming to the Pixel 8 Pro in December. Meanwhile, the comment earlier this month came from an engineer outside the Pixel team.

Gemini Nano is coming to the Pixel 8 with the next Pixel Feature Drop, which should be Android 14 QPR3 in June (if previous timelines remain in place). Besides end users getting those two Google app features, developers with the Pixel 8 will be able to use AICore for their own applications.

 

[limmk]

 

[garychengjw]

https://9to5google.com/2024/03/28/pixel-8-gemini-nano-feature-drop/

 

[limmk]