popular Posted by shifter25 • 12h ago
Apr 25, 2025 2:25 AM
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popular Posted by shifter25 • 12h ago
Apr 25, 2025 2:25 AM
Google Pixel 9a $499 with $100 Best Buy GC: Trade in values: Pixel 6a $150, Pixel 7 $215, iPhone 13 $290
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Genuinely curious. Why would you trade in a Pixel 8 for a Pixel 9a?
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Satellite messaging (T-Mobile Starlink is still not working on P8), improved cellular performance.
Also the P8 got neutered HW Gemini which only shipped to save Google from a class action about announcing they wouldn't deliver it.
If it goes through, I'm game. Will be nice to have a Tensor with a non-trash cellular radio in rural areas.
With GC that works out to $40 plus sales tax to upgrade.
P9a uses the same modem as the P8, with apparently a different antenna layout.
Tensor G2/G3 has good urban RF but weak rural RF.
Pixel 9 (G4) has improved rural RF.
It used the Exnyos 5400, which is a revised modem. Improved rural RF and better Satellite LTE support.
This is why P8 still can't use T-Mobile Starlink.
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