Discussion - Amazon's leaky faucet may have also revealed these Pixel 11 series specs and US prices

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DFranch
DFranch
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• 6h ago

It's going to have to get rave reviews for me to upgrade this year. I mean, smaller battery, 25% less RAM and a $100 price increase is a hard sell.

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bambamboogy02
bambamboogy02
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• 2h ago
↵DFranch said:

It's going to have to get rave reviews for me to upgrade this year. I mean, smaller battery, 25% less RAM and a $100 price increase is a hard sell.

It's because the demand for RAM driven by AI data centers. Supply can't keep up, and price increased. For a phone manufacturer to keep the same price as last year, they had to scale back on it. That's common sense. Were they to keep 16GB of RAM across all variations, the starting price would not be favorable. Those that want more 'specs' in their phone, will almost always pay for it knowing that it costs more.

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DFranch
DFranch
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• 2h agoedited
↵bambamboogy02 said:

It's because the demand for RAM driven by AI data centers. Supply can't keep up, and price increased. For a phone manufacturer to keep the same price as last year, they had to scale back on it. That's common sense. Were they to keep 16GB of RAM across all variations, the starting price would not be favorable. Those that want more 'specs' in their phone, will almost always pay for it knowing that it costs more.

I understand that RAM prices are the cause, but the fact remains that getting the Pixel 11 series doesn't seem to be a great idea this year. The upgrades are limited to the newest tensor chip, new modem and slightly updated camera hardware. the downsides are slightly smaller battery and considerably less RAM and about $100 more. You might be better off getting a cheaper Pixel 10 series with more memory that is considerably cheaper.

I imagine it will be the same tune with Apple, and Samsung.

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bambamboogy02
bambamboogy02
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• 1h ago
↵DFranch said:

I understand that RAM prices are the cause, but the fact remains that getting the Pixel 11 series doesn't seem to be a great idea this year. The upgrades are limited to the newest tensor chip, new modem and slightly updated camera hardware. the downsides are slightly smaller battery and considerably less RAM and about $100 more. You might be better off getting a cheaper Pixel 10 series with more memory that is considerably cheaper.

I imagine it will be the same tune with Apple, and Samsung.

That is true, I agree with your assessment on the specs. Let's see how this all plays out now. I now only upgrade every 3-4 years now, I don't need to have the latest phone every year. So if I don't upgrade this year, I can hold off till the Pixel 12.

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Juan2023
Juan2023
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• 49m ago

Google, what the hell are you doing? Less RAM, less battery, no Wi-Fi 7, they're more expensive, horrible.

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