Loved my 3a every day I had it, until I "upgraded". My son now rocks the 3a daily and has better battery life and similar performance to my 7.
He also has unlimited Google photo uploads
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I went from the 3a to the 7a. The 3a was a nicer phone. I miss the fingerprint scanner on the back
I will bitch about the under screen fingerprint reader every chance I get. It was literally perfect on the back. The P6 was borderline unusable, the P7 reader sucked, and now the P8 is finally almost ok.
Plus headphone jack
Yeah, I really don't get the front print reader push that happened. The readers worked great unobstructed on the back. The front ones are nothing but slower, less accurate, a bigger paint to get your finger right on top, and a bigger pain if you protect your phone screen with a protector.
I get you. I can't get the fingerprint reader on my new Pixel to work after adding a screen protector.
Mine was nice enough until the power button stopped working (wasn't a mechanical issue) and the phone spammed 911 until I popped it open and disconnected the battery.
I dropped my 3a in the toilet and it died, so YMMV I guess
Still using my Pixel 5
Im approaching the point of a new phone, and I've been wondering about what would be the equivalent of an iPhone durability-wise (I'm still seeing iPhones 7 being used daily) but for android. I was actually considering a used pixel but now you left me very confused lmao. It seems the good build quality is not a constant.
My pixel 5 is one of the styrdiest phones I have ever owned. It's been just fine for years and I don't use a case or screen protector
I've got a pixel 6t that might survive for another 2-3 years, at least.
OTOH, I've heard nothing terrible things about newer pixels - not just from reviewers, even people whom I know. My mom got a OP Nord something an year or so back and it seems to on its last leg already.
Go back to being not confused, I guess.
My Asus Zenfone 8 is still going strong after 2+ years. Case and screen protector help, of course
I'm keeping my almost 4 year old note 20 ultra for as long as possible. I'm super bitter about phones no longer having a micro sd card slot.
I'm running a pixel 7 with out a protector, but a basic phone case. Run fine and it's going to be supported by 3rd party roms for that extra security/os longevity.
I'm using a Pixel 7. Definitely doesn't require a case, I just use one to level off the camera a bit.