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Oooooh wow, that strip - no thanks. First impressions of the aesthetic: clouds & bubblegum.

>>jodupl+(OP)
That strip is part of the deal if you're buying a pixel.

https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_6-pictures-11037.php

https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_7-pictures-11903.php

https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_8-pictures-12546.php

>>ForkMe+I1
Wow, I have not noticed that before!

>>jodupl+(OP)
I actually really like the strip on my pixel. Being able to support the phone by the bottom of the strip instead of squeezing it feels good.

>>jodupl+(OP)
Largely invisible once it's in a case

>>jodupl+(OP)
The price you pay for better camera sensor and lenses.

>>jodupl+(OP)
Is that some kind of subtly resurgent brutalist design?

>>panark+za
I don't think that necessarily true - Samsung has hidden the cameras inside the body, and I'd argue that there's nothing terribly special about the pixel camera hardware compared to, say, the S23 Ultra.

That being said, I like the look for the visor.

>>xnx+B6
I don't put my phone in a case and don't understand why people do. Dropping your phone is a rare event, not a serious risk.

>>bigstr+Zj1
In my experience most of the flagship phones are slippery enough that it's not a rare event to drop them if you don't use a case made out of a higher friction material.

Of course that's an incredibly dumb design, but unfortunately they are made like that.

>>devit+FB1
I guess I can't relate. I've had a Pixel (the first one) and I didn't feel like it was slippery or anything. It's been a while but I think the reason I had to replace it wasn't damage, but because it wouldn't hold a charge any more. Otherwise I'd still probably have it, I really liked that phone.

>>bigstr+Zj1
>Dropping your phone is a rare event, not a serious risk

For you

I drop my phone at least once a day lol

I actually dropped it more before I got a case on the Pixels because the back glass is ridiculously slippery and it'll even slide itself off surfaces that aren't perfectly level. Back glass needs to fucking die.

The insanely polished smooth metal frame doesn't help either when combined with the ultra smooth glass back in my hands.

>>delfin+NX2
Heh, when I got a Nexus 4, it was my first glass backed phone. It arrived two days before the case did. I was meeting my wife for dinner and got there a bit early, and had the phone on the restaurant table. When my wife came and sat down the slight wiggle she gave to the table was enough for the phone to slide right off and make the back look like a spider web of cracks. Fortunately it was only the back.

I never go without a case now. The thicker and grippier the better. I also have a belief that phones these days are too thin, and I would gladly have a thicker phone with better battery life. The best feeling phone in my hand IMHO was my Palm Treo, which was almost an inch thick.