Wonder if they’ll use a rigid OLED panel like they did on the 7a and 8a. Dylan Raga wrote an excellent piece reviewing the Pixel 8’s display where he said they’d finally switched to a flexible OLED panel on the regular model.
Why does a flexible display matter in a rigid device? It’s not folding so what difference does it make? In other news I’m thinking about updating my 7 since the charging port is not making solid connections anymore. It’s on my car mount sideways all day every day as a trucker.
Flexible OLED panels have smaller bezels, better viewing angles and are less prone to exhibiting a rainbow effect. You can check Dylan Raga’s review of the Pixel 6, 7 and 8 to see why the 8’s display is an upgrade over the 6 and 7.
Bezels are good though. I like being able to hold my phone and not use the touch screen accidentally.
But that’s just your preference tho, most prefer smaller bezels for the looks and design is focused on what the market wants. I always use a case and screen protector anyway so maybe that’s why I never had issues with accidental touches.
Ya, kinda tired of hitting the edges of my samsung, and their accidental edge touch protection’s kinda useless.
The fact that there exists a solution to protect against accidental edge touch means that having the digitiser/screen all the way to the edge of the device is a flaw in the design. 🤣
Have you considered just buying a wireless charger? I bought a MagSafe compatible case, and wireless chargers for the car and one for the nightstand
Try getting a needle and digging out all the compressed fluff in the charging port. I did this (had to dig pretty hard as it was really squashed in) and saved a phone that was otherwise almost unusable!
For when internal components come unglued and start poking into the underside of the screen
I really hope it has an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor…
I doubt that the 8a will get a better fingerprint sensor than the 8 or 8 Pro
Which is a shame, since they are so bad.
I really wish they’d ditch that stupid camera bar. Every phone case attempts to hide it and it just makes the whole thing needlessly thick.
id honestly rather have the visor than a lopsided camera bump
