My experience replacing an ageing Pixel 4a with a new 8a: 🧵

* I'm replacing one phone, that I don't trust I can replace the battery of, with another that I also don't trust I can replace the battery of

* Things seem marginally faster and snappier, but not hundreds of dollars faster or snappier

* Setting up all my apps ranged from being trivial to annoying as fuck. Google are making it harder and harder to not lock yourself into their system

* NO I WOULD NOT LIKE TO MEET MY VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

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@timixretroplays fwiw you can get original batteries (and other parts) for current pixels at iFixit, they have a partnership now ifixit.com/Guide/Google+Pixel+

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