I am looking to buy a Pixel just to install Graphene. My most recent Pixel is the OG from 2016 so its been a while. In my country, these are the available models: 9, 9a, 9 pro, 9 pro xl, 10, 0 pro and 10 pro xl.

These are my criteria:

  1. good battery
  2. i dont like big phones. So the XL models are out.
  3. storage not an issue. I’m fine witht the small 256 from 9a or even the 1tb from Pro.
  4. Easy to repair. I was 90% for the 9a until JerryRig’s video showed how the battery is almost impossible to take out. So if phone is dead => time for a new phone.

For 1) on paper, the 9a has the largest battery. But recently I saw a post from the Graphene discord, where someone got a 10 Pro (XL?) running Graphene with like 3 days SOT. Absolutely insane. Couldnt find that message anymore though.

  • hash@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I recently upgraded to the 9 pro (non xl) with 1tb. Honestly I think it comes down to budget and desired years of remaining support. I found the 9 pro appealing since it’s the first non-xl pro, and because the spec jump is larger than usual.

    Some of the reasons I picked 9 pro over 8 pro:

    • 16 GB of ram instead of 12. (Increased for AI background stuff but on graphene we can use it all)
    • 25% boost in screen brightness
    • one gen newer processor of course
    • again, it’s not massive but still has all the cameras

    I will say I hate the rounded corners. And as others have pointed out the a series are still great, and used ones can be a bargain with the 7 years of support.