{"id":6581,"date":"2023-01-13T05:10:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T10:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/?p=6581"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:38:30","slug":"pixel-7-fills-the-gap-barely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/2023\/01\/13\/pixel-7-fills-the-gap-barely\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel 7 fills the gap, barely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like my Pixel 7. I just really miss my Duo 2 and can&#8217;t wrap my head around not having still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a waiting game to see if I can get another and one issue is clear that make having the Pixel 7 as my phone, and a Duo for my wi-fi reader, and lots of other stuff thing: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Phone calls: delay hearing my voice on Duo 2 when I pick up a call. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phone calls: immediate hearing my voice on Pixel 7 when I pick up a call..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Camera on Pixel 7 is far above camera on Duo 2. I like it way more than Samsung cameras of the last several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact Pixel 7 could suffice to be my photo and video machine easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love Duo 2 as a video creation device. 4K video, ability to hold the device or place it down like a 3DS to record, or like a book standing up, stable and a wonderful way to have my cat videoed on the bed. Bend it via the hinges, they go so far and leave this as a unique device that works and may someday be able to run Win 11&#8230;Duo 1 is doing a good job of that. I&#8217;d try to get one of them if I didn&#8217;t have stuff to put on a Duo 2 only (skins and bumpers.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The balance of Duo 2, holding it partly folded, no way for it to fall. The most Zen balanced device. No need for the buttered toast theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I find Pixel 7 is just impossible to use to read much stuff though. Weather app I can&#8217;t even zoom in on warnings and such, having the phone settings bigger would help that but holy moly that&#8217;s not an answer because everything would be TOO BIG everywhere else. The screen is just so narrow and tall and this is just the Pixel 7. The Pixel 7 Pro would be better for me, but not really, it&#8217;s even taller!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samsung S22 Ultra, that&#8217;s for me. Premium, an s-pen but no, too skinny and tall and a nightmare camera probably. No, not for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am ruined for any other device now. Utterly ruined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I ditched using Note20 Ultra for my Microsoft Duo 2 and never once regretted it. I wouldn&#8217;t want to go back to that phone (gave it to my kid) for any reason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All in all, Duo 2 is at an end life because they never made enough of them and are handing out refunds like candy to a lot of Duo 2 users regular or advance warranties. How can a company do that? In September Microsoft said they were committed to Duo 2 line continuing on, but the minimal stock that hit the marketplace disappeared nearly instantly, not helping the warranty service issue one iota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want a valuable device. I am owed that as my warranty replacement service states, but they say they can&#8217;t, but maybe can in a few weeks, maybe, so I&#8217;m in a holding pattern until more info is available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like my Pixel 7. I just really miss my Duo 2 and can&#8217;t wrap my head around not having still. It&#8217;s a waiting game to see if I can get another and one issue is clear that make having the Pixel 7 as my phone, and a Duo for my wi-fi reader, and lots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":false,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1014],"tags":[1602,1461,117,1633,1641,1182],"class_list":["post-6581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devices","tag-microsoft-surface-duo-2","tag-note20ultra-unlocked","tag-phone","tag-pixel-7","tag-s22-ultra","tag-samsung-galaxy-s3-tablet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6558,"url":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/2023\/01\/09\/upgrading-on-att-to-pixel-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":6581,"position":0},"title":"Upgrading on AT&#038;T to Pixel 7","author":"Maisy","date":"Monday, January 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I miss my Duo 2 soooo much. 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