Google Hardware Complaints Remind Me of BlackBerry Classic

Replied to I Do Not Recommend Google Hardware by Marius (マリウス) For its first year or so, the Nexus 5 was actually a likeable phone ... Then the hardware started giving up. The battery, which had been mediocre to begin with, became unreliable and the phone would report 40% charge one moment and shut off entirely the next, and over time it began to randomly reboot and power off without any obvious trigger. The decline was not gradual either and once the battery started misbehaving, the device was effectively unusable within a matter of weeks. I read an article on マリウス.com titled I Do Not Recommend Google Hardware. The author, Marius, goes through the issues he has had with various Google phones and tablets over the years. One of the issues, the Google Pixel 6a battery problems, struck a chord with me since my Pixel 6a was affected by the same issue (that is the reason I am currently using my 3a XL, which has been solid after I purchased it refurbished on Ebay). But one passage jumped…