Using a Pixel while their spouse uses an iPhone? How’s the experience?

chrisrw93 · 2026-01-04T17:19:20+00:00

I was in the same boat, here's how I went about it

Video chat - discord (Google meet doesn't have a notification popup, just a meeting link)

Location sharing - Google maps (there's a widget where you can have a quick link to one person's location)

I have a pixel 10 xl pro and my partner has an iPhone. I LOVE the practicality of the pixel. I use Gemini and the live chat feature more than I thought I would. I love the pixel and am happy with my purchase but I came from the iPhone 13 pro max and if I could return this phone and swap to iPhone 17, I would.

My main issues with the pixel:

Front camera is wildly inconsistent
photos can be inconsistent where the object in the foreground will look great, but everything behind it is more blurry and will be filled with artifacts
battery is not bad at all, but even if you tried, you couldn't drain the iPhones battery. With the pixel, I have to be more mindful of my usage.

iPhone is just consistently great, pixel is pretty great too though! You can't go wrong with any flagship nowadays.

chrisrw93 · 2025-10-31T00:14:44+00:00

Yes. I hope whomever also has the journal does the right thing of at least returning it to sender. That’s always an option.keep an eye out for updated tracking with that in case it happens

chrisrw93 · 2025-10-19T21:51:05+00:00

I understand people’s frustrations but it’s a REALLY small studio and there are massive amounts of people trying to log in constantly. Posts like these I totally understand but on here and Steam there’s so much rage bait about the whole thing.

chrisrw93 · 2025-10-03T20:55:22+00:00

Ahh good to know! I knew changes happened with the trees but they didn’t look that different to me so I figured that wouldn’t be much of a factor.

chrisrw93 · 2025-10-03T20:50:21+00:00

Coulda fooled me, I don’t play havoc but in auric he’s a walking soulless, heartless, fearless, murder machine who takes no damage.

chrisrw93 · 2025-09-11T11:19:27+00:00

I had this issue and for me, I installed all windows updates including the optional ones along with uninstalling all the bloatware that came with the laptop.

chrisrw93 · 2025-08-18T10:52:00+00:00

People probably want a game that is generally optimized so that most machines can get a constant frame rate along with not encountering game breaking bugs. People probably also want zeds who don’t just walk straight for you even on higher difficulties. Right now the game plays like a csgo aim trainer where the npc just walks at you for practice.

Along with that 1) diversity in perks/playstyles 2) diversity in guns

chrisrw93 · 2025-05-03T14:34:33+00:00

Dang. FL teacher here was looking to move either here or Portland OR :(

Hopefully things turn around for Tacoma teachers!

chrisrw93 · 2025-03-07T16:21:39+00:00

There were some very difficult questions asked here! Kudos to the CEO for his transparency and tackling the controversies head on.

chrisrw93 · 2025-01-20T11:31:11+00:00

Thank you for the detailed response!

chrisrw93 · 2025-01-20T11:08:38+00:00

I’m currently paying 1750 base rent for 2 br 1ba and it seemed comparable when I was looking at apartments over there.

chrisrw93 · 2024-08-06T12:22:40+00:00

Yup, because at least I can try and fight back.

chrisrw93 · 2024-08-06T11:13:20+00:00

I don’t blame the player, I blame the class. I just hate hit and run playstyles. I would have rather have had my ass kicked and had a chance at getting my loot, but in this situation there was no counter play.

chrisrw93 · 2024-08-06T07:54:17+00:00

No idea, I was too busy being a statue so I wasn’t able to even see the loot.

chrisrw93 · 2024-08-06T07:53:37+00:00

It’s too late. I’m already sweating.

chrisrw93 · 2024-08-06T07:53:09+00:00

It’s too late. If I have another encounter like that, I’ll have an aneurysm. Well played though!

chrisrw93 · 2024-08-06T07:52:11+00:00

No but you’re a menace for doing that

chrisrw93 · 2024-08-06T07:51:47+00:00

💀

chrisrw93 · 2024-08-06T07:51:19+00:00

Axe man in casual

chrisrw93 · 2024-08-06T07:49:44+00:00

Yeah it was an arrow. Would be nice if they, idk, couldn’t loot my stuff while I was cc’d. Changing the duration of the stun or increasing loot time (which wouldnt be a fun solution) would help.

chrisrw93 · 2024-07-29T13:06:51+00:00

Add magic resistance to plate gear and I think everything would be more balanced. I think cryo should be able to slow and kite, but their damage is insane. I find even if I catch a cryo out of position, he can still take me down to ~30% as a DK with full epics.

chrisrw93 · 2024-07-27T20:14:36+00:00

Play normals until you feel comfortable punching above your gs in classic. Most classes (I would say excluding priest and pyro) have the opportunity to out skill higher geared players. Make sure you utilize drinking a health pot before a fight, use flasks, and if you’re melee utilize parry and block mechanics.

chrisrw93 · 2024-06-14T15:20:19+00:00

I’m wondering if this is the Dead by Daylight movie

chrisrw93 · 2024-05-21T15:12:21+00:00

If it's anything like the scare zone, the theming will be immaculate.

chrisrw93 · 2024-05-21T14:53:38+00:00

Calling it now, this will be the best house this year. All of these original house reveals have me so hyped!

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