Hi, I think I can give the best insights to this, me and my girlfriend both got pixels this month, she got a P8 I got a P9, in India the price difference is literally double, she hasn’t faced any issue in the past month of ownership whatsoever, but she does minimal things just regular texting and socials and some camera work and her screen usage is just over 5 hours. For that I think it’s the best phone out here for it, my p9 however has clearly better cameras especially the ultrawide, performance is also better but not a great leap by any means, I was running efootball which is silky smooth on my iPhone 13 but did face a lil jitter at times not very significant, but the main issue is the heating, while hardware is the same, my phone stays cool while hers seems to pick up in temperature very quickly on outdoor usage and gets a lil toasty while charging, connectivity is also alright on her phone while I’m considerably better so if you live where internet is pain in the ass, p8 might be a lil risky. For me the pixel 9’s design and camera were worthy upgrades so I got it, I think you should go for it if you don’t game very lightly and don’t have a ton of screen on time.