Google Pixel @lemdro.id ijeff @lemdro.id 11mo ago

Preferred Care for Pixel devices is a confusing service

www.androidauthority.com Google's Preferred Care for Pixel devices is a confusing experience

I bought Preferred Care for my Pixel 8 Pro. I needed to use the service to fix some shattered rear glass, and it wasn't a smooth experience.

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deeply agree. it isn't even that well priced. just self-insure if you're worried. put $12 away into a separate account or something. you'll probably end up with extra money.

Remember, insurance companies are for-profit. You are likely not the one benefitting from this arrangement
- Insurance companies also get parts wholesale and keep large stocks of referbished devices. Not saying they don't profit, but the margins aren't there because the pay in outweighs the risk, they're there because they have effective supply chains and manufacture direct deals to procure hardware at costs not offered to the general public.
  
  That has some impact, sure, but insurance agencies generally profit by the assumption that not everybody will make a claim. Those that don't make a claim pay for those that do and they pocket the leftovers
Although I would like to use my phone naked, I have to use a case just because I'm clumsy.
- Case but no screen protector master race.
  
  My fucking people, yes!
- Rugged phone ftw
What kind of person doesn't use a phone case? Naked phones are slippery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4yIWg_LElc

Also fixing their broken back glass could have been as simple as just putting a case on it covering the glass. Not even worth the deductible

Back glass replacement video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pISCVfuSwcM
- I don't use cases.
  
  When I worked a more active job, I used them religiously. I thoroughly tested OtterBox's warranty.
  
  Now that I work a desk job, I'm much less worried about breaking my phones. I put a skin on them for the aesthetics and improved grip. Over 4 years case-free on 4 phones, zero issues.
  
  Does your current phone have a glass back? I would think that would be extra slippery
- Never had a case for my phone. And in 13 years of owning a smart phone, I only had a single broken screen this summer. And in that case, a phone case wouldn't have helped protect it.
  
  It's really not hard to not drop it is you're careful.
  
  And I have small hands, which doesn't help
  
  I've been dropping my phone nearly every day since Nextel. Something is wrong with me.

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