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Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro confirmed to lack Wi-Fi 7 connectivity
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this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2023
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If it's a flagship phone and the other flagships are shipping with the chipset that is wifi 7 then it's a bad mark against Google.
However in real terms it's unlikely to impact the majority of users. Considering there's no routers with wifi 7 in existence and no Internet companies are capable of 46gbs.
Google should be future proofing devices. If they reduce price for an older modem then that would be beneficial. They won't but it would be nice.
IDGAF about the pixel phones but i see this kind of argument all over the place and it's infuriating. ISPs don't have to offer 46gbps for wifi6 to be your bottleneck. Imagine having 2gbps internet, talking about how you need to upgrade away from gigabit, and someone goes "well you don't need 10gigabit(or 2.5 or 5), your ISP isn't giving you 10gbps." Sure it isn't, but it's still offering more than my current network can enable
Not to mention, wifi never, ever, ever hits advertised speeds. I have wifi 6 and it is a bottleneck on my 2gbps internet with a single device. Imagine having multiple devices!
And even if your internet wasn't bottlenecked by your wifi, the internet isn't the only thing your phone can communicate with on a network.
Fair enough. I would always push for advancement and future proofing. But I'm not even pushing 100 mbs down. So 46 is just insane. Even at whatever the maximum number of devices connected.
Reach for the stars
Yeah but is that future within the next 2-5 years?