3rd option. I'm not excited about the 9, but I'm sticking with the Pixel 8 I already own. I'll upgrade to whatever Pixel number adds enough new features to justify the cost.

I tend to get a new phone every other year. I bought a phone last year so I will probably be excited to see the Pixel 10 next year!

Moved to pixel from HTC for the fast software updates. My next phone will likely be a pine phone or something similar; build quality on my last two pixels hasn't exactly been up to snuff.

Pixels have very good custom rom support. With that being said I like moto.

I have an 8. Also owned a 7 (but I do lots of hiking and broke the glass on the 7, so couldn't trust the waterproofing anymore, so upgraded).

Why would I give up on their hardware though?

Bought a pixel 3 as soon as the 4 was released.

It was a fantastic phone... except for the two times it got stuck in a boot loop until the battery died.

Bonus points for the second time, when, thanks to a google update for emergency services, it decided it should dial emergency services every time it restarted...meaning I had to stay up until 330am that night, hanging up on emergency services, until the battery finally died.

A year or two ago, I bought a P7 Pro to replace it, hoping it'd have all the good of the P3, but with better camera, bigger screen, and no boot loop.

It is indeed bigger, the camera can zoom more, but isn't necessarily better, there's no boot loop issues which is great...but I find i have more cases of the phone locking up and needing a restart...and the in-screen fingerprint sensor (and gesture controls) are absolute hot garbage compared to the P3.

The fingerprint and gesture annoyances have been enough that my plan now, unless there's something significant that changes things, is to go back to an iPhone for my next phone.

I have a pixel 6 and my wife has an 8 pro. We've had pixels since 3. They've been good phones and we plan to keep getting pixels when we need to upgrade.

Will not touch Apple, Samsung or Google HW. Apple & Samsung too expensive. Google because ... SQUIRREL ... what the fuck, cancel it.