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The Pixel 9 Pro XL video teardown has me doubting you'll use this phone for seven years

It's gonna break, just not the way you think it's gonna break.

Most of the reporting surrounding this is about how Google designed the 9 series to be more durable and how it does better in drop testing, but for me, that's not the real story here. But Google has made a big deal about supporting its devices for seven years, so now it needs to build them in a way that is designed to be easy to keep alive for that long. Even if you don't want to swap the battery or the USB port yourself, any shop is going to be able to do these repairs without breaking anything else or charging you more than it's worth.

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