No flames please this is jmo... so my Verizon Rep that sells me all of my phones hits me up this am to let me know they have some pixels in stock. When I got there and start playing with the phone the first thing I noticed was the build quality didn't feel as good as my 7plus.. which bothered me since the 7plus 256gb and the 128 pxl are only a 100$ apart.. tested the camera on both phones side by side and I'll say that I do like the pixels camera better than the 7 although it's not night and day different... next I checked to see how snappy it was compared to the 7 they were both fast as hell no issues there...I knew the fingerprint scanner was on the back of course but I wasn't going to call it a issue until I felt it in my hand , and I will say I'm not feeling that at all , unlocking with your thumb is way more natural... I didn't test google assistant because I was using it on my note 7 (allo) and I already knew what it was capable of , yes having it baked in is better but still not a omg I gotta have it type of deal ..I played with it for about an hour and a half total and came to the conclusion that it wasn't worth dumbing my 7plus 256 for .. I figured I'll only be keeping both phones 12-16months max and when I got ready to sell the pixel or 7 the 7s value will still be there...I will definitely miss the customization of android for a while but I just didn't see or feel anything that made me want to switch to the pixel and trust me I came to buy it ....is it a bad phone ? of course not it's great but not better than the 7 imo