I haven't even had the phone for a full day yet but here is my take.
Design:
This phone is designed very well. It looks way better in person than it does on pictures or videos. It feels very light, lighter than my G6. I'm not sure if that's accurate but it FEELS lighter. I have to get used to the size of the XL again but it shouldn't take any time.
Camera:
Can I say WOW? The selfies are amazing, I'm not sure how many I will take because it's unpleasant seeing that much detail. I especially like it because after the LG G4, every selfie camera I've used that they have put in their phones have been quite bad and seems to get worse and worse. But with the Pixel 2 XL, the detail is tremendous and the Portrait Mode is awesome. It's not perfect, but from the look of the photos that are accomplished, you don't quite care much. I used the camera at night last night and I was impressed. I can't wait to take it for a spin and make a million memories with it. The video camera, how I recorded, in 60 FPS, the mic is pretty bad but the video looks so smooth!! I will definitely be contributing to the camera forum though.
Speakers:
The speakers are great. Some times they are louder and sometimes they are quiet, but it's awesome to have them on the front. Refreshing.
Innards (speed, battery, ram):
So far so good. It's lightning fast even with the animations. Had no real hiccups at all though Instagram crashed on me this morning. Out of the box it had 70% battery and I downloaded a million apps mostly on T-Mobile LTE (which works great with it) and when I went to bed I had 6 hours of battery life used, with 4 hours of SOT. That's without it being fully charged and also with it using a lot of resources during the set up. It also never got warm.
Headphones:
Haven't used the dongle yet
Squeeze functionality:
Oh man, I used Assistant so much yesterday. Probably as much as I used it in the month prior on my last phone.... in one night. The squeeze, which I thought I wouldn't care for... is probably one of my favorite features.
Screen:
What the heck is the big deal? OK, I will say that under LED cool white Christmas lights, it flickered a little when adaptive brightness is on.. but I turned it off and it was fine. Other than that, I tested the blue shift, but in real world usage.. I never saw it, because I don't tilt my phone when I use it............. The colors being "muted" isn't a deal breaker to me either, simply because I don't like Samsungs' vibrant colors and thankfully my wife doesn't either. She said the screen reminds her of a Galaxy phone and that she's glad it isn't as "cartoony". So that's a win-win for us. Ultimately, I feel like people tried really hard to find something that's wrong with this phone and when something stuck, they rolled with it. Now I'm not discounting that some may have bad models.. but I felt like it was the same thing like when the V20 or G6 lens covering glass were breaking and everyone though it was going to happen to them. It did happen to some, but most people didn't have that issue. So I say, go see the display for yourself and experience it before making a snap judgment to dismiss or cancel your order.
But anyway, so far so good. And remember, I haven't had it that long. I hope I don't get the burn-in though.
Design:
This phone is designed very well. It looks way better in person than it does on pictures or videos. It feels very light, lighter than my G6. I'm not sure if that's accurate but it FEELS lighter. I have to get used to the size of the XL again but it shouldn't take any time.
Camera:
Can I say WOW? The selfies are amazing, I'm not sure how many I will take because it's unpleasant seeing that much detail. I especially like it because after the LG G4, every selfie camera I've used that they have put in their phones have been quite bad and seems to get worse and worse. But with the Pixel 2 XL, the detail is tremendous and the Portrait Mode is awesome. It's not perfect, but from the look of the photos that are accomplished, you don't quite care much. I used the camera at night last night and I was impressed. I can't wait to take it for a spin and make a million memories with it. The video camera, how I recorded, in 60 FPS, the mic is pretty bad but the video looks so smooth!! I will definitely be contributing to the camera forum though.
Speakers:
The speakers are great. Some times they are louder and sometimes they are quiet, but it's awesome to have them on the front. Refreshing.
Innards (speed, battery, ram):
So far so good. It's lightning fast even with the animations. Had no real hiccups at all though Instagram crashed on me this morning. Out of the box it had 70% battery and I downloaded a million apps mostly on T-Mobile LTE (which works great with it) and when I went to bed I had 6 hours of battery life used, with 4 hours of SOT. That's without it being fully charged and also with it using a lot of resources during the set up. It also never got warm.
Headphones:
Haven't used the dongle yet
Squeeze functionality:
Oh man, I used Assistant so much yesterday. Probably as much as I used it in the month prior on my last phone.... in one night. The squeeze, which I thought I wouldn't care for... is probably one of my favorite features.
Screen:
What the heck is the big deal? OK, I will say that under LED cool white Christmas lights, it flickered a little when adaptive brightness is on.. but I turned it off and it was fine. Other than that, I tested the blue shift, but in real world usage.. I never saw it, because I don't tilt my phone when I use it............. The colors being "muted" isn't a deal breaker to me either, simply because I don't like Samsungs' vibrant colors and thankfully my wife doesn't either. She said the screen reminds her of a Galaxy phone and that she's glad it isn't as "cartoony". So that's a win-win for us. Ultimately, I feel like people tried really hard to find something that's wrong with this phone and when something stuck, they rolled with it. Now I'm not discounting that some may have bad models.. but I felt like it was the same thing like when the V20 or G6 lens covering glass were breaking and everyone though it was going to happen to them. It did happen to some, but most people didn't have that issue. So I say, go see the display for yourself and experience it before making a snap judgment to dismiss or cancel your order.
But anyway, so far so good. And remember, I haven't had it that long. I hope I don't get the burn-in though.
but it will be worth it.
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