Switching from KEYone to Pixel 2 XL

[nucks26]

I've been a BlackBerry user for as long as I can remember (with the odd iPhone and Galaxy somewhere in between.) I've never used a nexus or pixel device before.

Although I love my KEYone Black Edition, and although I have 0 complaints about it, I've been itching to try a pixel since last year. I won an auction on ebay and here I am, waiting for it to arrive! Don't tell my friends over at CrackBerry, lol. Looking forward to sharing my experience.

 

[TraderGary]

Did you win a Pixel 2 or a Pixel 2 XL?

 

[Lepa79]

I've been a BlackBerry user for as long as I can remember (with the odd iPhone and Galaxy somewhere in between.) I've never used a nexus or pixel device before.

Although I love my KEYone Black Edition, and although I have 0 complaints about it, I've been itching to try a pixel since last year. I won an auction on ebay and here I am, waiting for it to arrive! Don't tell my friends over at CrackBerry, lol. Looking forward to sharing my experience.

If you don't mind not having physical keyboard, you are never going back to your keyone

 

[nucks26]

Did you win a Pixel 2 or a Pixel 2 XL?

Pixel 2 XL

 

[Nubwy]

Pixel 2 XL

Nice, you will definitely enjoy it. It's a fast, fluid and we'll built phone. Let us know how you like it!

 

[TraderGary]

Pixel 2 XL

Great!
I too have the Pixel 2 XL.
Love it.
I paid significantly more than you did!
And I'd do it again!

 

[revtech]

I've been a BlackBerry user for as long as I can remember (with the odd iPhone and Galaxy somewhere in between.) I've never used a nexus or pixel device before.

Although I love my KEYone Black Edition, and although I have 0 complaints about it, I've been itching to try a pixel since last year. I won an auction on ebay and here I am, waiting for it to arrive! Don't tell my friends over at CrackBerry, lol. Looking forward to sharing my experience.

If you find you can't live without your physical keyboard and want to go back to your KEYone I'd be glad to pay you twice what you paid for your Pixel

 

[nucks26]

If you find you can't live without your physical keyboard and want to go back to your KEYone I'd be glad to pay you twice what you paid for your Pixel

Lol! I'll keep that in mind!

 

[gebco]

I've been a BlackBerry user for as long as I can remember (with the odd iPhone and Galaxy somewhere in between.) I've never used a nexus or pixel device before.

Although I love my KEYone Black Edition, and although I have 0 complaints about it, I've been itching to try a pixel since last year. I won an auction on ebay and here I am, waiting for it to arrive! Don't tell my friends over at CrackBerry, lol. Looking forward to sharing my experience.

I'm from Crackberry too and I'm telling!

Actually I've had my eye on the Pixel 2 XL since BlackBerry stopped the updates on the Priv. We have a Priv and a couple of Keyones so I'll be interested in seeing how you like the Pixel.

 

[nucks26]

I'm from Crackberry too and I'm telling!

Actually I've had my eye on the Pixel 2 XL since BlackBerry stopped the updates on the Priv. We have a Priv and a couple of Keyones so I'll be interested in seeing how you like the Pixel.

I'll let you know my feedback for sure! I honestly think it'll be hard to leave my KEYone BE in the long term.

 

[MrVeda]

I came from Passport KeyOne and Motion to the 2 XL. I could never go back now, just the speed and fluidity is night and day. I still enjoy the Hub however on the Pixel.

 

[gebco]

I came from Passport KeyOne and Motion to the 2 XL. I could never go back now, just the speed and fluidity is night and day. I still enjoy the Hub however on the Pixel.

How is the keyboard compared to Motion vkb?

 

[nucks26]

How is the keyboard compared to Motion vkb?

I owned a DTEK60 and I would always use Gboard instead of bvk

 

[scott8629]

I had a Keyone.
I loved the battery life and keyboard.
I hated the lag, late security updates and poor customer service.

I've been a big fan of the Nexus range and I have tried many phones. I will be sticking with the Pixel range and upgrade every other year.

 

[neil74]

I had a keyone and it was the phone that made me finally realise that physical keyboards are really now not as quick as virtual ones, the shortcuts were handy though! Reason I sold my KO was the keyboard scrolling was just broken.

To answer your question though you'll love the pixel!

 

[scott8629]

I had a keyone and it was the phone that made me finally realise that physical keyboards are really now not as quick as virtual ones, the shortcuts were handy though! Reason I sold my KO was the keyboard scrolling was just broken.

To answer your question though you'll love the pixel!

Totally agree with this.
The shortcuts were good but you had to use the laggy badly coded blackberry launcher. As soon as I changed to Nova launcher and disabled all blackberry apps the phone became much more usable.

I had to be careful what apps to install for example Facebook - the phone had so much lag it was unusable.

 

[MrVeda]

How is the keyboard compared to Motion vkb?

I'm actually much faster and more accurate on the GBOARD than I was on the motion. Especially if you like to dictate a response on text or emails. The Motion lagged terribly in this area and often gave up trying to type what I said and was the main reason I returned it.

On the Pixel you can talk normally or fast and always follows your voice. Google Assistant is also far superior.

 

[nucks26]

I had to be careful what apps to install for example Facebook - the phone had so much lag it was unusable.

Facebook does run terribly... I'm hoping it runs better on the Pixel.

 

[nucks26]

Google Assistant is also far superior.

Google assistant is on the KEYone, for voice to text also.

 

[scott8629]

Google assistant is on the KEYone, for voice to text also.

Google assistant whilst running a podcast app in the car was unworkable on the Keyone.
Shame as I have used. Xiaomi redmi note Phone with the same specifications and that runs fine.