Engadget Pixel 3 XL unboxing

[Mike Dee]

They could of made the camera's a little smaller
Regardless this is Google first attempt to a notch and it's not well thought out design. So this year is their experiment year, yikes !
I think anyone that's on the fence about the pix 3 version this year HOLD ON TO YOUR PIX 2 you can wait another year

Edit : Oh and how about them yankee Mike. I told you game 2 was theirs

They could also make their photos as bad as LG's but I'm glad they don't.

Go Yankee's!

 

[mustang7757]

Indeed. This has been one of the strangest launches ever. I mean, just weird. I'm at the point of watching the release announcement mainly to see what Sundar and Rick have to say about it all.

I've had mixed feelings about whether Osterloh is the right person in the first place. Sometimes I think Google needs his industry experience, then things like this happen and I question whether he has his house in order.

Getting into hardware is tough and a very different business than Google's primary focus. Trying to establish a platform is incredibly difficult as well. If you're Sundar and you got pressure from so many fronts, the last thing you want is internal missteps that add to that pressure.

I guess the positive is that this is just the beginning for them. Better to make mistakes and learn now, than when you've got to deal with 50 million devices.

Good points, I agree.

 

[mustang7757]

I'm curious, the guys that have the regular pix 2 is the battery life just as good as the pix 2xl ? the rumors I heard the regular pix 3 will have a 3,000mah and the 3 xl wil have 3,700mah

 

[anon(10092459)]

I'm curious, the guys that have the regular pix 2 is the battery life just as good as the pix 2xl ? the rumors I heard the regular pix 3 will have a 3,000mah and the 3 xl wil have 3,700mah

From what I've read the XL pushes a few more hours out. Personally, my P2 gets me through the work day just fine. I charge 2 times to 100% in 24 hours, once before I go to work and the second is right before bed.

 

[mustang7757]

From what I've read the XL pushes a few more hours out. Personally, my P2 gets me through the work day just fine. I charge 2 times to 100% in 24 hours, once before I go to work and the second is right before bed.

My pixel 2 xl I get about 5 to 6 hrs SoT and over 24 hours before charging

 

[anon(10092459)]

My pixel 2 xl I get about 5 to 6 hrs SoT and over 24 hours before charging

That sounds about right.. my P2 comes in right at 4 and some change normal usage before I need to juice it up.

 

[I Can Be Your Hero]

LG's design has nothing to do with it. Obviously the camera and sensor design is different and it is what it is. You have others options. It's not as if it's going to change by constantly complaining about it

The camera sensors are not obviously different until we know what sensors are being used for both phones. Could be the same sensors, could be different. What we do know is that LG managed to pack two cameras in a very small front notch compared to the Pixel 3, which has a very deep notch.

 

[Torisen1]

The camera sensors are not obviously different until we know what sensors are being used for both phones. Could be the same sensors, could be different. What we do know is that LG managed to pack two cameras in a very small front notch compared to the Pixel 3, which has a very deep notch.

2 cameras and a speaker? Although at this point I don't believe front facing speakers are really that important any more.

 

[vzwuser76]

That sounds about right.. my P2 comes in right at 4 and some change normal usage before I need to juice it up.

Just the other day, I had just over 4hrs SOT and over 20hrs off the charger, with 20% battery remaining. I've hit longer times before, but I think this says a lot about the device that it's still hitting these kinds of times a year into it's life. And I do the (not recommended) charge overnight about 50-75% of the time, usually running it down to 20-5% remaining before I put it on the charger. Perhaps if I had followed the recommended charge cycle of 40-90% it would've been better. But I'm happy regardless.

 

[vzwuser76]

2 cameras and a speaker? Although at this point I don't believe front facing speakers are really that important any more.

Maybe not for you, but it's very important to me. I hated the bottom firing speaker on the original Pixel. I was always covering it with my hand watching videos in landscape. Plus you had to cup your hand around it to get decent volume out of it. Facing speakers at the user makes the most sense.

 

[mustang7757]

Just the other day, I had just over 4hrs SOT and over 20hrs off the charger, with 20% battery remaining. I've hit longer times before, but I think this says a lot about the device that it's still hitting these kinds of times a year into it's life. And I do the (not recommended) charge overnight about 50-75% of the time, usually running it down to 20-5% remaining before I put it on the charger. Perhaps if I had followed the recommended charge cycle of 40-90% it would've been better. But I'm happy regardless.

I've always charged all my phones when they hit 5% never had problems, now with the pix 3 regular version has a updated chip 845 plus adaptive battery I think will get excellent battery stats

 

[Mike Dee]

The camera sensors are not obviously different until we know what sensors are being used for both phones. Could be the same sensors, could be different. What we do know is that LG managed to pack two cameras in a very small front notch compared to the Pixel 3, which has a very deep notch.

I'm sure if they could have made it smaller they would have. At the end of the day it's a done deal. It won't stop me from buying it.

 

[Mike Dee]

2 cameras and a speaker? Although at this point I don't believe front facing speakers are really that important any more.

I like front speakers but they are not a must have feature for me.

 

[cardboard60]

Just the other day, I had just over 4hrs SOT and over 20hrs off the charger, with 20% battery remaining. I've hit longer times before, but I think this says a lot about the device that it's still hitting these kinds of times a year into it's life. And I do the (not recommended) charge overnight about 50-75% of the time, usually running it down to 20-5% remaining before I put it on the charger. Perhaps if I had followed the recommended charge cycle of 40-90% it would've been better. But I'm happy regardless.

It's Dauym hard to be able to pick the time when you can charge your phone.
Correct me if'n I'm wrong.
But a lithium battery don't have memory.
So what difference does it it make when you by charge it.

I always thought it was best to not let your battery go below 30%

 

[Mr Segundus]

Big notch, big chin. Gross. I have an iPhone XS Max with a Note 9 and both don't have that lack of symmetry. Yes, the iPhone has a notch, but it doesn't have that big, ugly chin. Google should've made that bottom speaker a bottom-firing speaker so the display could go all the way to the edge.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Big notch, big chin. Gross. I have an iPhone XS Max with a Note 9 and both don't have that lack of symmetry. Yes, the iPhone has a notch, but it doesn't have that big, ugly chin. Google should've made that bottom speaker a bottom-firing speaker so the display could go all the way to the edge.

Only Samsung make those oled panels that curve under the screen.

 

[Nauga]

Big notch, big chin. Gross. I have an iPhone XS Max with a Note 9 and both don't have that lack of symmetry. Yes, the iPhone has a notch, but it doesn't have that big, ugly chin. Google should've made that bottom speaker a bottom-firing speaker so the display could go all the way to the edge.

I'd rather have two notches and 1/4-inch bezels all around than one bottom-firing speaker, thank you very much.

 

[Mike Dee]

Big notch, big chin. Gross. I have an iPhone XS Max with a Note 9 and both don't have that lack of symmetry. Yes, the iPhone has a notch, but it doesn't have that big, ugly chin. Google should've made that bottom speaker a bottom-firing speaker so the display could go all the way to the edge.

Some people like front firing speakers. We can't have it both ways so it's good that some do bottom and some do front.

 

[Mr Segundus]

I'd rather have two notches and 1/4-inch bezels all around than one bottom-firing speaker, thank you very much.

I didn't say only one bottom-firing speaker. They can make the ear piece a speaker like they do on the Note 9 and the iPhone XS Max. There can still be two speakers for stereo sound.

 

[vzwuser76]

It's Dauym hard to be able to pick the time when you can charge your phone.
Correct me if'n I'm wrong.
But a lithium battery don't have memory.
So what difference does it it make when you by charge it.

I always thought it was best to not let your battery go below 30%

It's not charging it at night that's the problem, it's for how low you let it get before you charge it, and for how long. Some say that the best way to increase the longevity of your battery is to not let it get below 40-50%, and to not let it sit on the charger for extended periods, aka leave it on the charger for hours after it hits 100%. In fact they say to not let it actually reach the full 100%, instead pull it off when it hits somewhere in the 90-99% range.

When you let it get real low, and then charge to 100%, that's considered a full charge cycle, and batteries are generally rated for only so many full charge cycles. But if you keep it between 40-99%, it's not considered a full charge cycle, so that should in theory increase the lifespan of your battery.

I get what they're saying, but there are also other factors that limit a batteries longevity, like how fast the battery's get charged, how many amps are used, how hot the battery gets when being charged, etc. Heat isn't good for any battery, no matter if it's in a smartphone, a car, or even little AAA batteries. I haven't tried this enough to see a difference, mainly because I usually upgrade each year. But, it doesn't have anything to do with memory, but about the amount of charge cycles the battery endured.