I hope I'm completely wrong, but the Pixel 4 looks poised to have disastrous battery life. The Pixel 3 already has worst in class battery life, despite the fact that it powers the least amount of hardware AND at the same time implements the most aggressive background app killing. Combine those two things with stock Android and the battery life should have been stellar, yet it sits in last place.
Now introduce a whole host of sensors, many of which need to be always on to power Soli, and you have a brand new source of battery drain that no one else has. Given that Google has a history of worst in class battery capacities and battery life, the P4 is poised to bring battery life to a whole new level of dealbreaker that we haven't see in a long time. Hopefully, there was a philosophical decision at Google to avoid this, but the outlook appears grim.
UPDATE: Both Pixel 4's will have 90 Hz refresh rates and the smaller Pixel 4's battery DECREASES to 2800 mah. My fears came true. The smaller Pixel 4 will be unusable for anything but a light user and the Pixel 4 XL will have issues lasting a day as well.
Now introduce a whole host of sensors, many of which need to be always on to power Soli, and you have a brand new source of battery drain that no one else has. Given that Google has a history of worst in class battery capacities and battery life, the P4 is poised to bring battery life to a whole new level of dealbreaker that we haven't see in a long time. Hopefully, there was a philosophical decision at Google to avoid this, but the outlook appears grim.
UPDATE: Both Pixel 4's will have 90 Hz refresh rates and the smaller Pixel 4's battery DECREASES to 2800 mah. My fears came true. The smaller Pixel 4 will be unusable for anything but a light user and the Pixel 4 XL will have issues lasting a day as well.
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