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I tried looking at some of my recent photos in all 3 modes, after which I selected "natural" as my default, since that was closest to the reality at the time when I took them. The "saturated" mode was unbearable to me. But each to their own, so it's good to have choices. (Regular Pixel 2...

There's more to it than the launcher (and the Pixel launcher isn't exactly "stock Android" either: it's a manufacturer-specific launcher, except this time the manufacturer is Google).

I'm afraid you've been given incorrect information. The HTC dongle works fine with the Pixel 2. I'd personally say that it has a more musical presentation than the one Google supply, certainly when listening with my over-ear Senns. I bought a second HTC dongle and keep one with each of my...

Mine works fine, though I like the sound from the HTC adapter I bought to test a little better than the Google one.

Yes, Android Pay requires NFC.

That depends on how good your hearing is. Or your phone may simply not do it.

I've occasionally spoken to sales reps who know the gear and acknowledge that people have different preferences (rather than just pushing you to whatever is offering the store the best sales incentives that week). It is a joy when that happens. As I'm not American I do not know whether this ever...

Smaller model, 128GB. Physical size of phone settled the issue of which model. Current usage + preference for phones to last several years settled the storage. Black because I liked it better than the other colours (though I'd have bought a panda if they made them in the smaller size).

I guess if one scratches earlier it might indicate that the manufacturer didn't use what they said they had. What I don't understand is why he uses the box cutter on the back of the phone regardless of construction. We know it will scratch any metal or plastic phone and shouldn't scratch any...

The thing that struck me there was the effect of the launcher on the wallpaper, and how much of the bottom of the display was faded by it. Well I'm going to use Nova as per anyway, so that won't be a problem for me.

Put the phone face down?

Not a full phone review, but DPReview have posted a gallery of shots taken with the Pixel 2: https://www.dpreview.com/samples/5883648077/google-pixel-2-sample-gallery

Well it's not as easy to accidentally activate as the Bixby button, and you can turn it off (which Samsung resisted for several months). Indeed. I'm sure the dev community will if they don't ;)

A couple more: Android Police: Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL review: The best gets (mostly) better PhoneArena: https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Google-Pixel-2-and-Pixel-2-XL-Review_id4431 Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2017/10/google-pixel-2-xl-review/ TechRadar: Pixel 2 and 2XL

It's too large for me. That's why I ordered the smaller one. And lack of headphone jack with good DAC and amp backing it up (I'm not bothered about lacking a headphone jack with indifferent output - I'll take USB-C over that).