Disclaimer: I am not a GAMER, I am not on Facebook, nor am I a big social media user, thus I do not have the power draw and ram usage of the continual notifications and updating social media enacts on a phone.
I use my phone for SMS texting, GPS location, Whatsapp chats, Gmail work and personal email, web browsing, and once in awhile actual phone calls.
I have owned every generation of XL pixel, so 1 through 4.
I owned a Note 4 prior to that and Iphones prior to that.
Coming from the 3XL, what have I noticed:
- little bit snappier - this phone is very quick moving around between apps, opening up emails, etc
- The phone takes about 9 seconds to power from being off, on which is fast
- call quality and cell reception seems to be better, my 3XL had some issues after the Android 10 update with poor reception in areas it didnt have prior to the install, those are gone on the 4XL
- FACE UNLOCK works (even in pitch black darkness) and I actually prefer it to the fingerprint scanner. Here's why, when im outside or at the gym and my hands are dirty or sweaty, fingerprint doesnt work. Also, if I am cooking and have messy hands, fingerprint is not an option. Which leads me to Motion Sense
- Motion Sense works pretty good for what it is. Again, mainly to SHHH alarm clock or wave a call off that I cannot receive, it actually works 100% of the time. Again, in certain instances as noted above, this is a nice touch. I played around skipping songs on SPotify yesterday and at first I sucked at it. I took of my screen protector and put on a new one with careful attention to where the Soli chip is to be sure that I did not "block" it. Now I can swipe spotify pretty regularly but its more of a "look at how cool my phone is" feature vs. practical real world usage.
- Speaker sound quality hasnt been noticeably worse, i would rate it as good or better than the 3XL
- Have not used Recorder or Live Captioning
- Camera is great, i have not been able to discern any huge improvement over the 3XL except I would say the night sight is better and the Zoom is notcieably better. the 3XL had a great camera also
- 90hz screen - I noticed it was super quick scrolling through Instagram but I do not need it and turned it off to help preserve battery. Again, I am not a gamer.
- Battery - well my 3xl was about a year old and batteries wear down. Thus it is better than the 3XL in its current state for sure. I dont have a new 3XL to compare it to. I also have location turned on so that draws power. I easily went throug hthe entire day and into the night yesterday without charging it in the car like i normally would. Could it be better, yes, but I would say that about any phone.... Can't have too much battery life, but this has been more than fine for what I need a phone to do.
-aesthetics - who cares it goes in a case
- I don't take selfies, no comment there
- Display - I feel like this panel is better than the 3XL screen but is not as bright as it could be for bright outside viewing, it is fine anywhere else.
I feel the phone is an incremental upgrade over its predecessor, though an upgrade nonetheless. So much of why someone likes a phone is subjective. For me, I wanted Face Unlock because I use my phone alot during the day.
What the 5XL needs:
- 5G
- 4k60fps come on Google
- compromise a thin phone, make it .5mm-1mm thicker and load a 4500 size battery in there. Make battery life a selling point for the XL size, if someone wants a thin phone, they can get a smaller battery on the regular phone
- Brightness rating of 600 or higher like the Note 10 and Iphone 11, why not?
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My wife has Pro Max, the areas where I feel it outranks the 4XL are video recording, display brightness, battery life (not because I have needed it but because it has it and the pixel should also)
I use my phone for SMS texting, GPS location, Whatsapp chats, Gmail work and personal email, web browsing, and once in awhile actual phone calls.
I have owned every generation of XL pixel, so 1 through 4.
I owned a Note 4 prior to that and Iphones prior to that.
Coming from the 3XL, what have I noticed:
- little bit snappier - this phone is very quick moving around between apps, opening up emails, etc
- The phone takes about 9 seconds to power from being off, on which is fast
- call quality and cell reception seems to be better, my 3XL had some issues after the Android 10 update with poor reception in areas it didnt have prior to the install, those are gone on the 4XL
- FACE UNLOCK works (even in pitch black darkness) and I actually prefer it to the fingerprint scanner. Here's why, when im outside or at the gym and my hands are dirty or sweaty, fingerprint doesnt work. Also, if I am cooking and have messy hands, fingerprint is not an option. Which leads me to Motion Sense
- Motion Sense works pretty good for what it is. Again, mainly to SHHH alarm clock or wave a call off that I cannot receive, it actually works 100% of the time. Again, in certain instances as noted above, this is a nice touch. I played around skipping songs on SPotify yesterday and at first I sucked at it. I took of my screen protector and put on a new one with careful attention to where the Soli chip is to be sure that I did not "block" it. Now I can swipe spotify pretty regularly but its more of a "look at how cool my phone is" feature vs. practical real world usage.
- Speaker sound quality hasnt been noticeably worse, i would rate it as good or better than the 3XL
- Have not used Recorder or Live Captioning
- Camera is great, i have not been able to discern any huge improvement over the 3XL except I would say the night sight is better and the Zoom is notcieably better. the 3XL had a great camera also
- 90hz screen - I noticed it was super quick scrolling through Instagram but I do not need it and turned it off to help preserve battery. Again, I am not a gamer.
- Battery - well my 3xl was about a year old and batteries wear down. Thus it is better than the 3XL in its current state for sure. I dont have a new 3XL to compare it to. I also have location turned on so that draws power. I easily went throug hthe entire day and into the night yesterday without charging it in the car like i normally would. Could it be better, yes, but I would say that about any phone.... Can't have too much battery life, but this has been more than fine for what I need a phone to do.
-aesthetics - who cares it goes in a case
- I don't take selfies, no comment there
- Display - I feel like this panel is better than the 3XL screen but is not as bright as it could be for bright outside viewing, it is fine anywhere else.
I feel the phone is an incremental upgrade over its predecessor, though an upgrade nonetheless. So much of why someone likes a phone is subjective. For me, I wanted Face Unlock because I use my phone alot during the day.
What the 5XL needs:
- 5G
- 4k60fps come on Google
- compromise a thin phone, make it .5mm-1mm thicker and load a 4500 size battery in there. Make battery life a selling point for the XL size, if someone wants a thin phone, they can get a smaller battery on the regular phone
- Brightness rating of 600 or higher like the Note 10 and Iphone 11, why not?
-
My wife has Pro Max, the areas where I feel it outranks the 4XL are video recording, display brightness, battery life (not because I have needed it but because it has it and the pixel should also)
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