2XL review after 24 hours.....

[Pixelfan56]

screen- blue there yes when you tilt, i never notice it and dont even think about it. muted colors are noticed especially when you have another phone next to you, without another phone present, its not that noticeable. overall the screen is a non-issue for me and its actually a nice looking display, the adjustability of brightness and dimming is greater on both ends than its predecessor

Speakers better than predecessor in everyway

speed/function didnt know it was possible to make the original pixel seem slow but this think is zippier than the pixel 1. sometimes its too fast seemingly zipping through pages, either way you can tell there is a faster chip in this phone

bluetooth so far worked flawless in my ford Sync truck

camera limited experience here but see attached, although picture rotated

here is some detail from where the dog chewed the dining room chair

Not a whole lot I dont like thus far, sometimes i get some sort of haptic feedback with screen interaction in the form of ticking but today i have not felt it

Led light is working!

any questions?

 

[dsignori]

Nice. I agree with all of it.

p.s. that ticking may be the NFC chip, per reports

 

[Pixelfan56]

Nice. I agree with all of it.

p.s. that ticking may be the NFC chip, per reports

thanks its not high pitched, it reminds me of haptic feedback on the iphone

 

[Richard Servello]

Nice. I agree with all of it.

p.s. that ticking may be the NFC chip, per reports

Fortunately that was a defect that only hit some handsets. Haven't had this issue.

 

[Mike Dee]

thanks its not high pitched, it reminds me of haptic feedback on the iphone

Have you tried looking at your keyboard settings to turn off sound.

 

[Pixelfan56]

Have you tried looking at your keyboard settings to turn off sound.

It does it when I swipe also Soo.. ?

 

[Pixelfan56]

Thinking I will get a replacement, it's a small issue that doesn't impact the functionality but for 900$ it shouldn't do it at all

Google.support said the next update "might" fix it but if I wait too long will I get the return??

 

[Mike Dee]

It does it when I swipe also Soo.. ?

Is it when you swipe the screen or swipe texting

 

[Ry]

Those pictures though. Awesome.

 

[Pixelfan56]

Swiping in general. I don't swipe text much

 

[southflguy]

I just got the 2XL and the only thing that bothers me is the blue tint. This is only because even the slightest tilt (and I mean slightest) you see it. I have never seen it this pronounced on any other smartphone. Other than that, it's great. The colors are extremely realistic (I compared side by side with a Note 8). And I totally prefer the colors on the Pixel. Camera is awesome. The OS is incredible. Everything is snappy.

screen- blue there yes when you tilt, i never notice it and dont even think about it. muted colors are noticed especially when you have another phone next to you, without another phone present, its not that noticeable. overall the screen is a non-issue for me and its actually a nice looking display, the adjustability of brightness and dimming is greater on both ends than its predecessor

Speakers better than predecessor in everyway

speed/function didnt know it was possible to make the original pixel seem slow but this think is zippier than the pixel 1. sometimes its too fast seemingly zipping through pages, either way you can tell there is a faster chip in this phone

bluetooth so far worked flawless in my ford Sync truck

camera limited experience here but see attached, although picture rotatedView attachment 272723

here is some detail from where the dog chewed the dining room chairView attachment 272724View attachment 272724

Not a whole lot I dont like thus far, sometimes i get some sort of haptic feedback with screen interaction in the form of ticking but today i have not felt it

Led light is working!

any questions?

 

[Pixelfan56]

Fingerprint scanner is basically instantaneous

 

[Guyinbox]

The phone is ridiculously fast, the speakers are awesome and I love the cameras. I dislike the screen but the rest of the phone is good enough to make me deal with it.

 

[Pixelfan56]

I just don't see the blue at the angles I view the phone

 

[LeoRex]

Google.support said the next update "might" fix it but if I wait too long will I get the return??

That's more a warranty issue... So I wouldn't think a return window would apply unless you just want a refund.

 

[vzwuser76]

I just got the 2XL and the only thing that bothers me is the blue tint. This is only because even the slightest tilt (and I mean slightest) you see it. I have never seen it this pronounced on any other smartphone. Other than that, it's great. The colors are extremely realistic (I compared side by side with a Note 8). And I totally prefer the colors on the Pixel. Camera is awesome. The OS is incredible. Everything is snappy.

I tested the viewing angles out with other devices I have lying around, and all of them do it. Since I haven't seen a 2 XL in person, I can't say if it's worse than the ones I have, but all of the ones I have do it. They're all AMOLED screens btw. The phones I tried are the Pixel 1 & 2, Nexus 6p, and the Droid Turbo 1 & 2.

Like I mentioned in the thread about the screen issues not being that bad, most reviews I've read on any phone talk about viewing angles and the color shift they experience, so it's not like this is a new thing. Perhaps some of the newer Samsung panels are less susceptible to this, but the Pixel 2 has a Samsung panel. So unless the P2 uses an older panel or is a lower quality than what Samsung uses on their Galaxy models, they're not immune either. And IIRC, of the phones I tested, the Nexus and Pixels all use Samsung panels. I don't know who Motorola used for their panels on the Turbo series.