Anandtech article rips Pixel

[tdizzel]

It's a very fair review. PIxel honestly does not bring enough to the table considering its price.

Haven't heard that one before

 

[bnice]

It's a very fair review. PIxel honestly does not bring enough to the table considering its price.

What exactly is enough for you made just enough for someone else. Everyone is not caught up with benchmarks, waterproof, duel speakers and so on. Maybe just maybe the phone performance out ways all that other items.

 

[anon(661246)]

What exactly is enough for you made just enough for someone else. Everyone is not caught up with benchmarks, waterproof, duel speakers and so on. Maybe just maybe the phone performance out ways all that other items.

To be fair, for the price it should be water proof. I don't care so much for that but thinking since I paid so much for the phone. It's also concerning about the drop calls people are having and the lens flare. Also Google assistant is fairly new and needs time to grow. Ian in the middle of my two week window and Ian thinking of returning and waiting for the pixel 2 when it's a much more complete phone.

 

[andrew_ackley]

Is this review likely to be accurate. Certainly doesn't sound like for the money the Pixel is worth it.
The Google Pixel XL Review: Life After Nexus

I didn't agree with that review at all. It just depends on what's important to each person.

 

[andrew_ackley]

It had a somewhat negative tone overall, but it was about as analytical as any AT review so there's not much to debate... There's also a few missing sections/tests because of 7.0/etc.

The only thing that really stood out to me was the poor screen calibrations, not surprised most other reviews overlooked that tho.

I don't notice the screen calibration stuff and I'm picky. Who cares. The whole thing sounded like nitpicking to me.

 

[andrew_ackley]

Anandtech doesn't know how to review phones and never has known. They just put up benchmarks and thermal tests and call it a day.

They're a site that mostly does reviews on peripherals and phones on the side. That site misses Anand dearly.

 

[thatguy97]

I miss Anand dearly

 

[Richard Servello]

The Pixel is the best phone I've ever owned by a longshot. I couldn't give a rat's rear end what some review says about it. I paid $650 for it and to me it's a bargain.

I payed nearly $1000 and it's well worth every penny! Best phone I've ever owned.

 

[dejanh]

Haven't heard that one before

What exactly is enough for you made just enough for someone else. Everyone is not caught up with benchmarks, waterproof, duel speakers and so on. Maybe just maybe the phone performance out ways all that other items.

Except it doesn't. Google Assistant is basically in alpha phase. The UI can be used on every other phone. It literally offers nothing over the competition but charges more than any other Android.

 

[Aquila]

Except it doesn't. Google Assistant is basically in alpha phase. The UI can be used on every other phone. It literally offers nothing over the competition but charges more than any other Android.

Everything ok?

 

[dejanh]

Everything ok?

Sure is. I'm just commenting on the review and the quoted posts. Even AC did an article on Google Assistant and how it severely underperforms and is inconsistent between different devices.

 

[Aquila]

Sure is. I'm just commenting on the review and the quoted posts. Even AC did an article on Google Assistant and how it severely underperforms and is inconsistent between different devices.

Yeah I'd agree it's alpha. In alpha it's still the best option for that sort of thing that's consumer available, but it's really rough compared to what the demo's look like.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

I quite like reading Anandtech reviews due to their very detailed analysis on parts of the device like display accuracy and system performance.

To be frank, I am baffled by the tint and the lower-than-expected performance on some tasks, especially when you consider that the phone just flies throughout its UI.

 

[JackInTheDust]

The numbers do not lie. Then again, having used the 6p for the past year, I find that my Pixel is a marked step up in my experience. It's simply faster at getting everything done, and the battery lasts all day. I also used an iPhone 6 a couple of years back, but couldn't stand the UI (no way to position icons on the darned screen and oh-so-many taps necessary to get simple tasks done).

I must admit, however, that I'm really disturbed that my Pixel's screen--while bright, easy to read, pleasing to look at--is not "accurate" according to a mechanical eye. "Accurate" is synonymous with "good looking" (ask any artist). As for the the Pixel's front being "boring and unexciting," I've yet to see a phone front that made me feel "interested and excited." They're all slight variations on rectangular slabs of glass (once Apple invented the rounded corner (brilliant!), the design job was essentially over). I'd be really interested and "excited" (would probably soil myself with joy) were some inspired designer to come out with a triangular phone like the tablet in the Office TV show. That would be the phone to have. Were Apple to adopt the triangular design and present it at a keynote with a fascinating design story laced with self-congratulatory superlatives, the tech press would lap it up. Slap a human-eye-shaped "taptic sensor" at the apex to garner even more praise for design genius. The faithful would be camped outside the Apple Store for weeks anticipating its release, and Masonic membership would skyrocket.

 

[Impulses]

Except it doesn't. Google Assistant is basically in alpha phase. The UI can be used on every other phone. It literally offers nothing over the competition but charges more than any other Android.

Updates are nothing to you, but they're not nothing too many of us. If it was awful in many regards or even really weak in one particular aspect (like several previous Nexus) it might be a tougher sell...

It's pretty solid overall tho, and things like timely updates, a great camera, and standards compliant Type C charging might just matter more to some than water resistance, better speakers, etc.

 

[turb0wned]

As for the the Pixel's front being "boring and unexciting," I've yet to see a phone front that made me feel "interested and excited." They're all slight variations on rectangular slabs of glass

Note 7

 

[dejanh]

Updates are nothing to you, but they're not nothing too many of us. If it was awful in many regards or even really weak in one particular aspect (like several previous Nexus) it might be a tougher sell...

It's pretty solid overall tho, and things like timely updates, a great camera, and standards compliant Type C charging might just matter more to some than water resistance, better speakers, etc.

I doubt it and should Google ever release any sales numbers I'm certain they would speak for themselves. But to each their own. I had some time with the phone and didn't like it.

 

[Aquila]

The numbers do not lie. Then again, having used the 6p for the past year, I find that my Pixel is a marked step up in my experience. It's simply faster at getting everything done, and the battery lasts all day. I also used an iPhone 6 a couple of years back, but couldn't stand the UI (no way to position icons on the darned screen and oh-so-many taps necessary to get simple tasks done).

I must admit, however, that I'm really disturbed that my Pixel's screen--while bright, easy to read, pleasing to look at--is not "accurate" according to a mechanical eye. "Accurate" is synonymous with "good looking" (ask any artist).

It is very accurate, there are just some that are more accurate. I out a quote from the review in an earlier post that explains it, but it's basically just a very good display in a very steep competition so on w chart with the best displays available, it looks average.

 

[JackInTheDust]

Note 7

... is a rectangular slab of glass.

 

[anon(10057381)]

let all the hating begin... I want to buy a 2nd Pixel XL. Just hoping all the "negative" reviews will convince Google or Verizon to lower it's price by at least $300(without 24-month DPP restriction)