Are you going to Order the Pixel 5?

[bkdodger2]

I dont want to derail thread but no issues with Siri use it daily especially over Bluetooth.. Google apps everything on iOS especially Gmail ...ordered the 12 Pro should be here before Friday..

 

[Guyinbox]

I dont want to derail thread but no issues with Siri use it daily especially over Bluetooth.. Google apps everything on iOS especially Gmail ...ordered the 12 Pro should be here before Friday..

Siri is plenty useful for certain things, but as for providing accurate or useful replies to searches, i found it to be pretty bad. Siri not knowing how to answer questions compared to assistant is kind of a running joke between me and my wife (gave her my iphone 11.) It's just a dumb smart assistant, kind of like bixby.

 

[bkdodger2]

Siri is plenty useful for certain things, but as for providing accurate or useful replies to searches, i found it to be pretty bad. Siri not knowing how to answer questions compared to assistant is kind of a running joke between me and my wife (gave her my iphone 11.) It's just a dumb smart assistant, kind of like bixby.

I definitely use Google plenty ...its funny though some of the answers

 

[sulla1965]

I'm getting a stomach ache with all the iPhone discussion. That off my chest. Yes I caved and just pre ordered the P5. (Green). Yes its $100 more than I'd like, yes I posted about waiting for a price drop. But I've owned every Pixel, granted I ended up selling them when the next shinny Samsung S, Note or oneplus was released. I still can let any Pixel go by without giving it a shot.

 

[bkdodger2]

I'm getting a stomach with all the iPhone discussion. That off my chest. Yes I caved and just pre ordered the P5. (Green). Yes its $100 more than I'd like, yes I posted about waiting for a price drop. But I've owned every Pixel, granted I ended up selling them when the next shinny Samsung S, Note or oneplus was released. I still can let any Pixel go by without giving it a shot.

First step is admitting you have a problem.. Now that's off my chest... Congrats!

 

[Morty2264]

I'm getting a stomach ache with all the iPhone discussion. That off my chest. Yes I caved and just pre ordered the P5. (Green). Yes its $100 more than I'd like, yes I posted about waiting for a price drop. But I've owned every Pixel, granted I ended up selling them when the next shinny Samsung S, Note or oneplus was released. I still can let any Pixel go by without giving it a shot.

Yes! Happy Phone Week! Let us know how you are liking it, too!

 

[I Can Be Your Hero]

Happy Phone Day on Monday! PLEASE post unboxing photos!

Haha well it's Tuesday night so missed this request. I can post pics of it if you'd like, but it's just like every other unboxing you've seen - nothing different about it.

So just had the phone for over a day now....I don't know, I'm not too impressed with it. Doesn't feel like much of a difference from the Pixel 3 I had previously in terms of software/UX and camera. Some things are definitely worse like speakers, vibration motor, feel of the device etc. One thing it seems to trounce the P3XL on is battery. But I'll need to use it for a few more days to get some real thoughts on it.

 

[sulla1965]

Haha well it's Tuesday night so missed this request. I can post pics of it if you'd like, but it's just like every other unboxing you've seen - nothing different about it.

So just had the phone for over a day now....I don't know, I'm not too impressed with it. Doesn't feel like much of a difference from the Pixel 3 I had previously in terms of software/UX and camera. Some things are definitely worse like speakers, vibration motor, feel of the device etc. One thing it seems to trounce the P3XL on is battery. But I'll need to use it for a few more days to get some real thoughts on it.

Well that's good to know since I reall liked the smaller pixel 3. The only thing I didn't like was the 5.5 inch screen. 6.0 should be a lot better in that regard. And yes battery life is supposed to be a lot better than the pixel 3.

 

[eric002]

Well that's good to know since I reall liked the smaller pixel 3. The only thing I didn't like was the 5.5 inch screen. 6.0 should be a lot better in that regard. And yes battery life is supposed to be a lot better than the pixel 3.

Yeah that's exactly how I felt. With the pixel 3, I felt that 5.5 inches was too too small. My pixel 3 XL is 6.4 inches which is very very hard to one hand. You need to have two hands with my phone. 6 in is a nice middle ground I feel like.

 

[ab190670]

Just ordered should be here tomorrow

 

[eric002]

Congratulations! You'll have to tell us how you like it..

 

[Morty2264]

Haha well it's Tuesday night so missed this request. I can post pics of it if you'd like, but it's just like every other unboxing you've seen - nothing different about it.

So just had the phone for over a day now....I don't know, I'm not too impressed with it. Doesn't feel like much of a difference from the Pixel 3 I had previously in terms of software/UX and camera. Some things are definitely worse like speakers, vibration motor, feel of the device etc. One thing it seems to trounce the P3XL on is battery. But I'll need to use it for a few more days to get some real thoughts on it.

I'm sorry to hear that you are not very impressed with it yet! Please keep us posted!

 

[Pixelfan56]

The iPhone is solid. The 11 has a great camera, and performs really well with great battery life, so I'm sure the 12 won't be any different. The whole apple ecosystem is great, if you fully buy into it.

There are some pretty big pain points though. Siri is awful, especially if you rely heavily on Google Assistant. Notifications are really, really bad still. The camera imo still isn't as good as the pixel, but it's close. No aod, no high refresh screen.

I have a feeling the 12 pro max will best the pixel 5. Google didn't put much effort into the 5 IMO. Google assistant and lens can be loaded on iOS. I had every pixel and the note before that, but apple looks like they're trying, google not so much.

The pro max has a larger sensor with lidar should be super in lowlight

 

[Pixelfan56]

I'll miss call screener more than anything

 

[anthonium]

I'll miss call screener more than anything

It's the software experience where I find myself missing a Pixel device when I attempt to use an iPhone. The call screening, live captions, smart replies, the Google now, snapshot page, the automatic reminders for flights and bills, and the unfortunate killing of the squeeze for assistant function have become part of my every day use.

The software experience is fun for me on Pixel devices. I feel like the assistant takes care of everything whereas on iPhones I feel I have to be more hands on. I will never like Siri.

What I do admire most about iPhones is how fluid the phones are even after years. Also hardware construction is always top notch and resale value holds really well throughout the years. Pixels always have an issue yet I still love them even after RMA'ing multiple times. Perhaps I'm not lucky but every well working Pixel device I've used has been a refurbished one. Haha.

I hope next year Google can have a more impressive flagship or higher end mid range device. The 5 is by no means horrible but it doesn't wow me enough to upgrade. I'll take a pass this year.

 

[I Can Be Your Hero]

I'm sorry to hear that you are not very impressed with it yet! Please keep us posted!

Well, it's Saturday now so had it for almost a week. I came from a Galaxy S10+ and before that had a Pixel 3XL, 2XL and XL, so here are my thoughts:

+ Camera is very good, but imo the same as Pixel 3, 2, 1 etc. 5th generation Pixel now and I can't say there are real, meaningful improvements to it. The competition has definitely caught up. Still though, takes great Pixel-quality shots. Though I think they've reached the limits of what they can do with this sensor and if they stick with it on the next phone, we're not going to be talking about the Pixel have the best or second best camera on the market.

+ The battery life is excellent. One thing that was ok-to-poor on the Pixels is now actually great on the 5. Who knew putting a large battery in the device would lead to good battery?

+ It's a smaller device is nicer for one hand use. And I love the symmetrical bezels all round by far the best front design of a Pixel yet.

+ Despite the Snapdragon 765, it's plenty snappy. Performance hasn't been an issue - only slightly longer image processing times, which I don't find as an issue.

+ Pixel UI is nice and clean, but very vanilla and basic. I guess they're not charging a lot so they can get away with it, but I think it needs more features/functions. In Australia we never got call screening or hold for me, so even less features than in the US. But it's a nice UI that gets out of your way.

+ Fingerprint scanner is easy, quick and accurate. No issues.

+ Ram management is so much better than what it was on the Pixel 3XL. 4gb ram just simply wasn't enough and suffered for it.

Now on to the things I don't like:

- The plastic back feels awful. Feels like cheap plastic/cardboard. Yes it has an aluminium build - but you're definitely not touching it. You're only ever touching plastic. This is like the worst possible combination as uses a premium material internally but doesn't feel like. Glass would have been much better - retains the wireless charging and feels much more premium.

- The sound quality is really quite poor, particularly the top speaker. The volume is low and even on max volume, it's hard to hear people on calls, especially outside when I'm walking though the CBD. Just an awful top speaker.

- The vibration motor is a big step down. The haptics make the phone feel hollow when typing. I remember the Pixel 3 XL having a really good haptics motor, but the Pixel 5 has a very weak one.

- Video isn't very good - way behind the Galaxy. Never was a strong point for the Pixel, not a strong point here.

So overall I think it's a decent phone but overpriced. I don't think Google have a strategy with the Pixel line, as every year feels like a reset year, definitely including this one. There's just nothing about it that I can point to that says 'you should get this phone b cause of X' and collectively as a whole is just a good device, not a great or excellent one. I think at this price point there are better phones on the market.

This phone is only $100 less than the Pixel 4, but there are so many cuts in quality, it feels like a phone that should be $200+ less. Haptics, phone build/quality, processor etc - there's just a tonne of shortcuts made that other OEMs didn't do. I'd rather pay the extra $100+ and get all those features back on the phone.

I just don't see why consumer would buy this phone when there's the iPhone 12 on the market for a similar price and the Galaxy S20 FE. So I don't know what Google are trying to achieve here. You get 90% of the experience on the Pixel 4a for 50% of the price. But the higher end Google goes with their phones, the less of a value proposition it is. I'd actually like Google to make a true, proper high-end phone rather than screwing around with a gimped $700 phone. I get that their previous flagships just didn't sell in numbers, but I don't see the 5 selling in any significant numbers either. Maybe I'm wrong and it'll sell a lot better than their previous flagships, but I just don't see it. The market at $700-$800 phones is very competitive and the iPhone 12 is just a better product. Far, far better hardware, equal software, a camera just as good and far better video.

If I were to rate the Pixel 5, I'd give it a 7/10

So I'll keep it for a bit, but will likely replace it with the S30 Ultra or something.

 

[ezdoit]

"- The sound quality is really quite poor, particularly the too speaker. The volume is low and even on max volume, it's hard to hear people on calls, especially outside when I'm walking though the CBD. Just an awful to speaker."

The hearing on calls is my main concern - My 4th wife was my last wife - my Pixel 4 may be my last Pixel.

 

[mustang7757]

"- The sound quality is really quite poor, particularly the too speaker. The volume is low and even on max volume, it's hard to hear people on calls, especially outside when I'm walking though the CBD. Just an awful to speaker."

The hearing on calls is my main concern - My 4th wife was my last wife - my Pixel 4 may be my last Pixel.

I see a rhythm going here lol

 

[I Can Be Your Hero]

"- The sound quality is really quite poor, particularly the too speaker. The volume is low and even on max volume, it's hard to hear people on calls, especially outside when I'm walking though the CBD. Just an awful to speaker."

The hearing on calls is my main concern - My 4th wife was my last wife - my Pixel 4 may be my last Pixel.

Yeah the speaker is really awful and doesn't get anywhere near loud enough. I think if they just put a speaker grille at the top like they did with the 4a then the issue would be resolved. Because as it is, it's trying to push sound out through a completely sealed screen.

 

[mustang7757]

Yeah the speaker is really awful and doesn't get anywhere near loud enough. I think if they just put a speaker grille at the top like they did with the 4a then the issue would be resolved. Because as it is, it's trying to push sound out through a completely sealed screen.

Thats for listening through speaker phone ? in calls volume is not loud also ?