I touched it. I squeezed it. I'm glad I didn't buy it.

[PaulQ]

I stopped at a Verizon store to put my hands on a Pixel 2. I was most interested in the Pixel 2 XL. I picked it up, played around with it, gave it a squeeze. As if I needed anymore convincing, this just wrapped it all up for me. The S8+ hardware is much nicer, minus the fingerprint sensor. I've grown used to the terribly placed fingerprint sensor though.

Google could have gone farther with their design. It's just boring. It looks like a next-gen Nexus 6P to me with the dual speakers. I'm spoiled by the S8's rolled screen edges which makes the bezels on the 2 XL seem dated. It looks like a 2016 phone, not a 2017 into 2018 phone.

And that squeeze... I kept squeezing all the buttons on the right side of the phone. It seems to me you will have to learn to squeeze in a way you won't be pressing buttons. I think you are supposed to carefully place a finger between the power and volume buttons and presss your palm against the left side. It's probably like learning where to put your finger on the S8 sensor.

Not a terrible phone but I'm glad i cancelled my order.

 

[Jaycemiskel]

You can squeeze way below the buttons and it'll still recognize it, at least the one that I played with did. I do like the S8 hardware better. I just want to try the Pixel for a little while. It'll probably end up being my backup phone. One thing I wish my S8 had though was easy access to Google Assistant. It not working while the screen is off sucks.

 

[bstarr3]

Easy access to Assistant is the main reason I'm considering switching to Pixel2 still. I do love the overall hardware of the S8, although I find that without a case the edge screen just causes a lot of inadvertent touches. The thing I use every day and has been the main reason to stick with Samsung has been Samsung Pay. Basically if I could access Assistant with screen off, the S8 would be the perfect phone for me.

 

[jeffmd]

1080p for the regular sized pixel 2 made me instantly forget about the series. One of googles hands seems to have forgotten the other is making mobile VR a "thing"