MKBHD really dislikes the Pixel 4/XL

[Nikholas Pappas]

I do wish the OP phones had AOD, but you dont need to pick the phone up either, you can just tap it.

The screen is kind of a half way AOD. It still senses input when off, so you can control things with the screen off, and tapping it will light it up with an info screen. Wish I could make that info screen stay on lol

 

[Mathrania]

I dislike MKBHD

 

[eric002]

Honestly though, marques brownlee might just like to pixel for sale, but I trust his tech reviews solemnly like everyone else does! I love my always on display, I do love my notch on my 3XL. I love everything about my phone.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Honestly though, marques brownlee might just like to pixel for sale, but I trust his tech reviews solemnly like everyone else does! I love my always on display, I do love my notch on my 3XL. I love everything about my phone.

You love the notch?! Wow!! I chose the Pixel 4 because of its forehead and lack of a notch. The 3XL was just fugly. In my opinion, of course.

 

[eric002]

You love the notch?! Wow!! I chose the Pixel 4 because of its forehead and lack of a notch. The 3XL was just fugly. In my opinion, of course.

Hahaha I mean as long as the part of the phone is functional I don't really care. For example, a lot of selfie cameras don't have a wide angle lens. Pixel 3 XL does. Pixel 4 phones have a semi-wide front selfie camera but not a full wide wngle selfie camera if that makes sense. Yeah the pixel 4 has a really big forehead but it adds a lot of sensors like the soli radar etc and that's great! but yeah, I find the notch it's not intrusive doesn't hinder any viewing entertainment I barely ever notice it's there. I remember when the Pixel 3 XL first came out people put dark wallpaper on their phones to try to hide the notch, I tried that a little bit myself. Doesn't matter to me anymore. yeah to each your own ... I mean there are a lot of people here that love Samsung Galaxy phones on the forums. I really dislike Samsung Galaxy phones.

 

[mjs2011]

The mainstream YouTube reviewers has kind of gotten exhausting and it’s more theater now than anything. I like the second tier ones that actually take their phone out in the wild and report back on how it worked. Not as great production but better content.

 

[eric002]

Here's a very true and very interesting article I just read.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcg...wish-i-knew-before-owning-googles-pixel-4-xl/

 

[ptkelly]

Just goes to show that reviewers don't take the time to really "use" a device. I'd rather spend my money on the experience the Pixel 4 offers vs what a spec sheet would give me on a OnePlus device. IMO.

https://youtu.be/4OnwUz-I2GI

I thought he spoke well of the Pixel 4 considering it's lack of a wide-angle camera and it's mediocre video performance and it's generally blah hardware. Google seems to be shooting to be the king of snapshots and I think they've locked that up with an excellent point-and-shoot camera with outstanding software. For doing photographs, they don't seem to understand the concept.

The camera is what directs my phone purchase. I had the Nexus 5 and on through Pixel 3, skipping I think the Nexus 6. The Pixel phones to good snapshots but as an amatuer photographer they were boring. So, I switched to a Huawei P30 pro this year and I'm having a great time. I won't do Huawei without Google Android so I don't know where I'll go for my next camera but it won't be a Pixel unless they decide to expand beyond snapshots and improve the hardware.

I left the niche.