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> The Pixel is beyond a joke, given its high pricepoint As a tech professional who can afford to be a little fiscally irresponsible once in a while... the Pixe
by btym 10y ago
> The Pixel is beyond a joke, given its high pricepoint
As a tech professional who can afford to be a little fiscally irresponsible once in a while... the Pixel has been by far the best phone I've ever owned.
This is the first Android phone I feel has really challenged Apple's obsessively airtight design. I have never noticed a stutter, the camera is absurdly fast and shoots great photos, and the battery lasts nearly twice as long as my 5X.
Google has historically provided the cheaper, higher-barrier phones, but they're attempting to catch up while users are becoming lukewarm on Apple. I think they nailed it.
- mancerayder 10y agoThe battery has about the same capacity as the 5X. Are there hardware tweaks that would make the battery last longer?
- btym 10y agoI'm no hardware expert, but they must have some more intelligent CPU throttling, or something— the Pixel is also using a much newer chip (Snapdragon 821). My 5X was on AOSP, no major modifications. Pixel is on stock. The 5X would only last until about the end of the work day, the Pixel lasts me several hours longer, even with the higher display resolution.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoThe great scandal here, the 97' fluoro pink elephant, is that we have come to accept these devices lasting longer than a work day is good. And that's out of the box. Batteries degrade. This time next year expect to be recharging these flagship devices twice a day.
- MichaelGG 10y agoIt's terrible and I don't get it. I'm guessing most people have never had a phone that lasts a full 24-36h so they don't know how nice it feels. I had a Huawei Mate 2 and it would easily last two days. Enough that I never worried if I forgot to plug it in. Anytime I went out, I knew it'd last. Apple's obsession with thin has probably hurt us all here. Or is there another explanation why phones don't come with large batteries?
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoI work in a metal fabrication workshop, my pockets and desk get covered in tiny metal particles. Had the speaker in my iPhone 4S replaced a couple times before I broke the screen and the mic and speaker and battery all gave up. So I bought a secondhand Galaxy J1 for AU$75. It's annoyingly slow for doing anything other than sms / email / HN, so I tend not to use it for much else. But the battery like is awesome. I can get through a whole 24hr period without charging it, get to work the next before I noticed it's down to 15%. That's just the thing though, even I've come to accept that 30hr battery life is awesome. The iPhone 7 is 7.1mm thick, the Pixel is 8.5mm. Who cares? I wish some manufacturer would give us a 12mm thick phone with a battery that lasted 48hrs +
- baddox 10y agoOn the other hand, I don't see why so many people think that battery life is so important. I charge my phone all night and almost all day at the office. If you have a desk job, I can't imagine running into battery life issues very often.
- colordrops 10y agoWhat about weekends, especially when you are taking pictures or filming your kids, and the phone dies before the sun goes down?
- burkaman 10y agoNot everyone sits at a desk all day every day.
- darpa_escapee 10y agoI like to leave my house and do things where I don't have immediate access to an outlet that I need to stand near for 1+hr til my phone is recharged.
- alasdair_ 10y agoEver play a game like pokemon go? Battery life very quickly be ones relevant if you are outside and away from a charger.
- eof 10y agoI have a huwai honor5x which lasts a full day easily. I've had it for a few months now. It is annoyingly aggressive about shutting down apps (which makes my lastpass autofill not work, among other things). But I paid ~$180 with no contract and though it definitely stutters at times, for my use it's been great.
- eanzenberg 10y agoMy 2 year old iphone 6 is at 50% at the end of day.
- skrowl 10y agoI agree with this assessment. My Pixel XL is easily the best smartphone I've ever owned (2 BlackBerrys, iPhone 3G, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy 3, Note 3, Nexus 6P)
- alasdair_ 10y agoI just a pixel. My employer gave us all a free maxed-out pixel or iPhone 7. It's good but I am surprised at the things it lacks. I had hoped it would support wireless charging because my last three Google phone (all nexuses) and my 2012 nexus tablet all had major problems with the power connector be oming loose after a year of use. I also hoped it was at least minimally waterproof like most of the similarly-priced phone but, alas, it's not. I'm very happy with the speed of the camera though.