MWC 2024 Awards announced: Google Pixel 8 series wins Best Smartphone

29 February 2024
Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra is Best Connected Consumer Device, Honor Magic V2 RSR is Best in Show.

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  • 29 Feb 2024

The "smart"phone designed by the same team that launched pastel-and-whimsy Material You? Squiggle animations and oversized rounded buttons? The worst looking, least intuitive timepicker widget in the past two decades? A WEATHER widget that only shows the TIME when it's narrower than 3 icon widths? Icons that are no longer immediately identifiable? System will keep pestering you every three months if you actually want a password manager installed? or assumes you want permissions cleared if you don't use every app every week?

Yuck. Pixel didn't win. Rather, nobody else competed.

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  • 29 Feb 2024

Surprised to see the Pixel win.

The problems with Pixel 6 and 7 were crazy. People could not call emergency services, and the fingerprint reader sometimes accepted another finger, or your nose or whatever, to unlock.

Did they actually fix all these issues?

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Judges awarded Pixel 8 as the best smartphone?

Then their opinions are not to be taken seriously. As is the case with most award show judges.

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Pumpino, 29 Feb 2024Such as? If you claim there are better options, why not say... moreXiaomi 14, Honor magic 6 pro, OnePlus 12...

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I would win in Software because in Hardware....

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    • 29 Feb 2024

    Pixel 8 series winning best smart phone ???
    Must be a prank

    With it's poor battery life and performance when compared to other flagships
    The only thing they brought to the table was AI

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    [deleted post]It's almost like Apple is one company, while Android brands are multiple separate companies. You either love, or hate Apple, but you might like one Android brand, while dislike another.

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    David 040882, 29 Feb 2024It's not all about software, you know. In terms of har... morePixel paid for that.

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    • 29 Feb 2024

    They won because of promised 7 years of updates? You realise it was only a promise.

      Pumpino, 29 Feb 2024Such as? If you claim there are better options, why not say... moreLol you really asking that? 💀 S24 series, iPhone 15 series, Xiaomi 14 series, vivo iQOO 12 series...etc. Google might take the win on software, but in terms of the overall better-rounded package, these other options are superior, some more than the others

        Anonymous, 29 Feb 2024I laugh a lot for the Google pixel....Who not gonna vote fo... moreIt's not all about software, you know. In terms of hardware, the Pixels lag behind some competition.

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        David 040882, 29 Feb 2024Pixel 8 best smartphone? With the poor battery and below-pe... moreSuch as? If you claim there are better options, why not say what they are?

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          justasmile, 29 Feb 2024Seeing the fact that S24 exists, Pixel 8 shouldn't eve... moreI rather take the Pixel 8 over the S24 all day.

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          • 29 Feb 2024

          The Tab S9 Ultra is way too big for my liking, so I'm more than happy to take the vanilla Tab S9. Also, if I want to have a tablet with similar size to the Tab S9 Ultra, I'll make sure it runs on Windows, not Android.

            Seeing the fact that S24 exists, Pixel 8 shouldn't even win that award.

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            Pixel joining MWC? all I know are Xiaomi, TCL, Tecno, Motorola and the like..

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              • 29 Feb 2024

              Why are they giving awards to products which were not launched in MWC itself? It seems so fake.

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                • 29 Feb 2024

                Total victory for the extraordinarily incredible pioneers Google Pixels. 7 years of OneUI are worthless. 5 years of iOS are few.

                #teampixel

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                • 29 Feb 2024

                I laugh a lot for the Google pixel....Who not gonna vote for Google when Google giving software to all...

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                Pixel 8 best smartphone? With the poor battery and below-peers performance? It might take the win in the software department, as well as some honorable mentions at the camera department, but there are better-rounded packages out there

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