Google Pixel 3 XL review

11 November 2018
The Pixel 3 XL is Google's latest flagship smartphone. It promises to bring everything we have come to expect with the Pixel brand, including a clean build of Android, fast performance, quality camera and some cool software tricks that only Google can come up with.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 12 Nov 2018

Joe, 12 Nov 20182018 Google Top shot = 2017 Sony predictive cupture Actually it is a poor copy.
As stated by Android Headlines, the Top Shot takes pics of 1MP and can't keep focus between the shots.
While Predictive Capture is up to 19MP with AF, also since Xz1 the burst has AF. Something other brands don't offer...

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    • Anonymous
    • xHb
    • 12 Nov 2018

    "However, some specs do have a very direct effect on performance. The 4GB RAM, in this case, is a major bottleneck. The phone has a hard time keeping applications open in the background. You can keep 4-5 apps open in the background before the phone runs out of memory and starts shutting them down."

    do we really need ram more than 4GB in smartphone? I think 3-4GB ram is still enough for now, my phone ram usage is about 2 up to 2,3 GB of 4GB.

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      • Joe
      • N$J
      • 12 Nov 2018

      2018 Google Top shot = 2017 Sony predictive cupture

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        • JIMBOB81
        • MMM
        • 12 Nov 2018

        Fintoyu, 12 Nov 2018You are trippin'. What camera ?? What design ??Just my opinion dude, if you get chance to have a go on one try it out. So much nicer in the flesh. My wife has an iPhone xs max, and my P3XL camera blows it away. Even my my friends mate 20 pro doesn't take pics as good.

          JIMBOB81, 12 Nov 2018Errmmmm...nice Pixel Bashing guys...! This Phone is amazing... moreYou are trippin'. What camera ?? What design ??

            Anonymous, 12 Nov 2018https://youtu.be/uwxxQ9FZXow Don’t think so! I thing pix... moreHmm, it is possible, though why would they still have those panels?

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              • JIMBOB81
              • MMM
              • 12 Nov 2018

              Errmmmm...nice Pixel Bashing guys...! This Phone is amazing, design wise clean and functional, software wise brilliant. The camera is miles ahead of the competition...especially iPhone's. I think fanboys need to broaden their horizons!

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                • JIMBOB81
                • MMM
                • 12 Nov 2018

                Errmmmm...nice Pixel Bashing guys...! This Phone is amazing, design wise clean and functional, software wise brilliant. The camera is miles ahead of the competition...especially iPhone's. I think fanboys need to broaden their horizons!

                  if google wants any sign of life for future Pixel phones all people that was involved in creation of Pixel 3 XL must be fired immediately as this phone is bad in every aspect from design,hardware or software.

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                    • Hoffmann
                    • MUa
                    • 12 Nov 2018

                    I expected a better camera on this phone. Disappointed

                      In the review on Pixel 3, you wrote:
                      "We desperately wanted to believe Google had cracked it and managed to make zooming in possible without actually having a longer lens, but that's not really the case. In good light, the Pixel's super res zoom is simply no match for the telephoto cameras of the iPhone and the Galaxy"

                      But in this review:
                      "Most of the time, the 2x digital zoom images on the Pixel 3 XL display look very similar to optically 2x zoomed images on other phones"

                      Uhh... what?

                        Dolanescu, 12 Nov 2018Huawei = False advertising... cheaters... etc... etc... you... moreYou can't compare Pixel series to phones made by Samsung, Apple or Huawei... I'm sorry to say this but Pixels are absolute dumpster fire when it comes to the actual reliability as a product. And in which aspects does this phone do better than, let's say, Note 9, iPhone XS Max or Mate 20 Pro? You need to face it, Pixel 3 XL just can't match the quality of flagship phones from top dogs.

                          One plus 6T, all the way. Forget Google pixels, forget the others.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 12 Nov 2018

                            Anonymous, 12 Nov 2018100% true comment.Thank you :D

                              that notch is f'ing atrocious!!!

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                                • Anonymous
                                • qJP
                                • 12 Nov 2018

                                Odd review. Feels incomplete.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Tui
                                  • 12 Nov 2018

                                  garbage phone, so many cons how can google be proud of this crap ???

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                                    • Steve Dojobs
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                                    • 12 Nov 2018

                                    This type of camera that Samsung Galaxy S9 with single camera should be..

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                                      • saeba77
                                      • 3iq
                                      • 12 Nov 2018

                                      "In our testing, the 2x digital zoomed images from the Pixel 3 XL were some of the sharpest we have seen from any phone"

                                      really? i'm looking the photo at 1:1 and it's awful
                                      how can you say that?!

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 12 Nov 2018

                                        Gsmarena usually lists competitors in its reviews but not in this case. Because there aren't any? Because no others price is as high? Because no others quality is as low?

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