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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  • 12 Nov 2018

r33fd, 12 Nov 2018Your reply is a kinda disrespectful but I do agree with the... moreYou work for gsm arena?

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    • mEA
    • 12 Nov 2018

    StraightEdgeNexus, 12 Nov 2018Wow it took you a whole month to put up a review and this i... moreYour reply is a kinda disrespectful but I do agree with the general idea.

    Objectivivity and professional tests are what makes GSM arena reviews the best.
    If you take that away what remains is no better then a random YouTube video.

      Anonymous, 12 Nov 2018128 GB not enough?? Why do you critisize that? Even S9 ha... moreAnd the S9 has a microSD slot

        Anonymous, 12 Nov 2018128 GB not enough?? Why do you critisize that? Even S9 ha... moreYou're wrong. S9 comes in 3 storage versions. 64gb/128gb/256gb. It also has a SD card slot. So it's all good.

        What's not good, is Pixel 3/XL having only 64gb/128gb options WITHOUT a SD card slot!

          Wow it took you a whole month to put up a review and this is what we get? No lab tests? I don't care what your reasoning is, you could've taken another 15 days instead of putting up this crap opinion piece I can read in 100 other websites

            Please do proper review, this is useless dumb review

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              • Anonymous
              • PGq
              • 12 Nov 2018

              Cons
              -Awkwardly large body with slippery slides
              -Back glass scuffs easily
              -FUGLY NOTCH and chin take up significant space at front
              -Display doesn't get bright enough
              -Touchscreen constantly reacts to accidental touches around edges
              -Camera has flicker under fluorescent lighting
              -Unbalanced left and right speaker volume
              -Low RAM bottlenecks performance
              -Storage option maxes out at 128GB. Google, for the love of god, add the da*n microsd slot already as a CHOICE!! It's almost a decade since we weren't happy that you removed it since Nexus S!!
              -No 4K 60 video mode for camera
              -No 3.5mm jack since Pixel 2 Series as STANDARD (PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE)
              -No microsd slot since Nexus S as STANDARD (PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE)
              -Proprietary wireless charger (PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE)
              -FORCED GESTURES-based UI. Google, give us an option to use software nav-bar keys which is straightforward and easy to use as a CHOICE!!

              There, editor, fixed it for you.

                Useless review, and although we keep requesting GSMArena not to do such fake reviews, they don’t seem to care.

                  No lab test at all. Worst review ever from gsmarena.

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 12 Nov 2018

                    Whackcar, 11 Nov 2018This phone doesn't deserve a proper review. It's a trash ph... more I am more interested in Pixel earbuds, than I am with the Pixel 3.

                      The review associated with this comment forum appeared just minutes ago, and there are already several comments. Editor's perhaps? I hope the Pixel 4 and 5 will be a whole lot better than 2 and 3.

                        Anonymous, 12 Nov 2018Next year, most of the consumers will be using foldable dev... morenext to buy bro haha

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 12 Nov 2018

                          Next year, most of the consumers will be using foldable devices, notches phone will be a throwaway.

                            This is one brand I can whole heartedly not recommend to anyone for the first few months. It's best to let Google work out the kinks.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • nps
                              • 12 Nov 2018

                              128 GB not enough?? Why do you critisize that?
                              Even S9 has 64 Gb.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • pQr
                                • 12 Nov 2018

                                Gsmarena, "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"
                                Not true, I have looked at multiple full resolution comparisons from Anandtech and also from your previous Pixel 3 review and Google's digital zoom is much worse. I would say it's equivalent to 1.1x or 1.2x lossless zoom. When you say that you nearly don't notice a difference, then I guess you also don't see a difference between normal digital zoom and optical zoom. Don't forget that the Pixel 3 has a 27mm equivalent (not 26mm) camera, so 2x lossless zoom should have slightly more(!) details than iPhone Xs at 52mm.

                                Google's video zoom is much worse, too.

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                                  • JbS
                                  • 12 Nov 2018

                                  The only sensible reason I can think on for why Google released this phone was to make people realise how ugly a notch is. A phone designed to fail with the single purpose to kill the notch trend.

                                    Stan, 12 Nov 2018Agree, GSMArena should do a full complete review not this h... moreYep

                                    We can wait, theres no need to rush them.

                                      Anonymous, 11 Nov 2018Pixel 3xl OLED manufacturing by Samsung!!. Seems google usi... moreTo be fair, Samsung's OLED nowadays has less problems than the competition

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                                        • 12 Nov 2018

                                        Nicolas F, 11 Nov 2018Please, I don't care why you did it, just stop doing review... moreAgree, GSMArena should do a full complete review not this half cook review.

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