Google Pixel 4 XL review

29 Oct 2019
The Google Pixel 4 duo was not Google's best-kept secret. We saw pictures of the phone weeks before the event, and we even learned about Face unlock while Google teased the Motion Sense features ahead of its event. The Google Pixel 4 XL represents everything that Google has learned in the first four iterations of the Google Pixel, including a mid-cycle and mid-range Pixel 3a which was very well received.

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  • Tom
  • ABG
  • 30 Oct 2019

"When we disabled the 90Hz feature, we saw the Pixel 4 XL score a couple of hours higher on the web browsing test,"

Can you please give exactly number? Or add graphic with result 60hz

Thank you

    That's just disappointing. I really wanted to upgrade from my 2 XL this year, but I feel like I'll either hold on to it way longer than expected, or might seriously just pick up a OnePlus and call it a day.

    Thanks for some of the image comparisons with the OnePlus, those are really helpful!

    Great, Excellent job as always!

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      • Anonymous
      • ABG
      • 30 Oct 2019

      Hello!

      Can you add graphic with battery life 90hz on/off instead enigmatic "couple hours more web browsing"

      Thank you

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        • Gnu
        • svt
        • 30 Oct 2019

        When s11 will be released in february, it will literally destroy Pixel 4.

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          • Julian M
          • MwP
          • 30 Oct 2019

          4/5 seems awfully generous given the phone's shortcomings (especially for the price it goes for) - had this been any other brand, I suspect it would have been shot down.

          Honestly, this year's Pixel sounds like a pretty bad purchase.

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            • Quame
            • fuv
            • 30 Oct 2019

            Best camera on any phone = iPhones 11, 11 pro & pro Max.
            Best all around smart phone = OnePlus 7t( software updates, hardware & price)

              • Q
              • Quame
              • fuv
              • 30 Oct 2019

              This phone is making the iPhone 11 pro max look like a bargain. 90h?!... The only phone wealth buying because of that refresh rate should be the OnePlus 7t. Don't buy this phone everything about it is old school except the "👋"chip, Gimmick! At best.for that price get yourself a OnePlus or iPhone, cus they are the best of both worlds

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                • Gnu
                • svt
                • 30 Oct 2019

                As a Pixel user, who swiched from Samsung Galaxy, i feel very dissapointed, maybe even more than Zorg in Fifth Element 🤬

                Low RAM, low and slow internal memory, outdated processor, really poor batteries, stupid and outrageous price.. No no no!. And where is that mytical G optimalisation? Pixels loose with other smartphones eith S855. What the duce? The last thing, how come a global company like Google cant sell its devices all over the world? Why there is no online shop? .. o there are shops but, living in Poland, Czech rep. or other place, I cant order a phone from UK, Italy or Germany. Those shops are restricted only to those countries, why there is no international online store? So or, people in Google are stupid and they dont want earn more money and gain marketshare, or they dont consider pixels as a serious product..

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                  • Anonymous
                  • s3Z
                  • 30 Oct 2019

                  when will pixel 4 appear in your program to compare photos and videos?

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                    • Noncy
                    • Nue
                    • 30 Oct 2019

                    Samsung note 10+ is a much better phone

                      Poor camera performance, Poorer battery, NO

                        As I have mentioned earlier, this is really a sorry facing launch of SD 855 in October that too with 64 & 128 GB editions alone matching iPhone 11 Pro Max price. Very very expensive for what it offers. I like its design though

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                          • Anonymous
                          • Jb$
                          • 30 Oct 2019

                          Great overview. Every pros and cons are there. For an unfinished phone like Pixel 4, the cost of it should have been at least 200 USD less. Google lost the title for the camera king, but they don't care. People do. Google think 3700 mah battery is enough. People don't. I have been on Pixel phones for years, but will skip this line this year. The value of this phone is awful. Hey Google, wake up! There is competition! And you are loosing!

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                            • Koksownik
                            • mNR
                            • 30 Oct 2019

                            Mate 30 Pro is way better, iphone 11 with deep fusion too. Very poor zoom - even in 2x photos not looking good. Main camera photos lacks of detail and oversaturated colors. No any progress over Pixel 2 and 3. I'm waiting for unbanned Mate 30 Pro, at this moment best camera in my opinion. Second one is iphone 11. Pixel 4 overall is not very bad, but i expected much more. I'm disappointed.

                              It really make sad to see such a potential wasted on a mediocre hardware, not to mention so many bugs, so many bugs everywhere.
                              ... and no-ultrawide ofc ... because Google has the best algorithms for ultrawide correction logic.
                              ... on the other hand it's top, numero uno, when it comest to sound capture ... Pixel win "The worst mics in the whole industry" by a long shot. GJ Google, even Apple fixed their crap two years ago.
                              Wasted potential ... I wanted to love it, to own it, but I rather bought crappy Xperia 5 than this disapointement.

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                                • r33fd
                                • mEA
                                • 30 Oct 2019

                                Worst value in any phone ever

                                Simple as that

                                  Dometalican, 30 Oct 2019I went immediately to the battery section with no hope for ... moreThe battery itself is not bad at all. Some companies can squeeze longer battery life from smaller batteries. I wonder how Google messed it up so badly

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                                    • Dometalican
                                    • 7BB
                                    • 30 Oct 2019

                                    I went immediately to the battery section with no hope for its endurance.

                                    Of course it was to be expected. What the freak else is new with the Pixels without the 'a' at the end of them? Abysmal battery life gives me ZERO point to getting their phones. Hope it fails miserably.

                                      "Although the Pixel managed to grab more details, OnePlus did a really good job with HDR mode"

                                      I thought the exact opposite, OP7 looked to have more details and definitively sharper, "but" more contrasty, something that some may prefer, while the P4 looked to have "better HDR" because it lifts the shadows much more.

                                        I was eagerly waiting for the Pixel 4. As soon as the Launch event ended, I ordered the OnePlus 7T. Now, after using the 7T for 14 days, I am so happy to report that I made a really good decision. The Pixel 4 and XL are overpriced phones , Period. The 7T offers so much value for money. The nightscape mode on my 7T is really awesome. I have also installed Gcam on it so that I could compare Gcam photos with the stock camera app