Google Pixel 5 long-term review
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- Hqc
- 10 Feb 2021
I'm more than happy with mine. All it needed was a third party messaging app as the default one was nothing but trouble. "Messages is working in the background" means someone sent you a message and it is now lost to the void. Have to restart the phone to open the app back up and your message is nowhere to be found.
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- Anonymous
- kn{
- 10 Feb 2021
SEUL8TR, 10 Feb 2021Why do you need to uninstall, why is it bothering you? You... moreif I didn't install it, I don't want it. Also I'm not a fan of blown out photos or redundant and superfluous apps filling up my drawer, and I'm certainly not shelling out hundreds of extra dollars for worse battery life and all of those things
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- Anonymous
- vG4
- 10 Feb 2021
Techie Guy, 10 Feb 2021$699.99 for a Cellphone that has quality control issues? ... moreScreen Gap is a feature, sponsored by Google Endorsed by YouTube ignoramuses
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- Anonymous
- vG4
- 10 Feb 2021
Simon, 09 Feb 2021Are you serious? Everyone hates the bloatware of other bran... morePixel has a buttload of Google bloatware include the music, Google movies cr@p etc.,
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- Anonymous
- kn{
- 10 Feb 2021
SEUL8TR, 10 Feb 2021It's called features, that's why S205g, and S21u... morefeatures that keep you staring at a screen dealing with convoluted programing rather than getting what you need out of your device... add consistently blown out photos. go ahead and 300 dollars extra for that crap but you're a sucker
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- Anonymous
- p6X
- 10 Feb 2021
Needs more battery power.
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- PapaGuinness
- na8
- 10 Feb 2021
Really great review, reviews like this are exacly the reason I like to check GSM Arena when considering a smartphone. My current phone is a Xiaomi Mi 9 and when I bought it I was thinking like "I'm always using Nova Launcher anyways so that horrible MIUI won't bother me that much", but oh boy, was I wrong... Turns out I hate the software experience of the settings menu, the annoying habit of turning settings that I changed back to default at the most unexpected moments, the incosistent and unreliable notifications, the shitload of unwanted and lousy double apps etc. more than I could have imagined. I was just too much focussed on the "specs to price ratio", in which the Mi 9 excelled at that time. I'm getting myself a Pixel.
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- M{V
- 10 Feb 2021
Anonymous, 09 Feb 2021In the S21 review you guys said the plastic back is a con, ... moreThe S21 is playing in another league, the premium high-end league while the Pixel in more travelling around in the premium midrange league. The Pixel is all aluminium with a thick layer of compound plastic and feels very sturdy without hollow feel while the S21 has a more common plastic cover on it's back feeling less sturdy and also sounding more hollow and fragile (while it isn't). So yes, give me this approach over any other.
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- HoneyAsuka
- p%E
- 10 Feb 2021
Alex, 10 Feb 2021"this phone costs a full $200-less than what the Pixel... moreIt cost's like any other A-brand flagship.
(And Pixel 5 get a little bit cheaper, cuz u got 765G snap.)
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- gG7
- 10 Feb 2021
i love mine! the performance is killer (im not into gaming so cant really vouch for that), the size is just right, the design is simplicity in itself (screen with no bezels people, symmetry!!!), the battery life is sick (2,5days of average usage) and the camera...well...what can i say. simply amazing. like i said numerous times before: you have to take it in your hand and use it to fully appreciate it. no reviews and black on white statistics can match with the real life experience. for me, its really a good phone > and i know phones. i love phones. i live phones hahah but to each their own i guess
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- AyaMai
- 4QL
- 10 Feb 2021
TomBerlin, 09 Feb 2021I used an iPhone for 10 years, then switched to the Pixel 3... moreI have the same two phones, I love both, owner of all Pixel phones, iPhone SE, SE 2020 and iPhone Mini.
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- Alex
- qC@
- 10 Feb 2021
"this phone costs a full $200-less than what the Pixel 4XL" - Arena only compares Pixel to Pixel because both are heavily overpriced. Which is a usual case for non "A" Pixel series.
And the amount of noise is disturbing on the main cam, visible even during the daylight (in dark spots), while nighttime shots are almost unusable. Google puts the cheapest sensors on their cams, trying to pull off the trick with their software.
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- Alex
- qC@
- 10 Feb 2021
Br3stix, 09 Feb 2021Iphone or Google???? Now!!! AnswerHow about "Please"? Now, bit..!
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- Spicymac
- 3Ec
- 10 Feb 2021
TomBerlin, 09 Feb 2021I used an iPhone for 10 years, then switched to the Pixel 3... moreDid you experience any issues with the latest Google camera update? I own a pixel 5 and the camera stopped working for me and a lot of people after updating
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- Spicymac
- 3Ec
- 10 Feb 2021
Too bad the latest update killed the camera for pixel 5
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- Anonymous
- GX%
- 10 Feb 2021
TomBerlin, 09 Feb 2021I used an iPhone for 10 years, then switched to the Pixel 3... moreI am in the exact same situation as you...
Just can't decide between my iPhone 12 mini and pixel 5.
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- Techie Guy
- kuV
- 10 Feb 2021
$699.99 for a Cellphone that has quality control issues?
Please Google "Pixel 5 Screen Gap".
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- Anonymous
- kZg
- 10 Feb 2021
i0S.-.Never.-.Again, 09 Feb 2021Pixel 5 isn't meant to be a long term phone. That Snap... moreDoes it stop working once it's "outdated" ? Can I still use it?
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- Anonymous
- kZg
- 10 Feb 2021
I love the Pixel 5. I picked mine up for $500 in mint condition. I went from a 6.7" phone down to the Pixel and love the size, weight, and frequent updates. I never knew how much I actually hated giant phones until I decided to go back to a 6" device. I wouldn't have done it without the 4080mah battery though. I actually wanted 5G because I have both low band and mmWave all around my neighborhood. Verizon mmWave nets me 1.8bgbps speeds and their low band is hitting 200mbps+
I'll try and keep the P5 until Google can come out with a phone that drops the punch hole camera in favor of under-screen camera, though this may be a few years.
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- Anonymous
- 7vb
- 10 Feb 2021
kupfernigk, 09 Feb 2021Try getting 5g on your 845 and let me know how well it work... moreTell me what is the purpose of 5G when most of the world have data caps around and few gigabytes and even unlimited data gets throttled. You'll just use up your data within seconds/minutes.