Google Pixel 7 review

27 October 2022


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  • 28 Oct 2022

Anonymous, 28 Oct 2022Speaker quality is actually really bad. Yeah a weird one, in the review itself they say it's good loudness with a pretty vague mention of them being the same as the 6 but in the verdict they state them as being superb ??

    No 3.5mm jack no buy, 28 Oct 2022How could a sane person buy this instead of Zenfone 9 is be... moreBecause my Zenfone 8 suddenly died with no explanation and I don't trust Asus anymore since that ;)

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      • dUB
      • 28 Oct 2022

      You should also add the Xiaomi 12X to the alternatives. What it lacks in horsepower it makes up in endurance and it's cheaper than the 12.

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        • swN
        • 28 Oct 2022

        Anonymous, 28 Oct 2022Please gsmarena, stop saying "fast charching" fo... moreFast Charging is anything above and isn't close to standard USB rates (5 V 900 mA). 9 V 2 A is fast charging as well.

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          • nUk
          • 28 Oct 2022

          Krillo, 28 Oct 2022How is the Motorola Edge 30 Neo doing against this phone, f... moreCamera not even close. Stock android on both but better optimized on Pixel

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            • Anonymous
            • gDe
            • 28 Oct 2022

            Krillo, 28 Oct 2022How is the Motorola Edge 30 Neo doing against this phone, f... moreUpdate policy is poorer on Motorola. Has a plastic build. No Gorilla Glass nor IP86 but I could be wrong. Does have a faster refresh rate and faster charging though. The cameras on the Pixel are better. The screen is brighter too. The Neo is a great device in itself so it all comes down to preferences.

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              • Anonymous
              • swC
              • 28 Oct 2022

              Speaker quality is actually really bad.

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                • Krillo
                • MS5
                • 28 Oct 2022

                How is the Motorola Edge 30 Neo doing against this phone, for around half the price? Better battery and very fast charging, where is the catch?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 2Wx
                  • 28 Oct 2022

                  This is the real star of the Pixel 7 lineup IMO.

                  Great features+performance and respectable battery life.

                  Heck I for one know I'd buy this over my iPhone 13 Pro if this was available when I wanted a new phone.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 39y
                    • 28 Oct 2022

                    No 3.5mm jack no buy, 28 Oct 2022How could a sane person buy this instead of Zenfone 9 is be... moreI'm going to buy a Pixel 7 but I still agree with you,lol

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Tui
                      • 28 Oct 2022

                      wow really good battery life vs 7 pro.. so strange i expected similar to 6 pixel...

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 0p}
                        • 28 Oct 2022

                        Please gsmarena, stop saying "fast charching" for anything under 50w! 20w is just charging.

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                          • y6V
                          • 28 Oct 2022

                          I don't understand your statement about region dependent software features. I have a 6a, and live in the Philippines. And I think I have the same Google software as everyone else.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • pXr
                            • 28 Oct 2022

                            The Moto edge 30 Fusion is a really strong competitor here.. for 70% of the asking price of the Google Pixel 7, you get about as good camera, way faster chipset, 6.55" 144hz Oled. .

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                              • No 3.5mm jack no buy
                              • pLi
                              • 28 Oct 2022

                              How could a sane person buy this instead of Zenfone 9 is beyond any understanding. Yes they cost same just search properly. Advantages in camera is completely outweighed by other factors too.

                              Also, they think they're being different than apple fans by getting pixel! The truth is, there's no difference between apple fans and "android "fans"" who buy android phones without headphone jack. Maybe they can't afford one so they buy the other.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 4j0
                                • 28 Oct 2022

                                Um, what about the signal strength and connectivity? How can you not review this? This was a huge problem with the modem on the Pixel 6 line, with most people complaining it had the worst reception of any phone they'd ever had. Do we know if the modem was even updated in the Pixel 7 line?

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 39y
                                  • 28 Oct 2022

                                  Better battery life than what I expected. It's still behind of actual compact phones like Zenfone 9 or Xperia 5 IV and there is no excuse for that other than Google bad decisions, but at least it's better than Pixel 6, Xiaomi 12 or Galaxy S22

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • n@7
                                    • 28 Oct 2022

                                    "If you rely on the 1x mode, however, you can be assured that your portraits woo look great. The samples below demonstrate a high level of detail"
                                    Google uses an approximately 1.5x crop from the 12 megapixel (not 50 megapixel) mode of the sensor in portrait mode. So you get only approximately 5 effective megapixels in portrait mode. Definitely not a high level of detail. I think that you get better portraits with normal 2x photos with natural background blur, if the background is far away. The 2x mode gives you even 12.5 megapixel raw files in good light conditions (at least on the 7 Pro, the 6 Pro only had 3 effective megapixels at 2x) and faces will look less distorted because you will choose a higher distance than in the 1.5x crop portrait mode.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • kXZ
                                      • 28 Oct 2022

                                      Anonymous, 27 Oct 2022Do Google still only allow 5g access to 'whitelisted&#... morehttps://pixel.withgoogle.com/5G/

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                                        • HeyFromEarth
                                        • J6r
                                        • 28 Oct 2022

                                        Thanks for the test.
                                        What I appreciate so much at gsmarena, is the photos.
                                        You guys and girls, are photographers, really.
                                        Thanks for the review.