Google Pixel 7 review

27 October 2022


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The secret to great battery life is 1080p display nowonder the pixel 7 has excellent battery life & SOT compared to 7 pro with 1440p display. But one area Google must seriously improve is in the charging speed.

    This phone may be smaller than the majority of the gigantic phones out there, but I wouldn't call this phone compact.

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      • Anonymous
      • Lkg
      • 27 Oct 2022

      AngryLithuanian, 27 Oct 2022Can GSMArena re-run battery tests on Pixel6/6pro with Andro... morephones did not last 1 year. they cannot

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        • Little Penguin
        • Lpg
        • 27 Oct 2022

        Photos 50mm show very mushed turf and bushes

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          • AngryLithuanian
          • 0xB
          • 27 Oct 2022

          Can GSMArena re-run battery tests on Pixel6/6pro with Android 13 please?
          It seems the update has a lot to do with improved efficiency. Nevertheless, thanks for the review. Seems like smaller Pixel is a better buy yet again.

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            • Anonymous
            • Sec
            • 27 Oct 2022

            Do Google still only allow 5g access to 'whitelisted' networks? For example the largest 5g network in Ireland isn't supported unless you root the Pixel 6.

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              • Anonymous
              • n@7
              • 27 Oct 2022

              "The point we are trying to make is that the Pixel 7 fares pretty well without a 2x optical zoom camera."
              I think that some reviewers don't understand that "2x optical zoom" is just a marketing term.

              You still get 12.5 million sensor pixels at 2x and the focal length is even higher than the focal length of "2x" cameras from previous iPhones (6.81mm whereas iPhones with a "2x" camera had 6.0mm or 6.6mm). The difference is the color filter array. You even can't say whether the lens of the 2x camera from the iPhone 7 Plus has an image circle that could be also used as a wide angle camera.

              I don't think that "2x optical zoom" is the correct term because the focal length isn't twice as large (it's 6.81mm at 2x and at 1x) , but every "2x" smartphone camera doesn't deserve the term 2x "optical zoom" setting because the focal length of a "2x camera" is usually NOT twice as large as the focal length of the main camera. A common misunderstanding.

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                • Anonymous
                • n@7
                • 27 Oct 2022

                Anonymous, 27 Oct 2022"We didn't see any upscaling artifacts" Bec... moreI want to add that Google doesn't use the "2x camera" at night. At least that's the case with the 7 Pro, even when you use Night Sight. So at night, you again only get 3 megapixels at the 2x zoom setting.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • n@7
                  • 27 Oct 2022

                  "We didn't see any upscaling artifacts"
                  Because there is no upscaling at 2x. And by the way, don't use Google's marketing term for digital zoom. Google has explained at their presentation that their "next generation" super resolution zoom at 2x is nothing else than a crop with 1.2 micrometer pixels. The Pixel 6 used an anti-resolution zoom with 2.4 micrometer pixels at 2x, so you got only 3 effective megapixels at 2x whereas the Pixel 7 gives you 12.5 megapixels at 2x zoom.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Lkg
                    • 27 Oct 2022

                    Judging size of phone, obviously google did not want to pack larger battery, something like 4700-5000mAh. Lack of space is not the case.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Lkg
                      • 27 Oct 2022

                      All other are better, except iphone 14.

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