Google Pixel 8 review
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- Random guy
- rKS
- 25 Oct 2023
What a pathetic battery life
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- Nibol Young
- K{N
- 25 Oct 2023
I really want to switch to Pixel 8, but I already have Pixel 3 (second-hand), Pixel 4a, Pixel 6 Pro, and OnePlus 8 Pro. My region cannot trade-ins.😭
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- 62P
- 25 Oct 2023
You didn't compare iso on night mode.
Pixel 6 Pro is smaller than 7 Pro and 8 Pro.
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- The Underdog
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- 25 Oct 2023
Anonymous, 25 Oct 2023Harder to design internals. But OEMs save money by using s... moreThis. Slightly smaller parts add up to big savings when manufacturing millions of units. Think of all the raw material saved. As a consumer you are literally paying more for less.
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- Nick Tegrataker
- Xpf
- 25 Oct 2023
I must say, it's borderline impossible for me to recommend this phone to anyone. Where I live, you can get the S23 Ultra with the same storage capacity by paying 80 USD (equivalent) more and it beats this smaller Pixel in almost every category. Personally, the biggest letdowns of Pixel 8 are the battery life and speed, where Tensor G3 is clearly doing an atrocious job at keeping up with the fellow 8G2-equipped flagships - they are looking pretty terrible in terms of both efficiency and raw performance, and it's very evident that it's not worthy of carrying the name of 2023 "high-end" phone when it performs like an upper mid-range at best. The heavy-handed throttling makes it even worse.
As for the camera, while I'm somewhat glad to see Google definitely dialled down the noise reduction for daylight shots compared to last year, at night it's the same old Pixel story - Visible sharpening, smearing and weird artifacts all over the frame (For example, just look at the night sky in the 4th low light shots, it's full of splotchy wrinkle patterns). Pixel sadly keeps falling behind the likes of Xiaomi 13 Ultra or OnePlus Open in terms of natural detail rendition as Google just can't seem to get the post-processing right.
If one is a die-hard Pixel fan, they should get the Pixel 7 instead, not this overpriced mess of a phone. It's clearly not worth the price tag it carries currently.
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- Anonymous
- 7sy
- 25 Oct 2023
Disappointing performance again site marginal improvements, in day to day use would very much doubt you'd see a difference over the g2..having said that like the g2 benchmarks don't do it justice same with battery endurance results.. literally everyone has said this thing / and the pro has notable improvements in battery.. especially the vanilla 8. Odd that testing saying the opposite
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- Gnusmas
- nrN
- 25 Oct 2023
4,575 mAh and 83 hours in test, very bad, Samsung fab is the worst
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- Anonymous
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- 25 Oct 2023
Aierlan, 25 Oct 2023Do you mean the size of the phone? Smaller phones are gene... moreHarder to design internals. But OEMs save money by using smaller screen, smaller battery, smaller rear panel, shoter frames, removing cooling etc ..
See BoM of Galaxy S and S+. Hardware of Plus costs more.
Xiaomi lies. Same company that claims 15% profit.
Let's believe 1500 euros phone have 15% margin, when it costs 900 euros in China.
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- Aierlan
- Eaj
- 25 Oct 2023
The Underdog, 24 Oct 2023Google has shrunk the size to save on material costs and bo... moreDo you mean the size of the phone? Smaller phones are generally more expensive to make. Xiaomi pointed this out when they launched the Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 13 phones during their launch event. They claimed the cost is significantly higher for the smaller phones. The design is more complicated than for larger phones and specialist production lines have to be set up for some of the components which according to Xiaomi at least increases manufacturing costs.
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- Anonymous
- nU2
- 25 Oct 2023
With tensynos you lose. Poor battery life, how's that acceptable in 2023?
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- Elixir
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- 25 Oct 2023
An overly priced phone. Xiaomi 13t or s23fe much better.
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- Anonymous
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- 25 Oct 2023
Jman, 25 Oct 2023Yes, but Google optimises Android for it. The AI features a... moreNobody but bias youtubers care.
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- kB5
- 25 Oct 2023
bmudallal, 25 Oct 2023I prefer small compact phones with a display of not more th... moreWell, lemme interest you in a Asus Zenfone 9/10! If Android isn't your thing, take a look at
the Phone 13-15.
- Alex 94
- 64h
- 25 Oct 2023
Shamrock Sean, 24 Oct 2023My 8 Pro doesn't get hot or have bad battery. Article is about vanilla 8.
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- Anonymous
- mjD
- 25 Oct 2023
Worse battery life than Pixel 6 and 7, good work Google!
ppl getting 4-6h SoT isnt cool lol, they need to fix smooth display soon
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- Jman
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- 25 Oct 2023
Anonymous, 25 Oct 202383h with Tensynos. Same phone would score easily 104h wi... moreYes, but Google optimises Android for it. The AI features are ahead of the competition.
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- Anonymous
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- 25 Oct 2023
Ravenowl, 24 Oct 2023Realistically, the comparisons are mood because we ALWAYS n... more83h with Tensynos.
Same phone would score easily 104h with 8g2.
Google uses exynos because it is cheap. Tensynos 2 was $40.
Bizarre that companies that bets so much on A.I uses chip much weaker, when A.I would benefit from stronger chip.
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- Anonymous
- gDU
- 25 Oct 2023
no sd card in 2023 seriously?
NO SD CARD NO BUY. It's simple.
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- Anonymous
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- 25 Oct 2023
PanRT, 24 Oct 2023Yes but look on web and video, still better than other.. 6/... morePhone does not remain on all day.
Poor standby has huge impact.
Nobody wants phone that loses 1%/h on standby when some phones from motorola and sony loses 1% every 6-7h.
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- bmudallal
- SqJ
- 25 Oct 2023
Shamrock Sean, 24 Oct 2023Don't know what the fuss is about, what's wrong w... moreThat's not what this number means, generally phones with endurance of less than 90-100 hours rarely lasts a day on regular use