Google Pixel 8 review

24 October 2023


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  • Anonymous
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  • 25 Oct 2023

Fa14bi, 25 Oct 2023Pixel 8 throttled to 164GIPS Xiaomi 12s throttled to 258... moreYou do not understand.

Problem of Temsynos is because it is an exynos.
Not Samsung Semicon.

People here need to stop thinking that chip would magically become 50% better and 20-30% cooler if made at TSMC.

8+g1 is revised chip, not only overclocked 8g1 with another fab.

A17 Pro has heat issues. Made at TSMC.

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    • Anonymous
    • Q$6
    • 25 Oct 2023

    I wonder if GSM and every other publication will go back and correct every article with nonsense about non LTPO being incapable of variable refresh rates. So many “journalists“ these days regurgitate nonsense without researching for 5 seconds. Panel refresh rates are controlled by the display driver. LTPO can theoretically refresh individual areas of the display but I've never seen this advertised or tested. Other than that typical refresh rates are well within the capabilities of traditional display technologies.

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      • Kaja
      • 0T6
      • 25 Oct 2023

      I am gradually looking for a replacement for my Huawei P30 Pro. I'm watching camera battle between Pixel 8 Pro, iPhone 15 and Galaxy S23 Ultra. But when I open the night photos from the P30 Pro review and then the photos from the same places in this review, I don't see much of a difference. Which is quite a shame.

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        • Anonymous
        • 7Xc
        • 25 Oct 2023

        The Pixel 8 photos tend to be a lot more HDR-sy and sharpened than the Pixel 7/7 Pro photos rendering the night sky and nightscape shadow details to be a lot brighter than they really are.

        Personally I'd prefer the Pixel 7/7Pro Night Sight photos over those of the Pixel 8's although some may prefer the Pixel 8's more surreal looking photos. Either way, they're much better than iPhone 14 Pro Max/15 Pro Max night mode photos in terms of color accuracy, dynamic range, detail, exposure and white balance. The iPhones really need to catch up.

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          • Lanfear
          • U{B
          • 25 Oct 2023

          A lot of people are having a mis-conception that pixel 8's will last longggg...simply because google says that pixel's will be updated for next 7 years...

          Now, a hardware device will last long, firstly and most importantly because of the hardware internals. In this dept, Google's chip isn't going to hold-up for next 7 years as compared to snapdragon's and the apple silicon....

          Secondly, google has a very bad reputation when it comes to both quality of their hardware and support for projects like the pixel's.

          Thirdly, the only way pixel-8 > iphone-15 is higher refresh rate and trust me you won't even notice the difference...try your 120hz phone and iphone 15 in the store side-by-side and see for yourself.

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            • Jman
            • pLd
            • 25 Oct 2023

            justasmile, 25 Oct 2023Shitty battery life for the battery capacity. With UFS 3... moreIt's not the best, but consider that Google will be optimising Android for these devices in years to come. I don't think the performance will be hit as bad as people think.

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              • Anonymous
              • 3Tx
              • 25 Oct 2023

              holy sh%t this is bad again, my zenphone 9 is laughing again.

                somehow disappointed by the battery performance, especially compared to the preceding model. Maybe it will improve after some updates (as it happened with previous iterations). And for the rest, nice device but that's it. As usual a buyer is treated as a paying beta tester and has the joy of going through all the shit before the hardware finally works as expected. That being said, google isn't the only one guilty of these practices, they all do this and that is simply disgusting but hey, plenty or nerds called "early adopters" who want the latest and greatest the day it comes out and it cannot come too soon. Also having a new flagship (or any device from any segment) each year is just not enough time to create new stuff, wanting to pack it with even more gimmicks and at the same time reinventing the weal each time again is the ideal recipe for these kind of situations. Why not go back to the "plus" or "T" versions that are just the same devices from last year but improved where necessary or allowing to make your phone new by having the ability to alter a modular base.
                If the hardware is still performing more than enough then wanting to push each year the so called latest and greatest will always result in unfinished products where testing has somehow been rushed to please eager customers (that have been sublimated or conditioned to want new things each year)

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                  • Anonymous
                  • mtj
                  • 25 Oct 2023

                  When you can get an S23 for 650 EUR and no artificial limitations vs Pixel 8's 800 EUR, the choice is more than obvious.

                    4.3 rating for a phone with shitty battery life, no ultra fast charging and slow heating chipset. what is gsmarena doing with this ratings??

                      Fa14bi, 25 Oct 2023Alao to you, go to the Golden reviewer YT channel, the Pixe... moreThe 865 doesnt beat either SoC in gpu performance, atleast peak performance (i think thats where, i atleast, have gotten mixed up) The 865 is about 20% weaker in gpu performance than the 888.

                      If you mean they throttle more then I'd agree with you (unless the company actually cares about cooling so their device isnt really affected like my oppo find x5 with SD 888).

                      Im guessing you're meaning sustained performance, if you're doing long, prolonged gaming then again, i can agree the 888 and 8g1 will throttle more often which with some devices you will see more dropped frames (or more likely too, depending on the phone), im guessing thats what the video is representing (i prefer using more factual sites that focus only on performance of all types of chips/SoCs and getting an average based off multiple test results, im not saying this youtuber isnt a professional in his work or mis representing the results).

                      Worst heating phones ive used are any xperia phone and the 6 pro, wow that was "very warm" even when idle just sitting on a surface.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • MPa
                        • 25 Oct 2023

                        By the way, I don't own a Pixel phone. I have never owned a Pixel phone. Last Google phone I owned was a Nexus 6P.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • MPa
                          • 25 Oct 2023

                          "However, it doesn't sit well with us to see the Tensor G3 being outperformed by last year's Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and by such a big margin."

                          Most interesting. Especially because you don't list a single SD8 G1+ in the benchmarks charts.

                          I also find truly bad the fact that you don't even mention secure Face Unlock, considering it's one of the big new features of the smartphone and something very, very rare to find on Android phones (Honor Magic5 Pro and... what else this year?).

                          Last thing: the benchmarks you use for battery are truly and well surpassed. The hours score is the one getting most attention, editorially inevitable considering the way you present it. But the standby/voice figures are not that relevant. Almost nobody uses a smartphone in a way that makes them useful nowadays. The battery score should give far greater weight to web browsing, app use and video playback. In this order.

                            Super Android 22, 25 Oct 2023So do oppo, xiaomi, moto and oneplus (possibly more), sony ... moreI'm starting to like OnePlus

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                              • Mark33
                              • gxr
                              • 25 Oct 2023

                              Can anyone who owns or actually used the phone tell me for how long can it keep the screen maximum brightness when outdoors under bright sunlight?

                              Reviews (from this or any other website) are completely useless when it comes to screen max brightness. It's very nice to have an incredible maximum brightness level, but useless if it can only keep it for like one minute (like my Samsung S20 FE).

                                Shitty battery life for the battery capacity.

                                With UFS 3.1 storage and 8 gen 1 performance, this just can't last 7 years. Sure, close to that, but not 7 years. Just makes the amount of updates provided useless.

                                  Mills, 24 Oct 2023I prefer Dolby Vision and iPhone has that. However, 120hz i... moreSo do oppo, xiaomi, moto and oneplus (possibly more), sony and oppo find x3 pro have BT.2020 colour space, they all have 120hz+ screens aswell

                                    Super Android 22, 25 Oct 2023You must be choosing bad phones because my find x5 with the... moreAlao to you, go to the Golden reviewer YT channel, the Pixel 8pro Video and skip to Minute 12 where it compares to many different phones.

                                    The 865 is only there indirectly in the form of an 870, but it's above all the normal 8gen1 and 888.

                                      Super Android 22, 25 Oct 2023You must be choosing bad phones because my find x5 with the... moreI said that the 865 beats them in gaming performance, not that it beats them in peak performance.


                                      Also the Snap 888 heats more than the 865, but still less than the 8gen1 and is also still slightly more efficient than the 8gen1.

                                      The 888 has the same problems as the 8gen1, but not as exaggerated as the 8gen1 has them.

                                        YUKI93, 25 Oct 2023I'm curious why this phone got such a relatively low b... moreMy guess is a higher brightness, higher refresh rate screen plus higher clocked, more powerful cores, an extra core too. Tbh though the pixel series havent really ever had that good battery, google just cant seem to get it sorted out.

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