Google Pixel 8 Pro review

26 October 2023


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  • Shubham
  • 5x9
  • 14 Jan 2024

Very poor from Google they are actually going backwards. Pixel 8 pro has strange issue like heating, hotspot not switching on, camera does not have photo sphere feature which was available even in pixel 5
I have contacted Google few time for resolution with no response
Overall Google is better off being software company

    Shamrock Sean, 03 Jan 2024Why is everyone going on about thermals?? I've had abs... moreIf you use it for insta and 2 pics per day yeah ofc you won't see any heating lmao

      jiyen235, 14 Dec 2023Flagship price for flagship killer processor and horrendous... moreWhy is everyone going on about thermals?? I've had absolutely no issue with any heating up of this phone.

        I find the battery life absolutely fine if you switch off wi-fi scanning, I'm getting the same as my old Samsung

          joe nodden, 31 Oct 2023They just had to be stubborn and keep going with Samsung eh... moreYeah, pairing with Samsung for the chip is not great. My guess is when they wanted to do a customized chip, Samsung was more willing than Qualcomm. Also, since Google is now encroaching on Samsung's phone sales they went with Samsung to keep peace in the realm. I can't really see an easy way for Pixels to improve their efficiency with the current arrangement.

            Flagship price for flagship killer processor and horrendous thermals ✅
            Seriously, stop trying to cram more power, take a break from smartphones for a year and design a chipset with the same power but far more efficiency. Destroy Apple in terms of performance per watt, get better thermals and battery and no one would complain much.
            Cameras and user experience is top notch, perfect for an 800 USD phone, but the chip makes it a horrible deal for 1000 USD. Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo are the new kings now that Google has joined Apple and Samsung in milking consumers.

              Anton-, 29 Oct 2023I had the s21 ultra for many months and the 888 moved all t... moreIt actually reaches 8 gen 1.

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                • Unknown
                • S0w
                • 12 Dec 2023

                Stoon, 05 Nov 2023those white dots = starsExcellent observation

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                  • Anonymous
                  • gDf
                  • 08 Dec 2023

                  Since the Pixel 6 Pro, Google has changed the periscope camera hardware every year. I hope that they improve it when the Pixel 9 Pro is released because I like my Panasonic Zs60 for taking photos of birds at 720mm and the smaller the difference the better.
                  For example a 120mm camera with a 64 megapixel sensor might let you zoom 18% more than the 7 Pro. That's also an improvement that is realistic because the effective lens diameter of the 8 Pro is 18% larger than on the 7 Pro, but the 8 Pro has a slightly smaller focal length than the 7 Pro.

                  A recent article from Samsung suggested that there could be a 200 megapixel 70mm camera in the future, but currently, one can't really say whether the image quality at for example 360mm (15x) would be better: The effective lens diameter needs to be large due to diffraction and I am not sure how good the color reproduction would be with a Tetra²Pixel sensor. Of course, one could also produce a 200 megapixel Quad Bayer sensor (instead of Tetra²Pixel array). Though, it could be possible that due to diffraction, the difference between Tetra²Pixel and Quad Bayer would be neglectable.

                    The German “review institution” Connect measured excellent battery life on the Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8 👍

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                      • Ali TT
                      • q}b
                      • 04 Dec 2023

                      android auto is so awful if google cannot fix problems, it is not valuable to buy pixel.(there is a lot of software that android auto not supports them)

                        Anonymous, 03 Nov 2023I hope that they can improve the periscope camera for the P... moreWhat are you on about?? My Pixel 8 Pro periscope images aren't hazy at all. They are the most detailed crisp zoom images I've seen on any phone and I'm fussy about image quality. Using 50mp resolution the details are amazing

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                          • Anonymous
                          • Brt
                          • 22 Nov 2023

                          Anonymous, 21 Nov 2023Why is no one mentioning the $600.00 depreciating after own... moreThis phone was always overpriced, I think most knew google would soon have sales pretty shortly after its release.. sales 101.. with its resale etc bar iPhones and maybe Samsung's flagship they all drop significantly basically as soon as your walk outta the shop with it no?

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                            • AnonD-1026503
                            • sR1
                            • 22 Nov 2023

                            Anonymous, 18 Nov 2023Tried searching for answers but it's not always easy. ... more1. according to kimovil its still ufs 3.1
                            2. The main camera uses samsumg GNV sensor
                            3. its most likely still 8 bit

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                              • AnonD-1026503
                              • sR1
                              • 22 Nov 2023

                              Anonymous, 21 Nov 2023Why is no one mentioning the $600.00 depreciating after own... morewhich country are you from and where are you trying to trade it in to?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • qKL
                                • 21 Nov 2023

                                Why is no one mentioning the $600.00 depreciating after owning this 8 pro phone for 20 some days? Try and trade this phone in and it's only worth $450.00? I paid 1050.00 for this phone and out $600.00 in 20 some days.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 7Lk
                                  • 18 Nov 2023

                                  Tried searching for answers but it's not always easy. Has anyone been able to confirm a few of these?
                                  1. 256GB and up uses UFS4?
                                  2. Is this the new GN2 Sensor?
                                  3. The new Samsung E7 Display Panel... is it true 10bit 1B colors? Or Still 8bit 256M colors?

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • gDf
                                    • 12 Nov 2023

                                    Since the Pixel 6 Pro, I have the impression that Google doesn't really combine frames anymore in certain conditions.. I remember that I took HDR+ photos with the main camera of the 6 Pro and the exif showed an exposure time of 1/3s. So there wasn't enough time to combine multiple frames and indeed, a single frame dng file from a 3rd party app had the same noise. I experienced the same thing with the HDR+ raw file of the 6 Pro's periscope in low light conditions, distant objects had about the same noise as a Canon M50 + 45mm f/8 and that's what you would theoretically expect when no frames are combined...

                                    I have a Pixel 7 Pro and surprisingly, I tested that in the 48mm HDR+ raw files, objects have slightly more noise than 48mm HDR+ raw files from the Pixel 3a! Even though the exif exposure time was identical and even though the 7 Pro captures 2.2 times as much light per exposure time from an object as the Pixel 3a and even though I downsampled the raw file of the 7 Pro in order to get the same effective noise-resolution. So I wonder whether at 48mm the Pixel 7 Pro actually combines frames at all and whether the Pixel 8 Pro has the same behaviour. I will have to compare my 7 Pro with the 8 Pro.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • mpM
                                      • 06 Nov 2023

                                      Roro, 31 Oct 2023Dear, we don't care about Antutu points, UFS... More p... moreThe issue is the inefficiency
                                      Power hungery when compared to 8gen2 and even bigger gap with 8 gen 3

                                      Literally more power use for lesser performances which is very inefficient even for daily tasks

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                                        • Leon63
                                        • Lh2
                                        • 05 Nov 2023

                                        Anonymous, 05 Nov 2023Battery life has been great for me, I end most days over 30... moreI think such kind of battery life is bad. I have about 30-40% battery left on a 4 years old Samsung Note10+ 5G after 12h. But, in the first year of owning it, I was able to use it for 2 days.

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