Google Pixel 8 Pro review
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- 17 Feb 2024
maxmin, 24 Dec 2023Yeah, pairing with Samsung for the chip is not great. My gu... moreIt's not about the will, Qualcomm just wants more money for using its SD SoC.
The trend Google has taken is understandable = more profit, less expenses; however it is the buyers that are again acting as beta testers, as 3 generations in a raw Google is incapable of delivering a strong competent SoC.
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- 15 Feb 2024
Shubham , 14 Jan 2024Very poor from Google they are actually going backwards. Pi... moreYou're absolutely right, Google should just stick with making software because since ditching Qualcomm in favor of their lackluster tensor, their pixel phones have had many issues. As a proud owner of Google's last Qualcomm powered phone(pixel 5) which still performs good, I will not buy another pixel phone unless it's Qualcomm powered because quite simply, tensor sucks.
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- 15 Feb 2024
As a proud owner of Google's last Qualcomm powered pixel phone(pixel 5 powered by 765G) which still performs great today, Google's downfall was ditching Qualcomm and replacing it with the lackluster and faulty tensor chip which has a history of being flawed causing many issues, something that my pixel 5 never had. So with that said, I'm not surprised pixel 8 pro pales in comparison to phones powered by 8 Gen 3. As a Qualcomm loyalist who's owned many Qualcomm powered phones that performed good, my next pixel phone will have to be Qualcomm powered and not tensor because tensor simply fails to measure up to Qualcomm which has a long history of being the leader of android based phones.
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- 07 Feb 2024
I fiddle with this phone constantly and I find the battery life to be excellent.. at par with or better than my old Galaxy A34, which scored higher in the battery charts
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- mxc
- 06 Feb 2024
Had this phone for a month now. I can honestly say this: great phone generally speaking, but damn, GSM/4G/5G radio is trash!
IM messages via FB, WA, IG, etc come in late, really late.
Seriously bad!
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- 15 Jan 2024
teorema67, 05 Dec 2023The German “review institution” Connect measured excellent ... more... and they couldn`t be more wrong lol
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- 15 Jan 2024
Shamrock Sean, 03 Jan 2024Why is everyone going on about thermals?? I've had abs... moreHere it is past winter solstice zero thermal issues exist as it should... As soon as it becomes 120F daily good luck recording a video longer than 60s.
The only mobile phones I've ever used in the last decade that have zero thermal issues... Meaning i can use them in direct sunlight on a charger recording a fhd video at 60fps are LGs, the g8x and v40. I'm yet to test a v60 but i bet with their also mil-std-810 thermal rating the v60 should perform the same... I wish flagships would bring back that extra mile of durability...
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- Shubham
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- 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
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- 04 Jan 2024
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
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- 03 Jan 2024
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.
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- 27 Dec 2023
I find the battery life absolutely fine if you switch off wi-fi scanning, I'm getting the same as my old Samsung
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- 24 Dec 2023
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.
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- 14 Dec 2023
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.
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- 12 Dec 2023
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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- 12 Dec 2023
Stoon, 05 Nov 2023those white dots = starsExcellent observation
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- 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.
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- 05 Dec 2023
The German “review institution” Connect measured excellent battery life on the Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8 👍
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- 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)
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- 30 Nov 2023
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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- 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?