Google Pixel 8 Pro review

26 October 2023


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rizki1, 27 Oct 2023After the Xiaomi 14 series came out, this phone felt like i... moreWhat's special about the Xiaomi 14 series? Basically no innovation. The variable aperture is copying Huawei and that's basically the only new thing. There's a bit of innovation in the Camera software here at least from Google with new features. The Xiaomi 14 series are good but are a bit lacking in terms of innovation. They are assembly machines. Nothing new. Just buying parts from others and paying others to assemble the parts. Like I said good phones but lacking innovation. Xiaomi seems to be the least innovative of the Chinese brands. Basically they seem to copy everything Huawei does. Huawei does stuff first and Xiaomi copies. Vivo also innovates more than Xiaomi in cameras. They brought things like the gimbal stabilization for example. Xiaomi makes good phones but completely lacks innovation especially for cameras. They have been followers rather than innovators

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    • Anonymous
    • 7sy
    • 30 Oct 2023

    100%. If your a heavy gamer this ain't the phone for you.. simple.. having said that a 1000usd phone should have better performance but as you said the majority aren't gamers and probably most that look at using pixels this isn't a factor..
    For the majority it's performance is more than adequate, same goes with battery life.. still has the best display on the market, one of the best all round camera performances on the market and speakers that can hang with iPhones best and with top notch build quality, but peeps calling this trash lol

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      • igguk1
      • SnV
      • 30 Oct 2023

      While i agree that a 1000$ phone nowdays should play all games without a hitch i also believe 99% of the people who buys pixels wont intend to game on them nor play Genshin all day long, they just want stock android and stellar photos and videos, they are getting exactly that with this one.

        Ravenowl, 30 Oct 2023Ah, yeah, the average anti-education haters. The Tensor is ... moreWhat scores are you getting in benchmarks? Hows the cpu throttling test and 3dmark stability?

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          • Anonymous
          • 0rf
          • 30 Oct 2023

          Woooooow, Type-C to USB adapter is included. 😯😲
          Google is certainly enemy of environment, also it is a crime for capitalist world.👿👺☠️
          So precious gift comes for free...🤑

          Xiaomi in very soon time put all of you thief companies in dirt.
          Inglorious cheaters, shameless thiefs.
          Charger must not come free, charger is part of buying so its heard by.
          That is why Xiaomi doesnt mention it as free!

            Anonymous, 30 Oct 2023If you are so into gaming and require anything more than 8G... more*if you require anything more than Snap 855 or 778G, Pixel shouldn't be on your list.

              Anonymous, 30 Oct 2023If you are so into gaming and require anything more than 8G... moreExactly, but they keep on coming.. funny.

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                • Anonymous
                • uJA
                • 30 Oct 2023

                LoneOwl, 29 Oct 2023Tensor G3 is almost equal to Samsung S22 Exynos 2200. Whic... moreIf you are so into gaming and require anything more than 8G1 or even 888 GPU performance, Pixel shouldn't be in your shortlist in the first place.

                  Focuses on too much AI and not catching up with it's competitors

                    Stoon, 29 Oct 2023this is not a flagship ... just a midrange Photography phon... moreAh, yeah, the average anti-education haters. The Tensor is holding up just fine with performance, give that bullcrap a rest. Problem is optimization. E.g. Genshin stutters quite a bit in an area at first, though it's ok later. There's hoping Mihoyo fixes that, seems like they gotta optimize. In terms of performance in benchmarks, my P8P is at least close to the SD Gen 2. But again, doesn't help if the apps aren't optimized for it, so that's gonna suck for a while. As for UFS 3.1, yeah, wow, you only get a max of 2900 MB/s instead of 5900 MB/s...really, you're gonna survive an extra second opening the largest games available. Calm down. Next time do please check your numbers, though. UFS 3.1 was introduced in 2020. You're 2 years off.

                      LoneOwl, 29 Oct 2023Tensor G3 is almost equal to Samsung S22 Exynos 2200. Whic... moreI had the s21 ultra for many months and the 888 moved all the games fluidly!! That exynos 3 with pixel 8 doesn't even reach an 865, maybe an 855

                        igguk1, 29 Oct 2023Amazing how google can squeeze every last drop of perf from... moreTensor G3 is almost equal to Samsung S22 Exynos 2200.
                        Which means, its worse than last years snap 8 gen 1, especially on the Gpu part.
                        In gaming, its probably worse than Snap888.

                        Does it sound great for a late 2023 flagship that costs 1100, with promised 7years of OS updates?

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                          • igguk1
                          • SnV
                          • 29 Oct 2023

                          Amazing how google can squeeze every last drop of perf from middle class sensors.
                          Almost king of the hill regarding photography and video getting closer to the iphones. G3 not as bad as people complain, lack of usd 4.0 surprises me .. . Still to me overpriced but pixels get bigger discounts than iphones usually at least where I live. Waiting for 8a...

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 29 Oct 2023

                            Anton., 28 Oct 2023are you going to play the guitar with the phone? You are co... moreThe " no jack, no buy" " no micro sd, no buy" ppl here would rather keep buying iphone or galaxy S + complain over getting phone with these stuff.

                            Just ignore them. Not worth your time

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                              • Karim
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                              • 29 Oct 2023

                              S23 Fe review 🥲
                              Mention how (much) is it btr that its predecessor 🥲
                              Ty 🥲
                              GL ;)

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                                • Kingsasch
                                • pQt
                                • 29 Oct 2023

                                Whilst I love the pixel 8 pro there is liturally no reason to buy this phone for the AI features in Europe as half the stuff I bought it for does t work here . Like massages re write or formulating. Summarize an article using assistant and spam calls Block and notifications.

                                I'm beyond disappointed how is this right ?? You buying. A phone for its features and then they do t tell you that you can't use it in Europe where I'm at. This is where apple is still long all feature work everywhere the same . Google should really try to bring out a feature to everyone at the same time .

                                This is terrible

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                                  • Stoon
                                  • fwI
                                  • 29 Oct 2023

                                  this is not a flagship ... just a midrange Photography phone with very high price

                                  still ufs 3.1 from 2018
                                  weak cpu/gpu

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • nqG
                                    • 29 Oct 2023

                                    Noe that We have real life review again the pixel failed miserablby to live to full expectations

                                    The brightest display ever of android maybe but not the best available the iPhone 15 pro max shows that it performs better

                                    Better soc maybe (at least improved) but it still throttles under load and still behind the competition because of Google stubbornness of not accepting that Qualcomm is still the better player after apple own chips which are in another league of thei lr own

                                    7 years of updates we will discuss that later after the full 7 years. So it remains for now if this is valid or not after their promises for now we have to take google word

                                    Long story short why should people take the new pixel instead an iPhone ?
                                    Aside from Google own exclusive features (useful or not) I don’t see any other reason to choose a pixel. That’s just me who after 14 years got fed up of android and decided to move on and get an iPhone .im glad that I did it
                                    I also would love to know how long pixel users stay with their phone. 7 years looks way too much for an android user but maybe I’m wrong about this. I never stayed longer than 2 years with any android and I tried several of them.

                                      Of course, no vapor chamber. If they put one may be it might perform better

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 29 Oct 2023

                                        Anonymous, 29 Oct 2023And even in low light conditions, there are many cases wher... moreWhen you stare at the neon lights, your pupils contract but when you shift gaze to a dark area, your pupils dilate and take sometime to adjust and see an image. The eyes do see more dynamic range but these are two different focus points. If you take a look at the night time sample photos here of the Pixel 8 pro, they really not true to the actual scene. When you focus your gaze on the lighting, the sky should be a lot darker. Only when you shift your gaze to the sky will you see cloud detail, and it takes some time for your eyes to adjust. The image therefore has brighter shadows that you normally don't see in one gaze/one eye focus. It is for this reason, I say the image is hyperreal, more than what the eyes usually see in one gaze/focus. The images tend to show more color and details and higher brightness especially in the shadow areas which human eyes normally do not see anymore in the actual scene at that instance. It's a different case if you are talking about how much the eyes can see in terms of its total dynamic range. You can never replicate it in a jpeg which has limited dynamic range. You tonemap the image to approximate the actual scene but sometimes the tonemapping ends up cartoony if not done right.

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