Google Pixel 9 Pro XL review

21 August 2024


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Why is this rated so high?? It costs almost the same as a Galaxy S24 Ultra but doesn't have an Spen or as many useful features as Samsung does. Like Wireless DeX...

The Tensor G4 is weaker than the Exynos 2400 used in this year S24 series. This phone should be priced as midrange.

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    • Anonymous
    • tsA
    • 21 Aug 2024

    Overpriced piece of disposable junk. why bother when you have Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Realme revolutionizing the mobile phone space

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      • Anonymous
      • 32G
      • 21 Aug 2024

      Google blocking benchmark software and asking reviewers to not compare it unfavourably to other flagships should tell you all you need to know about their credibility. Google absolutely sucks.

        To all the people coping with the Tensor G4 chip:

        It is a midrange chip. Slightly weaker than the 8s gen 3.

        All the "optimising" cope is useless when running some games like wuthering waves, genshin impact or even diablo immortal.

        Reviewers like tech chap have noted that frames will drop to 20fps occasionally, which is NOT a flagship device.

          An allegory: The Humvee is this awesome war wagon, right? No. GM and Detroit diesel invested way too much in to a fuel 'economical' diesel, that in the end no one wanted (Duramax diesel fully replaced) and was such a dog! Slow, pitiful, powerless. But the US government got them cheap and equipped them in their new state of the art jeep replacements.

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            • Shahar
            • nRr
            • 21 Aug 2024

            Really? Disabling all the benchmark apps? I wonder what Google is trying to hide? And why does GSMA approve of this?

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              • LEb
              • 21 Aug 2024

              Anonymous, 21 Aug 2024That's lower than dimensity 8200 multi-coreFixed in Nanoreview...
              ST: 2005
              MT: 4835

              Is below Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 and just competes against the Dimensity 8300.

                Anonymous, 21 Aug 2024That's lower than dimensity 8200 multi-coreJeez the mid-range chip from 18 months ago ??
                No wonder they don't want us to see that

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                  • Anonymous
                  • JHv
                  • 21 Aug 2024

                  Wesker, 21 Aug 2024A quick Google search will tell you TG4 does about 3700 in ... moreThat's lower than dimensity 8200 multi-core

                    Anonymous, 21 Aug 2024Oof. Google blocking benchmark software during release so b... moreA quick Google search will tell you TG4 does about 3700 in multicore score on Geekbench. S8G3 does about twice that. No wonder they disabled the benchmark apps on review units.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • xjH
                      • 21 Aug 2024

                      Midrange pretending to be a flagship.

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                        • Mrn
                        • 21 Aug 2024

                        To wesker:
                        But Tensor G4 on Pixel 9 series beat Apple And Samsung.
                        Look here:
                        https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SucwT88p0 ... eck.net%2F
                        Optimalization on Pixel is rly great And Apple With Samsung is bad trash.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • NUw
                          • 21 Aug 2024

                          Oof. Google blocking benchmark software during release so buyers have to purchase blind and uninformed.

                          Tells you everything you need to know about this phone.

                            You either die an Android or live long enough to become an iPhone.

                            I would've been happier if Pixels had died with the fourth generation (the best imho).
                            But instead we have this iPhone-looking, overpriced stale mess.

                            No more interesting design, or dual tone finishes. iPhone frame and iPhone colors.
                            Visor is gone, this ain't it.
                            No more latest Android out of the box.
                            No more pricing that reflects the inferior chipset inside.

                            Because let's acknowledge it once and for all, the only reason Google went to Samsung foundries for Tensor, is money.
                            The AI NPU thing is a marketing stunt, there's nothing TG4 can do that S8G3 couldn't.
                            No one IN THE INDUSTRY wanted to buy the cursed Samsung chips, so Google got them at a great price, careless of the awful user experience we would have.
                            Yesterday my Pixel 8 Pro required 130% (a top up from 0 to 30% at 5pm) of battery to get (painfully) from 8am to 8pm. Poor thing shutdown at 8:30. It's not what I did with the phone, it's the chip, consuming an enormous amount of power on IDLE. And TG4 isn't any different. With that chip onboard slow UFS 3.1 storage is the least of your problems.

                            If you need a device you can rely on, don't get this.

                            So yeah, I gladly would've seen Pixels going extinct after the fourth generation, considering what they've become : iPhone clones with an Exynos chip.

                              The camera system is a disappointment, they need to upgrade the hardware and improve the algorithm. I preferred Galaxy's shots in most of the comparisons. The iPhone's is too green though. iPhone destroys everyone in video though. The competition has caught up with Google, and now they are behind. The Chinese camera flagships are in a completely difference category in terms of hardware.

                              There were some video samples posted from Pixel 9 and it stuttered badly.

                              SoC is a disappointment. As is 128GB as base storage, especially at that ridiculous price.

                              Pixel 9 is an a series disguised. It should not cost more than €450
                              Pixel 9 Pro should cost no more than €650 for 256GB.
                              Pixel 9 Pro XL should be €750 for 256GB

                              But if you want to buy a mid-ranger at a flagship price, go for it I guess.

                                Great review as always. Thank you.

                                I wonder how G4 compares with G3 in thermals and modem.

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                                  Screens are getting too bright my S24 Ultra is bright enough we don't need retina searing brightness that kills battery too quickly and screen burns too quickly too

                                    Anonymous, 21 Aug 2024128gb is UFS 3.1, 4.0 always starts at 256gb.everyone knows that!! What I'm referring to is what is the version since 256, why is 3.1 not 4.0 here?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • JHv
                                      • 21 Aug 2024

                                      jiyen235, 21 Aug 2024Insane display. Bright enough to be harmful indoors probabl... morePeople may not talk much on phones, but they do use mobile data, which uses cellular modem too

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