Google Pixel 9 Pro XL review
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- Anonymous
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- 26 Aug 2024
Gsmarena, your reviews never examine the live photo video frame image quality. On a Pixel phone, this is the only way to take a burst photo while still getting a dng file, quite useful when you take a photo of a bird.
The 4:3 live photo video frame resolution has been decreased from 1.55 megapixel to 1.35 megapixel. It's even worse when you use live photos at 10x-30x because a 30x 4:3 live photo video frame of the 9 Pro XL only has an effective resolution of less than 0.3 megapixel due to analog pixel binning, whereas you get 1.2 effective megapixel on the 7 Pro at 30x in decent light conditions.
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- Anonymous
- J4I
- 26 Aug 2024
Fa14bi, 26 Aug 2024The Performance in gaming is below normal Snap 7gen3 (non P... moreBattery life is fine if you're looking at it compared to devices with flagship chips, hence my disappointment. You're getting 8g3 life out of something with 7g3 performance....
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- 26 Aug 2024
Anonymous, 25 Aug 20241000usd flagship with 7+g3 performance at best, and very di... moreThe Performance in gaming is below normal Snap 7gen3 (non Plus).
But I don't think the battery life this year is all that disappointing.
It looks fine to me.
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- 26 Aug 2024
You can get S24 Ultra 512GB in Europe right now for around 1000-1100€ right now. And it's a better device in every single way (except if you don't like some double apps, but honestly it's not an issue nowadays with so much RAM and storage).
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- Anonymous
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- 25 Aug 2024
1000usd flagship with 7+g3 performance at best, and very disappointing battery life. fairly rough sell over any of the s24 bretheren, or any other actual flagship device (say mi 14). its interesting to strike a deal with samsung for cheaper silicon, but completely fail to capitalize in any aspect of that, especially considering google is designing it themselves. i guess 7 years of updates? but apple always did that and samsung does it now as well. who is this targeted for?
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- 25 Aug 2024
Does Pixel 9 series have official support for Google Android Desktop Mode? Something equivalent to Samsung Dex, including by using USB-C to HDMI cable.
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- Anonymous
- 2WB
- 25 Aug 2024
xPandamon, 25 Aug 2024That sucks but my point still stands. Exynos is pretty dece... moredidn't they ever teach you that you shouldn't make generalisations? besides, just because people don't care on losing out on performance it doesn't give google the right to scam them by not using a snapdragon chip. And people who buy a pixel to use grapheneos do care about performance.
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- 25 Aug 2024
Anton .el PAPI., 24 Aug 2024That's the Exynos 2400! I have news for you, Tensor G4... moreThat sucks but my point still stands. Exynos is pretty decent now (and lets be honest the people that buy Pixel phones don't care much anyways)
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- 25 Aug 2024
Anton .el PAPI., 24 Aug 2024There are some naive famboys who still believe that from 25... moreWhy do you like Stock Android? It has almost zero customisation, boring font, and babyish design elements.
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- Anonymous
- JHY
- 25 Aug 2024
Anonymous, 22 Aug 2024I have tested the Pixel 9 Pro XL's camera in a store a... moreIt's crazy how bad many reviewers are.
I have seen two YouTube videos where they claimed that the Pixel 9 Pro XL offered more detail at 30x (I'd rather compare them at 15x because 7 Pro/8 Pro have very strange algorithms at 30x, but ok). I watched the YouTube videos in 4k, zoomed into the video and took a screenshot of the comparison. It was the opposite. The 8 Pro occasionally delivered more detail than the 9 Pro XL because the 9 Pro XL always uses analog pixel binning at 10x-30x in the default 12 megapixel mode of the camera app. The image of the 9 Pro XL just had more contrast, more oversharpening and possibly more machine learning fake detail.
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- Anonymous
- JHY
- 24 Aug 2024
It's ridiculous that they have a cloud feature that is called super res video because as far as I know the Pixel 9 Pro XL only records videos with analog pixel binning turned on (that's why they don't support 8k video), which converts the 48 megapixel sensor into a 12 megapixel sensor. So, it's actually anti res video.
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- 24 Aug 2024
Vasra, 23 Aug 2024All models, regardless of storage have the 2 year old UFS 3... moreThere are some naive famboys who still believe that from 256gb you already use ufs:4.0 hahaha this is Google* they want to get the most out of it by saving and cutting back on almost everything! I like stock Android, I like the pixels, I am an ex-user of the old Nexus, I had almost all of them at one time! But I'm not an idiot hahaha come on Google, for the pixel 10 get your act together and bring something really competitive
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- 24 Aug 2024
xPandamon, 24 Aug 2024Shania, this phone has npthing to do with iPhones, except f... moreThat's the Exynos 2400! I have news for you, Tensor G4 is not based on this Samsung chip, but on an older one* in G without being so greedy and wanting to rip people off so much that they didn't even use the best chip from Samsung Foundation for their Tensor G hahaha
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- 24 Aug 2024
Anonymous, 23 Aug 2024I'm more interested how the smaller 9 Pro performs. i... moreMost of the people only care about either the XL/Pro Max models or the vanilla/base models. The Pro always gets ignored. I had briefly used iPhone 15 Pro, and I was blown away by how lightweight and handy it was considering it is a top tier flagship iPhone.
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- 24 Aug 2024
shania twein, 24 Aug 2024The whole pixel9 series already fail in day1. An iphone ... moreShania, this phone has npthing to do with iPhones, except for people like you trying to connect them both. Also Exynos has redeemed itself in the S24 line aswell as the new Galaxy Watches. I bet your phone is worse than either an iPhone or this, too, yet you shittalk.
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- 24 Aug 2024
N00bie, 23 Aug 2024Day 1 of asking GSMA to include reviews/analysis of signal ... moreAs someone who heavily depends on good mobile network speed, I agree with this. While I realize internet speed has many variables, it will be good to know if there is a phone out there that could make the most out of difficult conditions. I don't care much about the CPU since I'm not a power user, but I do care about the modem and receiver's ability.
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- Anonymous
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- 24 Aug 2024
Anonymous, 22 Aug 2024I have tested the Pixel 9 Pro XL's camera in a store a... moreI want to add that the periscope camera of the Pixel 9 Pro XL has a smaller focal length (17.906mm) than the Pixel 8 Pro (18.0mm) and the Pixel 7 Pro (19.0mm).
Here's a comparison how many pixels per angle you get when you use dng files at 10x-30x in the default 12 megapixel mode in good light conditions:
100% Pixel 7 Pro
94.7% Pixel 8 Pro
47.1% Pixel 9 Pro XL
43.8% Pixel 6 Pro
21.5% Pixel 4
11.5% Pixel 5
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- shania twein
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- 24 Aug 2024
The whole pixel9 series already fail in day1.
An iphone clone with turd samsung exynos chip
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- 23 Aug 2024
ShOuKa, 22 Aug 2024One of the few humble men that still cares for smaller scre... moreSince you're already using a Moto, you'd be pleased to know that all but one parameters on your dream phone list will be fulfilled by the upcoming Edge 50 Neo. Unfortunately, that one parameter is quite the important one — SoC.
I'm in the same boat as you and it frustrates me to know that there's not a single 6.1-6.4" flat screen phone on the market that has a decent SoC in it (7+gen3 would be perfect). Once the 50 Neo launches, I'd be looking for reviews to decide between it and the Xiaomi 14 Civi (with a slightly bigger screen).