Google Pixel 9 Pro XL review

21 August 2024


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jiyen235, 23 Aug 2024Yeah I understand, I was just giving my POV. From my perspe... moreFair enough. Very good phone alright!

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    Google wants to be an apple (closed), own hardware and operating system but you pay the price

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      ProMax Ultra, 21 Aug 2024Marginal improvements here & there with slight fesign c... moreIts Not stock Android, rather Pixel os. A Google skinned version of AOSP with the usual "bloatware" of Google apps

        As a Pixel user for many years, I won't buy new Pixels anymore. Such a average chipset for such a price. And cinematic mode, action mode, slow-mo capped at 1080p, no improvements in portrait mode. So behind the competition, but price like them. 🤦

          Aierlan, 23 Aug 2024For bands I mentioned it depends on the country so this arg... moreYeah I understand, I was just giving my POV. From my perspective the X100 Pro is goated that's it.

            jiyen235, 23 Aug 2024idrc about the price difference. The X100 Pro is global and... moreFor bands I mentioned it depends on the country so this argument is valid. It's missing LTE band 20 which is an important band in many countries and especially in rural areas within those countries e.g. The UK, Spain, Germany, Russia. As I stated this is region dependent so whilst it may not be relevant for 'you' there are readers from many different countries on this website

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              potato4k, 22 Aug 2024LOL. No one buys Pixel phones for gaming, especially for th... moreyeah since they overheat so badly if u stress the phones.. its a bad choice.

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                Anonymous, 22 Aug 2024Agreed. I find it weird for someone to have enough cash ... moreWow, you don't know anything about the real world. 9 out of 10 customers who are willing to pay $1,000 for a smartphone will simply buy an iPhone. Literally no one cares about "gaming phones" and OEMs stopped making them a long time ago. However #TeamPixel is becoming popular at an incredible rate. The same cannot be said for ZTE.

                  Aierlan, 23 Aug 2024It depends. If buying the global x100 pro it's going ... moreidrc about the price difference. The X100 Pro is global and has some features which I'd like so it makes up for the higher cost in a way. Besides, the main reason I think the X100 Pro is superior is cus of the battery, it's better and charges faster. Even if you save up and get the chinese one, the X100 Pro is still a better value yk? If the X100 Ultra had variable aperture, only then would it have been a better product. The X100 Pro is too good. Rumors say the X200 Pro might have a nerfed 1/1.28" sensor, that'd be sad.

                  Oh btw I checked the bands in Trading Shenzhen and the phone easily supports all the bands of my country. So the band argument doesn't work in favor of the X100 Ultra either. Back in the day Mediatek was super bad and now they're at the very least on par and sometimes they also beat Qualcomm. So it's an even better W for the X100 Pro in a way.

                  Oh and the X100 Pro global version costed like the same as an S24+ near where I live, even more Ws for it

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                    Kriegsherr, 22 Aug 2024Possibly cause a lot of people look at display, battery and... moreNo. The actual reason is to earn advertisement revenue.

                      jiyen235, 22 Aug 2024The X100 Ultra is NOT worth it. Very small changes compared... moreIt depends. If buying the global x100 pro it's going to be more expensive than the x100 ultra as that only has a Chinese model. However, if you buy the Chinese x100 pro or x100s pro they are certainly cheaper than the x100 ultra but they are missing a lot of bands present on the x100 ultra so it depends on where you live and if these bands are relevant to you. For example the Chinese x100 pro and x100s pro lack some key European bands e.g. band 20. The x100 ultra comes with all key bands for regions like Europe so basically I think it depends on where you live and which version of the x100 pro you are getting

                        Anonymous, 22 Aug 2024Agreed. I find it weird for someone to have enough cash ... moreI don't see any problem with that. I have a friend who owns a foldable screen phone and also has a Nubia Red Magic reserved for mobile gaming and console emulation, and nothing else. He used to have an ROG Phone but wasn't impressed with the latest 8th-generation release.

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                          YUKI93, 22 Aug 2024It's not hard to see the Pixel has a better colour and... moreCan't really understand why you got so many red crosses when you literally said the truth. Even on my cheap generic PC monitor with TN panel, I can easily see just how bad the oversharpening on both Samsung and Apple.

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                            • 23 Aug 2024

                            I'm still not sure if this is a worthy upgrade over the Pixel 8 Pro. Even the photos doesn't look much different between the two. I may as well just stick with the Pixel 8 Pro until Google brings in a new camera hardware.

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                              • 23 Aug 2024

                              "Unfortunately, we are not able to provide you with benchmark scores at this time as the benchmark apps we use were reported as "incompatible" on the Play Store and sideloading them got us results which were way to low (lower than Pixel 8 Pro, for instance) to be considered as representative. Let's hope the limitations are lifted later down the line and we are able to offer you proper benchmark scores."

                              I'm not saying that Google hide their performance on purpose but... I am saying that Google hide their performance on purpose. They have released a phone that is still in development. That's why they don't want any benchmarks to be shown. I don't trust any of the battery and whatever performance tests as well. This is clearly an unfinished product pushed for launch early.

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                                Anonymous, 22 Aug 2024The camera of the 8 pro wasn't cutting edge? According... moreThis isn't the biased dxo... This is GSMArena you can see pictures side by side, not some mumbo telling you what he thinks.

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                                  • 23 Aug 2024

                                  Most overrated Pixel ever.

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                                    Anonymous, 22 Aug 2024The camera of the 8 pro wasn't cutting edge? According... moreAre we still paying any attention to DXomark in 2024? Com'on.

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                                      potato4k, 22 Aug 2024LOL. No one buys Pixel phones for gaming, especially for th... moreI just don't understand why people complain about phones coz of lack of game power. I thought there is phones for games and other things.

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                                        potato4k, 22 Aug 2024LOL. No one buys Pixel phones for gaming, especially for th... moreAgreed.

                                        I find it weird for someone to have enough cash to purchase a gaming ZTE device---then decides to buy a pixel phone.

                                        It still a preference though.

                                        All I can think of is helping that guy if I know someone plans to do that.