Google Pixel 9 Pro review

20 September 2024


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  • 1 hour ago

Why is marketing AI described as a positive feature? It is simply there to blind people and increase the price

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    • 1 hour ago

    Anonymous, 11 hours agoRegarding my previous comment: I am pretty sure that some ... moreI also just looked at the 50 megapixel 5x sample images. They seem to contain more detail from objects than the 50 megapixel 10x sample images. I am talking about the photo of the clock, the exposure time is nearly identical. This proves that something is wrong here. Some 50 megapixel 10x, 30x sample images are just out of focus, but in other cases there seems to be an extreme amount of noise reduction (or maybe out of focus+ noise reduction).
    I remember that when I tested the 9 Pro XL's 50 megapixel mode at 15x in a store, the level of detail could vary a lot from photo to photo, even when the exposure time was identical.

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      • 3 hours ago

      Anonymous, 11 hours agoRegarding my previous comment: I am pretty sure that some ... moreBut apart from the out of focus sample images, it's still shocking that 10x, 15x now seem to look so bad when analog binning is disabled (50 megapixel mode) due to extremely aggressive noise reduction (though many sample images seem to be out of focus). 8 Pro, 7 Pro don't have this issue. Though, when I tested the 9 Pro XL in a store, the 10x-30x jpgs were often better than the 12 megapixel mode, when I used the 50 megapixel mode.
      It's also extremely strange because 2x still behaves like on the 7 Pro, 8 Pro: There is no binning in good light conditions at 2x, when you don't use the 50 megapixel mode. But there is always binning at 10x-30x, when you don't use the 50 megapixel mode.

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        • 4 hours ago

        nion, 14 hours agoDamn, these RAM numbers are getting out of hand lol Ther... moreHigh ram is for loading local AI models.

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          • Ci%
          • 4 hours ago

          Stoon, 7 hours agoa Dimensity 9xxx or at least 8xxx would have been a better ... moreTensor is the cheapest SoC.

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            • 6 hours ago

            Akinaro, 7 hours ago50% of power after 2 minutes... lets that sink in... Ope... moreYou used 50% of power doing what?

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              • 6 hours ago

              Just got this phone. Love it! Not a gamer, so there's that...

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                • 6 hours ago

                Redeemer, 7 hours agoShould I care about benchmarks? All I do is whatapps, stre... moreIf you're paying $1000 yes.

                  Redeemer, 7 hours agoShould I care about benchmarks? All I do is whatapps, stre... moreNah, you should be fine with the Pixel's performance if you aren't a heavy power user.

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                    • 7 hours ago

                    a Dimensity 9xxx or at least 8xxx would have been a better choice than Tensor. I still don't understand Google policy about their SoC : it seems Pixel team is ruled by immature developers !

                      50% of power after 2 minutes... lets that sink in...

                      Open camera, 2min later, screen automatically get dimmed due to heat, 5min, it get to 20% brightness, 8min, ask you to stop recording...

                      I have pixel 8 and I have the same issues... I had that on pixel 7 too! how funny it is that 3 generations... no wait, as older phones had that too, so 5 generations of pixel phones throttle the device straigh to 2014! :D

                        Should I care about benchmarks? All I do is whatapps, stream, take photos and some gaming rarely though.

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                          • sgj
                          • 8 hours ago

                          Some will really buy this expensive u-guly s-hyte ?

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                            • 8 hours ago

                            Nick Tegrataker, 8 hours agoIt's worth mentioning that Google has clearly lost its... moreHP2 is most advanced isocell ever made

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                              • 8 hours ago

                              Nick Tegrataker, 9 hours ago"Qualcomm shareholders" Even if I were a Googl... moreGoogle is selling near 10 million phones per year.
                              More than expected.
                              They see zero reason to try to make any better.

                              This in USA is gonna sell more than non-huawei flagships in China.

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                                • 8 hours ago

                                Simon, 11 hours agoI'd give 3 at most. I can't say much about the ... morei don’t know how to tell you this but not everyone care about how powerful a hardware is on a phone, there just want good photos for social media

                                  It's worth mentioning that Google has clearly lost its touch when it comes to image processing after Marc Levoy left their imaging department.

                                  On Pixel 5 Google changed the way images are stacked (instead of combining multiple underexposed images, it started to use exposure bracketing) which created far more obvious misaligned pixels as shown by awful random colour blotches in the stacked RAW files.

                                  Pixel 6 and 7 series went way too aggressive with noise reduction in the post-processing, which caused photos to look excessively waxy.

                                  Even the latest generation of Pixel still overprocesses details in low light, the stacked RAW still looks extremely inconsistent when it comes to noise pattern, and the main camera now suffers from what seems to be a hardware QC issue - the lens doesn't seem to have a good enough sharpness to fully resolve 50MP, as evidenced by the samples provided by GSMArena, as the centre of the frame looks noticeably blurry when viewed at 100% magnification.

                                  It's funny how RAW files coming out of a GCAM port on my Galaxy S23 Ultra and Redmi Note 13 Pro look less noisy and are easier to edit in post. Google just can't seem to get it right for some reason.

                                    [deleted post]Yeah, except it doesn't.

                                    Geekerwan's power curve chart really shows how far behind Tensor G3 (and presumably G4) is in terms of both CPU and GPU performance/efficiency. D9300+ CPU is more efficient than that of 8g3 under high load.

                                    https://www.socpk.com/cpucurve/gb6/
                                    https://www.socpk.com/gpucurve/gfx/

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                                      • 9 hours ago

                                      Anonymous, 9 hours agoIt falls behind d8300 in terms of gpu despite d8300 having ... moreD8300: 11,2k peak and 8,8k sustained performance in wild life

                                        Simon, 11 hours agoI'd give 3 at most. I can't say much about the ... moreHaven't had any of the issues you are talking about. What app are you uninstalling 4 times? That doesn't even make sense. Honestly sounds like you don't know how to use your phone. You can't copy text in an image? Long press the bottom bar on your screen and you can select or circle literally anything on any screen including your gallery and copy text very easily.

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