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Google Pixel XL Review: The Best Goddamn Phone In The World

Google’s back with a new phone. It’s called the Pixel – the Pixel XL, in this context – and it is utterly amazing

As a big fan of Google’s Nexus brand I was sorry to hear that Google was doing away with the brand in 2016. I’d owned every Nexus phone since the Galaxy S, which came out way back in 2011, or thereabouts, and was just about as true to the brand as one can be.

Times have changed though since then and so too has the mobile space. LG, Sony, HTC and pretty much everybody else, save for Apple and Samsung, well, Samsung until very recently, anyway, is struggling to make a buck. The space is now pretty much controlled by Apple and Samsung. No one else really gets a look in.

Take the LG G5, for instance – that was a brilliant device and it all but flopped. Why? People just weren’t interested. People wanted Samsung phones or iPhones. This is the case here in the UK, overseas in the US and also farther afield in places like China and Asia. I think this is why Google choose to do the Pixel phone. Rather than trying to beat Apple by drowning it out with multiple phones it has opted to try and choke the company to death instead by competing with it directly, head-to-head.

Google couldn’t have picked a better time to do it, either. Apple’s latest iPhones are just about as dull a release as could be. Nothing has really changed, save for the dual-lens camera inside the iPhone 7 Plus but, of course, to get access to that you will have to pay a premium. Other than this aspect, 2016’s iPhones are essentially more of the same, which is to say decent, solid performers, from a company that apparently feels comfortable enough with its position in the world to adopt a three year hardware cycle.

Hey, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right?

The somewhat dull nature of Apple’s iPhone 7 campaign in 2016 makes Google’s entry to the space all the more easier. Doubly so when you factor in Samsung’s exploding Galaxy Note 7, a debacle which could have far reaching effects on Samsung’s business, profitability and brand going forwards.

In fact, I cannot think when there has been a better time for a company the size of Google to release a brand new phone. Competition is lower than normal, thanks to Samsung, and Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, if reports are to be believed, aren’t exactly setting the world on fire.

So, does the Google Pixel XL do enough to earn its place at the head of the table? Let’s bloody well find out, shall we?

Google Pixel XL Review: Design

A lot’s been made about the design of the Pixel phones. Most of it not good. The phone’s are pretty pedestrian. There’s nothing too eye-catching or impressive about either handset. The only real point of interest is the two-tone paneling work on the back of the handset. Beyond this it just looks like a phone. Not a bad-looking phone, but nothing particularly exciting either.

But this isn’t what the Pixel XL is about. Well, that’s my opinion, anyway. I think this phone about Android and nothing else. Everything on the front, save for the annoyingly large bezels, is designed to simply get out of the way and let you get stuck into Android’s guts and features. I’m not a huge fan of the design, basically, but then again I don’t like the way the PS4 looks but that hasn’t exactly stopped me from using it.

The Pixel XL is fairly large at 75.7 x 154.7 mm. It felt even larger to me as I came into this review from an iPhone SE. Still, I’m pretty used to using phablets as they have been my phone of choice for years, so it didn’t take long to re-adjust. I like that Google put the fingerprint scanner on the back again and I also like that it didn’t get rid of the headphone jack. Beyond this the rest of the phone is pretty much as it looks in pictures: big, shiny and not all that interesting.

It’s smart enough, don’t get me wrong, it just doesn’t have the majesty of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 EDGE or the uniqueness of the Nexus 6P. It still functions perfectly in the hand and it still feels premium. It’s just not particularly eye-catching, though, for me, this isn’t exactly a deal breaker. I’m more concerned with the software, cameras and performance.

Google Pixel XL Review: Display

The Pixel XL packs in an AMOLED QHD display that is bright, punchy and vivid. Google has not scrimped on anything in this regard and using the Pixel XL, day in, day out, is an absolute pleasure. At 5.5in it is well inside phablet territory like Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus, its nearest rival, and like Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus the handset itself is more than a handful.

Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus is still only 1080p, however, and this is where the Pixel XL steams ahead because not only is it using screen technology – AMOLED – that Apple will outfit inside its phones next year, it has has a higher resolution and this makes looking at anything on it a vastly superior experience, regardless of Apple’s command of the colour gamut aboard its latest handsets.

I’m not too fussed about 1080p vs QHD, if I’m 100% honest. I’ve been using the iPhone SE for months now and pretty much enjoyed most of my time with it. QHD is great when you have it, but it is not a necessity – especially if it comes at the expense of battery performance. Normally this is the case. However, Google has managed to remedy this via some sort of black magic, ensuring market-leading battery performance from the Pixel XL.

For me, this is a game-changer. Not only do you have a supremely bright and detailed display, but you also have INSANE battery life, the likes of which have to be experienced to be believed. Images, webpages, video and text all look amazing on the Pixel XL’s expansive 5.5in panel. Like the Galaxy S7 and LG G5’s display, it is a joy to behold, a joy to use and a marvel when compared to what you get on Apple’s smaller iPhones.

Google Pixel XL Review: Specs & Features

This is where the Pixel XL REALLY does come into its own. Not only does it run an exclusive, Google-designed version of Android Nougat but it is also the first smartphone on the planet to run Qualcomm’s latest, greatest and VR-enabling Snapdragon 821 CPU.

I expected things to be smooth and potent, but nothing prepared me for just how good the Pixel XL would be – it is unlike any Android phone I have ever used. Menus. Scrolling. Apps – everything is lightening fast. Now, some of this is down to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 821 CPU and the copious amount of RAM included inside the Pixel XL. But a lot of it is to do with Google’s increased control over the software and hardware.

As Apple has proven for years, if you’re in control of everything you can eek out more performance from a handset, a process that is done by ensuring the hardware – CPU, RAM, etc – works seamlessly with the software, Android Nougat. Google knows Android better than anyone else and when you use the Pixel XL the command Google has over its OS becomes all the more clear.

Pound for pound, the specs aren’t anything to get too excited about. Yes, the Pixel XL is one of the most powerful Android phones on the planet. But, so what? It’ll be usurped next week by someone else. That’s just how it works in the Android space. But what WILL separate the Pixel XL apart from the “other” Android phones is that its performance will ALWAYS be better.

Why? Simple: Google built this phone. It clearly knows what it’s doing, as this phone feels about 10X faster than nearly every other Android phone I’ve tested this year – including the Samsung Galaxy S7, Note 7 and HTC 10. And the only reason that I can think of for why this might be the case is the level of attention Google has put into developing this phone as a seamless piece of technology.

The traditional way Android phones are built is a bit different: a phone maker designs and builds a phone. They then install Android on it, usually after ruining it with a custom skin. After a bit of tinkering and testing, the phone gets shipped out to consumers. This is the way ALL Android handsets are made. And this is why they are often problematic – see Samsung’s recent Galaxy Note 7 episode.

The Pixel phones are different, though, because they feel as if they have been designed AROUND Android.

Android is the star of the show here. Not an EDGE display, nor an odd chassis, or a missing headphone jack. No. These phones are ALL about Android. Period.

I could go on about how good the Pixel XL is to use in a day-to-day setting, but by now you probably get the picture. This phone is stunning in the performance department and it is unlike anything else that came before it. I think this is why Google changed the name. It did it because Nexus was not good enough for this phone. It deserved something new and fresh and unique for the phone space because that’s what this phone is all about: a new direction for Google and Android.

Google Pixel XL Review: Camera

Forget what Apple says, the best camera on the market RIGHT NOW is inside the Google Pixel XL. I’ve been snapping images with it for just over a week and I have to say, once again, it is unlike anything I have used before. It doesn’t matter where you’re shooting, or in what type of light, the Pixel XL will deliver solid, good-looking, detailed images. I suck at photography, big time, so if the Pixel XL can make my photographs look good then I dread to think what would happen in the hands of someone more capable.

So what makes the camera so good? Three core aspects, in my opinion: 1) a simple application, 2) the speed with which it loads up and snaps pictures and 3) insanely fast focus. Couple this with an excellent 12.3MP sensor, large 1.55μm pixels and an f/2.0 aperture and you have a camera set up that is currently unparalleled in the mobile space at present.

The Galaxy S7 and iPhone 7 Plus have excellent cameras, but neither are as good as the shooter inside the Pixel XL. Alongside the software inside the Pixel XL, this is one of the phone’s biggest USPs. Interestingly, it’s one I wasn’t expecting. I know Google said the Pixel XL has the best camera ever at launch, but I figured that was just locker-room talk – not an actual statement of fact!

It’s much the same with video as well. You can shoot in 4K and the results look amazing when played back on a compatible device. And if all this wasn’t good enough, Google is giving ALL Pixel users unlimited storage for all their pictures and videos – even 4K ones – so you’ll never run out of space on your phone ever again.

Google Pixel XL Review: Android. Android. Android!

I’ve been saying this for years, but it still stands: if you LOVE Android, use a Pixel phones. Why? Simple: Pixel phones run the purest form of Android, with zero bloatware, designed and functioning just as Google intended. If you value things like this, as I do, then there really is no competition in this regard.

You get Android updates first, while other, more costly Android phones have to wait months. There is no bloatware inside; just Google apps and the one’s you choose to install. You get immediate access to all the latest security patches and fixes and, generally speaking, everything runs a lot smoother as a result.

The Pixel Phones also feature a bunch of unique software attributes that you CANNOT get anywhere else. These are as follows:

  • Google Assistant
  • Unlimited Storage For Photos and Video (even 4K video) 
  • The Pixel Launcher
  • Smart Storage 
  • 24/7 Support 
  • Pixel Camera

I have never understood why people how like Android get anything other than a Nexus phone. They get updates first, were always solid and most of the time were cheaper than handsets from HTC, LG and Samsung. This latter point no longer stands, as the Pixel phones are rather pricy, however, the former points still do – and they’re now even better as a lot of what makes the Pixel tick are exclusive to the Pixel.

The Pixel Launcher is Google’s new stock Android look. It’s smart, tidy and packed with useful features. Assistant is always accessible by voice or a long hold on the home button. You can also swipe right to access Assistant. The app tray is gone, sort of… now you simply swipe up from the bottom of the display to access your applications.

The wallpapers Google has included are STUNNING. They have this awesome slow-zoom effect when you unlock the phone, which is so subtle you might not notice it. Android had never looked better in my opinion. It has also never been smarter, thanks to Google Assistant which is now lengths and breadths ahead of the Siri in every regard.

Google Pixel XL Review: Battery

Battery life performance isn’t the most glitzy subject to talk about, but it is something 100% of mobile users value. No one phone has yet taken battery performance to a level comparable to what we had back in the days of the Nokia 3310. The Pixel XL doesn’t remedy this situation either, but what it does it still very impressive by today’s standards.

Whatever you do with this phone it just flat out REFUSES to consume juice. During testing I pushed this phone as hard as I could. I went away on a trip for 24 hours, didn’t take a charger and used the phone normally, assuming it would die in the wee hours of the morning, but, lone behold, the Pixel XL was still alive and kicking with 20% left in the tank when I returned home the following day.

I sometimes forget to charge it and it will EASILY last until about 2pm. Nothing hurts this phone. I have no idea how Google has done this but it is DAMN impressive. The only phone that is remotely comparable is the Huawei Mate 8… but even that phone pales in comparison to what the Pixel XL is capable of with respect to battery conservation.

If you don’t use it the Pixel XL, it simply doesn’t use battery life, a first for Android phones in my experience. Push it hard – like, REALLY hard – and it will last a full day and a half. This is the only phone I have ever used that I can feel confident about taking it out after work, without a top-up, and not worry about it dying on me when I need it most, usually around 2am, after a skin-full and in dire need of an Uber.

The Pixel XL’s battery performance is utterly bonkers. There’s just no other word to describe it.

Google Pixel XL Review: Verdict

I was sad when I heard about the end of Google’s Nexus brand. This feeling didn’t change when I saw the Pixel phones at launch. I loved that brand and what it stood for. But after using the Pixel XL for two weeks, I can now safely say that what Google has done here exceeds anything it achieved with its Nexus phones. The Pixel XL is unparalleled in almost every regard in 2016’s mobile space.

The software is amazing. The camera is stunning. The battery life is beyond belief. You get free storage for ALL your pictures and videos. Google offers 24/7 round the clock support, meaning any issues can be resolved right away, and Google Assistant is the smartest Personal Assistant available inside a phone right now.

If you love Android, buy this phone. If you want market-leading battery performance and a brilliant camera, buy this phone. Nothing else compares. I used to be a Nexus purist. Not anymore. Now I am a Pixel purist.

Nexus is dead… Long live the KING!

Typical Price: 
£719.00
Pros: 
Excellent Camera; Insane Battery Performance; Brilliant Software; Great Call Quality; Zero Lag; No Bloatware; Google Assistant ROCKS


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Cons: 
The Price; The Design Is A Tad Dull
Verdict: 
The software is amazing. The camera is stunning. The battery life is beyond belief. You get free storage for ALL your pictures and videos. Google offers 24/7 round the clock support, meaning any issues can be resolved right away, and Google Assistant is the smartest Personal Assistant available inside a phone right now.

If you love Android, buy this phone. If you want market-leading battery performance and a brilliant camera, buy this phone. Nothing else compares. I used to be a Nexus purist. Not anymore. Now I am a Pixel purist.


10:05, 26 Oct 2016

Google’s again with a brand new phone. It’s referred to as the Pixel – the Pixel XL, on this context – and it's completely superb

As a large fan of Google’s Nexus logo I used to be sorry to listen to that Google used to be getting rid of the logo in 2016. I’d owned each and every Nexus phone because the Galaxy S, which got here out long ago in 2011, or thereabouts, and used to be as regards to as true to the logo as one can also be.

Occasions have modified although since then and so too has the cellular area. LG, Sony, HTC and just about everyone else, save for Apple and Samsung, smartly, Samsung till very just lately, anyway, is suffering to make a greenback. The area is now just about managed via Apple and Samsung. Nobody else in point of fact will get a glance in.

Take the LG G5, as an example – that used to be a super tool and all of it however flopped. Why? Folks simply weren’t . Other folks sought after Samsung telephones or iPhones. That is the case right here in the United Kingdom, in another country in the United States and in addition farther afield in puts like China and Asia. I feel for this reason Google select to do the Pixel phone. Relatively than looking to beat Apple by way of drowning it out with more than one telephones it has opted to take a look at and choke the corporate to demise as an alternative via competing with it without delay, head-to-head.

Google couldn’t have picked a greater time to do it, both. Apple’s newest iPhones are near to as uninteresting a unlock as may well be. Not anything has in reality modified, save for the dual-lens digital camera within the iPhone 7 Plus however, in fact, to get get entry to to that you are going to need to pay a top class. Rather than this side, 2016’s iPhones are necessarily extra of the similar, which is to mention respectable, forged performers, from an organization that it seems that feels comfy sufficient with its place on the planet to undertake a 3 yr hardware cycle.

Hiya, if it ain’t broke, don’t repair it, proper?

The relatively uninteresting nature of Apple’s iPhone 7 marketing campaign in 2016 makes Google’s access to the distance all of the extra more uncomplicated. Doubly so while you think about Samsung’s exploding Galaxy Observe 7, a debacle which may have a long way achieving results on Samsung’s industry, profitability and logo going forwards.

In reality, I will not assume when there was a greater time for a corporation the dimensions of Google to free up a brand spanking new phone. Festival is not up to commonplace, because of Samsung, and Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, if reviews are to be believed, aren’t precisely environment the arena on fireplace.

So, does the Google Pixel XL do sufficient to earn its position on the head of the desk? Let’s bloody smartly in finding out, we could?

Google Pixel XL Assessment: Design

So much’s been made concerning the design of the Pixel telephones. Maximum of it now not nice. The phone’s are lovely pedestrian. There’s not anything too crowd pleasing or spectacular about both handset. The best actual focal point is the two-tone paneling paintings at the again of the handset. Past this it simply seems like a phone. Now not a bad-looking phone, however not anything in particular thrilling both.

However this isn’t what the Pixel XL is set. Smartly, that’s my opinion, anyway. I feel this phone about Android and not anything else. The whole thing at the entrance, save for the annoyingly massive bezels, is designed to easily get out of the best way and permit you to get caught into Android’s guts and lines. I’m now not an enormous fan of the design, principally, however on the other hand I don’t like the best way the PS4 seems to be however that hasn’t precisely stopped me from the use of it.

The Pixel XL is quite massive at 75.7 x 154.7 mm. It felt even greater to me as I got here into this evaluation from an iPhone SE. Nonetheless, I’m lovely used to the use of phablets as they have got been my phone of selection for years, so it didn’t take lengthy to re-adjust. I love that Google put the fingerprint scanner at the again once more and I additionally like that it did not eliminate the headphone jack. Past this the remainder of the phone is just about because it seems in footage: giant, glossy and now not all that fascinating.

It’s sensible sufficient, don’t get me flawed, it simply does not have the majesty of Samsung's Galaxy Notice 7 EDGE or the individuality of the Nexus 6P. It nonetheless purposes completely within the hand and it nonetheless feels top class. It’s simply now not in particular crowd pleasing, even though, for me, this isn’t precisely a deal breaker. I’m extra all for the device, cameras and function.

Google Pixel XL Assessment: Show

The Pixel XL packs in an AMOLED QHD show this is brilliant, punchy and brilliant. Google has now not scrimped on anything else on this regard and the use of the Pixel XL, day in, day trip, is an absolute excitement. At 5.5in it's smartly inside of phablet territory like Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus, its nearest rival, and prefer Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus the handset itself is greater than a handful.

Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus continues to be handiest 1080p, on the other hand, and that is the place the Pixel XL steams forward as a result of now not most effective is it the use of display generation – AMOLED – that Apple will outfit inside of its telephones subsequent yr, it has has a better solution and this makes shopping at anything else on it a hugely awesome revel in, without reference to Apple’s command of the color gamut aboard its newest handsets.

I’m now not too fussed about 1080p vs QHD, if I am 100% fair. I’ve been the use of the iPhone SE for months now and just about loved maximum of my time with it. QHD is superb if in case you have it, however it isn't a need – particularly if it comes on the expense of battery efficiency. Typically that is the case. Then again, Google has controlled to treatment this by means of some kind of black magic, making sure market-leading battery efficiency from the Pixel XL.

For me, this can be a game-changer. Now not most effective do you've a supremely shiny and detailed show, however you even have INSANE battery lifestyles, the likes of which need to be skilled to be believed. Photographs, webpages, video and textual content all glance superb at the Pixel XL’s expansive 5.5in panel. Just like the Galaxy S7 and LG G5’s show, this is a pleasure to behold, a pleasure to make use of and a wonder when in comparison to what you get on Apple’s smaller iPhones.

Google Pixel XL Evaluation: Specifications & Options

That is the place the Pixel XL REALLY does come into its personal. Now not handiest does it run an unique, Google-designed model of Android Nougat however additionally it is the primary smartphone in the world to run Qualcomm’s newest, biggest and VR-enabling Snapdragon 821 CPU.

I anticipated issues to be clean and potent, however not anything ready me for simply how nice the Pixel XL can be – it's in contrast to any Android phone I've ever used. Menus. Scrolling. Apps – the whole thing is lightening rapid. Now, a few of that is right down to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 821 CPU and the copious quantity of RAM incorporated within the Pixel XL. However a large number of it's to do with Google’s higher keep an eye on over the tool and hardware.

As Apple has confirmed for years, in the event you’re in keep an eye on of the entirety you'll be able to eek out extra efficiency from a handset, a procedure this is executed via making sure the hardware – CPU, RAM, and so on – works seamlessly with the tool, Android Nougat. Google is aware of Android higher than somebody else and while you use the Pixel XL the command Google has over its OS turns into all of the extra transparent.

Pound for pound, the specifications aren’t anything else to get too enthusiastic about. Sure, the Pixel XL is likely one of the maximum tough Android telephones on the earth. However, so what? It’ll be usurped subsequent week through anyone else. That’s simply the way it works within the Android area. However what WILL separate the Pixel XL except the “different” Android telephones is that its efficiency will ALWAYS be higher.

Why? Easy: Google constructed this phone. It obviously is aware of what it’s doing, as this phone feels about 10X quicker than just about each and every different Android phone I’ve examined this yr – together with the Samsung Galaxy S7, Notice 7 and HTC 10. And the one explanation why that I will be able to bring to mind for why this may well be the case is the extent of consideration Google has put into creating this phone as a continuing piece of generation.

The conventional means Android telephones are constructed is a little other: a phone maker designs and builds a phone. They then set up Android on it, generally after ruining it with a customized pores and skin. After somewhat of tinkering and checking out, the phone will get shipped out to shoppers. That is the best way ALL Android handsets are made. And for this reason they're steadily problematic – see Samsung’s fresh Galaxy Observe 7 episode.

The Pixel telephones are other, even though, as a result of they really feel as though they have got been designed AROUND Android.

Android is the superstar of the display right here. Now not an EDGE show, nor an abnormal chassis, or a lacking headphone jack. No. Those telephones are ALL about Android. Duration.

I may just pass on about how nice the Pixel XL is to make use of in a day by day environment, however through now you most likely get the image. This phone is surprising within the efficiency division and it's in contrast to anything that got here ahead of it. I feel for this reason Google modified the identify. It did it as a result of Nexus used to be now not nice sufficient for this phone. It deserved one thing new and recent and distinctive for the phone area as a result of that’s what this phone is all about: a brand new course for Google and Android.

Google Pixel XL Evaluation: Digital camera

Overlook what Apple says, the most productive digital camera available on the market RIGHT NOW is within the Google Pixel XL. I’ve been snapping photographs with it for simply over every week and I've to mention, as soon as once more, it's in contrast to anything else I've used sooner than. It doesn’t topic the place you’re capturing, or in what form of gentle, the Pixel XL will ship forged, handsome, detailed photographs. I suck at images, giant time, so if the Pixel XL could make my pictures glance nice then I dread to assume what would occur within the arms of any person extra succesful.

So what makes the digital camera so nice? 3 core facets, individually: 1) a easy software, 2) the velocity with which it so much up and snaps footage and 3) insanely rapid center of attention. Couple this with a very good 12.3MP sensor, massive 1.55μm pixels and an f/2.0 aperture and you have got a digital camera arrange this is recently extraordinary within the cellular area at the moment.

The Galaxy S7 and iPhone 7 Plus have very good cameras, however neither are as nice because the shooter within the Pixel XL. Along the device within the Pixel XL, this is likely one of the phone’s largest USPs. Apparently, it’s one I wasn’t anticipating. I do know Google stated the Pixel XL has the most productive digital camera ever at release, however I figured that used to be simply locker-room communicate – now not a real observation of reality!

It’s a lot the similar with video as smartly. You'll be able to shoot in 4K and the effects glance superb when performed again on a suitable software. And if all this wasn’t nice sufficient, Google is giving ALL Pixel customers limitless garage for all their footage and movies – even 4K ones – so that you’ll by no means run out of area for your phone ever once more.

Google Pixel XL Assessment: Android. Android. Android!

I’ve been pronouncing this for years, however it nonetheless stands: should you LOVE Android, use a Pixel telephones. Why? Easy: Pixel telephones run the purest type of Android, with 0 bloatware, designed and functioning simply as Google meant. In the event you worth such things as this, as I do, then there in reality isn't any festival on this regard.

You get Android updates first, whilst different, extra pricey Android telephones have to attend months. There is not any bloatware inside of; simply Google apps and the only’s you select to put in. You get quick get right of entry to to all of the newest safety patches and fixes and, usually talking, the whole thing runs so much smoother consequently.

The Pixel Telephones additionally function a host of distinctive tool attributes that you simply CANNOT get any place else. Those are as follows:

  • Google Assistant
  • Limitless Garage For Pictures and Video (even 4K video) 
  • The Pixel Launcher
  • Sensible Garage 
  • 24/7 Make stronger 
  • Pixel Digital camera

I've by no means understood why other folks how like Android get anything else rather than a Nexus phone. They get updates first, have been all the time forged and more often than not have been less expensive than handsets from HTC, LG and Samsung. This latter level now not stands, because the Pixel telephones are relatively pricy, then again, the previous issues nonetheless do – they usually’re now even higher as a large number of what makes the Pixel tick are unique to the Pixel.

The Pixel Launcher is Google’s new inventory Android glance. It’s sensible, tidy and full of helpful options. Assistant is all the time available through voice or an extended grasp at the house button. You'll be able to additionally swipe proper to get entry to Assistant. The app tray is long past, type of… now you merely swipe up from the ground of the show to get entry to your programs.

The wallpapers Google has incorporated are STUNNING. They have got this superior slow-zoom impact while you free up the phone, which is so delicate chances are you'll now not realize it. Android had by no means seemed higher personally. It has additionally by no means been smarter, because of Google Assistant which is now lengths and breadths forward of the Siri in each and every regard.

Google Pixel XL Evaluation: Battery

Battery lifestyles efficiency isn’t probably the most glitzy topic to speak about, however it's one thing 100% of cellular customers worth. Nobody phone has but taken battery efficiency to a degree similar to what we had again within the days of the Nokia 3310. The Pixel XL doesn’t treatment this example both, however what it does it nonetheless very spectacular by way of nowadays’s requirements.

No matter you do with this phone it simply flat out REFUSES to eat juice. All the way through checking out I driven this phone as arduous as I may just. I went away on a go back and forth for 24 hours, didn’t take a charger and used the phone in most cases, assuming it will die within the wee hours of the morning, however, lone behold, the Pixel XL used to be nonetheless alive and kicking with 20% left within the tank once I returned house day after today.

I every so often disregard to rate it and it is going to EASILY ultimate till about 2pm. Not anything hurts this phone. I do not know how Google has achieved this however it's DAMN spectacular. The handiest phone this is remotely similar is the Huawei Mate 8… however even that phone pales compared to what the Pixel XL is able to with appreciate to battery conservation.

Should you don’t use it the Pixel XL, it merely doesn’t use battery lifestyles, a primary for Android telephones in my revel in. Push it arduous – like, REALLY exhausting – and it's going to remaining a complete day and a part. That is the one phone I've ever used that I will be able to really feel assured about taking it out after paintings, and not using a top-up, and now not fear about it demise on me once I want it maximum, typically round 2am, after a skin-full and in dire want of an Uber.

The Pixel XL’s battery efficiency is completely bonkers. There’s simply no different phrase to explain it.

Google Pixel XL Evaluate: Verdict

I used to be unhappy once I heard concerning the finish of Google’s Nexus logo. This sense didn’t trade once I noticed the Pixel telephones at release. I liked that logo and what it stood for. However after the use of the Pixel XL for 2 weeks, I will be able to now safely say that what Google has finished right here exceeds anything else it accomplished with its Nexus telephones. The Pixel XL is extraordinary in virtually each and every regard in 2016’s cellular area.

The device is fantastic. The digital camera is surprising. The battery lifestyles is past trust. You get loose garage for ALL your footage and movies. Google gives 24/7 round-the-clock reinforce, that means any problems may also be resolved instantly, and Google Assistant is the neatest Private Assistant to be had inside of a phone presently.

In the event you love Android, purchase this phone. If you wish to have market-leading battery efficiency and a super digital camera, purchase this phone. Not anything else compares. I was a Nexus purist. Now not anymore. Now I'm a Pixel purist.

Nexus is lifeless… Lengthy are living the KING!

Conventional Worth: 
£719.00
Execs: 
Very good Digital camera; Insane Battery Efficiency; Sensible Device; Nice Name High quality; 0 Lag; No Bloatware; Google Assistant ROCKS
Reviews
Cons: 
The Worth; The Design Is A Tad Uninteresting
Verdict: 
The device is fantastic. The digital camera is surprising. The battery lifestyles is past trust. You get loose garage for ALL your footage and movies. Google gives 24/7 round-the-clock beef up, that means any problems can also be resolved instantly, and Google Assistant is the neatest Private Assistant to be had inside of a phone presently. In the event you love Android, purchase this phone. If you wish to have market-leading battery efficiency and a super digital camera, purchase this phone. Not anything else compares. I was a Nexus purist. Now not anymore. Now I'm a Pixel purist.
10:05, 26 Oct 2016
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