Google Pixel 5 - user opinions and reviews
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Dude468, 10 Dec 202012W is where it will cap and will occasionally go up to 15W. it really is quite bad at charging wirelessly.
- mickrussom
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garbage. been using every google device with stock android since galaxy nexus. this is the phone that made me decide im likely done with android.
i have a new iphone 12 regular for work. it is a better phone - the pixel 5 is better at photography but i suspect by the next iphone they will no longer be able to use software magic to make the less expensive hardware take better pictures.
the main reason i kept using stock android and google phones was the free storing of high and (for pixel 3/3xl) original quality media items.
with this running out im done. the pixel 5 doesnt do as well as the iphone 12 on the LTE and 5G networks - period. the call quality is less. the idiotic and complete loser-tier migration between old an new phones is a disgusting embarrassment. im done. the iphone wireless upgrade was completely seamless. android 11 to android 11 (3xl to 5) sucked hard. all apps lost data. all games lost data and logins. all wifi saved networks gone. all messages tossed. and when i re-imported all the lost messages the performance of google messenger collapsed! only 24000 texts and this piece of garbage os crumbled. also disgusting google uses play protect and refused to allow me to keep my old apk which google decided needed to be banned - not for hacking, security, but because google wants to regulate "free speech" huck spit. sundar pichai and google are really nasty evil ccp-aligned rats going so far as to try to edit my past applications with play protect. this is criminal at this point.
the phone is garbage tier. one ride in my pocket before the screen protectors arrived marred the finish. gorilla glass 6 - bullcrap - or there is a garbage tier coating that looks like garbage easily.
4000 mah? wrong. must be a china-made cell, because 4000 mah of japan made cell would last a week. this pathetic 4000 mah cell didnt even last a day when the messenger app was grinding due to importing 24000 texts. when i deleted all my text history now it can barely make a day.
android 11 is the worst - you only see how bad it is when you "start fresh" and import. ive been upgrading other phones since 9 with the 3xl and you get grandfathered features but with a fresh android 11, they cut you off and you must use their forced crap settings. its a cheap inferior imitation of iphone ios at this point.
they also removed my ability to play youtube on the home screen. worked fine in 3xl. upgrade to pixel 5, gone.
ive rooted every phone up to this verizon pixel 5. im not even going to bother. im paying it off, vendor unlocking it and selling it on swappa. done.
google jumped the shark. android is not healthy. i dont want to bother trying samsung due to knox and no-rootability and basically phones are tracking spying devices of the deep state and if im going to be imprisoned by and held hostage by a phone may as well be a apple iphone.
wish someone would make another attempt at what ubuntu was trying to do with ubuntu phone. i suspect that the chipset, video and modem people like broadcom make freeing up the ecosystem close to impossible.
the open linux based android was once a beacon of hope where root was easy, settings were open and things were great. now we get a walled garden, google is anti-root, the camera software is almost at par now (no great advantages), the hardware is inferior, the whole point of a phone - the phone part - is inferior, the apple comes in and sounds better, the os mishandles upgrades horribly between identical versions, the pixel stand is a joke, slow to charge, annoying and stupid, i have third party chargers that are faster, the settings are forced down your throat (latest is cant use the notification area despite no notch and no "back" arrows appear in apps by force, supposed to use the back gesture).
google's "do no evil" mantra was changed a while back. the reason they got rid of it is they are rotten evil and want to control your mind and control the hardware and software settings on a device you pay over 500 bucks for. we are paying these wardens to keep us imprisoned and then they gaslight us into believing things on android in the past "wern't better". they were. the phones were cheaper, the android os was more open, the pre-gesture days were better.
im done. pixel 5 is a decent phone worth maybe $350. $700 is a sick joke. the google gorilla glass is pathetic - no way this is gorilla glass 6 - or its coated in some garbage that marrs easily. the camera hardware is junk - software is good - and the android os has turned into a cheap imitation of something else.
been on android for 9 years or so and pixel 5 made me not care about it anymore. sundar pichai and google are rotten to the core.
on another note, im not impressed with verizon aka veri-scum at all. they are a loser company and the premium you pay for their abuse isnt worth it. get "visible" its a veri-scum mvno, you can be on their crummy network (they are tearing up the 3g evdo/1xrtt/cdma) and their 4g coverage isnt really that good and their 5g is nascent. they basically made 3g suck as hard as they could to get people to get new plans to get to "5g".
2020 - telecommunication is getting more expensive, the devices are getting more expensive and are anti-user freedom and the "new networks" suck at providing decent coverage. richard stallman was right. if software isnt free then people and users cant be free.
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Anonymous, 30 Nov 2020HI! i am upgrading form an S9, so i am wondering what phone i should upgrade to? I am fine wit... moreI would go for the OnePlus 8T.
- Pixa
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Dude468, 11 Dec 2020i think it will take around 1hr 45 mins to 2 hrsOkay
Thank you
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Pixa, 09 Dec 2020Hey guys, What's the time taken to wirelessly charge the pixel 5. And how many watts do... moreyou can fully charge with a wireless charger from 0 in like 1h30-40m, and with a cable in 1h20m, depends if u keep adaptive charging on or off (off for faster charging).
- Dude468
- GYi
Pixa, 10 Dec 2020Thanks mate. Do you have any idea about the time it will take to wirelessly charge from 0 to 100i think it will take around 1hr 45 mins to 2 hrs
- Pixa
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Dude468, 10 Dec 202012W is where it will cap and will occasionally go up to 15W. Thanks mate.
Do you have any idea about the time it will take to wirelessly charge from 0 to 100
- Dude468
- GYi
Pixa, 09 Dec 2020Hey guys, What's the time taken to wirelessly charge the pixel 5. And how many watts do... more12W is where it will cap and will occasionally go up to 15W.
- Pixa
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Hey guys,
What's the time taken to wirelessly charge the pixel 5. And how many watts does it support for wireless charging.
Thanks in advance🙂
- DirtyD
- kpu
MTLVMPR, 02 Dec 2020Well it looks like this phone is actually made of plastic. Weird. Source: JerryRigEverythingMaybe you should watch that video again. The phone is covered in a protective plastic layer over the metal frame. That way you can leave an opening in the metal housing to put your wireless charger and protect the phone. He does find metal but it is buried under some recycled plastic coating. Not a bad design on that aspect, I'd say the part to be concerned with is the gap in the screen
- Frost
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Mi fam, 05 Dec 2020Useless and overhyped phone same time overpricedYour name explains it
- Anonymous
- mJr
About to buy one pixel 5, but definitely not going for google anymore. Just don't wanna buy a phone from a company who doesn't know how to put the display on the body perfectly without leaving a gap. Bye Bye Google
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- LiX
thefudge, 30 Nov 2020Hi all, I need your opinion. I am about to upgrade my phone from S8 to either Pixel 5 or iPhon... moreYou sould try all those phone somwhere in the store first, and then decide for youself.. Don't get me wrong, Android 11 (stock Android), is not bad at all, finally there is a more than 5 options build in.. Also Pixel 5, have really good screen (for !idrange phone), good camera, good battery life, and design is also good.. If you can fdind somwhere Pixel 5 for around 300 euros go for it, everyhing else will be overpriced and you will know you paying more, for less. And about Samsung, well S20 is ok, S10e is old with not so good battery..
- Anonymous
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LOL, 04 Dec 2020ur saying this phone is worse than Mi 10 lite 5G, serioulsy that phone from the company that r... moreif you flash a gsi and get rid of that rubbish MIUI then no need to worry
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Anonymous, 30 Nov 2020HI! i am upgrading form an S9, so i am wondering what phone i should upgrade to? I am fine wit... moreParsing what I can from what you wrote- You have a Samsung already, though it may be nearing end of support. so you upgrade. You list 2 Samsung phones as options, another android device in Pixel. I'd guess you prefer Android and Samsung then, though you are open to IOS. You also mention a close to bare bones android os ( like PIxel ). Hmm.
If price is no issue , the S20. There is more tinkering there , but the draw of android is its customization , so I suspect you are ok with that. If you feel thats too much, then I would
suggest heading out to a phone sell/buy site and purchasing a recondition Iphone , like the XS or Iphone 11. the new IOS 14 allows for some more customization then the older IOS and thus closer to the android experience you seem more familiar with. I have had great success doing just that.
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- GYi
ur saying this phone is worse than Mi 10 lite 5G, serioulsy that phone from the company that rebrands phones 24/7 and that horribly full of ads OS, omg, this phone is better than bad phone in every single way.
- Anonymous
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This is the worst phone in 2020. Shit at everything except camera
- AnonD-731363
- SH3
Costly useless and full of lies as proven by Zac Nelson.
- Dude468
- GYi
MTLVMPR, 02 Dec 2020Well it looks like this phone is actually made of plastic. Weird. Source: JerryRigEverythingya no kidding sherlock
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