Google Pixel 2 XL long-term review Comments
- Anonymous
- v3B
expensive, no headphone jack (followed Apple? lol), the worst screen to come out of a flagship, not available globally, bug ridden software (still fixing them) since launch day. The only saving grace is an OS which will actually get updates (unlike 90% of the other android OEMs these days??) & a great camera.
By android standards, Pixel 2 XL is an overall FAIL, but android lovers are defending this piece of garbage. Seriously fandroids, get off your high horse, cause you guys are just as bias & annoying as Apple fans can be.
- AnonD-728537
- KLT
Even I created this account now just to say thanks and my appreciation to the review team. The review was not bias and exactly on point, objectively written.
The smoothness is exactly my thought. It's the thing that differentiate the Pixel other than the cheaper Android phones, like 5T. I am the user of 5T, but I admit the Pixel smoothness. In terms of smoothness, Pixel is better.
360579- DonAlduck
- m5R
AnonD-696746, 04 Jan 2018used pixel 2 for nearly 2 months for work needs and i used camera FV-5 wich use latest google ... moreThank you for sharing your experience. Sounds convincing! How is the performance and the quality of photos by using the shutter, ISO, exposure and focus settings?
- L KF
- tue
Great review and write up guys.
Please try to do such long term reviews for all the flagships.
Ideally you should do for all popular models but there are just too many modes released so just focus on the flagship models first and then perhaps selected mid tier models especially the value for money make like xiaomi... How do they fare as they age.
- Thesis86
- YHc
Pixel 2 XL was a huge disappointment that had a fatal flaw like every flagship did this year. I guess.
- NoWay
- 4Yj
sachi, 04 Jan 2018Pixel 2 vs Iphone 8: Pixel 2: 1. Display not the best 2. Audio is crippled : No headphone j... moreIn Android world, people have options and are not tied up
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- JHM
Great review, GSM arena. All of your conclusions match my experience with the phone. There is really nothing irritating with this phone. It just works
- AnonD-696746
- 4mr
DonAlduck, 04 Jan 2018Two of the main things that are keeping me away from Pixel 2 XL are:
-Price
-No manual camer... moreused pixel 2 for nearly 2 months for work needs and i used camera FV-5 wich use latest google camera API ( so its even support HDR+ with full DSLR camera options ) its as optimized as the built-in camera app.
not all third party camera app are identical.
- AnonD-696746
- 4mr
sachi, 04 Jan 2018Pixel 2 vs Iphone 8:
Pixel 2:
1. Display not the best
2. Audio is crippled : No headphone j... moreiphone slow down your phone to a crawl after 2 years with update ( they even admit it themselve )
iphone 8 design look like a 2010 phone.
Try again fanboy.
- AnonD-696746
- 4mr
vrvly, 04 Jan 2018...expected long-term 4K recording times. 10 minutes, 30 or hour? What about how camera takes ... moreI did an hours 30 min of 4k on my essential the phone did not even get warm lol. not only sony can do this right.
- AnonD-696746
- 4mr
Anonymous, 04 Jan 2018Display issues blown out of proportion by internet?? really GSMARENA?? No one will complain, o... moreYou must be a Samsung Fanboy.
The screen is easily 90% as good as the one on note 8 or iphone X.
Qualibration is very good.
brightness and contrast as well.
its better than any LCD and better than 2016 samsung oled.
A phone is not only the screen but also the rest of its hardware and software.
Samsung quality check is horrible.
- AnonD-696746
- 4mr
AnonD-26314, 04 Jan 2018Not true for the WiFi networks, I transferred via USB c from my LG g5 and it didn't remember a... moreHumm they where clearly talking about switching to an older PIXEL device to the new pixel 2 and 2 xl.
read plz before ranting..
- ithehappy
- g3a
That display is pathetic, get over it. In comparison with iPhone X especially, and when paying premium price display quality should be premium as well.
Though still the best software experience around and along with best camera, that's the reason I am keeping my Marlin for another year.
LoL
- AnonD-728469
- N@C
I also prefer the long-term review over the normal review. When it comes to normal reviews I usually only read the intro page and conclusion page, because the conclusion and intro pages summarize the main points made in all the in-between pages. The long term at least gives the extra info of how the device fares in the practical realm, and has links to the in-depth info. I read many gsmarena reviews, so I got tired of reading the same similar in-depth in-between pages again and again, better to just have links to those pages.
- Anonymous
- 3C0
Screen isn't that bad.
Price $899.
I can't imagine how on earth I could pay $899 for Pixel 2 XL and tolerate bad screen (and other issues) , even if it's not as bad as many say. Asking this price ,asking premium for phone, the company should deliver a complete, faultless product.
- Anonymous
- 3C0
sachi, 04 Jan 2018Pixel 2 vs Iphone 8:
Pixel 2:
1. Display not the best
2. Audio is crippled : No headphone j... more1. iPhone 8 has LCD.
2. You either have have to use dongle or buy an lightning headphone which isn't compatible to your laptop, tablet , iPod, your friend's Android smartphone etc. It's Funny how you lscking 3.5mm jack is Pixel's conm but iPhone's pro.
3. Software update, which slows down a phone? Yeah, sure, I will take it.
Go for Galaxy S8/S8+. You don't have better phone right now.
p.s Not a Samsung fan (used to be nokia one).
- 303tk4
- TGc
sachi, 04 Jan 2018Pixel 2 vs Iphone 8:
Pixel 2:
1. Display not the best
2. Audio is crippled : No headphone j... moreI used to be happy with iPhone for four years but once get my hand on the latest Android flagship I can't go back to iOS.
Android spoiled me, it's more snappier and a lot more versatile.
It does what I want smartphone to do while iOS doesn't.
- AnonD-728455
- JS{
sachi, 04 Jan 2018Pixel 2 vs Iphone 8:
Pixel 2:
1. Display not the best
2. Audio is crippled : No headphone j... moreBecause Apple does not give you any freedom with their device and you objectively don't recieve the best display and subjectvely don't have the "attractive UI". Android is still the king of customisation and uniqueness.
In the end you choose whatever you want but you still can't say the iPhone is the better phone because of those features you've mentioned. If I go the same route as you I can say that using an iPhone is like living in a dictatorship. You don't get to say nothing, you don't get to have opnions or wishes, you interact wiht what they want only. You do what they say you can do. So sad.
- TheLostWanderer
- 3qE
It's a shame that phone that expensive, and made by Google which is creator of android sucks that much. Really nasty screen issues, no headphone jack or SD slot, ultimativley bad audio on headphones, buggy software, no wireles charging and finally the looks of the phone is so immensely ugly that it makes your eyes water. It has got a good camera, but everything else pretty much sucks.
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