Is the Google Pixel Worth It? #Helpful Post

ey guys this is Austin is the new

Google pixel worth it

Wow on top of the standard white and

black colors there's also very blue and

you know what they're they're not

kidding that is very very blue so my

first impression is that this kind of

looks like an iPod Touch so you've got

the white front you've got that fairly

large sort of iPhone iPod like bezel

from the front and then I'm back you get

that stupidly bright blue color you know

I kind of dig it so we get a sim tool

and some paperwork you know I was about

to throw all this paperwork away but you

actually get three free months of Google

Play Music with YouTube red so you guys

haven't tried YouTube bread yet give it

a try

three months now that's actually a nice

little touch that they've got the power

brick matching the very blue phone

that's cool

appreciate that next we have the Google

pixel XL so you can think of this as the

bigger brother to the normal pixel so

it's pretty much the same way that

there's the iPhone 7 and 7 plus it's

essentially the same phone but you're

getting a couple small upgrades like a

bigger screen you're also getting a

bigger battery

however pull it out of the box you see

that it looks basically the same it's

not exactly a bad thing though this is a

very interesting design at first glance

it looks super nice a generic but very

forgettable I guess however when you

look around back you get this giant

window so it's kind of color coded so

you can see this one's white this one's

sort of a lighter blue but what they're

doing here is something kind of

interesting there's actually a taper so

at the bottom of the phone it's much

thinner than it is at the top and I

think they do that to keep you from

having a camera home I will say the

white front isn't super flattering to

the pixels so this is a phone with large

bezels now that's not crazy it's about

the same size as what you would get on

the iPhone over there at least you're

getting an actual home button here this

is a literally just wasted space I feel

like they could put a speaker or

something or just got rid of it all

together I kind of liked the idea of

having the fingerprint sensor on the

back of the phone I feel like why it

makes sense to be on the home button

it's kind of little more convenient I

mean if it's sitting on the tables a

little bit difficult to kind of unlock

the phone but

the time it's sitting in your hand your

fingers already there so I'm a big fan

there's some nice touches with the

hardware here the power button actually

has a satisfying click and it's textured

so even if it's in your pocket you can

pull it out and quickly know which

button you're pressing and the whole

phone feels very sturdy it might not be

the most unique piece of hardware I've

ever seen but this definitely feels like

the premium device the issue is there

are 400 other phones that feel just as

premium and this is a whole lot more so

the pixels are expensive and that's an

interesting strategy because I feel like

one of the most popular necklaces of all

time the Nexus 5 really was so huge

because it was a great phone at a budget

price these are not budget at all so

you're talking about over $600 for the

pixel and over 700 for the pixel I'd

sell and that's what 32 gigs of storage

you can put these things up to 128 for

another $100 they'd better be good for

that price so after playing with the

pixel phones for a while the first thing

that jumps out to me is the performance

these things are fast so inside you're

getting the standard high-end Android

stuff we've got a Snapdragon 820 one

full gigabytes of RAM it's a speedy

phone on paper if you look at the

benchmarks it might not quite match up

to the iPhone 7

however it's definitely up there the

thing that jumps out to me though is

that it actually feels fast so if you

look at something like the galaxy s7

which on paper is very similar there's a

little bit of lag it's not quite as

responsive as something like the pixel

which really seems like Google spent the

time to optimize it and make it really

as fast as possible something else

that's been impressive is the battery

life so this spent most of my time with

the regular pixel and even though it has

a smaller battery than the XL it's

actually held up really well I've been

able to make it through a full day no

problem the software experience is nice

and clean though so if you get the

Verizon model you will find a couple

extra apps however they're all totally

uninstalled bottom line if you get a

pixel you should expect a very very

clean build of Android these guys are

also rocking great screens so the

regular pixel has a 5-inch

AMOLED display with a 1080p resolution

with the XL bump set up to 5.5 inches in

1440p they're both great displays the

biggest difference really is that

resolution for VR so if you get into

Google daydream which is the big new

Google VR initiative you're gonna see

that while 1080p looks fine as a normal

phone the 1440p is going to look a lot

better when you can strap it

headset on however unless you're really

into VR you're really not gonna tell

major difference both phones are nice

and sharp I generally do like the

hardware of the pixel however my biggest

issue is a lack of waterproofing which

is something you'll find on the iPhone

s7 however my buddy John actually did a

full water test and it actually didn't

do too badly however between the lack of

water resistance and all the glass over

the place it might be a little fragile

and that's where my friends at Rhino

shield come in so when they reach don't

want to sponsor a video I was totally

down I really don't like to do drop

tests how our this thing is a little

special it might not look like much

however this simple bumper is going to

give us some serious protection so not

only does it have a lip to cover both

the front and rear but it also has a

custom material on a honeycomb built

inside which means that in theory this

should survive an 11 foot drop test so

to put the pixel to the test it's time

for drop test so this is about ten feet

or so I'd say onto solid concrete so in

three two one

all right and oh it's still in recording

uh I mean it's a little dirty from the

floor but honestly I think it's fine

screen still works yeah

totally good so this thing is no joke

now on top of it being available for the

Picts lifestyle you can also get the

Rhino shield for something like an

iPhone galaxy s7 one plus three it's

pretty legit alright so I'm curious

about the cameras on the pixels so I

have my good buddy Lamar here and he was

lucky enough to bring his car so I'm

gonna use that as the first camera

sample early they didn't uh uh the thing

are they're glad you roll in style today

so from what I've heard what they're

doing is it's constantly taking pictures

like non-stop bra and when you hit the

shutter button it just takes that frame

and then goes and gets a couple merges

it in HDR so you're pretty much always

you're taking shots so processing in the

background exactly so when you hit the

shutter button all it's saying is hey

look this is the point where actually

want to save that's why it's like

immediately taking stuff so something

interesting about the pixels is that

they shoot 4k with supposedly some

really good stabilization okay we are

now recording on the pixel can look in

like mild cyborg high that's filled

through crispy again that's to crisp it

looks really nice yeah you'll see a

little person I miss for shaving this is

yeah good okay well do this looks like

some actual depth of field like those

trees behind you look really nice

so one thing with the pixel phones is

that unlike the iPhone where you

actually get a pretty major difference

between the plus and normal seven these

cameras are completely identical the

camera app is a lot better here I never

really liked the normal Google camera

apps hi mom she she watches you does she

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most important thing though how does it

selfie no this is actually really nice

and you can see the HDR it's like

pulling some of the highlight detail

from the trees so is the Google pixel

worth it sort of sure it will be nice if

it had a little bit more of a

distinctive design with less bezel and

waterproofing would be nice over

honestly there's really not a lot to

complain about I think it's easy to say

this is the best Android phone out there

and

it can really hang right with the iPhone

so if you're looking for a super awesome

dope legit ridiculously solid incredibly

impressive magical phenomenal terrific

phone so what do you guys think about

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