The Definitive Google Pixel 3 XL Review #Helpful Post

yo guys johnathan here and this is my

review of the Google pixel 3 so I think

it's safe to say the pixel 3 and more

specifically the pixel 3 XL and that

notch it's been a pretty polarizing

release you pretty much have two

reactions the extremists and the nothing

is wrong everything is okay what are you

doing Google it's not that this NOS

looks like anthony davis new Debray not

a not really if you look at Google's not

a tear drop not just cuz y'all got tears

get your camera's and good it looks like

a Google Chrome tap those the oneplus

come out just hating have you seen this

nuts why would they do that I'm getting

sick so definitely let me know what side

of the fence you're on with a comment

down below my job however is to find

some sort of middle ground and present

this as balanced as possible also shut

up to the awesome scooter Magruder not

to be confused with shooter McGavin say

that 10 times fast

now the pixel 3 is by no means a perfect

phone there's bad but there is also a

lot of good so when I see it I want to

point that out specifically in an area

where I cut punched Tim Cook in the face

for sorry Tim that's a fact the iPhone

10s starts at $1000 doesn't include a

headphone adapter and doesn't include

any kind of fast charger in the box

which is crazy

so the pixels to be unboxing experience

is actually kind of Awesome

 

to begin with the pixel three starts out

around 200 hours cheaper than the iPhone

10s and you pile on the fact that they

include pretty much every single dongle

and adapt you could possibly need fast

charge in the box and even a pair of USB

C headphone now granted the USBC

headphones they're not amazing but I got

to give Google credit for going all out

on the unboxing experience I don't think

too many people are gonna rock that

Google sticker on the car

but still I'm sorry for what I did I

guess you haven't checked Twitter yet

sorry man what are you gonna do I will

be if you give me one a Google pixel

battery

okay so alongside improved water

resistance the pixels reading now

support two glass back which leads to

wireless charging they did not go the

Apple face ID route but you do have a

fingerprint reader on the back that

works as advertised out of the three

colors I'm gonna say that not pink looks

the best subtle but it's really nice now

the concern about this thing scratching

is definitely real it is a little

sensitive so if you can makes you throw

a case on or better yet this beautiful D

brand skin which fixed up Austin's

broken pixels 3xl real nice link down

below

 

now this might upsets people but I think

the regular pixel three is the better

value one it's hundred bucks cheaper

with that kind of cash you can buy an

external battery bank you could buy some

better headphones you can buy two-thirds

of a Google Home Hub or maybe you don't

need that extra screen size and you can

be nice and buy something for your

boyfriend for your girlfriend for your

wife for your husband for your kids you

don't really need that extra screen size

and two there really aren't that many

differences between the pixel 3 and

pixel 3 XL

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and a look into the production that goes

into these videos both a pixel three and

three XL feature a snapdragon a 45 both

of them feature four gigs of ram and yes

I realize that is less than your oneplus

insert any number here but more

importantly both of these run Android

9pi now as far as the differences we of

course have one the display the pixels

resizes in with a 5.5 inch F HD Plus is

play and then we have the bigger brother

the pixel 3 XL which has that larger

monster 6.3 inch qHD plus display and

the knotch now I realize you got people

out there who love their pixels the PPI

police but honestly for the most part I

think 1080p is more than enough for the

average person and if you're gonna argue

with me most of those fancy flagship

phones that come with a 1440p display

are set by default at 1080p out of the

box also with that said I think the

pixel 3 non XL is the better form factor

it kind of just fits better in one hand

so for the everyday kind of one-headed

tasks I'm going to roll with that next

from there we have battery capacity the

pixel 3 comes in at just over 2900

milliamp hours whereas the pixel 3

excels sitting pretty at a hair over

3400 so it's not a huge difference but

it's definitely there with that said

though I think war maybe I would have

liked to have seen some differences with

the pixel 3 exercise I kind of would

have separated itself a little further

from its little brother maybe would have

been a bigger battery capacity somewhere

north maybe like 3,800 maybe 4,000 like

the note 9 or how about you give us 6

gigabytes of RAM make this more of a pro

feeling phone also maybe it would have

been nice to have a

higher storage capacity on the pixel 3xl

both of these cap out at 128 and I

realize yes Google is giving you

infinite buzz lightyear storage on

google photos but with no microsd card

expansion i would have liked to see one

higher option at least on the google

pixel 3xl so it's time for that not not

Zilla

not City nacho cheese and finally my

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buenos noches I'm sorry

for real though that notch on the pixel

3x tile is undeniably not good-looking

and you pair that with the chin and it's

arguably one of the ugliest phones to

ever exist if you hate it I get it but

the beautiful thing is if you don't like

it you don't have to buy it in fact

there are a ton of other options out

there including the smaller regular

pixel 3 which has no not to be seen my

complaint is not so much that the

notches there or how deep it is because

believe it or not you do get used to it

and if you think about it your field of

view is usually pointing towards the

middle or the bottom of the phone but

regardless is moreso how Google uses

that space what drives me insane kind of

makes me want to punch myself in the

faces when the clock is sitting there by

itself in the top left-hand corner with

no rhyme no reason and definitely no

symmetry so from a design standpoint it

kind of makes you ask what the heck is

going on yes you can absolutely hide the

notch but doing so through the Google

developer option isn't the ideal way

because you are essentially pulling the

plug on a ton of pixels it definitely

looks more appealing but all that useful

information doesn't gravitate towards

the top of the notch rather it sits

below which kind of defeats the entire

purpose there is actually a better

option through an app called nacho notch

love the name what this does is allow

you to quickly access and turn on or off

set notch but what's awesome is it

actually blacks everything out and gives

you that useful information towards the

top so point is if you want the bigger

display if you want that bigger battery

there are options and more than anything

hopefully Google listens and implements

this natively so not traversée aside I

swear I will stop these soon the actual

displays on the pixel 3 and 3 XL are

much better than last year's offerings

yet there

definitely still the slightest bit of

blueshift with the pixel 3xl but it is

nowhere near compared to last year it

doesn't bother me and you got to think

about it you're definitely not gonna be

using or looking at your phone like this

now one area where I kind of want to

point out some positive it's got to be

those front-facing stereo speakers I've

kind of talked about it before where

alongside those dual cameras that's a

big reason why that notch is as big as

it is again it doesn't excuse it but let

me tell you it makes a huge difference

these things sound fantastic it's not

quite like razor phone too good but if

I'm being honest I think I might prefer

the pixel three over the iPhone 10 sq

the incoming comments in three two one

the iPhone 10 S is definitely louder but

I think overall the pixel 3 is better

balanced if you have headphones though

grab them now throw them on here's a

side-by-side comparison to the pixel

three XL versus last year's pixel two XL

 

from there more than likely the number

one reason why you're interested in the

pixel 3 has got to be the camera so the

camera picks it to is arguably the best

of all of last year and the pixel 3 does

not disappoint the colors in the

sharpness and the details are insane and

then when you hop over to portrait mode

you can get some amazing results

portrait mode fortunately is not just

limited to living human beings if you're

a skeleton looking to grab the pixel 3

it works just as well for those curious

about low-light here is a pretty

fantastic example this is purely street

lights and the pixel 3 is doing its

thing now yeah while the low-light

performance is awesome on the pixel

sorry I don't think the gap between its

and the iPhone 10s is as big as Google

made it seem during the keynote like

this is honestly a reenactment of what

they did here is the Google pixel 3 and

they had to literally drag the exposure

down on the iPhone 10s to make it that

bad so if you missed that joke on

Twitter

I'm sorry personally this is one my

favorite shot taking on the pixel 3 from

the background blur to the sharpness

everything is butter from there hopping

over to a human portrait shot shout-out

to my guy Courtney aka

mr. fresh the only thing sharper than

this image is that fade next from there

hopping over to the front-facing camera

and those portrait selfies I am gonna go

and say it this might upset some people

but I sometimes feel like the pixel

three selfies are a little over sharpen

like Google's like hey we're just gonna

sharpen the hell out of these shots

which kind of gives the image of super

fine detail but in certain cases it can

be a little overbearing with that said

though yes you can get some amazing

results with the portrait selfie camera

and the addition of that wide-angle lens

is awesome trying to get a group of

people or in this case my guy Viper who

went back to the future is amazing

having that kind of quality with that

flexibility of that wide-angle lens is

actually really handy now as far as the

video goes that is not nearly as

impressive as the actual camera it's not

that it's bad Google just kind of came

up short in certain features

there's no 4k 60 which i think is almost

kind of a must on smartphones in 2018

most of them have that feature what is

awesome though is their motion tracking

so in this case you can see me locked on

to a leaf moving around and then from

there hopping back to mr. fresh it is

locked loaded and not letting him out of

its sights also just in case you really

wanted to stick a dog or cat to the

ground or in this case a human you can

do that as well now jumping from the

camera the other huge reason why you're

more likely interested in the pixel 3

has got to be the fact that it's running

pure unadulterated Android in this case

Android 9 PI from my experience the

pixel 3 has been snappy it's been fluid

and I get there's a concern the picture

story only has 4 gigs of RAM yes 6 would

have been nice but I also think Google

did a really good job of optimizing

things where the bigger concern lies I

think is the fact that the Snapdragon

8045 inside the pixel 3 is actually very

close to being outdated with new

processors right around the corner now

that is not pixel 3 specific the note 9

faces that problem even the upcoming one

+60 also faces that problem but again it

ultimately comes down to optimization

how that actually performs with the

phone and again I think Google did a

really good job really though only time

will tell but where I do really like

Android 9 pi is the swipe based gestures

yeah it's very similar to that from 10s

but I got used to it that way so

so to have it implemented over here is

nice as well what I think is absolutely

genius though is Google's call screen

feature on the pixels free which I think

every phone should have if you're an

Android user and you want to brag to

your iPhone friends saying hey can your

phone do this this is absolutely the

feature to do that because I guarantee

you their phone can't all in all though

yeah I get the pixel three isn't the

most attractive phone I guarantee you

there will be people out there not

shaming judging people look at that

notch as saying what are you doing bro

but the fact is the pixel three has a

lot of really good to offer so thank you

guys very much for watching hopefully

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