Anyone got a Pixel 4?
Discussion
Baldchap said:
I have the XL and haven't noticed an issue. It's no better and no worse than the 2 XL that it replaced.
Apparently the 4 is worse though.
Fantastic phone to use and live with.
I too am bald and own a Pixel 4 XL which replaced my 2 XL. Battery life is fine, only thing I miss is the fingerprint sensor, the rest is an improvement.Apparently the 4 is worse though.
Fantastic phone to use and live with.
TheJimi said:
If so, could you give me some feedback
In particular, battery life. It's the one aspect holding me back currently.
I'd absolutely avoid the standard 4 if battery life is a concern, its been universally condemned by just about every outlet/reviewer - I honestly don't know what Google were thinking putting such a small cell in a device with all that new tech, madness! 4xl will mostly last a day of fairly heavy use but won't match competitors who all have larger cells.In particular, battery life. It's the one aspect holding me back currently.
I don't have a 4 but have been using Android 10 since around beta 4 and it's pretty damn refined now (got the December software and security update this morning and it just keeps getting better)
Saw yesterday that one of the camera review sites has awarded the P4 their mobile camera of the year award (the astrophotography option in night mode is incredible for a phone!) but if video is a main consideration then others do it better.
But as a conduit for the Google ecosystem, and especially the latest Google assistant which is head and shoulders above any of the other assistants and is a real boon for productivity, plus things like Live captioning of videos, the voice recorder/live transcriber etc are really moving voice capabilities on. Plus the screen is fantastic, really good speakers etc.
I'd say to watch some good indepth, but more recent reviews than the ones released just after launch - I've been following the P4 for a long time and most of the reviews/reviewers where very 'meh' about it and saying it would be difficult to recommend to people/friends etc, but there's been an increase in people actively changing their opinions as Google have refined certain aspects since launch - this is from a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't dig very deep to find more opinions https://youtu.be/gkEVTnNSXA0
Personally I've stopped judging handsets from an individual design standpoint as an individual item, it's a portal to information access/software/eco system etc and the Pixels are very adept at that indeed provided you're happy using a lot of Google's ecosystem/aware they're pushing to paid cloud storage over on-board storage etc, then it's impressive and very functional indeed.
All my opinion obviously, YMMV?
GnuBee said:
Baldchap said:
I have the XL and haven't noticed an issue. It's no better and no worse than the 2 XL that it replaced.
Apparently the 4 is worse though.
Fantastic phone to use and live with.
I too am bald and own a Pixel 4 XL which replaced my 2 XL. Battery life is fine, only thing I miss is the fingerprint sensor, the rest is an improvement.Apparently the 4 is worse though.
Fantastic phone to use and live with.
TheJimi said:
Great, but I'm asking specifically about ownership experience of the Pixel 4 :-)
Perhaps, based on the comments so far, you might consider the 4 XL instead...I wouldn't tolerate any LESS battery than I have from the 4 XL, put it that way. I can imagine the 4 would be running on fumes at the end of the day based on my 4 XL experience...
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