Is the Google Pixel 2 Worth It? #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin this is the

Google pixel - and this is the pixel to

excel but the question is are they worth

it there's a lot new this year but one

of the biggest differences is in price

so the pixel - is going to cost you six

hundred and fifty dollars but bump up to

the pixel - Excel and it is eight

hundred and fifty 128 gigs of storage

then this guy is going to cost you nine

hundred and fifty dollars

jump inside the box and there's actually

a fair bit that comes with the pixel -

so the first thing we'll find is the

actual smartphone itself but beyond that

get a little bit deeper we get a yay

welcome to hash tag team pixel bit which

I'm sure has all our people work some

tool that kind of thing there's also a

USBC - USBA adapter we get what looks to

be a whole bunch of extra cables oh when

Google announced the original pixel last

year something they were really big on

is the idea that it still has the

headphone jack now fast-forward to the

pixel - and it's nowhere to be seen now

I get the idea that by dropping the

headphone jack going to free up more

space inside the phone for sensors or

batteries or whatever but the problem is

unless you're fully on the bluetooth

headphone train USBC is a bit of a mess

right now say what you will about Apple

dropping the headphone jack last year

but at the very least there are some

decent lightning headphone options

available on the pixel you're pretty

much limited to either using the adapter

that comes in the box or a very limited

selection of USBC headphones it's not

all bad with a pixel - hardware so well

yes it does look fairly similar to the

last generation including the pretty

large bezels but in return we're now

getting ip67 water resistance as well as

some pretty solid front firing stereo

speakers move over to the pixel 2 XL and

it is a surprisingly large change so in

front it's rocking a 6 inch AMOLED

display and while I wouldn't call it

bezel list the bezels are a lot thinner

than on the standard pixel - even though

the pixel - is made by HTC and the XL is

made by LG the hardware is very similar

so they're both still rocking a two-tone

design and while it looks nice I

actually do definitely prefer the way

the original pixel looked with the very

blue color because you know yeah I want

all my smart phones to look like this

even though this is a glass and metal

phone the metal part actually has this

sort of coating on it which kind of

feels like plastic if you check out

jerry-rigged everything's durability

tests of the pixel

- you'll see this coding is not

particularly durable I actually kind of

like the ways the pixel two feels but

multiple people who've tried it

immediately thought that was made out of

plastic so take that for what it's worth

take a look at it in Geekbench and while

it's fast and it's absolutely no match

for the Apple a 10x and the iPhone 8

however thankfully benchmarks aren't

everything

what stuff like Geekbench doesn't get

across is that this is an incredibly

snappy phone animations are smooth the

responsiveness is quick it always feels

like it's one step ahead of what you

actually want to do honestly this is one

of the fastest Android phones I've

tested and it is right up there with the

iPhone eight part of that is thanks to

an incredibly clean build of Android 8.0

Oreo so there are some custom features

including google lens this is actually

built inside google photos it would be

nice to see it in the camera app what

it's allowing you to do is scan a photo

and try to figure out what it is for

some things it's not that accurate but

for others it is surprisingly good

although it's just not that useful to me

what's a little cooler is now playing

and once you enable this essentially the

phone will always be listening for music

and if it detects it it will actually

give you a notification now this is kind

of creepy but it works surprisingly well

especially if you're in something like a

restaurant you might be able to actually

pick up the song that's being played

over the stereo the pixel 2 also has a

squeezable frame so if you actually

squeeze it on the bottom half it will

trigger a google assistant so what is

the Fox say

roll a 20-sided die it's an open okay

you got however not everything is

perfect so all my biggest issues with

the pixel 2 is the display so on the

standard size pixel - it's fine it's a 5

inch AMOLED panel with a 1080p

resolution yes it could be a little bit

sharper and the bezels could be a lot

smaller but it's totally usable however

when it comes to the pixel 2 XL that

display is garbage town I mean it

garbage

town garbage town this reminds me of

really early AMOLED panels from years

ago when you're looking at it straight

on it's okay although honestly a lot of

the colors like especially the Reds look

awfully Brown but as soon as you move it

even a little bit off axis it goes super

supercool this is okay in a cheap

smartphone when you're charging 850

dollars it's basically a deal-breaker it

really is a shame because the pixel xl2

should be able to compete with stuff

like the iPhone and the Galaxy Note 8

but right now the screen holds it back

which to me actually makes the normal

pixel to a much easier cell yes it has

the much larger bezels but to my eye is

a way better screen it's the phone that

I've been using the last few days

thankfully the giant bezels of the pixel

- don't go to waste

it does have some very nice sounding

front firing speakers though this pretty

much blows away any other flagship

that's out today we're throwing the only

exception being the iPhone 8 into my

ears they sound very similar way better

than pretty much anything else you can

get right now one of the biggest

upgrades on the pixel 2 is that 12

megapixel camera now that might not

sound impressive but these are some of

the best smartphone images I've ever

gotten period some of the stuff is

really crazy there is a ton of detail in

these images and they've actually done a

really good job of getting even more

dynamic range than most of the already

great flagship says you can buy in 2017

color is also good maybe not quite as

saturated as some Samsung phones but the

low-light performance is seeing a huge

bump up on the pixel now part of that is

because they finally added optical image

stabilization and that pair with their

awesome image processing means that you

can get some surprisingly usable shots

in very low light the portrait mode is

also really good on the pixel so while

it doesn't have any kind of dual camera

setup using software they're actually

able to get a very similar sort of

result and the upside is this also works

with the selfies now if the pixel dude

does shoot 4k video and you guys can

actually look to see and hear what that

sounds like right now but as far as I'm

concerned this is one of the best

smartphone cameras that you can buy

right now although if you're using a

pixel 2xl taking a look at these

pictures on screen might not give you

too much confidence but believe me the

colors and the image quality is

absolutely there last year's pixel was a

very very good phone with a couple of

major compromises this year Google

basically nailed it almost you might not

mind the screen on the pixel 2 XL but it

is just simply not in the same league as

other flagships and when you're paying

$150 you should expect the best in

everything I really like the standard

pixel - yes the screen is a little bit

small and the bezels are big but the

rest of the phone is so good that it's

kind of worth it it is absolutely one of

the best smartphones that you can buy so

what do you guys think

about the pixel too in the pixel to

excel let me know in the comments below

and I will catch you on the next one