The truth about the Google Pixel 2! #Helpful Post

yo guys johnathan here this is the

Google pixel - and the pixel to excel

the almost perfect smartphones now these

were announced everybody was excited the

Excel mark scores through finally a

bezel display at least on the pixel -

Excel but then devices started rolling

out people started getting them in hand

and it almost turned into this horror

story for Google now aside from the

beatdown Google has taken over the past

couple of weeks there is actually a lot

to like about the pixel - and it's

bigger brother so it's kind of weird

about the pixel - in pixel 2x I'll come

different color variants with the

regular version we have just black

clearly white and kind of blue like the

XL - screen is that right on a serious

note I actually really like the kind of

blue it is a super soft almost blueish

mint color I even prefer over last

year's really blue jump it over to the

pixel 2 XL this actually comes in two

colors just black and black and white

aka

panda now if you ordered a regular pixel

and you need some of that panda action

in your life the easiest fix for that is

it hit the robots and throw a D brand

skin on that this is not a panda but it

sure is how it looks like one they even

got you Dodger fans covered - links are

below so when you stack the pixel - in

pixel to XL side-by-side the very

apparent bezels on the regular pixel to

really stand out the pixel to XL looks

like it's a phone from 2017 whereas the

regular pixel - kind of feels a little

dated regardless though the layout on

either these phones is awesome I really

enjoy the location of the fingerprint

reader on the back it works flawlessly

the volume up and down buttons are right

smack next to your thumbs super easy to

access same thing with the power button

it just feels good now the bottom of the

pixel - there is a USB C port which is

always awesome there is no wireless

charging with this which for me is not a

deal-breaker

some people either really really love

wireless charging or some people don't

care at all I would love to hear what

side of the fence you're on but girls so

wireless charged and not A+ with the

pixel twos you're getting up to seven

hours of battery life with 15 minutes of

charging and there's absolutely no room

to complain about that from there you

might notice that USB seaports kind of

just hanging out there by himself there

is no headphone jack and the only weird

part about that it's Google made a

really big deal about the headphone jack

last year when the pixel debuted and

this year they were kind of like

on a serious note though I don't think

not having a headphone jack is a

deal-breaker especially for me any time

I can go wireless

I am going to go that route yes there's

the whole debate about audio quality and

having a wired cable but for me there

are tons of fantastic sounding wireless

bluetooth headphones out there so I'm

gonna go that way

so why Google did come off the headphone

jack one giant feature they added this

year is water resistance and that might

be one reason alone to upgrade over last

year's pixels maybe or someone who

always has their phones near the water

if you're in a shower or a bath super

safe now when you pick up your shiny new

pixel 2 or pixel to excel in the box you

get an 18 watt USB C charger the USBC

cable and a USB c2 3.5 millimeter audio

adapter so just in case you're holding

on to those wired headphones you can use

it out of the box what's kind of weird

though is there are no headphones in

sight within this box it would've been

really nice to have a pair of USB C

headphones with the pixel two on the

other hand you have companies like

Samsung going above and beyond included

a nicer pair of headphones so if that

matters to you that is some food for

thoughts from there it's time to hop

over to probably the most controversial

subject with the pixel - and that is the

display specifically that is geared more

towards the pixel 2 XL display as

opposed to the regular pixel - that

features a 5-inch 1920 by 1080 AMOLED

display whereas the pixel 2 XL features

a 6-inch 28 80 by 1440 Peola display

which seems to be causing all kinds of

problems like there is no denying there

is a very apparent problem with the

pixel 2 XL screen there is major

blueshift Rito's off access like any

sort of way the power work it's a little

tricky though is I think if you just

handed this phone to the average person

out there they are not gonna pick up on

this it is the super tech audience that

is going deep diving deep and really

getting crazy technical with this like

throwing it down to ten fifteen percent

brightness with a gray screen like that

is kind of crazy is that reason enough

just for the screen to not buy the pixel

2x so I'm gonna say no because there are

many many enticing features with the

pixel 2x though it's just very

disappointing because if there is ever a

company that you would root for to put

Apple and kind of kick their ass it is

Google they're giant this is a flagship

phone with flagship pricing and you

would expect better from them so with

that it's kind of confused and it has me

a little tour on one hand you have the

regular pixel 2 which has a totally fine

display but really really

big bezels and then you had the pixel to

excel which is kind of like that person

that you see from a distance it's good

from far but you get it up close and it

is far from good on top of that I do get

that Google is going for that

non-saturated look that we've kind of

grown accustomed to with smartphones

over the years but the fact the matter

is certain colors just look really off

especially with red again it's not a bad

display and I don't think it's just

solely be a reason to turn you off from

the pixel 2 or pixel 2 XL but when you

compare to something like a Samsung

Galaxy s8 or Note 8 there is no

comparison now pack inside the pixel 2

snapdragon 835 4 gigabytes of ram there

is no microsd card expansion but there

is a really solid amount of storage with

these the base pixel 2 comes in at 64

gigs or you can bumped all the way up to

128 gigabytes on top of that you also do

have unlimited storage with google

photos so yeah that is definitely a

thing from there don't now that we've

got the ugly controversial part out the

way there is a lot to love about the

pixel 2 in pixel 2 XL for starters out

of the box you are getting sweet sweet

pure unadulterated Android 8.0 Oreo it's

super clean super smooth and unlike

other Android phones Google is promising

3 years of support and updates I really

really love the wallpapers especially

the live versions those are just kind of

fun to look at and zone out at and what

is really really freaking cool with

these is that it's smart enough to know

what your wallpaper is so if you have a

dark one it's gonna automatically switch

the theme of your phone to dark and if

you have a light wallpaper it will

automatically switch it to lights now

one minor complaint it is geared

specifically towards the pixel 2 XL is

because it has that extra tall 18 by 9

screen I wish they would implement some

sort of feature like Samsung does where

we can punch in or crop it on YouTube

videos it's not the end of the world but

just something I'd like to see in the

future from there I want to talk about

Google assist and also roll in the

squeeze feature because that is one way

to access the Google assistant is this a

revolutionary mind-blowing feature no

but I don't hate it and it actually

works pretty well schedule a timer for

12 minutes what was the score of the

Bulls game the Bulls his last game was

against the Cavaliers they lost 119 to

112

man it sucks to be able to end this year

punching people in the face what is the

traffic like to Los Angeles right now

traffic from your location to Los

Angeles so it'll take about 42 minutes

see that is super fast so that part of

this phone is awesome and it works

really well just as advertised from

there I'm gonna kind of kill two birds

with one stone play Porter Robinson

 

so yeah there is a ton of volume that is

definitely not anything lacking there I

think overall I would say if there's

anything missing you would be the

low-end there's not a crazy amount there

but regardless I would definitely take

stereo speakers over non stereo speakers

any day of the week from there always on

display is an awesome feature to have

something that I wish worked just a

little bit better was the song

recognition it's not that it's bad and

it's kind of confusing because by

default it is turned off so if you

picked up a pixel - and it's not working

more than likely you have to go into

settings to enable it but from there the

database in the library isn't exactly

the biggest so it's not always gonna

recognize every song and from what I

understand it actually checks every 60

seconds to say battery life so it's not

always gonna feel the fastest or the

quickest next we're gonna talk about

hands down the most impressive thing

about the pixel - and that is the camera

seriously forget 294 on that DXL mark

score it should just read next to Google

pixel - really mean good seriously well

Google is done with this camera is

nothing short of incredible some of the

best images of air captured are from the

pixel - it's a 12 point two megapixel

sensor with an f-stop of 1.8 and the

color the sharpness detail everything

about this camera is awesome

now one thing I really like what the

pixel - is that portrait mode it's gonna

work on both the pixel 2 and pixel to

exile you're not gonna have to choose

between one of the phones because it

actually works on one single lens which

is kind of crazy one small thing that

may turn off some people there's no way

to preview that portrait mode beforehand

so you kinda just gotta take the photo

and hope for the best but most the time

it works out really well one of the

things you're not gonna get as much

flexibility something like the iPhone 8

plus the Galaxy Note 8 or the upcoming

iPhone 10 we can kind of tweak and

manipulate things in post but regardless

it is still really impressive it almost

scared to see what Google is doing with

a single lens and I'm stoked to see

where that takes us in the future next I

want to talk about portrait selfie mode

it works incredible and it is super

impressive but I had a hard time getting

it working here for you out there it's

freaking out right now same your juice

an Apple fanboy you don't know how to

android is too complex and superior for

you know man there are threads in forums

deeper than your must like I was

seriously asking for help on Twitter and

I got people yelling at me ask

I can rename photos

the simplest way is to find the update

link click on it in hope that it opens

in a play store because it is not

publicly available if that doesn't work

you got to go into settings clear cache

and data on the Play Store potentially

the camera app as well reset things go

back into the Play Store in hope that an

update shows up now for most people out

there that will fix the problem but

there are certain cases like I

experienced where it actually affects

certain Google accounts so for me for

whatever reason that update did not want

to show up the absolute weirdest bug fix

and workaround that I've ever heard of

happened with the pixel - if you have a

friend where their Google account shows

the camera update have them log into

your phone update the camera have them

log out and then magically your phone is

now fixed it's crazy at the end of the

day they've finally got it working even

if I had a site load a freaking apk it

was worth it because the pixel - selfie

portrait mode is amazing now the flip

side of that some people are over a

critical of the pixel - selfie portrait

mode like looking for any possible

mistake yes

it's not going to be perfect every time

yes it's not gonna always get hair right

yes it's sometimes may mistake a piece

of the background for the foreground but

overall it is crazy what Google is doing

with that

so yeah between the front-facing camera

the rear camera portrait mode on both

sides the Google pixels - at the camera

overall is two giant thumbs up so we're

hopping over to the 4k 30fps test here

on the pixel - ralphie rich in that hard

part let me get it close on that some

quick autofocus also we'd love to hear

what you guys think of the video quality

and the stabilization drop me a comment

down below

lastly shout out to mr. brand on the

camera makes it pretty awesome videos

check them out - link below

lastly battery life on the pixel - in

pixel - XL overall are really solid

obviously you're going to get more of a

workhorse with the pixel to XL because

you're getting a larger battery at the

end of the day that's kind of what it

came down to between these two phone

battery life and the screen so clearly

if you need that better battery

performance the pixel to excel is the

way to go and normally it would have

been a no-brainer you want that bigger

better display go for the pixel to XL as

well but with that weird Peola display

and that blue color shift it kind of

makes things a little confusing on one

hand you downsize to the regular pixel

so you'll have to worry about those

weird display issues or do you

suck it up for that better battery life

and go with the pixel to excel so with

this video hopefully there was enough

cover with the features and the software

to kind of get you to that almost ready

to buy point and then from there the

best advice I could possibly give you is

head into a store if you can and look at

these displays in person I could show

you a million times over a youtube video

how that blue shift looks like but it's

never gonna really simulate real life

and then from there you can ask yourself

is this enough to make me not want to

buy the pixel 2xl are the bezel big

enough to where they're gonna annoy me

and I'm gonna want to go somewhere else

and that will ultimately help you make

your decision aside from that thank you

guys very much for watching hopefully

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feeling the Google pixel to maybe check

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this is Jonathan and I'll catch you guys

later Evans

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