Also seems that the battery will be the best of the bunch.
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/pixel-2-pixel-2-xl-battery-life,news-25994.html
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Also seems that the battery will be the best of the bunch.
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/pixel-2-pixel-2-xl-battery-life,news-25994.html
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Are the bezels massive or are they silky?
64gb version | EE max plan with 25GB data @ £50.39 per month. £9.99 up front.
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Heres some images that someone has taken of the 2XL in a shop, screen doesn't look bad to me...
https://imgur.com/gallery/TOykA
Another here:
https://imgur.com/gallery/TOykA
Another here:
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^ that doesn't look bad to you? are you nuts? for me it looks awful when i squint my eyes, rub acid in them and look through a brick wall to view the image. it's terrible as the colours are way off and it looks blurry. 0/10 for me. screen is pants at a ridiculous angle. refunding my XL black now! no thankyou google
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^ that doesn't look bad to you? are you nuts? for me it looks awful when i squint my eyes, rub acid in them and look through a brick wall to view the image. it's terrible as the colours are way off and it looks blurry. 0/10 for me. screen is pants at a ridiculous angle. refunding my XL black now! no thankyou google
In all seriousness though, I wonder if it might be some sort of 'panel lottery' - kind of like we had with the N6P when it was first released. (If you don't remember there were some that had some dodgy screens, they were uneven, some had a pink tint some didn't etc. I myself had to send the first one I got back)
I've seen a good few video's and images in reviews, on forums and Reddit etc and some look fine and others do indeed look a bit of a washed out grainy mess....
As I said I shall be waiting until I get my own 2XL in about a month (15-17th Nov says Google) before I start ranting about it.
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How the camera for photo and video. Can it replace a daily point and shoot? Currently got a RX100 but really want to have something on me to create small family shorts with a gimbal and Manfrotto Pixi so setup is small and nimble.
How's the smaller screen and enjoying the small size?
Tbh I think the camera is obviously good as all the reviews say its awesome. In that regard you should be fine. 
Speaking of reviews, here's a link to the review megathread on Reddit for those who are interested.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixe...um=hot&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=GooglePixel
Speaking of reviews, here's a link to the review megathread on Reddit for those who are interested.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixe...um=hot&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=GooglePixel
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Anyone recommend a decent screen protector?
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^ that doesn't look bad to you? are you nuts? for me it looks awful when i squint my eyes, rub acid in them and look through a brick wall to view the image. it's terrible as the colours are way off and it looks blurry. 0/10 for me. screen is pants at a ridiculous angle. refunding my XL black now! no thankyou google
Majorly triggered until “when I squint my eyes”
In all seriousness, I checked out the XL 2 in my local EE store today, and here are my initial views:
Screen is lovely. Accurate and detailed. And the curvature of the glass on the sides isn’t over the screen, so it means you get the nicer feel in the hand like on the S8, but without accidental touches.
Talking about how it feels, the coating on the device reminds me of the G5, in that it doesn’t have the cold feel and texture of metal, but doesn’t feel cheap like the G5 did. It’s actually really grippy, and hides fingerprints really well.
Honestly, it’s the nicest feeling phone I’ve held for a long long time. Not too heavy, but felt solid, and pleasantly grippy without it feeling like sandpaper (Cough OnePlus cough).
And the bezels? I liked them. It meant you get a nice smooth swipe in from left and right, but avoids accidental touches. And, I didn’t even notice them.
In all, I’m really excited to receive mine. EVEN IF ITS GOING TO TAKE A MONTH
Edit: I am worried about screen protectors for it though.
Thinking some more about future hardware improvements that AndyCR15 mentioned some posts back, I was also reminded about the well-placed fingerprint sensor on the rear of the Pixel 2 XL (as it was on the Pixel XL) and what "improvements" were achieved by Vivo earlier this year with an under-display fingerprint scanner (many thought Apple would also introduce a similar idea). This post is from June 2017 and it seems that Qualcomm is making advances with its "SenseID" solution.
Having the fingerprint sensor on the front of the device will spare me from having to open the phone sitting on my desk by having to pick it up. Google has great supporting software to help with this because Android's "smart lock" feature allows me to set the phone to automatically unlock by location or paired Bluetooth devices. That means I never have the phone ask for a lock screen challenge in safe, familiar places, like on my desk.
Under-screen scanner.......Convenient and desirable to others too?
https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/28/vivo-qualcomm-under-display-fingerprint-reader/
The wedge shape is gone, which is good. From the front it has the bottom speaker so you can tell it's a 2. The metal has been coated with anti slip material so it feels better than the 1 IMO, although if you like the feel of aluminium then you might prefer the 1.
From the software front it's not that obvious really if you install the new launcher on the Pixel then you wouldn't notice the difference in day to day use.
Coming from a silky iPhone they are of course massive... in all seriousness they are the same size so it's no problem for me really. I never had a problem with my iPhone bezels either.
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Thanks, I really appreciate the comments.
Looks like I'm going to change my plans as somehow I waffled on for about 18 minutes for the unboxing. Maybe it will edit down a little, but it will likely be around 15 minutes at least. So, I'll do that and then a mini review in an hour or so before handing it back over around 9pm.
I might get the unboxing edited tonight, otherwise first thing in the morning. The mini review, almost definitely will be tomorrow morning.
Have to say, wow. Love it and I'm not a smaller phone fan. As has been mentioned, the texture on the back is somehow rough, but not grating, just grippy. Feels amazing in the hand. I don't notice the bezels myself, great little device.
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Really? I didn't have an M7 but I literally just did my test and it recorded the second highest dB (behind Nexus 6P) of any phone I've ever tested and I think they sound pretty good for a phone.
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From the software front it's not that obvious really if you install the new launcher on the Pixel then you wouldn't notice the difference in day to day use.
Yes the Pixel 2 software on the Pixel 1 is really nice however I noticed that the APK I used for the launcher doesn't include the 'dark theme' feature which I think is pretty cool. Has anyone else managed to get it?
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No one using a screen protector?
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i have!