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[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Beachbot:
My Pixel is replacing my Moto X (2013 -- the orginial) and while I'd like to say this phone feels as good or better to hold and use than my Moto X so I can add that to the list of justifications for spending so much money on this phone, I can't. This phone is a little awkward to use with one hand. I'm right handed which makes anything in the upper left and lower left corners of the screen on the Pixel difficult to reach without juggling the phone around a little. Because the phone is so slick I start getting nervous about possibly dropping the phone while trying to juggle it around one handed. I know the answer is to use two hands, but I've never had a phone that I needed two hands to use so to that end I'm going through a bit of a transition period. Also, the phone feels a little weird to hold whether I'm using it as a phone (like making a phone call and holding it to my ear as if it were a real telephone!) or just picking it up from the table and carrying it out to the car. To be fair, I did keep my last phone for over 3 years so it may just take a while for me to get used to this one, but ironically I can't help feeling that if the phone was just a little thicker it may be a little more comfortable to hold. Maybe when my case arrives the phone will feel better to me.

On a positive note, the finger print sensor is perfectly located (for me) and super easy to use! I took the time to set up my fingerprint by trying to make sure I got as much of it scanned as I could and that seems to have paid off because it's no trouble at all to use the fingerprint scanner to unlock my phone especially one handed!

I ordered my phone directly through Google (recieved it a little over 2 weeks ago). I also switched my phone service to Google's Project Fi at that time
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Gabre:
U just cant compare orihinal motox which must be the smallest 4.7" phone ever made and easy to hold. Everything bigger then moto would feel the same. I had a same feeling wjen I went on a 5.5" phone, felt like im holding a tablet. After 2-3 weeks was great and bemefits of smaller phone and minimal compared to everything that a big screen brings with it
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] heelhook79:
Coming from a 5x I was a bit surprised at the weight - it's heavier then I expected. I have 5" pixel and its a good size. Not sure if they just wanted to keep the phone proportionate but if they shank down the chin it would be a little easier for one handed use. All in all, it's got a premium feel and fits nicely in the hand. IMO, it definitely needs a case. I wouldn't want to drop this thing without one.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] featherchickens:
love the phone
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] PsiPhiDan:
I wanted to get the XL but due to backordering, got this one. So far, I'm happy I did because it fits so perfectly in my hand. I'm used to large phones so this was a big deal switching to 5". No regrets - the ergonomics are amazing.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Geeks Empire:
can someone tell me about his/her experience of phone with different thickness from top to bottom?
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] PsiPhiDan:
Sure. I've never noticed once. Extremely trivial. And this is coming from a fairly OCD individual.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Are you comfortable in your own skin? Is your phone comfortable in its skin? Rate this thread to express how you deem the skin on the Google Pixel. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it adds just the right amount of features, it's visually pleasing, and overall it's additive to the experience. If this is a Nexus phone (you didn't think we hand-wrote all of these prompts, did you?) then use this rating to indicate how the latest version of Android looks to you.

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[Google Pixel Real Life Review] loopism:
Pixel Launcher is possibly the best launcher for this phone at the moment. It may not have the configurability of Nova, but it's a perfect fit for the phone.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Google Pixel's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.

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[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Saikrishnakatakam:
This is a Lovely display !!!
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] daewond3r:
So far I've noticed it's significantly better than my 6P in broad daylight.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] subhani:
Correct. It is brighter than my 6P in direct sunlight. Not by a huge margin but by enough.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
How well do you know your fifty shades of grey? Rate this thread to express how good the Google Pixel's display contrast is. A higher rating indicates that black is true black, rather than a very dark gray.

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[Google Pixel Real Life Review] loopism:
AMOLED panel - there is nothing else to say.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
If you're colorblind, please disregard this thread. Rate this thread to express how you deem the color saturation and accuracy of the Google Pixel's display. A higher rating indicates that you think that color accuracy is very high and saturation is excellent.

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[Google Pixel Real Life Review] loopism:
I enabled sRGB mode from developer options, nice amount of punch without being overblown.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] subhani:
The white balance is still off. Very annoying, to say the least. Samsung seems to have nailed this on their flagships. Otherwise, I love the saturated colours of amoled. Will never go back.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
The Google Pixel has a crazy crisp display. Just kidding, this is automated text so who knows if this screen is any good. So, you be the judge! A higher rating indicates that it's extremely sharp and clear, and that you cannot see pixels with your naked eye.

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[Google Pixel Real Life Review] loopism:
The screen looks higher res. than it actually is - awesome display panel.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] subhani:
Yes. I can't say I notice the difference between the very crisp Nexus 6P display and this Pixel's display. That's a very good thing considering that the 6P is a 1440p display.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Abelu:
The screen is sharp, and saturated. Touching the screen feels like holding a chick's hand.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Jaxidian:
I have to agree with the others. I was reluctantly hoping the screen would be good but it is absolutely gorgeous to the point where I would NOT want a higher resolution (for battery/performance reasons). If you're majorly into VR then you might disagree with me but I don't think anybody is going to have a question with the screen quality without the magnification VR systems use.

Note: the colors are a little oversaturated with a cool tint but you can very easily enable sRGB mode and it fixes that VERY well. I go back and forth between the two settings. I enjoy the oversaturated colors for typical use but I switch to sRGB when I'm doing web development so I can see the truer colors.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] PsiPhiDan:
I cannot tell the difference between this and the LG V20 (quad HD) side-by-side (in terms of clarity - the LCD vs. AMOLED is incredibly apparent). Love the screen so far!
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] jayochs:
wait seriously? the v20 looks like 500x better than this screen. this one is terrible compared to the v20.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You don't want to give your significant other yet another reason to yell at you while you're reading XDA in bed. Rate this thread to express what you think of the Google Pixel's display minimum dimness. A higher rating indicates that the display can get extremely dim, ideal for reading in very dark environments.

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[Google Pixel Real Life Review] redarchitect21:
The lowest dim setting is perfect and not to hard in the eyes....and doesn't wake up my wife!
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] bobonit:
I've been trying to get this to work. I got the intructions from this site... http://www.geekzone.co.nz/inane/1119

I put the phone into bootloader mode, and connect to my XP laptop via USB. I run MTTY and click on the USB button. I hit enter to get the USB> prompt.

I type "d2s 74100000 00a00000" without the quotes and hit enter

My mtty screen looks just like the one in the instructions. I took the sdcard out of the phone and set it aside. To test whether it will restore from the SDCard or not, I burned a new ROM with 1 OEM removed to my phone and performed a hard reset. I then put the SDCard with the rom dump on it back in the phone, and put the phone into bootloader mode. I get the screen that says "PRESS POWER TO FLASH". I press power, it says its flashing. It finishes and says it completed succussfully. However, after a hard reset, the ROM that I backed up to the SDCard is not the ROM that is running on the phone, it has the one that I burned to the phone with the 1 OEM Removed.

Has anybody ever tried this and got it to work successfully?
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you call granny, does she keep saying "Huh?! Wut?!" or does the conversation flow pretty well? Rate this thread to express how you feel about the Google Pixel's call quality. A higher rating indicates that calls are clear and crisp, and that regardless of background noise, you can hear the other party clearly (and with ample volume) and they can hear you.

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[Google Pixel Real Life Review] sifntsifnt:
Best call quality I have had on any phone.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] jakegub:
Agreed. VoLTE is life changing when talking to someone else using the technology. Even my wife noticed.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] mmaaddict78:
Wonder if the cloth ear piece speaker grill has anything to do with this? The call quality has been very good for me. On other phones the earpiece can sound hollow or distant. The Pixel sounds more like talking to someone across a boardroom.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] subhani:
Yes. Best call quality I've had on any phone.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] cambunch:
Just got off my first conference call on this phone. The other party (using a Polycom-type setup to broadcast multiple people in a room) said that my call quality was the best they have heard from a mobile phone.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Google Pixel's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?

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[Google Pixel Real Life Review] agentdr8:
Haven't done any real speed tests of the wifi on my Pixel, but I came here to ask who dumps in their bedroom? Not judging...just eww...
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] troy`:
I'm with you there. Mine hasn't even arrived. But I don't dump in my bedroom with my 5X.... Why would I dump in there cause I have a pixel? Lol!
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] loopism:
No issues with WiFi range that I've found.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] hamzehn:
By far the worst WiFi experience I've had on any smartphone to date. Be it at home, work, friend's house, or any other place with WiFi, my Google Pixel phone's internet connection keeps going dead even though the phone says it's still connected. This problem manifests itself in downloads that never finish and get stuck indefinitely until I have to manually turn off WiFi, let the download happen over LTE. This happens with video downloads (In web browser, on Youtube app, Facebook app, etc.), with app downloads/updates from the Play Store, and other downloads.

It's a frustrating frequently recurring problem that happens on a daily basis, and I haven't found a solution to it yet.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Alaadragonfire:
Try to turn of LTE data while using WiFi , that fixed it for me, I noticed the issue early days I got the pixel since then I just turn of LTE data and it works normally.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] hamzehn:
Thanks, will try that and see how it works, though it's a bummer as I'm actually getting real good speeds on just LTE and I'm contemplating just using that and keeping WiFi off.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Wrapp:
Isn't LTE turned off automatically when connected to WIFI? How do you switch it off?

What I see on my Pixel WIFI is that it always needs a second or two to start receiving data. Where my Laptop immediately starts downloading data when clicking on a e.g. link, my Pixel always needs a short time.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Alaadragonfire:
It should be, but what I actually noticed is once WiFi gets weak signal it switches to LTE for better connection, that's my experience with so now I just keep LTE turned off while using WiFi and the other way around when using LTE
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] CyberLykan:
No problems here. You guys might have a problem on your hands. Defective units?
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Geofferey:
I have excellent throughout and signal strength on my Pixel with my 802.11 AC router. Absolutely no problems in all areas in and around outside near my house.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] b4u2:
Is there a way to speed up wifi polling? Say I turn off wifi and then turn it back on. The time it takes to find and reconnect to my wifi network takes a while. Is there a way to speed that up?
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] coolrevi:
Wifi range is pretty bad compared my 2 year old OP2
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] tjarvis:
My wife's pixel started ignoring or 5ghz wifi and then the bluetooth crapped out and then the 2.4ghz wifi started dropping at about 10 ft from the router... I just did a RMA with Verizon and got a Google version as a referb... other than that signals are on par with any other phone I have besides motorola, they have the best connection in my opinion
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] jayochs:
wifi sucks on this phone compared to my v20.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] zetsu313:
Meeeh I see I'm not the only one who has problems with wifi >.<
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Xdevillived666:
Do you guys talking about the connectivity issues think it's due to the build materials? I notice WiFi on my 5x seems to hold signal better , though I can get ac on my pixel(wifi speed is greatly different but only because of ability to connect to a. Signal on 5x seems to hold longer and farther.)
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Google Pixel's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.

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[Google Pixel Real Life Review] djdubd:
I have been having awful 4g signal strength, throughput is fine, but suffers greatly when the signal drops out every 30-60 seconds. I might have a faulty device, not sure. Currently testing side by side with an identical device.

Edit: Pixel on Verizon, purchased through Google Store.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] nednednerb:
I give it much higher rating over my Nexus 5 as comparison.

For instance, in a regional "subway tunnel" with a roof opening to the air over it, I have more consistent signal. So far, the signal drops less than it used to in those dropout areas.

Data transmission is faster too. In general sites load well.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] wolfhelm:
When sitting right next to my Galaxy S6, the signal strength of the Pixel seems to be consistently 1 bar lower than what the S6 is showing. I know that is relative terms, but in terms of absolutes, as it sits right this minute, the Pixel is fluctuating between -85 dbm and -117dbm, whereas the S6 is at a very solid -72-77dbm, when connected to a Verizon Microcell across the room (~20 ft) from me.

This shows that the Pixel indeed has lower signal strength.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] TCPDump:
I average 80 - 160 Mbps on Verizon. Any slowness I have is directly related to the carriers business, aggregation, etc. and not the phone. Im totally happy with it.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Naked Sam:
I know they're not exactly related, but one of the main reasons I bought a pixel (besides just wanting one) is because my Nexus 6p seems to have horrendous cell and gps signal strength. How consistant is the signal? Does it disconnect from either and if it does, how frequent is it? I'm picking up my shiny new pixel phone today, and I guess I'll find out soon enough, I just wanted to see how your guys' experiences have been so far.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Ezekiel22:
same here!
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] 4g4me:
I noticed terrible service with the 6p as well, so far the pixel seems better. The GPS is much better as well.

Speed seems ok, havent noticed any real lag yet, I have had mine for about a week, somehow got mine a few days early (shipping error?)

Based on speedtest.net tests, WiFi appears to be much slower than the 6p, coming in at 17 Mbps where my 6p sitting in the same spot on the same network was at 26-30 Mbps
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] mmaaddict78:
Regular black Pixel 128GB ordered through the Google store. Signal strength at home isn't quite as good as my Moto X Pure. Not a big surprise, because if nothing else, Moto has the reception game down pat. Will have a better Idea tomorrow because I just received the phone today and have been nowhere else but home.

On a side note, this phone just feels a lot nicer than my X. It's all of the little things that add up to make it a very nice experience.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] loopism:
I live in a poor signal area, and Telstra (Australia) LTE signal strength is higher than my Galaxy S6
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] mrnovanova:
I was a bit reluctant to get the pixel because my carrier didn't enable VoLTE and Wifi calling on it. I noticed that even though it goes down to 3G for phone calls, it goes back to LTE right after I hang up which it pretty bad ass!
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Nativespinner:
With my 5X I was getting dropouts and dropped calls at work which is a metal clean room inside a metal factory building. I could barely maintain 3G, most of the times on 1x. Every so often I would get lucky and be able to stream a youtube video. Speed was less than 1mbs, usually 0.2-0.5. With the Pixel I see LTE and have used it for a few phone calls expecting it to drop or not be heard on the phone but I had no problems. I don't use LTE for voice calls. Data speeds are now about 2-3 mbps. 20 mb app took about 10 seconds to download. That would have taken several minutes with the 5X. So in my experience much better signal using Verizon UDP.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] firejackson:
Out side the house didn't notice any issues but at my house **** reception which is normal so I had a service extender that my galaxy 5 used just fine my pixel don't like it thought . But now that I can use wifi calling with this phone don't matter
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] br125:
So far it seems to be about on par with my Nexus 6 which had better signal than any other phone I've used. My 5x would drop to 3g in certain spots in my house and was a pain tethering occasionally. The pixel has been great.

Google store pixel on vzw
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] buffnitup:
Not happy with cell reception. My HTC One M9 gets better signal. Drops from 4G to 3G then nothing until I cut the radio off and then back on. Flashed most recent radio from verizon software with no difference.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] matusala:
For me Nexus 5 works in subway tunnel on first 3 staitions from home without problem. I can talk whole time, but on pixel i can't do the same thing. Nexus 5 is so much better. Better reception, same display size with same resolution but more ergonomic, wireless charging, screen casting (which works everywhere not only on google chromecast like pixel does), easy to open and replace battery or anything and it's 3 years older then Pixel. Feels like Google degraded in those 3 years. Released nexus 6 which sucks, then nexus 5x which bricks itself in an instant, and 6p which does same thing plus bends like a b**ch :D

Google should have just released Nexus 5 again with amoled screen, better specs and 100% Same visually, that would be absolutely AMAZING.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Google Pixel's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.

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[Google Pixel Real Life Review] Dwayne01:
Very average for me. Not as loud as I would have hoped.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] matrix0886:
Still waiting for mine to come in (should be in Tuesday). Will compare it to my S6 and see what happens.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] falcon26:
Average at best. My friend and I were playing Battlefield 1 last night and talking on speaker phone, he also has the Pixel, at times we could not hear each other very well. I actually think the speaker on the 5X was better....
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] wolfhelm:
I would have to agree that the speaker is average at best when it comes to call quality. My Galaxy S6 was louder. Though audio playback for non-calls seems to be a fair amount better than my S6.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] wahsu88:
Anyone having issues turning their speaker all the way up and when watching video get like a popping sound?
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] zepeters:
It's not the loudest I've heard but boy, compared to the 5X the 5X is a joke (I have both phones).

Sound is louder, deeper and more clear. Comparing to the 5X it's in a completely different level...
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] sifntsifnt:
Used to have hands free conversations while driving with the phone in a cradle... but with the Pixel I can barely hear someone even with the volume at maximum. Not brilliant.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] loopism:
Better quality and clarity from the single speaker than I expected.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] deesugar:
Yes, totally. If you've heard a blown speaker, it kind of sounds like that at the higher levels.

Can other people either confirm out deny this? I'm wondering if this is a "feature" or a defect.

Thanks.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] wahsu88:
I chat with support and they told me that it is an audio issue with the videos since the issue wasn't consistent. They said to factory reset my phone. I did that, played the same vdieo over and over and the issue is no longer there.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] deesugar:
I only noticed it when I was using the speakerphone during a call. I had to factory reset it later for a different reason so I'll check on it tomorrow but it still sounds tinny as Hell. And I'm coming from a Droid Turbo 1st generation.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] varun.gid:
Very average speaker! Waiting for Root so we can do some audio modifications and make it atleast decent quality.
[Google Pixel Real Life Review] subhani:
Yeah it isn't as loud as my Nexus 6P, nor is it front facing. Or a dual setup. But it isn't as bad as I'd feared. Still plenty loud and crisp.