[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Tanquen:
Pros:

It’s new. Looks a little nicer.

Can (at some point) take better pictures in the dark. The 2XL may get this?

Can answer calls for you. The 2XL will get this.

Wireless charging. But...

Screen is a little bigger, even without notch.

While the notch is ugly it does give you more space on the screen but do we really need it?

The sound is fuller. But…

Water resistant. But…

Cons:

With tax its $1100. With Charger and case it’s $1200

Google jerked me around for a month to get it to me.

They emailed there was a $50 Google store credit for ordering in the first few days but I ordered with Google Project Fi so that Google Store order I’m looking at is not a Google Store order. ???

It’s about $50 more and they are giving like $50 less this year for the trade in.

The Notch. It not so much that it is but what they gave up to get it. They should have just kept the same set up the 2 XL had and made the screen a little taller and wider. I’m ok with the notch as I’m one that wants the better speakers but they made one smaller and the sound is not the same and it’s the one you take calls (and use for the speaker phone?) on so I’d really rather they had not done this. It also messes up the screen when watching movies. On the 2 XL you can zoom most stuff a little a get full symmetric screen and not worry about burn in. But on the 3XL it chops off and squares the notch end. It just hurts my head for some reason, with the other end rounded.

Slow charging is still messed up. The 2XL has this issue somewhat but it will charge. A few times now I've come to find the 3XL has not charged at all and this morning it was at 49% but when I went to bed it was at 78% so what the heck?

The speakers do have a fuller sound but one is louder than the other and then there is the vibration. The vibration doesn’t bother me while holding it but there is distortion and a rattle like effect. I hear it in some of the notification sounds. If you go to settings, sound, advanced and then default notification sound, it should be Popcorn and every time at the end of it there is a rattle like buzzing. Not there on the 2XL.

The screen is pink. The 2XL is a little on the blue side but then the 3XL is pink. :( Mostly what you get used to I guess but I don’t like the pink.

Screen sensitivity. It’s really odd. Like I can double tap 4 or 5 times in a row and nothing happens but then it will work 4 or 5 times in a row. Like something is running in the background and it’s not see the touches. The fingerprint scroll is the same. Works for a time and then doesn’t. I also have issues scrolling up/down left/right once I’m logged in and using the phone. The 2XL is fine with this very basic stuff.

I've already seen pics of a few with glass backs broken. Wireless charging is cool but not sure if this is worth it.

I’m guessing none of these issues will be solved by software updates or swapping for another phone.

I think the 3XL we be worth even less next year than the 2XL is now.

The annual phone upgrade was a bummer this year.

So, return, swap, wait a month and get the 3XL again for like $800, keep the 2XL for another year or get the One Pulse 6T?