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[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
i hate how true this is.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] killboredom:
Yes, very much yes. Last Galaxy I had was the S6 and I hated TouchWiz, but from what I've seen, Samsung has made major improvement to their UI tweaks.

On the flipside, as an expensive flagship, I hate my Pixel 3 XL. It's laggy and freezes from time to time for no apparent reason. I've struggled to solve this. No number is resets or monthly updates seems to solve. The only thing I can figure is limited memory and continued poor memory management.

I used my old Pixel 2 XL the other day, that I gave my son, and was astonished at how quick it felt and how much I missed not having a giant notch in the middle of the screen.

No phone is perfect without a doubt and I'll likely grab a Pixel 4 XL when it shows up, but at this point I feel like I'll end up throwing my Pixel across the room in a fit of rage.

On the plus side, I love Night Sight and I think the speakers are fantastic. I'll likely miss those things. Not much else.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Paradoxxx:
Yep, I'm from Europe tho, and will try to source a Snapdragon device.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Well after saying I wasn't going for the 10+ I ordered mine a few days ago. After watching lots of review videos and reading I'm pretty excited about it. It's the phoneaholic in me, I couldn't resist anymore!!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Just outa curiosity my friend, do you just drop your sim in and call it good? Or do you have to put up with any carrier BS to get volte or any other services to work? I haven't had a Sammy since the S4, but my wife's N9 is just beautiful to look at, and I can see the darn thing in bright sunlight. :good:
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Geekser:
I just drop my sim in and it works. I get great data connections - good speed on LTE - etc. I don't get the enhanced LTE Services from ATT though - Video Calling for example - at least not until someone creates a MOD (which usually happens) but I don't do video calling anyway - so I don't really miss it.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Much obliged for the intel my friend :good:
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Same. I always have an S and the note that I keep stock and the pixel is rooted and I also do the beta thing.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
no because of locked bootloader.

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i BOUGHT a exynos note 8. and it was probably the worst experience ever.

I have t-mo and lived in phoenix and honolulu towards the end of my ownership of the device.

Signal was alright but the bands couldn't connect in terms of carrier aggregation. MIMO 4x4 didn't work either.

LTE speeds never saw over 20mbps.

and then the MODs devs made for the CSC selection was horrible, sometimes it made things better, sometimes it made things worse, no one really knew how to correct the behaviors experienced from improper CSC's and even after finally working to get a full t-mo csc file ported from the s7\s8 to the note 8 it was incomplete in terms of video calling etc.

I just hate that we have to choose between a half a** experience with a exynos version or a locked bootloader snapdragon half a** experience as well
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Geekser:
Well, I don't know what to say, that is not my experience on ATT - and to be honest, I did try TMOBILE Once (on a snap dragon varient when you could still root those phones) and I never did get very good coverage - speed was slow - internmittent - that is when I switched to ATT and started buying Exynos phones
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
oh ATT users didn't really have issues because the exynos versions had all the bands ATT used. MIMO & Carrier Aggregation worked .

Keep in mind i ran thorough tests with my exynos note 8 vs a t-mo note 8, and a t-mo note 8 was consistently getting almost 90mbps more in download speeds.

The whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth, and i live in Hawaii, ATT is probably the worst carrier out here so switching won't do me much good (if i was in AZ still i would)
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] shiftr182:
I had the exynos S9+ and my wife had the T-Mobile version, both being used on T-Mobile. Her data speeds were significantly faster than mine, and she had better signal. I was running the latest build by Soldier, and had the latest CSC mod flashed from TekHD. I also recall Tek saying that he was probably going to stop using samsung because of how difficult it was getting to mod the CSC. It was also a pain to flash roms... you would have to revert to the stock csc before you flash the rom(big problem if you didnt), then flash the rom, let it boot, then flash detonator to get the correct csc.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
Precisely, what a giant pain in the buttox and it's sad, i really like samsung hardware and design , but i have to go way out of my way to get a phone i can root and flash on that it defeats the entire purpose when i end up dealing with CSC issues
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TheUndertaker21:
Yeah in two months.

Looks really good.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dmb219:
I ordered an S10+ last night. I like my P3XL so I may do a test drive and return, not sure. I like stock Android and my Pixel's camera. I also like what Samsung has been doing. Mostly I like new stuff. Things change a lot in a year in this market.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pure+:
I’m getting rid of my p3xl for an s10+ for the screen. The p3xl screen is pathetic in terms of black crush and picture transition smoothness. Samsung’s, like iPhones have always been excellent in this regard. As I only use this device for media consumption I’d rather have the better screen/media device which clearly isn’t the p3xl unfortunately. I really wanted to like it, but after 4-5 months I just don’t.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] in_dmand:
No way for me... I can't stand bloatware and locked bootloaders. Google is the best option for a clean, fast, phone which you have full control over.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] hilla_killa:
What bloatware lol? Samsungs one ui runs better than my pixel 3xl if were going to be honest
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Double apps for many often used apps, like calendar for example. Really a pain to disable Samsung's version of calendar to get it to stop sending notifications and interrupting Google calendar that I prefer to use.

Things like Galaxy Apps, their browser which is defaulted too in many situations instead of Chrome for example. The list goes on...
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Eudeferrer:
According to article today. they also depreciate in value faster than other brands.

https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-phones-value-depreciation-iphone/
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dukat0s:
Funny how this shamesung Kidz says the xl3 screen is trash when it was the best for 2018 according to the same site which gives the crown to s10 now and yes s10+ have the.best display in any smartphone ....

Nothing comes not even near to pixel in terms of smoothness ... Check every xda test in terms of performance ..

Some guys even after 300+ devices they previously own they can't even understand the difference between speed and smooth ...

I always try something from my self before I have s clear opinion about a product ...

S10+

+Battery

+Screen

Pixel 3 xl

+Camera

+Speakers

+ Ui smoothness plus software experience and updates...

I never give pros and cons to design either ;) but clearly s10 is a beauty ?

PS. When you experience some bugs or slow downs in your phone (that's what one guy said some posts above it doesnt mean every pixel or s10 lags or choppiness ...

Not every reviewer you see have a honestly opinion....

=) 9in10 I see from the big names admit s10 isn't even near to pixel in terms of smothness ...

That's my opinion after I personally use both phones and before you say pixel fan check my signature =)
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dmb219:
I have an S10+ ordered, I need to try it out. My plan was to check it out then return it and keep my P3XL. If I like the S10 I may keep it but I'll probably keep my Pixel as well. The DP will be out soon, if I dump my Pixel I'll be bummed. These are both good phones, just different. I might just keep both. That would solve the problem of deciding which to keep. :) Android Police says the DP is coming today (Monday).
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100kaa:
Hey there, can you please write some reasons. I went from iPhone 6s to LG G6 to try android. LG lost the battle, so I gave one more shot and tried Pixel 2, and I have to tell that I am not going anywhere from here.

Last few days I am having dilema, should I buy Pixel 3 XL or wait for Pixel 4 ... and now I see your post :(

why? :)
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] garyHal:
How urgent do you need a new phone? Android Q is coming out with Facial recognition features, which is really nice. I imagine Pixel 4 would take advantage of that, so I would wait.

With the P3xl, I had LTE, reboot, and lag issues. I sent it in for replacement. The reboot issue is gone but I still have LTE and lag problems. I don't think that could be fixed because they may be using cheap LTE radios and 4 gigs of RAM isn't going to resolve the lag.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Eudeferrer:
I absolutely love my Pixel 3Xl. I would never ever change it for a locked down S10 that will take months to get updates and cannot be rooted. Even today, I read an article about how the low light camera on the S10+ is not as good as the Pixel 3 Xl. Regardless of what others say, I always see the Pixel phones as the de facto phones to which all others (both Android and iPhones) get compared to. Every new phone that comes out always gets compared to it for a reason. They may not have the latest and greatest hardware, but in my opinion, their software is very smooth and remains unmatched.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100kaa:
Thanks!

I it is not urgent, my Pixel 2 works like a charm. I was looking around little bit and I saw that T-mobile gives it for good price (I think that is good price :) ) with my postpaid package. I was reading a little bit around the forum, and saw that people have a lot of complains on Pixel 3 XL. Will wait for 4 but I am affraid of price :rolleyes:
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Eudeferrer:
Whatever the price is, it will be cheaper or same as the S10+. I have a Pixel 3XL and I can honestly say I'm very happy with it.

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] oneandroidnut:
My s10+ will be here tomorrow. Coming from note 9 and pixel 3 xl i am curious to see how it is
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pure+:
After using the S10+, there's no going back to the p3xl. I have both setup with Nova prime because neither have a stock launcher I think is worth using. And with both devices set up near identically, in my opinion the S10+ is the clear winner. The screens aren't even comparable with the p3xl having laughable amounts of black crush and the world's least useful and possibly poorest notch implementation. I got used to the notch right up until I tried to watch videos on the phone, but to be honest the black crush was more aggravating than the notch at that point. The hole punch on the S10+ becomes practically imperceivable in daily use, and even watching video your brain is able to subconsciously account for the missing bit of screen and you don't notice it there. That in combination with how absolutely stunning the picture this screen puts out, it's actually on iPhone level it terms of smoothness and quality. There is zero black crush at all which is awesome. Being as both screens have some amount of curvature at the edges, I prefer Samsung's design as it gives the perception the screen is melting away into the frame and further enhances the effect that this device is nothing but screen. I'd also have to give the speaker battle to the S10+, the p3xl may have more volume/loudness but the distortion at any volume remains a persistent issue from day 1 where as the S10+ sounds clear and crisp with zero distortion to he heard of. Also the sound stage of the S10+ is greatly improved from any prior samsung I've interacted with and while it's still not quite at the level of the iPhone XS Max in terms of quality and presence, it's a big leap closer and many won't find much difference. Now the pixel still hands down has the superior camera, and that's something that I don't think many other companies will be able to take from it. Lastly the battery on the S10+ blows the pixel out of the water. The first day with my S10+ I pulled it out of the box and booted up the first time to see about 68% battery and used the device from the first boot at ~4:30 pm straight through the evening until 8:00-8:30 only dropping to 53% battery. My pixel would've been near dead at that point.

Overall I'm stunned Samsung was able to create such an impressive device because I don't think they've ever been able to do such a good job before. I've had the s4, s5, s7, s7 edge, note 8, s9+ and note 9 and none of those made it past a couple weeks as they were quite disappointing right out of the box. Samsung has won my business with the S10+.

None of that is to say the p3xl is a bad device as it by no means is, however for me there is a clear winner.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] freebee269:
I agree with everything you have said. The camera on the pix3 is better. But the camera on the s10 is still good. Also being able to record video in hdr10 is awesome. I have played around with it and it looks superb on my TV with hdr10 capabilities. The thing I will miss the most is the ability to theme with substratum because I chose the Snapdragon unlocked for the better performance and Snapdragon won't get root. But Samsung store has themes so that's better than nothing. After using this s10+ for the past 5 days I can't see myself going back to the pixel. The hardware Is just too good. I already sold my pixel 3 xl on swappa. I got the s10+ 1tb with 12gb ram. As you can imagine there are zero ram issues with background apps unlike my pixel 3 xl. I'll hold onto this until pixel 4 comes out and I see what Google has up its sleeve.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pure+:
Not to mention the finger print sensor. Not that the p3xl one didn't work well. But the placement wasn't great in my opinion. And something about the in display sensor is just too cool. Like something right out of movie
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Supernoobsammyson:
"Screens are not comparable"??

Both made by Samsung. Research it. Lol. Samsung has way too much UI overlays and too much bloatware. Anytime you open any app that can do what a samsung can do like email or messages, it will open their app in the background. Open Gmail and it opens Samsung email in the background even if you don't use their email client. All the apps are that way on samsung. Also no way to disable. You can try but they have their own backdoor via Samsung+ and their device maintenance that will open it if it wants. I was Samsung for life. Never again. Way too much bloatware and data robbing. Watch the extra things you agree to for Samsung when you first start it. They have you consent to their own end user standards. Also their backends are not here. They are in their home country.. I would rather keep my data here.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gp-se:
In all fairness Samsung does make different levels of hardware, so you can get a A+ top yield display in Samsung devices, and B+ or A- yield that Samsung sells to other manufacturers (including Apple). It's like comparing a base model Ford Escape to a fully loaded Ford Expedition, both made by Ford, but one is top of the line, the other entry level.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mcgleevn:
Purchased S10+ on launch day (cracked my P3XL screen - wth, let's try Sammy again) >>> returned that sh*t the next day: camera no question better on Pixel - the "hole" is a notch, although the "hole" wallpaper options are def cute ;) - super mach turbo fingerprint sensor was pretty meh - still dislike Sammy's curved screen edges and physical button layout - rooting was done, but requires way too much fuss.

I promptly found a ubreakifixit and got the P3XL up and running again. IMO Pixel software > Sammy hardware.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pure+:
Yes, the screen on the pixel 3xl does not even come close to the quality of the screen on the S10+. The difference is actually laughable. I'm perfectly aware that samsung manufactures the pixel screen but as stated by another user, there are many variances in hardware quality. Apple, Samsung, Google all use Samsung as the display oem however when you compare the 3 it's plainly evident which companies have tighter/higher tolerances for quality. And beyond that even if the panels were identical on terms of hardware, the devices utilize different image processing and therefore could still produce vastly different results. So yes, the display on the S10+ absolutely blows the pixel out of the water irregardless of the same "oem" for the displays.

Sent from my S10+
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Eudeferrer:
It's simply a matter of screen color calibration, something you can easily fix to your taste with a kernel manager. In the US, Samsung is like communism on a phone. It has to be the way they want it to be (no root at least in the US variants and therefore limited costumization). It's all fine and dandy until you realize their OS updates are 7 months behind the real world. My US Note 8 is still waiting for official Pie (which was released August of last year. It's very sad and this is the reason why I don't care how pretty the screen is. I rather have updates on as timely matter and have FULL control of my phone.

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pure+:
Not sure how much calibration would help the black crush issue with video playback, but perhaps it would. Regardless, of all the people who own these devices (Samsung), the percentage of people who will root or need the customization level you can only get through rooting is a quite small percentage. For the mass population of owners, the device is going to remain in stock form and works excellently as such. Ever for myself, I was able to setup my S10+ perfectly without root. Running Nova prime and using adhell3 I have launcher close to stock (better in my opinion because of the level of customization built in) and adhell3 allows me to disable any and all "bloat" to the point where the only Samsung apps on my device are settings and camera. Every other app is either google's version or a 3rd party of my choosing. In regards to having the latest updated as soon as they are available, I don't see the necessity. I'll get the update when I get it. My phone works excellently now and the only updates I care about are for Samsung specific features.

Sent from my S10+
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Eudeferrer:
Most people know Samsung calibrates their screens much more saturated than Google. Google appears much more real lifelike, which to some people appear dull. Samsung looks more colorful. A Kernel manager should fix that completely/greatly. As far as updates, I get it. Not everyone cares for them. Me, personally, I find it frustrating not to get them, when I know the delay is out of laziness on the past of providers and Samsung. So, in my case, it's a must. I could probably overlook root, if it was quickly updated. But truthfully, I already got used to get the latest update on the first Monday of every month and also to having Magisk. I loved Samsung's phones and hardware and have owned every note available. Just can't deal with their software lockdowns.

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] EMJI79:
Slightly off topic but still, many of you talking about Pixel 3 XL display tuning:

How to tune screen warmth with root (and kirisakura kernel)?

I can only see RGB, saturation, hue etc... but not just "warmth ".
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Reuben_skelz92:
The s10+ screen isn't miles better at all. Just fanboy talk. Yes it's brilliant and the best, but even the oneplus 6t screen looks good after using the S10. And the pixel screen is better than 6t. Also curves on a screen are still useless. One UI is livable and not bad but still full of bloat and battery life is sub par considering the specs and battery size
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dmb219:
I bought an S10+ and expected to return my P3XL for the generous trade in offer and use the S10 at least until the next Pixel comes out. It's definitely a nice phone, nice display for sure but I think I'm going to keep my P3XL and return the Samsung. The screen curves are more annoying than anything else, lots of unintentional touches. The sensor is not good, very seldom works 1st time. I like & use Google's apps, not the Samsung apps so why give up my Pixel and keep another phone that I modify to be like the Pixel? The display is great and that big battery is awesome but it isn't enough. The Pixel camera probably was the deciding factor. I use the camera quite a bit and unlimited uploads of high res awesome pics is nice. I don't think I've ever taken a bad pic with it. Everyone who sees the pics can't believe they were taken with a phone. I will be all over the P4 so I'll save my money for that. :)
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Reuben_skelz92:
I thought the same, one UI has improved Samsung's experience but there's a lot of bloat on there. After a day using it and now back on the OnePlus I don't miss it at all.

Oh and just general pics in doors was awful on the S10, some looked worse than the 6t
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pure+:
So we are talking about two separate issues with the display. Color calibration is one thing and yes, I agree it is easy to change with a kernel if desired. The issue I'm speaking to is the black crush where dark scenes in video where the colors are predominantly black or dark in general, have the effect of looking rough/jagged just not smooth or uniform. I consume alot of YouTube and Netflix on my Android and for me it's simply not tolerable on the pixel.

Sent from my S10+

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I don't know about "fanboy talk" I'm an apple fanboy if anything and usually find Samsung devices rather unpleasant to use. Also being that I only have Android phones for the purpose of media consumption, yeah I stand by what I said. This screen is miles better the the pixel. The comparison is still laughable and even more so after multiple weeks of use side by side

Sent from my S10+
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Reuben_skelz92:
See things like the comparison is laughable is just a fanboy. Because it's not laughable ?? so you saying the s9, note 9, etc screens are laughable compared? Cause the pixel screen is ranked up with them

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And everyone forgets EVERY oled screen has the chance of being uneven etc etc