[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gettinwicked:
This happens every year. I had the 2xl and the 3xl. You have to deal with 2 to 3 months of trolls and haters talking trash on the phones. People who don't even own the phone, nor will ever (the trolls) come over just to talk trash. I'm sure they do it to other phones too. It's ridiculously dumb. The others definitely always trash the specs. After a couple months, the trolls go away, and the haters either send the phone back or get over it.

What I hate the most, and I keep reminding folks, is the storage specs. The 128GB pixel 4xl costs $1000. This is the EXACT SAME PRICE as a Samsung S10+ 128GB. I checked because this is the phone most widely used as a comparison. Sooo, that argument is completely invalid. Just had to throw this into this thread. Maybe if they offered a 256GB option people would get over this? Of course it would be $1100, just like the S10+...

The one thing I think it IS missing is the wide angle camera. If we want to compare specs to other phones, this is truly the only one I see missing. Even without, the phone is barely under the note 10 as far as DXoMark is concerned (for what it's worth). That's a pretty big deal. Had it come with the WA lens, it would have blown the others away.

The feel of the phone is definitely premium as far as I'm concerned. The matte glass back is much better than Sammy's glossy backs that I find gross after some fingerprints get on them (lol just me). The sides feel great, grippy, and not cheap at all. Just FYI, I've had 3 Samsungs, the metal HTC's (M7 & M8), and this definitely matches those and then some in quality build.

Soli. So, maybe it's gimmicky, but it has potential. The thing is, it didn't cause the phone to cost more. It didn't even cost much real estate on the forehead (much smaller than the 2xl). Swiping songs is cool, but what I REALLY like is the wave to snooze. I have a tendency to swipe the wrong way and turn off my alarms. With the wave, no more getting up late. Love that.

The Android experience speaks for itself. Find an Android phone that gives you such a quality experience, and is as smooth as a Pixel's. This alone makes the phone worth a little more. Also, my last Samsung was an S7 Edge. I really liked it at first. Then, all of a sudden around the time the S8's were about to be announced, a couple updates came through and made the phone so slow and buggy, it was hard to use. I even did a replacement. Same thing, once it updated after setting it up, useless. I've read a lot about this with Samsung and Apple (Apple admitted to this). That alone is such BS I will never own another Samsung.

The screen is amazing too. It looks great, definitely up to par with Samsung phones (of course it DOES have a Sammy display). The brightness is plenty for me, and the phone is smooth enough that I don't care really that the 90Hz doesn't kick in for the most part. To that, I would bet that Google sends an update at some point to make it activate during much more normal use and brightness.

Video recording. Honestly, if you need to film in 4K at 60+fps, you really should buy a good camera that does that. Just IMO of course. Also, full HD video recording supports 60 AND 120fps.