The pixel doesn’t run iOS and so isn't comparable. Most of us and our families have invested in one eco system or the other so this sort of article is always completely pointless. It answers all of the wrong questions.
Can the Pixel run all of my family’s iOS apps?
Can the Pixel iMessage me?
Can the Pixel FaceTime me?
Does the Pixel allow me to track it via Find My Friends?
Can the Pixel use our family shared iCloud space?
Exactly.And you are an Apple userThat's probably the huge grab of all these points.
The pixel doesn’t run iOS and so isn't comparable. Most of us and our families have invested in one eco system or the other so this sort of article is always completely pointless. It answers all of the wrong questions.
Can the Pixel run all of my family’s iOS apps?
Can the Pixel iMessage me?
Can the Pixel FaceTime me?
Does the Pixel allow me to track it via Find My Friends?
Can the Pixel use our family shared iCloud space?
Sorry, was I being too erudite for you? I wasn't talking about ME specifically. For many an iPhone or Android phone isn't a singular thing to be taken in isolation. It's an eco-system. That decision has already been taken to a greater or lesser degree, depending on your circumstances.Why do you think anyone here is talking about YOU?
Sorry to break it to you, I think nobody is interested in what you want. Be happy with your iPhone.
Motorola is now Lenovo, a Chinese company, and it shows. Motorola doesn’t seem to have any focus now. It is making more models than it should (Moto C, Moto M, etc, and they overlap each other, using the same internals). Even though it still uses a very close to stock Android, Lenovo’s track record is not something you can rely on.I really don't like Chinese brands. South Korea tries to innovate. Japan tried to innovate. Chinese just copies others because they are made in China and then sell it for cheap. I don't like the PC Suites that Xiaomi and Huawei uses.
Next in line -
Sony
Nokia
Motorola
Any phone with microSD slot so I can transfer files with my MBA. I may never buy a Pixel again because of its Mac incompatibility. I will buy another iPhone if Apple can improve iOS more.
I'm sorry, but let's recap Pixel 2/XL issues:
Who's the tester???
- Grainy LED panel provided by LG, check
- Burn-in on 2-week old LED green, check
- Ships with missing accessories in the box, check
- Ships with NO OPERATING SYSTEM, check
I hate trolls...
iPhone X is cheaper when you consider it has 5 years of guaranteed updates vs. 2 years for the Pixel![]()
Apple and Tim Crook (oops, Crook? I meant Cook) "lost all credibility" when they said last year they pay all their taxes and don't hide overseas money, yet we find out through the Paradise Papers that was all BS. They hide their money in the English Channel and pay minimum tax while hoarding $265B overseas.These phones aren't even on the same planet, for me personally.
The Pixel has an excellent camera but:
- Mostly Plastic
- Has Huge Bezels
- An inferior OLED from LG. Color shift. Burn in.
- Less premium build quality
- Generally Ugly
- No wireless charging.
- Removed headphone jack after making fun of Apple...loses all credibility
I agree. Horrible and biased review.
How the hell do you conclude that the tech for camera is better than the iPhone? Let’s assume they’re pretty close for regular shots and studio shots, but the glaring omission of a 2X optical zoom On the pixel is humongous for real users. Also a 70% increase in battery life, a processor that obliterates the snap dragon, oh yea and a display that’s not warmed over crap are treated like no big deal. Oh, and the ever present lack of security updates on Android (the Krack WiFi flaw won’t be updated in any reasonable amount of time) makes this review particularly more imbecilic than that of the average Android partisan.
I want my 5 minutes back. I expected way better from macrumors.
iPhone X is cheaper when you consider it has 5 years of guaranteed updates vs. 2 years for the Pixel![]()
Don't now about the five years of upgrades but it is not relevant when you consider your iPhone will run like sh|t within two years because of battery degradation and updates on IOS which will slow it down significantly.iPhone X is cheaper when you consider it has 5 years of guaranteed updates vs. 2 years for the Pixel![]()
Superior camera
You have a VERY strong persuasive opinion. It is that strong, that exchanging point of views makes no sense anymore. You could improve a lot on this to make you a trustworthy source.Google Home is an actual vessel for Google Assistant, a superior AI effort to Apple. HomePod is a music curator for $350. Once Google Home integrates with Sonos (2018), the only thing keeping the HomePod afloat will be iSheep.
Google Play music and Apple Music are essentially the same. GPM has a much better interface (Apple playing major catchup with Apple Music because the first version was a mess).
Google Docs is multi-platform. Pages, Numbers, Keynote (a joke application, honestly) only live on iOS and Mac. I have a mac at home and I love it, but if I need to work on a document at work, Apple has given me no help.
Google Photos is significantly better than Apple's iteration. Apple has done a lot to catch up, but even on iOS, Google Photos is a better photos application than Photos.App.
He's not wrong. The reason to go Pixel is all software and services. For the longest time, the Android benefit was "Hey, you get the best services, but if you don't like ours, make someone else's the default". Now, Android has leapfrogged iOS 11, the services are still better, and Apple has neglected Siri beyond usefulness.
People get way too emotional over a damn phone. If you prefer a hardware experience buy an iPhone, if you want a more fluid software experience buy a Pixel. Why is this so hard? iOS has been garbage for years now. Anyone stating otherwise is just being disingenuous.
Android is in another league right now. Don't believe me? Try a Pixel and take a picture. That's all software!
Let me guess, you have not touched or seen a pixel 2, but want to discredit the reviewer for his opinions ..... biased much? That's a rhetorical question.
Two nice phones, pros / cons . We got both at work, the X is not better than the pixel at everything....... to say that is being biased
. Each to their own
I believe the Pixel2 XL has a significantly larger image sensor so it's low light performance destroys the iPhone's. It it also captures more detail IIRC from doing A/B comparisons of photos from iPhone 8+ and Pixel2XL.
For the price range of iPhones Apple uses the smallest image sensors in the industry.
My vote also goes to Google Pixel as ugly.