I use a Pixel 7 for work as everything is Google. It’s not bad but I hate typing on it and always have with Android.
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Google Launches New Pixel 9 Smartphones With Gemini AI
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One thing I love about Pixel phones is that when I use speech to text I don't have to say "question mark" or "comma" to make sure a comma gets inserted in a sentence or a question mark gets inserted at the end of a sentence that was an obvious question. The fact that I haven't seen this on iPhone or on any other version of Android outside of Google's is really sad.
me too, it's why i swapped back to iOS. It looks like anice phone but tbh the ai thing to me is pointless. I am not going to pay a subscription to save myself 20 seconds of typing every now and again. I also dont want something that just feeds me more and more of what I've looked for previously. Its an inadvertent form of self censorship.
All 3 camera sensors on the Pros are over 40mp. I really hope the rumours are wrong about the telephoto being 12mp again this year on iPhone Pro
AI is not a selling point to me. I am more interested in device performance, longevity, camera performance, build quality, and very importantly software-software that talks seamlessly with all my other devices. It would be an expensive transition away from Apple.
I couldn't agree more. The AI help for the thinsg i do on my phoen really is incosequential. I'm certainly not prepareed to pay more. Give me a faster phone with more memory with longer battery life, better modem/reception voice quality (making and receiving calls) and a better camera (focus/lens sharpness/macro/telephoto capabilities - up to 200mm equiv and light gathering most important wirth a raw capability - which is software) which is more robust and more recyclable at a better price and I'll pay for that. The AI nonsense I won't pay 1 cent for (I simply don't have a use case for it on a phone that makes it worthwhile - except maybe noise management on photographs)
Whats worse is if you look at the initial reviews on the pixel 9 pro xl. It's marginally better on camera except for Macro - but it really is marginal. Battery life is better, but on everything else its worse than the 15 pro max and presumably will be trounced by the 16 pro max. Its a bit cheaper but why would anyone buy what is essentially a last generation phone just to get the AI? The Samsung Galaxy 24 Ultra is much the same.
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Synthetic benchmarks are all nice and good but actual usage is another thing. There is no disputing that Apple has one of the best SoC and Google is behind but also iPhones are always on the latest fabrication node which gives a massive advantage that is not even close The Tensor G4 in Pixel 9 Pro are on Samsung 4nm while the Apple A17 Pro in the iPhone 15 Pro are on TSMC 3nm.
That being said, the Pixel trounces the iPhone 15 Pro on display, higher resolution, dpi, refresh rate, brightness. Also More RAM than iPhone 15 Pro Max.
| Google Pixel 9 Pro XL | SDR 1922 | HDR 1877 |
| iPhone 15 Pro Max | SDR 1018 | HDR 1550 |
The iPhone throttles display brightness more than the Pixel 9 Pro XL under actual load.
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given how much of a 'yawner' the iphone 16 updates will be this time, maybe worth a try? iphone just seem boring to me honestly..
Apparently the pixel watch 3 is pretty good and does a better job of giving you actionable insights. Some of its sensors are as accurate or marginally better than the Apple Watch and certainly up to par. See the quantified scientist and look at the latest video.