Google had a nice amount of tools to use for making photos much nicer, they cut me to just three, Walmart puts them to shame or maybe they are trying to force me into trash my Pixel 6 Pro. It's like we are renting their phones???
8 Pro owner, no complaints other than Gemini not being available as im in the UK and that Pic Enhancement feature. Other than that its a good phone for me.
that and like half of all the other features that you don't use because you're not in the US. You still paid full price yet, only have access to half the stuff. This is my last pixel phone. If you don't live in the US google doesn't care about you.
This is for UK guy there is a way to get all the functions on your phone. I saw a video on it on UA-cam. I believe she used some kind of VPN router that came back to America and made her phone work like if it was in the United States, she made it seem very simple and easy
Pixel is the only phone that keeps me away from going back to an iphone. By the way there is a third way to call the Assistant/Gemini is by swipe up from the left or right corner of the screen. You can enable or disable the swipe feature by going to Settings, then Display, and then Navigation Bar.
I do not use the Gemini app. I have not replaced The Google Assistant. I used a Gemini web page icon on my phone and I use it only when I need better search results. Like you said, it's not implemented very well and until they are able to do that I am staying with the original assistant.
I don't know man. I have great battery life and honestly after I've tried S24 Ultra I still believe Pixel 8 Pro takes better photos. The colors are just more natural and shutter speed is top notch. Low light photos just gives more pleasant colors and not any yellow hue that I get with S24 Ultra in night mode in some scenarios.
Same here it's hard to trust youtubers some praise some don't.. maybe all have different experience for me ot was great just like you but for others it's not .. idk where they are going wrong
I've had the Pixel 8 pro since it dropped and I'm pretty happy with it I don't experience any overheating issues thankfully and battery life has been pretty good granted it's not as good as my S24 Plus but still decent enough I unplug at 5:00am in the morning and by the time I'm ready to go to bed at around 10 pm I'm down to about 20% so that's good enough for me and the camera will let's just say it takes some of the best pictures out of all of my devices in my arsenal and I own budget mid-rangers and flagships thanks for the video keep up the good work
Been switching back and forth between the SG S24 Ultra and the P8P. Pixel keeps calling me back. It's just the "smartest" Android smartphone and it really has genuinely useful features for me. And the photography is effortless. Both take great photos but i feel like Pixel is best for the point and shoot. And the speech to text is SO much better than Samsung.
Had the 8 Pro in the BEAUTIFUL Bay Blue. Returned it after a week or two because it didn't seem to be worth the money and the UI/UX was sub par to me (coming from S21). Ended up trading in the S21 for the P8 Hazel because it was only $150 out of pocket. It was a steal, but I still didn't 'love' the phone. Ended up getting the S24U and am extremely happy. The only thing I miss from the P8 series in general was the Bay Blue, the haptics, and the animations. It's just too buggy and to 'meh' of an experience for me not to stick with what's tried and true with Samsung. Has nearly all the same features, and more that matter to me, out of the box. Using Good lock too has been phenomenal. I have 6 different side gestures and all the customization at my finger tips without having to download a new OS on Pixel. Sad because I wanted a Pixel for nearly 6-8 years. This one left a bad taste in my mouth. Especially receiving 2 defective P8's in a row brand new. The feature set they're offering or promising for the quality and performance just isn't there for me. I'm not sure why people love it other than installing new OS's. To each their own.
I agree about your comment on it overpriced. I managed to get myself a pixel 8 pro 256gb as new cons on ebay last month for £600! I am very happy with the phone to be honest, couple of niggles, I wish the charging was fast ie at least 50-60w, I can't get used to the power button being on top of the volume rocker lol, I would like a double take to sleep, you can wake it with the double tap, but can't sleep it? Other than them slight niggles I am very happy with my pixel 8 pro 👍
Buying the pixel 5 new when it came out has left a really really sour taste in my mouth with pixels, loved my 2xl but rhis 5 has been one of the worst ive used still kinda scared to get an 8 pro beyween that and a 15pro right now
I owned pixel8pro since launched and i like but i dont love it nor recommend to anyone battery isn't good and it is not reliable, i might have 40% battery left and it lasts 4+ hour one day with light use and other the same scenario but the battery drains out of the way i really wanted to love this phone but battery is key for me and coming from an iphone 13pm i felt the battery hit immediately
What do you do on your phone I use mine like a communication device I get 2 days from my phone and possibly could get 3. Unless your face is plastered to it 24/7 I could see someone saying that I even seen iPhone users say battery sucks on a iPhone lol I have both I get 2 to 3 days use from my pixil and iphone
@@techierg1862 more power to you, I can't be 24/7 on the phone even if I wanted because it doesn't cut it, if you use your phone as a communication device que a Nokia 6120, this is a smartphone and there are plenty of usage to it, to answer your question what I do the most is streaming Spotify while at work, youtube, WhatsApp and social media, my gf has an s23 ultra and the battery is way better for a long shot, my iphone 13pm way better too, it is good as long you have a charger around, it is no reliable for me and for many people
I don't have Gemini. I have the pixel 8 pro locked to spectrum. My software is up to date but I only have the Google assistant. * Never mind I didn't know the was a separate down load I thought the update just replaced the Google assistant.
I don’t even get why especially with the pixel 8 pro so many people ask the question if the phone is worth it. Of course it is! It’s absolutely amazing for 99% of phone users. Only the 1% who game a lot or do very heavy tasks should get a more powerful phone!
what you're even talking about? even my pixel 7 takes better pics than a galaxy s24 ultra, don't get me wrong , s24 ultra is a beast of a phone but many times, the exposer in it is too high and sometimes because of it, hdr details suffers .
I wanted to get the P8P. But the P7 sort of ruined me. Fingerprint scanner and battery life weren't great. To me, the antennas weren't great either. I'll get the s24+.
Turn on Battery Saver Mode 💯 My usual Pixel 7 onscreen time is 8 to 10 hours. The Performance is not effected or limited It turns off background apps running, while keeping them in memory not losing where you left Then have to turn on each app in settings "background activity allowed" for apps you want to continue sending notifications
I'm returning mine. The camera seems to be worse than my very first one. Better hardware but software looks worse. Shutter lag is almost non existent compared to my S23 Ultra but overall quality and sharpness, Samsung is better. Did I get a defective unit?
You most definitely got a defective Pixel. My 8 Pro almost blows even the S24 Ultra out of the water in the camera department and overall UI smoothness. I bought an S24 Ultra but ended up returning it and going back to the Pixel with the 8 Pro.
I just got this and returned it. But simply because I came from Apple. I was getting delayed notifications (seems to be an Android issue) And the odd bug here and there but the pixel 8 pro I liked overall. Just too slow compared to Apple.
I just switched from iphone 13 max to the pixel pro yesterday. honestly, the battery life is not good. I like the phone overall, its pretty neat but yeah battery life sucks
I own a mi 11 ultra that simply died 2 days ago. I'm planning on buying the 8 pro for the cameras and the software experience .I'm not gaming much on the phone, just want something reliable for daily use and photos on vacations. From what I can see it is the best bang for your buck right now. Do you have any other recommendations? Not iphone or s24 ultra... Thanks for the video !
@@Cubano2031 Honestly i would have chosen iphone, but really don't like the iOS ecosystem and I'm more accustomed to the Android space..that's why i said no iphone :P
I have the pixel 8 pro, coming from iPhones and oneplus devices, I got my pixel 8 pro 256gb as new condition on ebay for £600 last month, I am very happy with it to be honest. I would advice you to get a mint condition used one for around £600-£650, I would never pay £1000 plus for the pixel 8 pro. If you want a brand new phone, I would take a close look at the oneplus 12, that looks superb value for money.
Video boost and such are gimmicks if it doesnt happen on the phone then it means nothing. The Update promised are in and the Pixels residual value is still dropping, a phones a phone and AI gimmicks will never change that because they are not main features.
The fact that it does not take the best photographs will be according to your opinion, because if you use the maximum resolution of all the sensors with UltraHDR and the Pro mode, the processing that Google does is the best that exists, and it is not the same as when you take the photos at 12 megapixels, beats any other phone in Ultra Wide Angle, in Main Camera and in Zoom, and also by far, even better than the one-inch sensors, and I know this because I have compared them directly and I have ended up returning all the Chinese phones with those sensors because the Pixel 8 Pro camera is better. I don't understand why no one talks about Pro mode and UltraHDR, with the quality it offers, it is a forgotten topic that no UA-camr bothers to compare, and it is a big mistake, because you are wasting a great resource that this device offers, in fact , all my photos are taken in UltraHDR. And if we talk about video, which I always do with the main camera, and always with Video Boost, there is no other device that comes close in quality, but no one bothers to use this great resource either. Why do you think Google offers these advances? To not use them? I don't know about you, but I have used them, I use them and I am going to continue using them, what doesn't make sense is not doing it. I repeat, I have returned a Xiaomi 14 Ultra, an Oppo Find X7 Ultra, a Vivo X100 Pro and a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra because the results that the Pixel 8 Pro gives me are not given to me by any of these others, combined with the system experience operational, without blotware and with Google updates, I am not going to change it for anything, well yes, for the Pixel 9 Pro when it comes out, delivering this one to Google itself, and it will be a great price. It is my opinion based on experience and my profession, which allows me to have any device and I choose Google. PS: I can also install any GCam with an apk and the phone recognizes it as its own camera application and I can improve the sections I want, such as the selfie, and that does not happen on any other device, since they are not from Google and the GCam settings will never be the same.
Don't like Samsung image processing it's horrible. Pixel 8 Pro when using 50mp resolution it's packed with details even at 10x zoom. Samsung and Apple are nowhere near Pixel quality. And I don't get any heat issues
I have a couple of iPhones, a galaxy and an 8 pro , I have to say it , I think the pixel is by and large over rated , the finger print sensor on my unit is highly hit and miss, Face ID in poor light is less than good and in darkness it is just useless, and it’s that bad between the two unlock modes I have enabled the pin pattern. The camera in comparison to my other phones probably gets the photos right more often…. But not always , and low light in some circumstances it just sucks , for example I took 4 pics with my 8 pro of under my bike frame work which was poor light , but not darkness , I then took 4 of the identical shots with my iPhone 14 Pro Max . All four pixel photos where a blurry mess which I couldn’t use and binned, my iPhone took a second longer to take each pic as it sorted out the exposure and gave me 4 excellent clear well exposed photos, so yeah , pixel camera, good sometimes…. Not always. Battery seems ok , about on par with my heading for a year and a half old iPhone 14 Pro Max. Performance of the pixel is generally pretty good I’d say. Another little annoyance for me is the pixel keyboard operation, it sucks , I compare it to my Galaxy note keyboard or iPhone keyboard, and it just pisses me off. Is it a good phone ? It does have some good points, but clearly there’s some areas that have room for improvement. Going back to the finger print sensor’s mediocrity, my brother has a pixel 7 , and he reports the same very hit and miss nature of the finger print sensor on his phone, so yeah , maybe on the next model google might spring for the better ultrasound finger print sensor like the galaxy models have.
If theres one thing I never thought I'd do, its move away from Pixel for a better camera experience. I recently put down my Pixel 8 Pro in place of a Xiaomi 14 Ultra and I've been amazed at what they've achieved in the camera department, however, the one thing I miss is that Pixel software experience. There's simply nothing like it. Here's to hoping Google pull their finger out in the camera department with this years Pixel devices.
It is still very worth the price in 2024. I still have my 8 Pro and couldn't imagine settling for an iPhone 15 Pro Max and especially the S24 Ultra 👎🏻👎🏻
Battery life and heat is not an issue for me, the same is with the iphone and many other phone. The king of photos is truly the Pixel 8 pro. My pics are amazing.
The problem for this phone is the OnePlus 12 which is cheaper and offers so much more on the hardware side that the Pixels software cant make up the gap
Its the software tho the Google assistant integration ect voice to text thts a game changer i don't care about 120 refresh 90hz is perfectly perfect i don't care about 4k up ect its a smartphone not a tv,, only children care about max settings on games genshin impact ect ,it seems if u want a media device choose any other android or if u want a smart smartphone tht allows media consumption pixel is the only choice imo
@@shadowform1264I had a one plus 12 I had a choice to sell either my one plus 12 or my pixil well I still have my pixil if all you care about is raw power and no substance choose another phone I’m happy for you cause you will never understand it’s beyond what you can comprehend cause your mind has blinders set to raw power only and numbers so enjoy
@@techierg1862I had the P8P and switched to the OnePlus 12 and haven't regretted it since, switched for the better battery life, charging speeds and performance. Figured 12 would last longer in my use case.
Have the p8p. I keep having scrolling stutters, and the screen feels like it has low touch-sampling. Really want to love the phone, but the stutters are ruining the experience. Have tried every single fix, but stutters aldo in safe mode.. I have 210 gb of free space (256 variant).. Love the plain interface and the cameras, but wish they would fox the stutters.. not even heavy user, and have never felt the phone heat up..
Yes I absolutely love the pixel phone because of how fluid it is with everything pretty much is the best out there in my opinion but I am sick of them saying ther going to do stuff for the people and never does what they say that's the big downfall of they keep doing this ther going to lose a lot of customers so stop it Google u have a good base for making the pixel one of the best phone ever stop messing around and do what u say thanks
I had the option of getting this phone or the s24plus and i chose the s24 plus because the benchmark score was 3x higher which means its more future proof. Also more places offer repairs for when i need my batter replaced in 3yrs since ill have this phone for the next 5+years. I believe samsung saw into the future that smart phones are not changing much in the future so i assume theyll be investing their money into other resources by making the 24 series so future proof. It just seemed like the right time to go with samsung.
Much as I like by pixel 8 Pro. It's hard to need to go back to that style of phone. Now that I have the pixel fold and the OnePlus open. I still have it. I'm considering keeping it until it's time to trade it in on the Pixel 9. Or I may just sell it and leave the slab phone style all together.
I'm in agreement. Battery life isn't good. And the other day, I had put together a list of stops on Google Maps...well, by the 2nd stop, it froze on me, so I couldn't do anything on Google Maps except restart it and lose all the information I had input into the app! Needless to say, I've decided on the iPhone 15 Pro Max this year.
So pissed about my battery life. Coming from 7 pro which was best id ever had. 8 hours screen time and lasted till I got home from work the 2nd day off the charger. This thing shows WiFi and mobile network eating up far more then the 7 pro and often dies after 3.5 hour screen time and 13 hours off charger. Gonna try a warranty replacement
Build quality quite good, but it's full of bugs. P30 pro was more reliable. Fingerprint sensor awful. Ai is brilliant, screen is perfect just not bright enough. Phone settings limited, for example can set bottom 3 buttons placement. Camera is brilliant but enabling options is confusing a bit. Need to disable several options that I can't find to enable one thing. To be honest I expected a bit more at this price range. Again p30 pro was more reliable...
Phone is not great. Coming from Google you would think that they would have put out a better product. The battery life is terrible and it's very sluggish compared to most new phones.
I found a huge ability missing on Gemini compared to the Google Assistant. Previously on Google Assistant you could just say "What's the song?" and it will listen to whatever was playing and provide all the details, while Gemini can't exactly do that yet.....
Biggest regret buying this phone!!!!, No USB-c to HDMI, only cast not mirroring, gets ridiculously hot, doesn't charge while playing games, Bluetooth sounds goes on mute, can't remove Google widget or the top widget, can only keep text you copied for 1 hour. Avoid this phone, I'm trying to sell mine
Everything you said is bang on. My carrier had a very aggressive deal on the iPHone 15 Pro max. so I just bit the bullet and went over. having the pixel 7 pro last summer there were times I couldn't even see the screen as it dimmed so much to manage the heat and I don't want ot repeat that going into this summer. Battery life on my P8P has just been progressively getting worse for me. 7hours SOT turned to 6 turned to 5 turned to 4.5. the moment i'm off wifi and using Cellular all day take an additional 30% off those figures. I'll revisit if I hear if the Pixel 9 stuff is better or even the TSMC pixel 10 stuff.
I'm on a pixel 7, I wouldn't think of upgrading before the move to tsmc, heck those EU mandated replaceable batteries in like 2027 seem like a good reason to upgrade
For me after 5 years of ios my 15 pro max has been the worst phone for me. My phone overheats still to this day with normal use. I'm goner switch to the pixel 9 hopefully everything is fine
As an older person pushing 65 I don't use it as much as the younger generations and I actually look out the window when on a bus/train! It's not that I'm not tech savvy or a technophobe, because I've been an IT tech for over 30 years but I prefer the bigger screen on my PC. Battery life is never a problem for me and I can go 3 days without needing to charge it just doing the occasional google search, sending messages and making phone calls etc. I bought the 8 Pro to replace my trusty 4XL and apart from the obviously better camera, there's not a lot of difference between the two. Do I regret it? No it's a great phone and the extended support was probably the main factor in choosing it, along with a very tempting Black Friday offer I couldn't resist ;o
Mine is a restarting piece of junk. My 300 dollar Umidigi backup phone is better except for photos. Can't wait to get shed of it. No more Google phones for me. Ever.
Very good summary, after 4 months I agree with pretty much everything you've said. I wanted to love the P8P and gave it a chance, but there are far more downsides than upsides. Main problems are microphone issue, people just can't hear me on calls, telling me it sounds like a very crackly line and USB port having a loose connection. Despite treating my phone like a baby. Cameras are very capable, but it still oversharpens everything. Portraits have great colour generally, but make everyone look 10 years older by sharpening every pore and line on faces! Screen honestly doesn't feel any brighter than my Pixel 5 which it replaced. Now it makes sense it's probably just dimming due to overheating when outside. Taking photos outside during summer I found it hard to see at times it was that dim. Updating apps, backing up photos, it gets pretty hot. Battery life is crap. If I sit indoors and watch UA-cam it does well. But standby battery drain is bad 1-2% per hour overnight on WiFi. It can last a day of light to moderate usage but if I'm taking more photos and videos, it's unlikely to last. Finally it's super slow to charge. Using an 18W pixel charger or 60W laptop charger it's just damn slow. It's going back to Google and being replaced with a Xiaomi 14. To top it off, I'm no a fan of the design, curved edges are dated, shiny metal is dated, matte back is nice but slippery as heck and slides on a flat table even with the slightest lean.
Ive been using the p8pro since release and its ok, I havent used the AI stuff as much as I thought I would so I think Im going to swap to an iPhone for the customer reliability
@@jordanjackson8873 & then they tell u the phone cant be repaired - classic story in reality it needed only a 10$ part to fix it. they are everywhere its true, reliable to find but not reliable to repair
@@jordanjackson8873 - Hmm, nope. The nearest Apple Store to my town is over 2 hours away. Whenever I had problems with my iPhones, they always told me that the problem is normal and that Apple would release an update to fix the said problem in the upcoming months. But 75% of the time, the problems will never get fixed, plus iPhones have bad cameras and their boring phones to use.
@@rythmater thank you for the recommendation, Im familiar with grapheneOS and while it does seem like a good option, it's the constant buggy performance I'm having on my p8pro with apps like UA-cam that are made by Google you would think it works perfectly but it constantly freezes and WhatsApp too. I think it's due to the phone having a processor based on a chipset 2 years old. I can swap phones in April and I'm torn between s24u and ip15pm - curious to see how far iOS has come in the last 5 years since I've used it
For me Google has never been a king of photos. I have always returned my order because of the darker scences Google have on photos just because they want that extreme HDR
Come on man" Strain on your Pinky" 😂😂😂 The creative excuses for Google designed gaffs have sucken to new levels. This design is whack like the 7,6,5,4,3.. Google aesthetics are always behind the curve.😮
@@malidan1196 Geez what are you on about? You only complain and hate, did android hurt ya or something? And don't pretend like apple didn't also have this issue, among some others.
@@malidan1196 I have owned the iPhone XR and 12, among the Samsung stuff and whatnot. Seriously they are kind of uncomfortable when they're so squared. I mean, have you seen the S24 ultra?? That's a frickin brick.
I love my Pixel 8 Pro and it lasts me all day. I'm a pretty heavy user. I'm not sure what you use your Pixel 8 Pro for to get lower battery life. Also if you want to talk overpriced the Samsung Galaxy S24 ultra is overpriced!
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Google had a nice amount of tools to use for making photos much nicer, they cut me to just three, Walmart puts them to shame or maybe they are trying to force me into trash my Pixel 6 Pro. It's like we are renting their phones???
I have the p7p and it has been great. Still takes better photos than the competition
Another comment to get likes.🤣🤣
it wasn't last years best by a good margin and its totally hammered by the 2024 offerings.
@@malidan1196 I'm always grateful for likes, but I'm all about facts.
8 Pro owner, no complaints other than Gemini not being available as im in the UK and that Pic Enhancement feature. Other than that its a good phone for me.
What’s your battery life been like on your 8 pro? And what did you come from before?
Most probably P8 will get Gemini Nano after a while
that and like half of all the other features that you don't use because you're not in the US. You still paid full price yet, only have access to half the stuff. This is my last pixel phone. If you don't live in the US google doesn't care about you.
This is for UK guy there is a way to get all the functions on your phone. I saw a video on it on UA-cam. I believe she used some kind of VPN router that came back to America and made her phone work like if it was in the United States, she made it seem very simple and easy
Pixel is the only phone that keeps me away from going back to an iphone. By the way there is a third way to call the Assistant/Gemini is by swipe up from the left or right corner of the screen. You can enable or disable the swipe feature by going to Settings, then Display, and then Navigation Bar.
#TeamPixel
This is literally the only way I call up Gemini/assistant when I'm already using my phone
I do not use the Gemini app. I have not replaced The Google Assistant. I used a Gemini web page icon on my phone and I use it only when I need better search results. Like you said, it's not implemented very well and until they are able to do that I am staying with the original assistant.
I don't know man. I have great battery life and honestly after I've tried S24 Ultra I still believe Pixel 8 Pro takes better photos. The colors are just more natural and shutter speed is top notch. Low light photos just gives more pleasant colors and not any yellow hue that I get with S24 Ultra in night mode in some scenarios.
Yes I agree, battery life on my pixel 8 pro is good, I get 7/8 hours SOT no problem etc.
it was worse couple month ago but after all those updates its been great
Gotta love slowest charging in the biz.
Same here it's hard to trust youtubers some praise some don't.. maybe all have different experience for me ot was great just like you but for others it's not .. idk where they are going wrong
@@BOOGiNS When charging overnight as I do it doesn't matter.
I haven't watched it yet but just say I love your thumbnails. They are not pathetic like some we see around. 😅
Thank you :)))
I love my 8 Pro. But I agree with you about battery and heat.
Does it get really bad? My 15 pro max is always hot it's the worst phone I've had for heat surely it can't be worse
I've had the Pixel 8 pro since it dropped and I'm pretty happy with it I don't experience any overheating issues thankfully and battery life has been pretty good granted it's not as good as my S24 Plus but still decent enough I unplug at 5:00am in the morning and by the time I'm ready to go to bed at around 10 pm I'm down to about 20% so that's good enough for me and the camera will let's just say it takes some of the best pictures out of all of my devices in my arsenal and I own budget mid-rangers and flagships thanks for the video keep up the good work
Been switching back and forth between the SG S24 Ultra and the P8P. Pixel keeps calling me back. It's just the "smartest" Android smartphone and it really has genuinely useful features for me. And the photography is effortless. Both take great photos but i feel like Pixel is best for the point and shoot. And the speech to text is SO much better than Samsung.
Had the 8 Pro in the BEAUTIFUL Bay Blue. Returned it after a week or two because it didn't seem to be worth the money and the UI/UX was sub par to me (coming from S21). Ended up trading in the S21 for the P8 Hazel because it was only $150 out of pocket. It was a steal, but I still didn't 'love' the phone. Ended up getting the S24U and am extremely happy. The only thing I miss from the P8 series in general was the Bay Blue, the haptics, and the animations. It's just too buggy and to 'meh' of an experience for me not to stick with what's tried and true with Samsung. Has nearly all the same features, and more that matter to me, out of the box. Using Good lock too has been phenomenal. I have 6 different side gestures and all the customization at my finger tips without having to download a new OS on Pixel.
Sad because I wanted a Pixel for nearly 6-8 years. This one left a bad taste in my mouth. Especially receiving 2 defective P8's in a row brand new. The feature set they're offering or promising for the quality and performance just isn't there for me. I'm not sure why people love it other than installing new OS's. To each their own.
I agree about your comment on it overpriced.
I managed to get myself a pixel 8 pro 256gb as new cons on ebay last month for £600!
I am very happy with the phone to be honest, couple of niggles, I wish the charging was fast ie at least 50-60w, I can't get used to the power button being on top of the volume rocker lol, I would like a double take to sleep, you can wake it with the double tap, but can't sleep it? Other than them slight niggles I am very happy with my pixel 8 pro 👍
I love my 8 Pro, best phone I've used, I love the flat display
Battery life for me is great I get 9 hours screen on time and I've had no heat issues what so ever
Buying the pixel 5 new when it came out has left a really really sour taste in my mouth with pixels, loved my 2xl but rhis 5 has been one of the worst ive used still kinda scared to get an 8 pro beyween that and a 15pro right now
I owned pixel8pro since launched and i like but i dont love it nor recommend to anyone battery isn't good and it is not reliable, i might have 40% battery left and it lasts 4+ hour one day with light use and other the same scenario but the battery drains out of the way i really wanted to love this phone but battery is key for me and coming from an iphone 13pm i felt the battery hit immediately
What do you do on your phone I use mine like a communication device I get 2 days from my phone and possibly could get 3. Unless your face is plastered to it 24/7 I could see someone saying that I even seen iPhone users say battery sucks on a iPhone lol I have both I get 2 to 3 days use from my pixil and iphone
@@techierg1862 more power to you, I can't be 24/7 on the phone even if I wanted because it doesn't cut it, if you use your phone as a communication device que a Nokia 6120, this is a smartphone and there are plenty of usage to it, to answer your question what I do the most is streaming Spotify while at work, youtube, WhatsApp and social media, my gf has an s23 ultra and the battery is way better for a long shot, my iphone 13pm way better too, it is good as long you have a charger around, it is no reliable for me and for many people
I don't have Gemini. I have the pixel 8 pro locked to spectrum. My software is up to date but I only have the Google assistant. * Never mind I didn't know the was a separate down load I thought the update just replaced the Google assistant.
I don’t even get why especially with the pixel 8 pro so many people ask the question if the phone is worth it.
Of course it is! It’s absolutely amazing for 99% of phone users. Only the 1% who game a lot or do very heavy tasks should get a more powerful phone!
Got rid of mine due to poor battery life and swapped to a s23 ultra . Way better battery life
Got the Pixel 8 pro a couple of weeks ago and I LOVE this phone. Google has done it again ❤❤
what you're even talking about? even my pixel 7 takes better pics than a galaxy s24 ultra, don't get me wrong , s24 ultra is a beast of a phone but many times, the exposer in it is too high and sometimes because of it, hdr details suffers .
I wanted to get the P8P. But the P7 sort of ruined me. Fingerprint scanner and battery life weren't great. To me, the antennas weren't great either. I'll get the s24+.
Turn on Battery Saver Mode 💯
My usual Pixel 7 onscreen time is 8 to 10 hours. The Performance is not effected or limited
It turns off background apps running, while keeping them in memory not losing where you left
Then have to turn on each app in settings "background activity allowed" for apps you want to continue sending notifications
The pixel devices are simply a let down. Not worth the high price tag for a midtear item.
I'm returning mine. The camera seems to be worse than my very first one. Better hardware but software looks worse. Shutter lag is almost non existent compared to my S23 Ultra but overall quality and sharpness, Samsung is better. Did I get a defective unit?
You most definitely got a defective Pixel. My 8 Pro almost blows even the S24 Ultra out of the water in the camera department and overall UI smoothness. I bought an S24 Ultra but ended up returning it and going back to the Pixel with the 8 Pro.
That's the issues Google, they are very inconsistent. My s23u just got the AI update, right on time like they said they would
No camera watermark😢😢😢.
I just got this and returned it.
But simply because I came from Apple.
I was getting delayed notifications (seems to be an Android issue)
And the odd bug here and there but the pixel 8 pro I liked overall.
Just too slow compared to Apple.
xd Iphone cost 25% more
I just switched from iphone 13 max to the pixel pro yesterday. honestly, the battery life is not good. I like the phone overall, its pretty neat but yeah battery life sucks
I found for 750 black 256 gb
I own a mi 11 ultra that simply died 2 days ago.
I'm planning on buying the 8 pro for the cameras and the software experience .I'm not gaming much on the phone, just want something reliable for daily use and photos on vacations.
From what I can see it is the best bang for your buck right now.
Do you have any other recommendations? Not iphone or s24 ultra...
Thanks for the video !
@@Cubano2031 Honestly i would have chosen iphone, but really don't like the iOS ecosystem and I'm more accustomed to the Android space..that's why i said no iphone :P
I have the pixel 8 pro, coming from iPhones and oneplus devices, I got my pixel 8 pro 256gb as new condition on ebay for £600 last month, I am very happy with it to be honest. I would advice you to get a mint condition used one for around £600-£650, I would never pay £1000 plus for the pixel 8 pro.
If you want a brand new phone, I would take a close look at the oneplus 12, that looks superb value for money.
Oneplus 12
Why would they use that Samsung chip if people who have Samsung phones don't want to
Video boost and such are gimmicks if it doesnt happen on the phone then it means nothing.
The Update promised are in and the Pixels residual value is still dropping, a phones a phone and AI gimmicks will never change that because they are not main features.
I got better battery than s24 ultra. Better photos at night specially when Pixel beeping and the phone flies literally flies
The fact that it does not take the best photographs will be according to your opinion, because if you use the maximum resolution of all the sensors with UltraHDR and the Pro mode, the processing that Google does is the best that exists, and it is not the same as when you take the photos at 12 megapixels, beats any other phone in Ultra Wide Angle, in Main Camera and in Zoom, and also by far, even better than the one-inch sensors, and I know this because I have compared them directly and I have ended up returning all the Chinese phones with those sensors because the Pixel 8 Pro camera is better.
I don't understand why no one talks about Pro mode and UltraHDR, with the quality it offers, it is a forgotten topic that no UA-camr bothers to compare, and it is a big mistake, because you are wasting a great resource that this device offers, in fact , all my photos are taken in UltraHDR.
And if we talk about video, which I always do with the main camera, and always with Video Boost, there is no other device that comes close in quality, but no one bothers to use this great resource either.
Why do you think Google offers these advances? To not use them? I don't know about you, but I have used them, I use them and I am going to continue using them, what doesn't make sense is not doing it.
I repeat, I have returned a Xiaomi 14 Ultra, an Oppo Find X7 Ultra, a Vivo X100 Pro and a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra because the results that the Pixel 8 Pro gives me are not given to me by any of these others, combined with the system experience operational, without blotware and with Google updates, I am not going to change it for anything, well yes, for the Pixel 9 Pro when it comes out, delivering this one to Google itself, and it will be a great price.
It is my opinion based on experience and my profession, which allows me to have any device and I choose Google.
PS: I can also install any GCam with an apk and the phone recognizes it as its own camera application and I can improve the sections I want, such as the selfie, and that does not happen on any other device, since they are not from Google and the GCam settings will never be the same.
Fair phone provides 8 years software update 4:28
My Pixel 8 pro battery life is great!
I got mine for 500.
I got mine for 400 😅
@@jenniferstewart1330 awesome
Subie love!!!
Google needs to get out of the hardware business. They suck
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I lut a case on my phone shape dont matter
Don't like Samsung image processing it's horrible. Pixel 8 Pro when using 50mp resolution it's packed with details even at 10x zoom. Samsung and Apple are nowhere near Pixel quality. And I don't get any heat issues
You all are buying a brand , it not buying phone for such a price hahahaha
I have a pixel 8 pro it's dreadful i wish I stayed with Samsung. Don't believe the hype.
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I have a couple of iPhones, a galaxy and an 8 pro , I have to say it , I think the pixel is by and large over rated , the finger print sensor on my unit is highly hit and miss, Face ID in poor light is less than good and in darkness it is just useless, and it’s that bad between the two unlock modes I have enabled the pin pattern.
The camera in comparison to my other phones probably gets the photos right more often…. But not always , and low light in some circumstances it just sucks , for example I took 4 pics with my 8 pro of under my bike frame work which was poor light , but not darkness , I then took 4 of the identical shots with my iPhone 14 Pro Max .
All four pixel photos where a blurry mess which I couldn’t use and binned, my iPhone took a second longer to take each pic as it sorted out the exposure and gave me 4 excellent clear well exposed photos, so yeah , pixel camera, good sometimes…. Not always.
Battery seems ok , about on par with my heading for a year and a half old iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Performance of the pixel is generally pretty good I’d say.
Another little annoyance for me is the pixel keyboard operation, it sucks , I compare it to my Galaxy note keyboard or iPhone keyboard, and it just pisses me off.
Is it a good phone ? It does have some good points, but clearly there’s some areas that have room for improvement.
Going back to the finger print sensor’s mediocrity, my brother has a pixel 7 , and he reports the same very hit and miss nature of the finger print sensor on his phone, so yeah , maybe on the next model google might spring for the better ultrasound finger print sensor like the galaxy models have.
I like my s22 ultra better
Never buy a pixel unless ur happy with the features out the box
If theres one thing I never thought I'd do, its move away from Pixel for a better camera experience. I recently put down my Pixel 8 Pro in place of a Xiaomi 14 Ultra and I've been amazed at what they've achieved in the camera department, however, the one thing I miss is that Pixel software experience. There's simply nothing like it. Here's to hoping Google pull their finger out in the camera department with this years Pixel devices.
It is still very worth the price in 2024. I still have my 8 Pro and couldn't imagine settling for an iPhone 15 Pro Max and especially the S24 Ultra 👎🏻👎🏻
I had the pixel 8 but for a short time and then went to 15 pro max. Is such a good phone. Best android in my opinion.
The OnePlus 12 is way better if you only care about price
Tht blue colour looks so childish and babyish
No Gemini for Pixel 8. that’s it for me, I will sell it. 7years „update“? Yeah sure 😂
This didn’t age well. 😂
Aged like milk
Pixel 8 is getting Gemini
@@Ray-oq8uo nope
@@foetor Google just announced that the 8 would get it today
Battery life and heat is not an issue for me, the same is with the iphone and many other phone. The king of photos is truly the Pixel 8 pro. My pics are amazing.
FIRST! x
Watching this great review on my Pixel 2 XL!
The problem for this phone is the OnePlus 12 which is cheaper and offers so much more on the hardware side that the Pixels software cant make up the gap
Its the software tho the Google assistant integration ect voice to text thts a game changer i don't care about 120 refresh 90hz is perfectly perfect i don't care about 4k up ect its a smartphone not a tv,, only children care about max settings on games genshin impact ect ,it seems if u want a media device choose any other android or if u want a smart smartphone tht allows media consumption pixel is the only choice imo
Oneplus sh*ts on Google pixel, its a fact...
@@shadowform1264I had a one plus 12 I had a choice to sell either my one plus 12 or my pixil well I still have my pixil if all you care about is raw power and no substance choose another phone I’m happy for you cause you will never understand it’s beyond what you can comprehend cause your mind has blinders set to raw power only and numbers so enjoy
@@techierg1862 🪖🪖🪖
@@techierg1862I had the P8P and switched to the OnePlus 12 and haven't regretted it since, switched for the better battery life, charging speeds and performance. Figured 12 would last longer in my use case.
Good video. The life cycle of a phone is not one year for most people. So it is not half way through.
Have the p8p. I keep having scrolling stutters, and the screen feels like it has low touch-sampling. Really want to love the phone, but the stutters are ruining the experience.
Have tried every single fix, but stutters aldo in safe mode.. I have 210 gb of free space (256 variant)..
Love the plain interface and the cameras, but wish they would fox the stutters.. not even heavy user, and have never felt the phone heat up..
Been getting a lot of shutters lately and apps freezing. Also it won't register touches on certain pages sometimes
Yes I absolutely love the pixel phone because of how fluid it is with everything pretty much is the best out there in my opinion but I am sick of them saying ther going to do stuff for the people and never does what they say that's the big downfall of they keep doing this ther going to lose a lot of customers so stop it Google u have a good base for making the pixel one of the best phone ever stop messing around and do what u say thanks
I had the option of getting this phone or the s24plus and i chose the s24 plus because the benchmark score was 3x higher which means its more future proof. Also more places offer repairs for when i need my batter replaced in 3yrs since ill have this phone for the next 5+years. I believe samsung saw into the future that smart phones are not changing much in the future so i assume theyll be investing their money into other resources by making the 24 series so future proof. It just seemed like the right time to go with samsung.
Do you know anything about the s24 regular being future proof and battery replacement/repairability?
Much as I like by pixel 8 Pro. It's hard to need to go back to that style of phone. Now that I have the pixel fold and the OnePlus open. I still have it. I'm considering keeping it until it's time to trade it in on the Pixel 9. Or I may just sell it and leave the slab phone style all together.
Was my daily but swapped it out for the one plus 12
How come? what do you find better and worse about them both?
I'm in agreement.
Battery life isn't good.
And the other day, I had put together a list of stops on Google Maps...well, by the 2nd stop, it froze on me, so I couldn't do anything on Google Maps except restart it and lose all the information I had input into the app!
Needless to say, I've decided on the iPhone 15 Pro Max this year.
Second 🥈 comment ❤
Google would be a great phone if they can get the Snapdragon or a better chipset
So pissed about my battery life. Coming from 7 pro which was best id ever had. 8 hours screen time and lasted till I got home from work the 2nd day off the charger. This thing shows WiFi and mobile network eating up far more then the 7 pro and often dies after 3.5 hour screen time and 13 hours off charger. Gonna try a warranty replacement
Thanks for posting this video.
Build quality quite good, but it's full of bugs. P30 pro was more reliable. Fingerprint sensor awful. Ai is brilliant, screen is perfect just not bright enough. Phone settings limited, for example can set bottom 3 buttons placement. Camera is brilliant but enabling options is confusing a bit. Need to disable several options that I can't find to enable one thing. To be honest I expected a bit more at this price range. Again p30 pro was more reliable...
Phone is not great. Coming from Google you would think that they would have put out a better product. The battery life is terrible and it's very sluggish compared to most new phones.
Hi, I liked the vieo, but I don't agree : for many people and the majority, the pixel stay the king of camera.
I think after the 9 series releases the 8 pro will be forgotten. I wish I had never gotten it
I found a huge ability missing on Gemini compared to the Google Assistant. Previously on Google Assistant you could just say "What's the song?" and it will listen to whatever was playing and provide all the details, while Gemini can't exactly do that yet.....
Oh boy, I miss it too, it's so convenient on assistant
how is it now? still not working ?
Biggest regret buying this phone!!!!, No USB-c to HDMI, only cast not mirroring, gets ridiculously hot, doesn't charge while playing games, Bluetooth sounds goes on mute, can't remove Google widget or the top widget, can only keep text you copied for 1 hour. Avoid this phone, I'm trying to sell mine
How much?
@@somethingoluf £550, got the 256GB
@@jasonf4981 its the normal one right?
If it is i Can get a new one cheaper
@@somethingoluf Pixel 8 Pro 256
Everything you said is bang on.
My carrier had a very aggressive deal on the iPHone 15 Pro max. so I just bit the bullet and went over.
having the pixel 7 pro last summer there were times I couldn't even see the screen as it dimmed so much to manage the heat and I don't want ot repeat that going into this summer.
Battery life on my P8P has just been progressively getting worse for me. 7hours SOT turned to 6 turned to 5 turned to 4.5.
the moment i'm off wifi and using Cellular all day take an additional 30% off those figures.
I'll revisit if I hear if the Pixel 9 stuff is better or even the TSMC pixel 10 stuff.
Nah stick with your iphone. The Pixel is just not for you!
I'm on a pixel 7, I wouldn't think of upgrading before the move to tsmc, heck those EU mandated replaceable batteries in like 2027 seem like a good reason to upgrade
Go Oneplus 12, easy
For me after 5 years of ios my 15 pro max has been the worst phone for me. My phone overheats still to this day with normal use. I'm goner switch to the pixel 9 hopefully everything is fine
I want to upgrade. I find the Pixel 8 pro on 850 and OnePlus 12 on 950, which has more value?
As an older person pushing 65 I don't use it as much as the younger generations and I actually look out the window when on a bus/train! It's not that I'm not tech savvy or a technophobe, because I've been an IT tech for over 30 years but I prefer the bigger screen on my PC. Battery life is never a problem for me and I can go 3 days without needing to charge it just doing the occasional google search, sending messages and making phone calls etc. I bought the 8 Pro to replace my trusty 4XL and apart from the obviously better camera, there's not a lot of difference between the two. Do I regret it? No it's a great phone and the extended support was probably the main factor in choosing it, along with a very tempting Black Friday offer I couldn't resist ;o
The Pixel 4 series was legendary!!
#Squeeze4Assistant
Love my P8P. 👍
Mine is a restarting piece of junk. My 300 dollar Umidigi backup phone is better except for photos. Can't wait to get shed of it. No more Google phones for me. Ever.
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Very good summary, after 4 months I agree with pretty much everything you've said.
I wanted to love the P8P and gave it a chance, but there are far more downsides than upsides.
Main problems are microphone issue, people just can't hear me on calls, telling me it sounds like a very crackly line and USB port having a loose connection. Despite treating my phone like a baby.
Cameras are very capable, but it still oversharpens everything. Portraits have great colour generally, but make everyone look 10 years older by sharpening every pore and line on faces!
Screen honestly doesn't feel any brighter than my Pixel 5 which it replaced. Now it makes sense it's probably just dimming due to overheating when outside.
Taking photos outside during summer I found it hard to see at times it was that dim. Updating apps, backing up photos, it gets pretty hot.
Battery life is crap. If I sit indoors and watch UA-cam it does well. But standby battery drain is bad 1-2% per hour overnight on WiFi. It can last a day of light to moderate usage but if I'm taking more photos and videos, it's unlikely to last.
Finally it's super slow to charge. Using an 18W pixel charger or 60W laptop charger it's just damn slow.
It's going back to Google and being replaced with a Xiaomi 14. To top it off, I'm no a fan of the design, curved edges are dated, shiny metal is dated, matte back is nice but slippery as heck and slides on a flat table even with the slightest lean.
The zoom enhanced features is probably relying on AI, it might introduce to much hallucination and might not be a good tool for consummers
Ive been using the p8pro since release and its ok, I havent used the AI stuff as much as I thought I would so I think Im going to swap to an iPhone for the customer reliability
Customer reliability? I never had a reliable experience with iPhones...lol
@DeadofWinter321 with customer support? Don't lie, man you can find an Apple store in almost any mall in the entire United States.
@@jordanjackson8873 & then they tell u the phone cant be repaired - classic story in reality it needed only a 10$ part to fix it. they are everywhere its true, reliable to find but not reliable to repair
@@jordanjackson8873 - Hmm, nope. The nearest Apple Store to my town is over 2 hours away. Whenever I had problems with my iPhones, they always told me that the problem is normal and that Apple would release an update to fix the said problem in the upcoming months. But 75% of the time, the problems will never get fixed, plus iPhones have bad cameras and their boring phones to use.
@@rythmater thank you for the recommendation, Im familiar with grapheneOS and while it does seem like a good option, it's the constant buggy performance I'm having on my p8pro with apps like UA-cam that are made by Google you would think it works perfectly but it constantly freezes and WhatsApp too. I think it's due to the phone having a processor based on a chipset 2 years old. I can swap phones in April and I'm torn between s24u and ip15pm - curious to see how far iOS has come in the last 5 years since I've used it
For me Google has never been a king of photos. I have always returned my order because of the darker scences Google have on photos just because they want that extreme HDR
Come on man" Strain on your Pinky" 😂😂😂
The creative excuses for Google designed gaffs have sucken to new levels.
This design is whack like the 7,6,5,4,3.. Google aesthetics are always behind the curve.😮
@@malidan1196 Geez what are you on about? You only complain and hate, did android hurt ya or something?
And don't pretend like apple didn't also have this issue, among some others.
@FN1X_ I have owned every Pixel since the 3 except the 5 which was rubbish, so i can talk from experience and you only speak from fanbot Ignorance.
@FN1X_ What has Android got to do with pathetic excuses to justify mediocrity?
@@malidan1196 I have owned the iPhone XR and 12, among the Samsung stuff and whatnot. Seriously they are kind of uncomfortable when they're so squared. I mean, have you seen the S24 ultra?? That's a frickin brick.
@@malidan1196 your comments just seem like you're d riding apple so much, I'm not even trying to be rude I'm just saying -v-
I love my Pixel 8 Pro and it lasts me all day. I'm a pretty heavy user. I'm not sure what you use your Pixel 8 Pro for to get lower battery life. Also if you want to talk overpriced the Samsung Galaxy S24 ultra is overpriced!