Here it is the Pixel 4! Review in the works. Let me know if you have any questions you want answered for the full review! Hit me up on discord if you have any questions. discord.gg/mattmoniz
Matthew Moniz Hey man, do you think PredatorHelios300 RTX2060 6 GB, i79750, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCle SSD for 1700$ and ///GP75 GTX1660Ti 6GB, i79750, 16GB RAM, 256GB PCle SSD and 1TB HDD for 1700$ and last one /// GP65RTX2060 6GB, i79750, 16GB RAM, 512 GB Pcle SSD for 1800$ good deal or not? If so which one?
Battery check please. Screen on time for 4 and 4xl vs 3 and 3xl. Is the transcribe software compatible with previous pixels or does it require pixel 4 hardware?
I mean I'm an Android Fanboy who swore off Apple after the 3gs, but even the Iphone 11 seems like a better phone than the Pixel 4, and for a lower price too. That's just my personal opinion though. More power to those who like it
Display alone makes this a crazy statement. I've seen the XR next to my 3XL. No thanks! I was like brighten it up so we can compare. I was thinking he was half way...it was 100%
Salah Al-Saihaty the last iPhone I had was the 4 and ever since then I’ve been using the nexus / google. I just upgraded to the iPhone 11 pro max and I must admit I miss my google pixel 2 xl there’s no excitement using the iPhone. It feels the same as my iPhone 4
Perhaps the ugliest and most underpowered (not a 855+, just 6 gb and average display) flagship phone of the year. Also to mention, it's video capabilities hasn't improved I guess.
Actually the pixel 4 is in competition with the iphone 11 pro. Pixel 4 xl in competition with iPhone 11 pro max. I guess its pixel 3a vs iphone 11. 🤷🏼♂️ IMO pixel 3a is a better deal
@@raghebismail9957 vivo NEX 3 5G, Xiaomi 9T/ Redmi K20 Pro, ASUS Zenfone 6, ASUS ROG Phone 2, Samsung S10 series, LG G8, all these are flagships and they all have headphone jack. Although some companies got greedy and wanted to force customers to buy Bluetooth crap by removing the headphone jack, just like Apple.
@@nisec2829 Not an issue for me atleast. I always had wired headphones and they broke within 3 months or so. Then i finally decided to go for bluethooth headphones for like 40€ and they are now 2 years old and sound great. I wouldn't even consider going back to wired headphones.
@@kdubspencer3390 It's a good phone, but I don't know if the 3a holds a lot of trade-in value for future upgrades. OP7T has tremendous versatility with its camera. While the camera is not as good as the Pixel line, it's certainly good enough for my use case. Where the OP shines is its performance and high-end specs for an extremely competitive price.
@@RedBaron8698 true for trade in value I usually just buy my phones cash and just sell the other phone for whatever is reasonable or give it to a family member
I think pixel 4 is getting way too much hate. Yeah, the 64 GB storage is bad and no headphones in the box is greedy. But people aren’t even giving it a chance with the bashing. It does have lots of positives. 1. 90Hz display, an extremely important feature. And yeah this one aspect makes it miles ahead of the 720p 60Hz lcd on the iPhone 11. 2. The radar chip has lots of interesting features, the speed of the face unlock is because of it. When you gets close it can prepare the phone and it will unlock before you even brings your phone towards your face. This is a much more advanced tech than the Face ID and is even faster than OP’s face unlock. It can also automatically lower the volume of a call when you bring your hands near it to pick it up (same goes for alarm). Simple put, it can detect your presence around it. 3. The design and built quality is considerably more better than pixel 3. 4. The excellent camera, smooth software, faster google assistant are all additional bonus. 5. The price is also not going up this time around even after so many upgrades. Personally speaking I absolutely despise google for their “we just wanna be like Apple” strategy. But honestly google in many ways, one upped Apple. Seriously, Apple get “best phone ever and this is amazing” praise for slight improvements of camera and stuffing larger batter (this also drastically increased the weight and makes it hard to use the phone for a longer span). This is a major upgrade from last year for the pixels, I appreciate it for what it is.
Don’t forget about the 2800 battery on a 90 hz display. That thing, together with the always on soli radar, and the infamous pixel battery optimisation is going to be a literal killer of the phone. Just go for the s10/s10e or the one plus with a gcam port. But, this one ain’t it, cheif. Not this time.
Br Ramesh The reason is primarily the price, pixel 4 have serious improvements (compared to pixel 3) in display (90 hz and OLED panel quality), the biometric system (and entire faceID system combined with radar chip), completely new design with superior quality materials being used, camera upgrades. They have to cut some corners to keep the price the same as last years pixel 3. Adding a higher base storage would skyrocket the price, a bigger battery is valid point and I agree. 855+ doesn’t have any major improvement compared to 855, just a slightly overclocked version, in-fact Google’s launch window is the issue here, they launch their phones at the end of a chips life cycle and right before a new one comes. For example Apple and Huawei both have their own chipsets so they don’t need to worry about this, but google use 855 on a flagship right before the 865 is coming out.
Wasir Yeah, the battery is an issue but google is saying 1 day battery life so let’s not jump the gun, it also has a 1080p panel which will save some battery as well. And the smaller phone will suffer battery issue nonetheless. The large one has 3700 mah (not amazing but still good enough).
The Recorder app alone is amazing for creatives like myself that write songs, stories, and ideas. They often start in my Voice Memo's app but this is WAY better!
Right now, I'm still rocking my Pixel 3 and Essential PH-1. Both still on Pie. Android 10 broke Call Blacklist Pro. It also broke QuickPic from sharing and ES File Explorer from backing up apps. I'm good with my Pixel 3 for *5* years.
Telephoto does make me happy. Can't remember how many times I just needed to zoom a little to get a good shot but I never will because I hate compromising on the quality of a photo. It'd be cool if you had identical twins try that face unlock. And let us know if you can add other faces. My husband and I currently have both fingerprints in each other's pixel 2 phones.
Same for me. People love the ultra wide camera, but the photos just look too soft for me. I'd rather be able to get higher quality pictures from farther away.
I'm gonna buy it aswell. I had every major brand of phones (iphone 4s, HTC one m7, S7 Edge, Pixel 1, and so on...) The bezzel isn't an issue for me. But i guess that's opinionbased. Ultrawide lens would've been good tho. Also the battery could be bigger but I'm waiting to see the reviews on that one. I think the overall features are really good. Especially that soli chip is a real innovation and will have many more usecases in the future (atleast that's what i think).
@@XnxxD I don't trust Google to expand on the gestures because from jump it like like a gimmick and many oem have did air gestures before . Yes I know it wasn't the same tech but the same idea so if media controls is all they are launching with it means they couldn't come up with a killer use for it .
@@XnxxD I agree with you, when it comes to bezzel i don't really mind it i mean when you're going to buy the phone (pixel) you already knew it was there so why complain about it.. If you bought and complain about it honestly at that point it's just nitpicking. For me the whole selling point of pixel is software, though im not saying that their hardware is bad, hardware: it's just not there YET but software💯👌 my only complain is why they didn't include ultrawide lens!? They never needed telephoto lens for portrait anyways.. I guess just to enhance.
@@gcforreal Good point, but we simply don't know if they are going to expand the gestures. But I don't that think they researched that tech for like 5(?) years just to make it a gimmick in a Phone. Could be wrong but it seems unlikely. Maybe they just try to gather real life experience with the pixel 4 to further improve it for other use cases?
@@AJ-lm9sg That's true. And tbh I rather have a bezzel at the top than a notch or something similar :D The biggest letdown for me personally is the video recording (30fps) although i don't really use video recording anyway :D Idk man i didn't use a phone with an ultrawideangle before so I can't really say I would miss it since, well I have no experiece with that :D Yeah I have to agree softwarewise I don't think any brand can match google. I just love the stock android on my pixel 1 and since the Google Assistent will be improved now i might use that more often aswell. (Google Assistant was better than siri even before the update)
5:04 Yes your right, main sensor can help in macro, telephoto helps in better portrait, wide angle does nothing but it helps to covers extra alot of subjects . Like macro, portrait as well as zoom can be provided through main sensor but you can't get wide angle feature from main camera , that's why dedicated wide angle camera is needed!!!
Finally..... Someone who understands the reasoning behind having a telephoto lens. Nice unboxing. Cant wait to get my 4 XL in 🐼. Lol. The camera looks crazy good. 👍🏻
If it was a choice between the two I think they chose correctly. They are able to expand their camera experience now. But I do agree, it would have been nice to have a third camera lens (wide angle) with it also. They have resisted for so long to add a second one. Lol. Baby steps... 🤣🤣
Things I hope you'd add in the full review: 1. Angles and full range of Face Unlock 2. Is the top bezel bigger than the P2XL? 3. Ease of night sight on astrophotography 4. Max range of zoom? 5. Improvements on video? If any 6. Camera hump rocking? 7. Google assistant accessibility from locked screen 8. Screen tests
Sure, this is in the same league as the Vivo Nex 3, One plus 7 Pro, Galaxy Note 10 and 10s of other flagships. Actually, it is the ugliest new phone of 2019
Nice one Matt... Actually I like the fingerprint reader on the back of my Pixel 3a And so I don’t see the face unlock as a big plus. I’m little disappointed with battery size being 2800 when my pixel 3A has 3000 that seems like a mistake.
@@NDSMD for example, google pixel 3 has front facing stereo speaker, unlimited google foto storage, dual front cameras with widelens. Pixel 4 has nothing of those features above.. but has some new, like the radar and better display...
@@Chrispyy__ Ok, so after unlock, all apps are open? For instance, if I have Wells Fargo, and Chase apps with fingerprint, both will be open for access using facial?
bwebmasta1 yeah that’s what happened to me when i upgraded. I had a iPhone 6s and for my bank app i used Touch ID but when i switched to a 11 pro i had to use Face ID to unlock my bank (after i entered my login information and allowed the app to use my face to unlock instead of typing in my information over and over).
I got my hands on the recorder's apk file. Don't need the phone now! Anyways they're not selling it in my country. All I need to wait for now is Google to resume its partnership with huawei.
Bingo. Until RCS is a worldwide standard implemented by every single carrier and Device OEM, android can’t even compete with sending full res photos and videos natively. That’s still a HUGE shocker to me.
Holo Scope We had Google Allo, Google Hangouts (though still up, it’s not Google’s main focus), Google Cloud Messaging, Google Talk (aka Gchat or Google Chat) & Google Duo. They’ve tried & failed many times.
@@ChrisJohannsen yeah, if there's no SDK for developpers they can't do it. But even if there is an SDK they won't do it. I've seen often enough news of such features "now having a public SDK" but still there's almost no developer implementing it 🙈 (too much effort for a small percentage of compatible phones...)
I did a sound test today with my Pixel 2XL vs the Pixel 4XL and although the new phone does not have stereo front facing speakers, I found the stereo/surround effect on it to be better and more dynamic. It did seem to have less bass though. Still sounded pretty darn good. That's the one thing I was worried about. And not being able to have 256gb of storage, but I'm at 128gb now so what could it hurt?
I'm using the pixel 4 xl as a work phone currently typing this comment on. I must say it is a FANTASTIC phone. Only complaint is that it is the most sliperary phone I've ever held. It's begging to fall off the side of your bed or coach. If you put it on a anything with a slight angle it will slip off. Case with good texture is a must.
Just subbed. Beautiful content, never heard of you until youtube recommended your video to me. I'm getting the pixel 4 xl tomorrow so I'm really pumped. Thank you for the amazing content.
Samsung tried the same idea of waving at your phone a few years back and it flopped horribly, so I honestly don’t think this feature will be successful from a smaller smartphone manufacturer. I do like that reaching for your phone on a table preps the device for an unlock, but I think this use case is happens few and far between for out and about type of people and can be reproduced by a simple raise to wake feature.
Bro if you have someone in your life that grabs your phone and unlocks it with your face while you are sleeping (and how could you not wake up to the flash of light when it unlocks) then you have other issues to deal with.... And if you're one of those that will say "what if you're dead and someone uses it to unlock and steal your data" .....omfg they can just use glue or scotch tape to keep your eyes open and unlock your shit with any other device thats uses face unlock (iphone)
Vincent Mendes even if someone is not in deep sleep little bit of screen light won’t wake u up at least not me. The joke is if u r planning to come out with a new security feature to replace fingerprint then it should be properly tested. Catching up doesn’t mean messing up. Soli radar chip my ass 😂
I fail to see how the design of this Pixel phone is so "outdated" when compared to the design of current iPhones? They almost look identical. What. makes the iPhones so 2019?...and don't tell me about the materials used...I'm talking about the design.
Let me know if the phone overheats when using video chat platforms like WhatsApp. My Pixel 2 won't let me video chat for more than 30 mins before it shuts down and has to be placed in the fridge.
Nicely produced video Matthew. Would like to see how the Voice Transcriber performs in the open environment of a lecture hall with ambient sounds and other people speaking. During the October 15 Event where was the source phone located? Was it in the open auditorium or was it located in a quiet room near a dedicated loud speaker that was feeding it the voice of the Google representative?
@@yogikkgaming Well, let's give the Pixel 4 a chance since it has just been released. And I agree that the iPhone has the best video capture in any smartphone. I have the iPhone Xs Max and taking videos is the best.
I think it's the biggest flop of the year. It should've released first but since we saw what Samsung, Apple, Huawei Oneplus did and they gave us this. I counted on them 😢
“More secure than Face ID” yet it doesnt even require attention SO you could be asleep or dead and someone can unlock your phone and go through it or even register there face lowkey 🤷♂️ but sure its super secure
Da_damm lmao its not about browser history, some of us arent 12 year olds and have our mommies and daddies to pay for everything 🤔 we have our bank accounts linked to our phones, our passwords, email accounts, paypal accounts, credit cards apple pay, nude pics of our girlfriends (doesnt apply to either of you i know) so your argument is that phones dont need to be secure, it doesnt matter? Lmao okay so your admitting you dont use a lock at all on your phone because apparently its “unnecessary” right? 😂🤷♂️ not all of us have a net worth of $12 and would like to protect out assets, identities, bank account information have fun with your trash pixel 4 phones though 🤣😇😉 im happy with my fully secured and very efficient iphone 11 pro max
You said that it’s fast than Face ID but is that because out of the box eye detection is turn off by default. So it doesn’t have to look for your eyes when raising it to unlock?
Isaac Golden he is stupid, thats fast because already unlocked before, no animation no awarnes, not like face id has awarnes and animation plus swipe up,, this is stupid no faster than face id
But it's a Samsung. Their phones are garbage. Especially the S10e. The camera is shit and the battery doesn't hold up over time. Normal for a Samsung device.
@@BytaHD on that i have to agree , i switched to a note 10 plus from a s10 in two months cuz the battery life was a disaster now my wife using the s10 shes coming from a XR she hates the s10, thinking of buying this pixel 4 as the replacement, cuz shes very much used to apple face id , but then i saw the pixel 4 battery life on specs ... 😯😔
Mathew can you give me an early sense of the 2800 mAh battery on the 4? Im trying to decide which one to preorder and the only thing holding me back from the 4 is that spec. Only of its less than 6 hours of onscreen I would opt for the XL. Appreciate it.
This is probably one of the most ugliest phones I've ever seen. The back camera module same with the iPhone is hideous and the front with the bezel on top is just.... whatever Google
@@jeantaylor9734 it's not crap by any means.... And if you think for a second Samsung design is good you're a joker. The hole punch design is shit. Note 10, is shit. iPhone is God awful with the ugly notch. Teardrop is alright but no phone has been good. Besides phones like the one plus 7 Pro with the full body display. Notches on a phone just look so dumb and have no practical use at all!! At least Google has, Soli, radar sensor, camera, front speaker, multiple facial sensors. And the software optimisation done with all these will be so good. People are just blinded by the simple design. It's got a lot of good technology to be used and the camera WILL take the crown once again. Google has the best software optimisation on the market and the pixel 4 is a great phone. It's not perfect but no phone is quite there yet.
Do you think it not having 5G is an issue? I wonder if in 6 months they'll bring out the pixel and pixel xl 5G series? It's to bad you can't swich open apps with gestures. I'd find that useful while driving. Since I have the. Pixel 3 is it worth upgrading to 4? I'm with Verizon so I can just trade it in.
I played with the Pixel 4 today and 1 thing that bothers me is the brightness , for a 2800 mah battery and I have to peak the brightness all the way up to see things clearly plus the 90hrz will destroy the battery life
Curious if that "review" unit was sent to you by Google. If yes, you received it from Google, my follow-up question is whether you have to send the phone back to them. Let's disclose shall we?
![[After the HYPE] - iPhone 16](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/K351hEvLNCc/mqdefault.jpg)
Here it is the Pixel 4! Review in the works. Let me know if you have any questions you want answered for the full review! Hit me up on discord if you have any questions. discord.gg/mattmoniz
Matthew Moniz Hey man, do you think PredatorHelios300 RTX2060 6 GB, i79750, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCle SSD for 1700$ and ///GP75 GTX1660Ti 6GB, i79750, 16GB RAM, 256GB PCle SSD and 1TB HDD for 1700$ and last one /// GP65RTX2060 6GB, i79750, 16GB RAM, 512 GB Pcle SSD for 1800$ good deal or not? If so which one?
Horrible design
Battery check please. Screen on time for 4 and 4xl vs 3 and 3xl. Is the transcribe software compatible with previous pixels or does it require pixel 4 hardware?
Will Google put the transcribing stuff into the other android partners such as Samsung 🤔👍
Battery review :)
2800 is below every standard in the industry..
Can you do a battery test for the Pixel 4? I’m really curious how long will that hold up considering that it has a 90hz refresh rate.
That’s what I’m waiting on. That will make or break whether I get this phone or not
I think it only ramps up to 90hz when scrolling or going through menus. not many games support 90hz.
Paul Jerick Lara worse than Pixel 3 battery life for sure
It might be fine out of the box but it definitely won't hold up over time with more demanding apps and software updates down the road
Like 2 minutes
I mean I'm an Android Fanboy who swore off Apple after the 3gs, but even the Iphone 11 seems like a better phone than the Pixel 4, and for a lower price too.
That's just my personal opinion though. More power to those who like it
Display alone makes this a crazy statement. I've seen the XR next to my 3XL. No thanks!
I was like brighten it up so we can compare. I was thinking he was half way...it was 100%
Me too , the last iPhone I had was 3gs, after that it's all Android,
And I was looking forward to the Pixel 4, but the iPhone 11 looks good 2.
Salah Al-Saihaty the last iPhone I had was the 4 and ever since then I’ve been using the nexus / google. I just upgraded to the iPhone 11 pro max and I must admit I miss my google pixel 2 xl there’s no excitement using the iPhone. It feels the same as my iPhone 4
OLED TO LCD.. LOL
Perhaps the ugliest and most underpowered (not a 855+, just 6 gb and average display) flagship phone of the year. Also to mention, it's video capabilities hasn't improved I guess.
I really like the understated, utilitarian looks of this device. Kind of reminds me of the Nexus 5. No curved screen is also a good thing.
Agreed
Literally what I told my friends, reminds me a lot of the older phones, especially the Nexus 5.
Especially in white. Looks clean
@Videodromed no lol , it doesnt have a curved screen at all
I agree, Im done with curved screens, pinholes and notches
I need a phone that’ll unlock by reading my chakras
😂😂😂💀💀💀
Hopefully itll give advice on improving our running styles
vegeta had one when he first came to earth, but got crashed by some marshal artist, I think its discontinued now.
Unlocking a phone by chakras 😂
u are asking for a phone sensory type? im dead
We need battery and camera test. I feel like smaller Pixel 4 lost already to cheaper iPhone 11.
Actually the pixel 4 is in competition with the iphone 11 pro. Pixel 4 xl in competition with iPhone 11 pro max. I guess its pixel 3a vs iphone 11. 🤷🏼♂️ IMO pixel 3a is a better deal
Mr. Nice Guy why 11 pro vs Pixel 4, the iPhone 11 only costs $100 less and is also still better
@@zunnen4347 just what i think bruh... Cause the iphone 11 is the budget offering from apple and pixel 3a is the budget offering from google...? 😅
@@mr.niceguy2337 compare products by price, not lineup
You do know that iPhone 11 isn't even capable of 1080p UA-cam is lcd and grainy.
You didn't talk about the lack of headphones in the box
That's what I was thinking, but I looked on the Google Store and in Europe there is USB C Headphones because of legal obligation
@@Sylvere21 and more importantly, lack of headphone jack.
It is an obvious thing all mobile phone companies got rid of it 💔😅
@@raghebismail9957 vivo NEX 3 5G, Xiaomi 9T/ Redmi K20 Pro, ASUS Zenfone 6, ASUS ROG Phone 2, Samsung S10 series, LG G8, all these are flagships and they all have headphone jack. Although some companies got greedy and wanted to force customers to buy Bluetooth crap by removing the headphone jack, just like Apple.
@@nisec2829 Not an issue for me atleast. I always had wired headphones and they broke within 3 months or so. Then i finally decided to go for bluethooth headphones for like 40€ and they are now 2 years old and sound great. I wouldn't even consider going back to wired headphones.
Is it just me or that pixel 4 doesn't have much of any good improvements?? Whats so good about the phone??
Software features and camera. But give me more time with it for full review. Let the hype die down and really put this thing through its paces
@@XpertJoey There are already many phones that support 90hz
@@blegys like?
Just software 🙄
Lol no other phone has 90hz display and a radar chip. Not even your overpriced iPhawns
The design is minimalistic I love it
Agreed I love my Pixel 3a
Yeah I mean, I m in love with this phone
The cartoony style is so sexy
More than minimalistic, it's tacky. The 3a is plastic. The camera might be great, but I'd rather buy something else.
Minimalistic? It's an iPhone rip-off design without notch.
Maybe telephoto is more useful than ultra wide in how the data can be used but I want BOTH - like in so many other phones now.
Google worker 1:Ok! We added 90hz screen, what else should we add ??
Google worker 2: Give some pizza to the tech reviewers.
I'm not yet completely sold on the Pixel 4, especially when the Pixel 3 is heavily discounted and the OnePlus7T is out.
Could just go with a pixel 3A and save even more 💰
@@kdubspencer3390 It's a good phone, but I don't know if the 3a holds a lot of trade-in value for future upgrades. OP7T has tremendous versatility with its camera. While the camera is not as good as the Pixel line, it's certainly good enough for my use case. Where the OP shines is its performance and high-end specs for an extremely competitive price.
@@RedBaron8698 true for trade in value I usually just buy my phones cash and just sell the other phone for whatever is reasonable or give it to a family member
Definitely. Used 3's are 300 right now used. Awful depreciation, just get the previous model. Smartphones are at a standstill.
Google Never Fails,
Never Fails To Dissapoint. 🤦🏻♂️
Nobody:
youtubers: iam switching
You want a free Pixel? Then say I’m switching...🙄😂 No hate to Matt, but that’s the crux of it, plus he has to review it anyway!
That's UA-cam for you.
Preordered.
U just made me choke on water that's so funny
try wave control app on your phone it's the same..
I think pixel 4 is getting way too much hate. Yeah, the 64 GB storage is bad and no headphones in the box is greedy. But people aren’t even giving it a chance with the bashing. It does have lots of positives.
1. 90Hz display, an extremely important feature. And yeah this one aspect makes it miles ahead of the 720p 60Hz lcd on the iPhone 11.
2. The radar chip has lots of interesting features, the speed of the face unlock is because of it. When you gets close it can prepare the phone and it will unlock before you even brings your phone towards your face. This is a much more advanced tech than the Face ID and is even faster than OP’s face unlock. It can also automatically lower the volume of a call when you bring your hands near it to pick it up (same goes for alarm). Simple put, it can detect your presence around it.
3. The design and built quality is considerably more better than pixel 3.
4. The excellent camera, smooth software, faster google assistant are all additional bonus.
5. The price is also not going up this time around even after so many upgrades.
Personally speaking I absolutely despise google for their “we just wanna be like Apple” strategy. But honestly google in many ways, one upped Apple. Seriously, Apple get “best phone ever and this is amazing” praise for slight improvements of camera and stuffing larger batter (this also drastically increased the weight and makes it hard to use the phone for a longer span). This is a major upgrade from last year for the pixels, I appreciate it for what it is.
rather a jack then 90 hz
Don’t forget about the 2800 battery on a 90 hz display.
That thing, together with the always on soli radar, and the infamous pixel battery optimisation is going to be a literal killer of the phone.
Just go for the s10/s10e or the one plus with a gcam port.
But, this one ain’t it, cheif. Not this time.
Voornaz Jack at this point is a sad reality. Absolutely annoyed by it even after having a Bluetooth headphone. Something we need to deal with.
Br Ramesh The reason is primarily the price, pixel 4 have serious improvements (compared to pixel 3) in display (90 hz and OLED panel quality), the biometric system (and entire faceID system combined with radar chip), completely new design with superior quality materials being used, camera upgrades. They have to cut some corners to keep the price the same as last years pixel 3. Adding a higher base storage would skyrocket the price, a bigger battery is valid point and I agree. 855+ doesn’t have any major improvement compared to 855, just a slightly overclocked version, in-fact Google’s launch window is the issue here, they launch their phones at the end of a chips life cycle and right before a new one comes. For example Apple and Huawei both have their own chipsets so they don’t need to worry about this, but google use 855 on a flagship right before the 865 is coming out.
Wasir Yeah, the battery is an issue but google is saying 1 day battery life so let’s not jump the gun, it also has a 1080p panel which will save some battery as well. And the smaller phone will suffer battery issue nonetheless. The large one has 3700 mah (not amazing but still good enough).
Matthew: They don't talk about the video
Also Matthew: I will neither
The Recorder app alone is amazing for creatives like myself that write songs, stories, and ideas. They often start in my Voice Memo's app but this is WAY better!
And this everyone is the one and only useful feature this phone has.
Enjoy.
You can download this app on any android phone, the apk was released several days before the google event.
Joseph Tech. Most special features in phones are overrated enhancing and improving upon the current experience is what matters most.
Right now, I'm still rocking my Pixel 3 and Essential PH-1. Both still on Pie. Android 10 broke Call Blacklist Pro. It also broke QuickPic from sharing and ES File Explorer from backing up apps. I'm good with my Pixel 3 for *5* years.
any issues with battery life? 90 hz screen and smaller battery
Telephoto does make me happy. Can't remember how many times I just needed to zoom a little to get a good shot but I never will because I hate compromising on the quality of a photo. It'd be cool if you had identical twins try that face unlock. And let us know if you can add other faces. My husband and I currently have both fingerprints in each other's pixel 2 phones.
Same for me. People love the ultra wide camera, but the photos just look too soft for me. I'd rather be able to get higher quality pictures from farther away.
@@archonjk1196 Ultrawide always seems horribly distorted on every shot I've ever seen. Its like they've gone too wide and are bordering on fisheye.
Honestly, i would still buy it because of the software. I could careless of the missing features.😅
I'm gonna buy it aswell. I had every major brand of phones (iphone 4s, HTC one m7, S7 Edge, Pixel 1, and so on...) The bezzel isn't an issue for me. But i guess that's opinionbased. Ultrawide lens would've been good tho. Also the battery could be bigger but I'm waiting to see the reviews on that one. I think the overall features are really good. Especially that soli chip is a real innovation and will have many more usecases in the future (atleast that's what i think).
@@XnxxD I don't trust Google to expand on the gestures because from jump it like like a gimmick and many oem have did air gestures before . Yes I know it wasn't the same tech but the same idea so if media controls is all they are launching with it means they couldn't come up with a killer use for it .
@@XnxxD I agree with you, when it comes to bezzel i don't really mind it i mean when you're going to buy the phone (pixel) you already knew it was there so why complain about it.. If you bought and complain about it honestly at that point it's just nitpicking. For me the whole selling point of pixel is software, though im not saying that their hardware is bad, hardware: it's just not there YET but software💯👌 my only complain is why they didn't include ultrawide lens!? They never needed telephoto lens for portrait anyways.. I guess just to enhance.
@@gcforreal Good point, but we simply don't know if they are going to expand the gestures. But I don't that think they researched that tech for like 5(?) years just to make it a gimmick in a Phone. Could be wrong but it seems unlikely. Maybe they just try to gather real life experience with the pixel 4 to further improve it for other use cases?
@@AJ-lm9sg That's true. And tbh I rather have a bezzel at the top than a notch or something similar :D The biggest letdown for me personally is the video recording (30fps) although i don't really use video recording anyway :D Idk man i didn't use a phone with an ultrawideangle before so I can't really say I would miss it since, well I have no experiece with that :D
Yeah I have to agree softwarewise I don't think any brand can match google. I just love the stock android on my pixel 1 and since the Google Assistent will be improved now i might use that more often aswell. (Google Assistant was better than siri even before the update)
5:04 Yes your right, main sensor can help in macro, telephoto helps in better portrait, wide angle does nothing but it helps to covers extra alot of subjects . Like macro, portrait as well as zoom can be provided through main sensor but you can't get wide angle feature from main camera , that's why dedicated wide angle camera is needed!!!
Finally..... Someone who understands the reasoning behind having a telephoto lens. Nice unboxing. Cant wait to get my 4 XL in 🐼. Lol. The camera looks crazy good. 👍🏻
I agree, cant wait for my 🐼 4 XL
They could have still had a super wide-angle as well as the telephoto? That was their mistake, not choosing subjectively between the two.
If it was a choice between the two I think they chose correctly. They are able to expand their camera experience now. But I do agree, it would have been nice to have a third camera lens (wide angle) with it also. They have resisted for so long to add a second one. Lol. Baby steps... 🤣🤣
@@markstelzl1245 no matter how you try to spin it not putting a wide-angle camera lens on this pixel 4 was a huge blunder
@@pp3k3jamail can't be that bad. People are still pre ordering it. 🤣🤣
Things I hope you'd add in the full review:
1. Angles and full range of Face Unlock
2. Is the top bezel bigger than the P2XL?
3. Ease of night sight on astrophotography
4. Max range of zoom?
5. Improvements on video? If any
6. Camera hump rocking?
7. Google assistant accessibility from locked screen
8. Screen tests
Honestly this is in my opinion one of the best looking phones out there. Especially the orange one looks damn good!
Sure, this is in the same league as the Vivo Nex 3, One plus 7 Pro, Galaxy Note 10 and 10s of other flagships.
Actually, it is the ugliest new phone of 2019
@@Kayzef2003 well for you. Opinions are different :)
What is the wallpaper?
OnePlus 7T with the GCam mod. I can live with that. Best Pixel imo
Ranjith that’s what I’m thinking
Does it work?
Had the 7 Pro with the gcam app and something wasnt always working right.
Not reliable at all.
@@Granturion They release stable versions over time, gotta wait for that. The GCam that came with the new Pixel should be out for other devices soon
Still nothing like the pixel lol
@@mharro88 That's like saying nothing like my ex. Who effin cares about a different entity. I like the Op7T
Nice one Matt... Actually I like the fingerprint reader on the back of my Pixel 3a And so I don’t see the face unlock as a big plus. I’m little disappointed with battery size being 2800 when my pixel 3A has 3000 that seems like a mistake.
I just finished watching The Handmaid's Tale. You look exactly like Commander Waterford....
omg yes!
Blessed day
@@MatthewMoniz Under His eye.
I just realized that, he sure does!
I don't know what problem they have in extending chin a bit to make it look symmetric and add extra features there
Like a headphone jack :(
Google always gets with the phones one step further but an other step back....
Please explain?
@@NDSMD for example, google pixel 3 has front facing stereo speaker, unlimited google foto storage, dual front cameras with widelens.
Pixel 4 has nothing of those features above.. but has some new, like the radar and better display...
I am asking. Everyone. Apps that use the fingerprint for authentication, how will the Pixel 4 handle this with no fingerprint scanner?
bwebmasta1 with apple we use face scanner for authentication so i assume that’s what google will do
@@Chrispyy__ Ok, so after unlock, all apps are open? For instance, if I have Wells Fargo, and Chase apps with fingerprint, both will be open for access using facial?
bwebmasta1 yeah that’s what happened to me when i upgraded. I had a iPhone 6s and for my bank app i used Touch ID but when i switched to a 11 pro i had to use Face ID to unlock my bank (after i entered my login information and allowed the app to use my face to unlock instead of typing in my information over and over).
@@Chrispyy__ Ahh, Ok. Got it, that makes me more enthusiastic about the Pixel XL. I have to have the 128GB.
Didn’t the galaxy s4 have the “motion sense” feature
Yes! These tech reviewers fail to remember this
It was air gesture not motion sense. Completely different tech
fightnight14 it’s the same tech look it up
@@rotimika nope. The s4 sensor was not radar so you have to put your hand in line to the sensor.
I just orderd the 4 lx now I've been seeing mixed reviews I'm worried about if I made the right decision.
You define mixed reviews as 7/10 people saying the pixel 4 is a rip off?
So far I like it does what I need it to do.
I got my hands on the recorder's apk file. Don't need the phone now! Anyways they're not selling it in my country. All I need to wait for now is Google to resume its partnership with huawei.
Same here. Huawei phones are the most innovative by far, and to have that capability on them would be just fantastic.
Are you in North Korea Bro？
@@CharlieStrong64 India
@@CharlieStrong64 they won't sell it there because of the radar sensor
@@shethsa I'm chainizi
Until Android phones have a native way to send videos through something like iMessage it will be inferior iMessage can send excellent HD video.
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Bingo. Until RCS is a worldwide standard implemented by every single carrier and Device OEM, android can’t even compete with sending full res photos and videos natively. That’s still a HUGE shocker to me.
@Frank the Ant This isn't the first time Google has tried an iMessage competitor. Every single previous iMessage competitor by Google has failed.
@@nath1606 what iMessage competitors I don't think they've ever tried
Holo Scope We had Google Allo, Google Hangouts (though still up, it’s not Google’s main focus), Google Cloud Messaging, Google Talk (aka Gchat or Google Chat) & Google Duo. They’ve tried & failed many times.
"If other developers jump on board and implement it into their applications" Yeah right, because that's something that will happen 😅
They can't even do that, it's for Google apps only
@@ChrisJohannsen yeah, if there's no SDK for developpers they can't do it. But even if there is an SDK they won't do it. I've seen often enough news of such features "now having a public SDK" but still there's almost no developer implementing it 🙈 (too much effort for a small percentage of compatible phones...)
For media playback and volume control there is no need for app specific support
Wasn't this something samsung did before ???
@@GeovanniMartinez Like twice a year or so 😅
I did a sound test today with my Pixel 2XL vs the Pixel 4XL and although the new phone does not have stereo front facing speakers, I found the stereo/surround effect on it to be better and more dynamic. It did seem to have less bass though. Still sounded pretty darn good. That's the one thing I was worried about. And not being able to have 256gb of storage, but I'm at 128gb now so what could it hurt?
Value for the money? ......nah
I'm using the pixel 4 xl as a work phone currently typing this comment on. I must say it is a FANTASTIC phone. Only complaint is that it is the most sliperary phone I've ever held. It's begging to fall off the side of your bed or coach. If you put it on a anything with a slight angle it will slip off. Case with good texture is a must.
Google didn’t say more secure. They said fastest safe face unlock System
If anything it's less secure as it can be unlocked with your eyes closed
@@mrcraggle it can be fixed with a software update
Doctor Brain believe it when I see it. Eye detection was in the beta but something went wrong for it to not be available at launch
@@vervetech9395 it can but when it ships, it won't be. Google have confirmed this.
@@yanksmc7 It's an easy fix. Even face unlock systems that use just the camera can detect if eyes are open.
Honestly whether I upgrade to iPhone 11 pro just the regular 11 or the pixel 4xl it’ll be a massive upgrade over my iPhone 6
Ahmed Ali hey i still have 5 with me :)
I'm excited for more oems starting to prioritize battery over thin.
Yeah saddest part is that this phone isn't even that thin anyway... But I agree with you.
Just subbed. Beautiful content, never heard of you until youtube recommended your video to me. I'm getting the pixel 4 xl tomorrow so I'm really pumped. Thank you for the amazing content.
Pixel 4 “exists”, Matthew - I might be switching phones
Samsung tried the same idea of waving at your phone a few years back and it flopped horribly, so I honestly don’t think this feature will be successful from a smaller smartphone manufacturer. I do like that reaching for your phone on a table preps the device for an unlock, but I think this use case is happens few and far between for out and about type of people and can be reproduced by a simple raise to wake feature.
Love the design but no FP means no pixel 4 for me, staying on pixel 3 for now
Please review the speakers if they're any louder than the previous Pixel phones and how's the phone for Media consumption
I did review the speakers.
@@MatthewMoniz I just watched it sorry lol
The face unlock on this phone is so good and advanced that it unlocks with eyes closed as well 😂😂
Bro if you have someone in your life that grabs your phone and unlocks it with your face while you are sleeping (and how could you not wake up to the flash of light when it unlocks) then you have other issues to deal with....
And if you're one of those that will say "what if you're dead and someone uses it to unlock and steal your data" .....omfg they can just use glue or scotch tape to keep your eyes open and unlock your shit with any other device thats uses face unlock (iphone)
Vincent Mendes even if someone is not in deep sleep little bit of screen light won’t wake u up at least not me. The joke is if u r planning to come out with a new security feature to replace fingerprint then it should be properly tested. Catching up doesn’t mean messing up. Soli radar chip my ass 😂
One big question. If face unlock feature only works with the help of the camera, then does it work in pitch dark conditions like an IPhone?
Matthew: Has an okay design.
Says the guy who has a thumbtack board for a desk
Were you expecting more likes?
@@JohnDrew_ lmao were you?
@@WormExplores lmaooooo were you?
@@WormExplores lmfao where you?
@@RoronoaLou lmaoooooooooo where are you? 😅😂😅😂
Will the voice recorder function be leak into the older Pixel models?
Yup!
I fail to see how the design of this Pixel phone is so "outdated" when compared to the design of current iPhones? They almost look identical. What. makes the iPhones so 2019?...and don't tell me about the materials used...I'm talking about the design.
It's an apple bias marketing is so powerful people don't even know they are
Let me know if the phone overheats when using video chat platforms like WhatsApp. My Pixel 2 won't let me video chat for more than 30 mins before it shuts down and has to be placed in the fridge.
I want to use the transcriber in class
Can you squeeze it still to activate the Google assistant?
Yup! It’s still there
I dont care it can shoot lasers , project holograms ...it is ugliest phone of 2019
its nice to seee you included some photos, cant wait for mo, and video please
Thanks man more to come !
7T= The phone you need
Pixel 4= The phone you want
Nah!
Haha that’s what I’m trying to decide
Webster Kollie if they could put the battery and charging speeds from the 7T on pixel 4 it would be 🔥
Nicely produced video Matthew. Would like to see how the Voice Transcriber performs in the open environment of a lecture hall with ambient sounds and other people speaking. During the October 15 Event where was the source phone located? Was it in the open auditorium or was it located in a quiet room near a dedicated loud speaker that was feeding it the voice of the Google representative?
that motion sensor was present in samsung galaxy 7-8 years back
How about pixel 4 today ? Have they improved they battery life through updates or is the same ?
Working on a video today stay tuned
the hand thing was done by Samsung in 2013. samsung galaxy s4
Curious about banking apps that use fingerprints, since Pixel4 doesn't have fingerprint sensor, will banking apps use Face unlock?
Never seen it before, what is this phone 😂
Haha
I am Glad you decided to switch to regular Pixel and not XL, Because I am curious about its battery. Looking forward for your review.
It's a missed. Best camera, yeah no ultrawide. 90Hz screen refresh rate, nah small battery can't handle it. Air gesture, nah super gimmick.
Jonathan Suniga its not best camera i can compared to the iphone on video recording, even on photo not the best
@@yogikkgaming Well, let's give the Pixel 4 a chance since it has just been released. And I agree that the iPhone has the best video capture in any smartphone. I have the iPhone Xs Max and taking videos is the best.
Why if google doesn’t have the pixel 4xl so orange with 128 gigs for preorder nowhere so what’s up with that ?
Pixel 4 is biggest rip off of 2019
I think it's the biggest flop of the year. It should've released first but since we saw what Samsung, Apple, Huawei Oneplus did and they gave us this. I counted on them 😢
Finally a fair review, thanks my guy 👍🏽
Aesthetically Google pixels just look 3 years behind the competition
hey matthew,how is the 90hz experience in the pixel 4 vs oneplus's devices like 7t,7pro,7tpro? which one do you think is better?
It’s just too expensive for what it is imo
So how do you unlock certain apps that require a fingerprint. Like a banking app?
Use your passcode until the app is updated.
Sticking to the Note 9.
Still good!
well done...i still have the pixel 2.......should i wait until the 5 or go for the 4?
“More secure than Face ID” yet it doesnt even require attention SO you could be asleep or dead and someone can unlock your phone and go through it or even register there face lowkey 🤷♂️ but sure its super secure
if you're dead, what do you care?
People acting like they store super sensitive data on their phone lmao. If you're dead or unconscious you have bigger problems
@@Da_damm Let's get this unconscious guys phone and check out his browser history :-)
Da_damm lmao its not about browser history, some of us arent 12 year olds and have our mommies and daddies to pay for everything 🤔 we have our bank accounts linked to our phones, our passwords, email accounts, paypal accounts, credit cards apple pay, nude pics of our girlfriends (doesnt apply to either of you i know) so your argument is that phones dont need to be secure, it doesnt matter? Lmao okay so your admitting you dont use a lock at all on your phone because apparently its “unnecessary” right? 😂🤷♂️ not all of us have a net worth of $12 and would like to protect out assets, identities, bank account information have fun with your trash pixel 4 phones though 🤣😇😉 im happy with my fully secured and very efficient iphone 11 pro max
For the phones that require your attention, I can just tape your eyelids back. Problem solved. Biometrics is a convenience gimmick and nothing more
Face and lock seems pretty impressive but do you miss the fingerprint scanner?
No it’s like the iPhone you dont miss it if it works well
Switching to this? Are you joking?
You said that it’s fast than Face ID but is that because out of the box eye detection is turn off by default. So it doesn’t have to look for your eyes when raising it to unlock?
Isaac Golden he is stupid, thats fast because already unlocked before, no animation no awarnes, not like face id has awarnes and animation plus swipe up,, this is stupid no faster than face id
Hands Down, the most times Hands Down has been said in a video. JK
Hands down you're probably right lol
@@MatthewMoniz I enjoyed your video. I too am excited about checking out this phone.
Just gonna leave out the fact it’ll unlock with your eyes closed? How is that more secure if someone can get into your phone while you’re sleeping?
S10e gives you so much more for less money.
It doesnt give u radars in the front or whatever that thing is called lol ... 🤣
Gayan Abeysinghe but the s10e looks way better than the pixel 4
But it's a Samsung. Their phones are garbage. Especially the S10e. The camera is shit and the battery doesn't hold up over time. Normal for a Samsung device.
@@BytaHD on that i have to agree , i switched to a note 10 plus from a s10 in two months cuz the battery life was a disaster now my wife using the s10 shes coming from a XR she hates the s10, thinking of buying this pixel 4 as the replacement, cuz shes very much used to apple face id , but then i saw the pixel 4 battery life on specs ... 😯😔
Mathew can you give me an early sense of the 2800 mAh battery on the 4? Im trying to decide which one to preorder and the only thing holding me back from the 4 is that spec. Only of its less than 6 hours of onscreen I would opt for the XL. Appreciate it.
1+ 7T pro Mclaren is lot better than this P4
My OnePlus 6T is better than this pixel 4 especially when my OnePlus 6T gets Android 10 this month
What was that hand move for 2:28 ? :))
This is probably one of the most ugliest phones I've ever seen. The back camera module same with the iPhone is hideous and the front with the bezel on top is just.... whatever Google
So how’s the video on the Pixel 4? need a video on it
Worst phone of 2019 and that's a fact and the most ugliest
You really have no idea do you 😂 typical average consumer that has no idea... GG
@@gameswizard9 well its ur business if u buying tht crap
@@jeantaylor9734 it's not crap by any means.... And if you think for a second Samsung design is good you're a joker. The hole punch design is shit. Note 10, is shit. iPhone is God awful with the ugly notch. Teardrop is alright but no phone has been good. Besides phones like the one plus 7 Pro with the full body display. Notches on a phone just look so dumb and have no practical use at all!! At least Google has, Soli, radar sensor, camera, front speaker, multiple facial sensors. And the software optimisation done with all these will be so good. People are just blinded by the simple design. It's got a lot of good technology to be used and the camera WILL take the crown once again. Google has the best software optimisation on the market and the pixel 4 is a great phone. It's not perfect but no phone is quite there yet.
Nicholas Living it’s the typical average consumer that make a company sell phones...without the average consumer a company goes bankrupt
@@RodolphosTechchannel Google is so big it doesn't rely on the average consumer to buy them
Great video Matthew. Could you comment on the battery life on the Pixel 4 so far?
Does the 2800 mAh battery worry you with a 90hz refresh rate screen? I was hoping for a bigger battery in the smaller Pixel.
Do you think it not having 5G is an issue? I wonder if in 6 months they'll bring out the pixel and pixel xl 5G series? It's to bad you can't swich open apps with gestures. I'd find that useful while driving. Since I have the. Pixel 3 is it worth upgrading to 4? I'm with Verizon so I can just trade it in.
how does the gboard keyboard voice to text compare to the transcribe feature?
Ordered mine today can't wait to actually get it into my hands
I played with the Pixel 4 today and 1 thing that bothers me is the brightness , for a 2800 mah battery and I have to peak the brightness all the way up to see things clearly plus the 90hrz will destroy the battery life
Idk why but Pixels always look like smartphone movie props lol
Based on all we've seen....no you WON'T be switching phones. ;)
Ahh sad but that's the way it looks like it's going
Okay is the Samsung s10+ better than pixel 4 or pixel better cause idk which one to get
Is it even water resistant ?
Yes
Ip68
Curious if that "review" unit was sent to you by Google. If yes, you received it from Google, my follow-up question is whether you have to send the phone back to them. Let's disclose shall we?