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A short review- just like the amount of time I was able to tolerate with the phone.
I experienced an issue where my order got lost in transit and I had to go retrieve it. It was the strangest thing. Apart from that, here is a review on the device itself:
It's basically like how all the YouTube reviews claim it to be. Excellent battery life. Quick and snappy performance. Visually ugly industrial design (I had to get a case for it that made it slightly more bearable to look at and hold). OS support for at least the next two years. Cloud integration, etc.
The be-all and end-all to this phone was the highly-touted camera. Google has the gall to market the Pixel line as the best in its class- compared to any smartphone available on the market. In a day and age where smartphones are replacing point-and-shoots, this is a very important thing to consider. Nearly all my photographs had a noticeable halo at the opposite corner of where a light source would shine. The end result is something unusable. I have no doubt in my mind that this was a physical design fault. Google released a statement saying that they'll incorporate a software fix for this issue, but you can't fix that issue in real-time when shooting a video. Internet keyboard warriors suggest you take a photograph facing away from a light source. I'm the type of person that like to capture moments quickly before the opportunity goes away. I won't have the luxury of framing subjects facing away from a light source most of the time. RIP candid shots.
I returned the device because of all the issues I came across just trying to get my hands on the phone, just to find out that one of the key selling points of the phone was garbage. For the high markup this is sold at on Amazon, it definitely was not worth its weight in value.
December 2016 · Cell Phones and Accessories · verified purchase