Pixel 8 vs 8 Pro // Three Months Later!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ค. 2024
- The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro have been out and available for over three months, so I thought it was time to put them up against each other in a head-to-head comparison.
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Time-stamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:36 - Software and Performance
02:46 - Fingerprint Sensor + Face Unlock
03:25 - Display
04:17 - Cameras
06:01 - Video Boost
09:25 - Design
10:25 - Haptics
10:51 - Battery
11:46 - Final Thoughts - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Great video, love the cinematic style and calm music, keep going Sam!
Why do I keep seeing the Pro variant being listed as having an option of 8GB of RAM? The 8 Pro only comes with 12GB of RAM.
Telephoto lenses are different gravy imo.
I was recently in a coldplay concert and whilst I took awesome photos and videos on my iphone 13, damn I missed having a telephoto lens. My friend on the other hand had an iphone 15 pro max and he took brilliant pics from his seat, that was far away from where Chris Martin was performing.
That's what friends are for, take those photos from him. Don't worry about max variants they cause discomfort & are painful to hold.
@Doctr_dope well I'm using 15 pro max and it's surprisingly comfortable and light unlike my iPhone 14 Pro max big different
Yo! you need to have your whole thumb on the fingerprint sensor, not just the tip. I have 99% hit rate.
Your lucky , either that or you are in a room with good light and the face I'd is working in the background to make the finger print sensor look more competent.
And this i absolutely know happens on my 8 pro.
At night time in poor light the finger print sensor on mine is lucky to work one in ten , and face just doesn't work full stop.
I'm sure if you spend most of your time in good light or bright conditions, you probably have a decent experience.
If you are not then I really don't like your chances.
I like a lot about the Pixel, but unlocking the phone for me pisses me off no end to the point I have engaged the pattern unlock .
@@mikldude9376 The only time i struggle is when my hands are wet or the screen has droplets from the rain. But other than that I don't usually struggle with finger print. I live in northern part. During winter is always dark. So no I don't always have a well litt place to use the face unlock. I think you need to pre-register your finger print. Maybe 2x on your dominant hand. Pre-register if you have just put on a screen protector.
at the pixel 8 pro's price point fingerprint scanner is not a thing to be worried about anymore. i got a galaxy s24, using just the tip and it opened just fine
@@trinhnguyenluong4485 I am not worried about the fingerprint scanner of the Pixel 8 at all. It just uses a different scanner technology which requires yoy to scan the whole fingerprint. Anyways Pixel 8 pros face recognition is fast and very reliable and I can use it to authenticate bank transaction. So fingerprint scanner is barely used nowadays.
Really good video and as a Reg Pixel 8 owner I would say it's better to get the Pixel 8 pro for the battery life . The reg 8 is just ok it's doable most days but you start to wonder if your going to make it if you have a long day.
I like the smaller screen size of the regular Pixel8, the matt sides and the colors of the phone. But 8 Pro has the telephoto camera and I like to shoot with it and the matt back.
Great video Sam! Helping me make a good purchase decision here, much appreciated!
Also 2:52 - Very funny... "not bad but not great" *fingerprint sensor fails twice oops
I only had issues with fingerprint sensor for the first few weeks.After December update all the issues are gone and I don't think I had an issue with unlocking for more than a month now.
Yeh same here. my Pixel 8 doesnt have issues with the fp sensor!
@@pranavdupati9164 how about the battery life if I may ask ?
No issues here
@@switex8286 it's been great for me. It could be better of course but I am using it a lot, for personal use and for work as well. So I usually have to plug it in for a little bit during the day. But when I have an easier day with maps, bluetooth, music streaming, taking photos and using normal apps, it handles it all like a champ.
It's great. 8h of sot easy while doing basic tasks and around 5 to 6h sot while emulating switch games@@switex8286
Pretty good video except for when you are purposely trying to make the fingerprint fail by using the tip of your finger or when lifting your finger extremely fast. In reality, it rarely fails, as long as you hold your fingerprint (not finger tip) until it unlocks (which admitely it's a bit longer than other flagships).
Agree! Me for example if I had one I'd use the face unlock :)
Fr bro I can tell since I upgraded from the Pixel 6 to the Pixel 8 and the 8 fingerprint sensor is really good and responsive
The most complete review I've seen. Just awesome.
I'm pretty sure what's happening with video boost is that it's actually producing two separate videos files simultaneously and is therefore limited as to the quality of the file that's immediately available. It's either that, or it's capturing the one very high bit-rate file that's used for the boosted version, and downscaling it in near real time which seems very unlikely. I vaguely remember reading that this was the reason it was limited to the main sensor (Samsung GNK) as it's specially designed to be able to capture two files at the same time.
I never had an issue with the finger print scanner with my P8P. I recently switched to iOS with iPhone 15 Pro; I usually do so every 3 to 4 years for a year or so..man I miss my P8P :(
I want to do the exact opposite. Considering dropping my 15 Pro for a P8P
@@elindenstein you can’t go wrong. I miss the back swipe gesture on android the most.
I never have problems with finger print sensor either. It's a user error. Look at how he presses the fingerprint sensor. He just uses the tip of his finger instead if the actual finger print part.
@@elindensteinI switched from iPhone 14 pm to 8p and I love it. Coming from an iPhone user for the past 10-12 years
I just ordered the pixel 8. I had the 4a5g and no longer get security updates as of November. The 8 was discounted about $150 so I figured it was a good time to trade up. The pixel 8 pro, even discounted was going to run over 900 (for 256g) and the extra features didn’t seem worth paying almost 350 more, at least for my uses. I figure I will pay less and then see what the 9 or 10 offers.
How's your experience like? Speed , battery life & camera. Anything you dislike about it?
im in the same exact situation. Finally looking to upgrade from my 4a 5g and cant decide to go all out for the 8 Pro or the 8 and the discount is still active. I cant decide
@@abdFA510 so far it’s been good. It’s definitely got a bit more pep than my 4a5g though it doesn’t feel like a quantum leap forward, but they were both running android 14 so maybe that’s it (maybe phones are just getting as fast as they can be now so it’s not so noticeable unless it’s really cpu intensive stuff). So far I do kind of miss the back side fingerprint reader but the one under screen works pretty well and with face unlock as well it’s not a huge loss. The screen on the 8 is very nice and my favorite thing so far is how bright it is in the sun, I can see everything clearly which I couldn’t say for the 4a. I work outside a lot so it’s been what I noticed lol. Also it’s the same screen size as my 4a but a smaller frame so it fits better in the hand a bit. Battery is pretty good and I use the phone a lot for gps (I spend a lot of the day driving so it’s screen is on for hours), streaming music, and communicating with work pretty much all day. It would last most all day I think but I always charge it when I’m driving if it gets around 30-40%. All in all a nice phone I think, though I’m glad I spent less and got the 8, I didn’t need the pro features
Camera is good but all pixels have good cameras, though I can say they seem better, sharper with more detail maybe. I use the macro mode a lot for work to take images of circuit boards and stuff, it does a pretty good job seeing as how it’s doing it through software.
@@streetside2833 I got the 8 (256gb) for 600 and I’m more than happy. Glad I didn’t spend 1000, as there isn’t much the pro offered that I’m missing. The better cameras almost got me but I don’t take huge amounts of pictures and the 8 on its own is a nice improvement from the 4a. I basically decided that if I had any reservations about spending more it was better to just spend less, I’d rather miss out on a few features than wish I had $400 dollars back
In the US the P8P 256gb is $809. Trade in value of the 4a5g is $150 ($42 if putting it toward the P8). Not sure if that's relevant for anyone reading this.
But my issues with the 4a5g, the only Pixel phone I've owned, is the reason I've hesitated. Sooo many bugs, hiccups, random glitches. Note that I've always run Nova launcher.
Are telephoto lens really that good? My s23 always comes out a bit blurry
All your pro battery screenshots were on wifi while 8 was on 5G, doesn't that count for some difference as well?
What was the lock screen background at the beginning??
What's the map at 7:10? Looks really interesting
On a rooted 8, can you install the 8 pro camera app and get the pro control?
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Never had issues with the fingerprint sensor.
Same. I thought it was trash on the 7 pro but I haven't had a single problem with it on the 8 Pro. And I've got a screen protector on.
8 Pro owner. Absolutely no problems either.
@@flawedhypothesisIf you try ultrasonic finger print sensor then you can realize deference
@@danuka608i have had the s23 ultra, I don't see any difference between the two, the pixel 8 pro is just as fast unlocking with my fingerprint as the s23 ultra for me, no difference between the two.
I have a pixel 8 and as good as these phones are, I'm now considering getting the OnePlus 12. Everything is great on the pixel 8, except the battery life. Plus the slow charging speeds.
Hi would you recommend the pixel 8 pro I'll be coming from a one plus 10 pro will I notice any difference between the two, I'm also looking at the S24 ultra
S24 Ultra owerprised better 8 pro
Great Video
I am currently on my 4th consecutive Samsung and thinking of changing
because Samsung just tends to be very Colourful and Vibrant which makes the photos Unrealistic
As far which of the two Google Phones to go for I am still confused as to is there a significant Difference between the photos they take in
Equal Conditions?
The Pixel 8 won't get Gemini Nano and Google already came out and said it has hardware limitations for OS updates after 5 months. If you get a Pixel, go for the 8 pro and make sure you check the quality of the hardware.
How did you make this transition when showing the specifications?
I’m guessing he just stood each phone up individually, took a short clip of them while moving the camera around in a slight arc/circle motion, masked them out, and dropped the cut out shots into the chart.
Thanks for the great video. My old P4 died so now I'm trying to decide between the 8 or 8 pro. After your video I'm leaning towards the pro. :) Question to any 8 Pro owners, is it possible to operate with one hand?
Class video!! Would you say the Pixel 8 is a worthy swap from the Iphone 14 pro? Miss being on Android
No, iPhone 13 pro is the right value for pixel 8
@8:39 the Video Boost off version is better in color
4:16 where did you get your wallpaper? thanks
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Anyone got an answer here? LOVE IT!
Pretty sure the Pixel has AI generated wallpapers you design yourself
Just got a refurbished 7 Pro for around $250 and on Android 14, it's amazing!
7 Pro is what I have, it is a gem of a device....
I hope you don't face any issues with it being refurbished
How is the rear camera holding up so far ? 🤔
I heard over the last year especially on TH-cam reviews with the rear camera shattering due to temperature 🌡 changes is this true?
Thanks 👊🏻
Hi Sam!I like your content, tell me what kind of wallpaper you use, I really want the same for my phone, thank you ❤️
I'm normally a small phone guy so I bought the regular 8. But I didn't like it. Battery life was terrible and the other than that stood out to me was the build quality was rough. The edges on pieces felt either rough or like they didn't line up well. Just felt unrefined. I never had that bother me before as much as it did on a phone before.
But I went to the 8 pro. Love it. Never looking back. I couldn't be happier with it.
I agree i bought the 8 but wished I had gotten the 8 pro for the battery life
@@jejunamja i rarely could make it through a day with my regular 8. On my 8 pro I end most days with 50% battery life and in heavier days I end with about 35%.
My biggest problem with 8 - and turned out with all above 6 - that they do not work with headphone DAC. I love listening to music and have a moondrop dawn pro and it is pretty frustrating not being able to use it with the phone
So the DAC is useless on pixels? I was confused between picking up the moondrop chu II with 3.5 mm with a DAC or the type c version.
I pixel 8 that I have is always utilizes 7gb and ram and most of the time even scrolling feels laggy for me and have to restart the device to make it run smooth. I only installed like 2 more apps that what I got in the pixel 8 really disappointing in that way so far for me.
It's so funny to me how some simple apps can't do split screen but GamePass and TH-cam can run two high running apps together side by side. It's so cool lol.
Pixel 8 is the best Android, perfect for one handed use!
Nope it's garbage
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN how come?
Nice video. I keep waiting on someone to convince me to switch to a pixel. They have so many good things about them but my galaxy phones have always had good cell service while pixels on the same.plan in the same place have relatively poor service.
Same. I want to change for some reason that I don't know why. I think buying a Pixel is mainly because I like to use Google Pay. Might wait awhile. S24 so expensive.
@@blink4711 eh wait.. i thought all android phone have google pay?
@@fantasytky28 My Samsung phone has both , but does not support Google pay on Samsung Watch. But you are correct.
Would love to see a detailed comparison between the pixel 8 pro vs oneplus 12 pro
The simple difference between the two is this,the oneplus 12 has a slightly better battery than the pixel 8 pro, probably an extra 1 hour or so.
oneplus 12 faster charging, and the oneplus 12 has a better processor. The pixel has a much better camera, longer updates and faster updates than the oneplus 12, the pixel has AI features, Google translation is awesome, Google has a better Android stock expierence. So what's the best phone to get between the two?
If like me you can pick up a mint condition pixel 8 pro 256gb for £600 then definitely the pixel 8 pro is the better buy, but the pixel 8 pro at full price compared to the oneplus 12,
I would say the oneplus 12 is the better buy. But I am very happy with my pixel 8 pro to be honest.
I wish you mentioned AI features, since 8 PRO has more such Gemini NANO and other AI features, but I noticed that no one does in their reviews. Maybe it's not an area of interest :)
I've had this phone since day 1. I still prefer pixel over Apple or Samsung
I only have one issue with the Pro. It's to big. I prefer a more pocket and one hand friendly phone. If I could have the Pro at the same size as the regular 8 I would buy it asap.
They're shrinking the pixel 9 pro to 6.5, allegedly. I don't like the change. I usually have multiple phones in use throughout the week. There is no 'goldilocks' sized phone, really, because you're always going to prefer one device and screen size for different purposes. I would rather have a small, compact device around 6.1 inches and another around 6.7 for more content consumption. I would like if they put the best camera not only on the largest phone. That shit is getting old.
If google made video boost run on device then would you probably be able to record any video in that mode
I'd say for anyone with a 6 or 7 series phone to hold out for the 10/10 Pro since that will be the first TSMC made Tensor and hopefully with a better modem in tow to go with it and closer to being a flagship. I'm plenty happy with my 8 Pro as I was the 7 Pro but I don't push my phone too hard but I wouldn't say it's a $1000 phone, more like $800 especially when there are Chinese SD 8 Gen 3 based phones available for $600.
Nope TENSOR Sucks
Atm using the Pixel 6 Pro, would the 8 pro be a good upgrade?
If your 6 Pro is working still good over all I would wait till pixel 9 or 10 comes out!
You will still get android 15 and security updates till October 2026 🙃🥳
The pixel 8 and 8 pro have a screen size of 6.17" and 6.7" respectively, not 5.93" and 6.4".
Dimensions of the phone is 5.93" and 6.4" inches for 8 and 8 pro respectively but screen size which is measured by the distance of one corner of the screen's viewable area to the one diagonally opposite of it instead
Wish google switches back to snapdragon chip in the future for both performance and battery life.
In a short term you may be right, but for long term Google can have a better profit margin with its own chip and provide a cheper phone instead. In the end we're all looking for good prices, right?
I was really hoping for more. We still haven't received Zoom Enhance and Video Boost was a complete disappointment (due to may of the reasons you mentioned). Editing photos is really slow, thanks to everything being processed in the cloud. Signal strength and battery life aren't much of an improvement over last year. Other than the Pixel specific features like hold for me and call screen, it looks like Samsung may have beat them at their own game this year with the S24 series. My S23 Plus was the smoothest phone I've ever used and it still got great battery life.
I have a problem with charging. Its charging fast If Im not using it. But if I see some youtube videos it takes 1 hour to up 16% in 8 pro. So fuly charge takes 3 to 4 hours. Is it common or my device issue.? I have turned off all adaptive things. I have warraanty for my one. So need some suggestion. Im using google charger also. Please help
Is it getting hot? My Pixel 6 pro heavily throttles charging if you're using it a lot because of heat. I actually created a Magisk mod to allow it to charge while it's hotter because it was just ridiculous on hot days.
Does the pixel 8 overheat? My pixel 7 pro overheats and then screen dims and I can't see anything.
yep sadly it still does. did alot of researching and apparently it heats up because of 5G. like we're in 2024 google phones are still not optimised for 5G. don't even get me started on the battery backup
search pixel 8 reliability test on youtube. this phone is useless.
@@alseickwhich video specifically if u don't mind?
i need the 8 pro in the size of pixel 8
Waiting for the 8a
My daily driver is the 8 Pro 128GB using a custom rom and for all my google services apps that is a spare phone is a pixel 7a for whenever I need to do any google only related things like commenting on TH-cam 😅 as the custom rom has no google services or play store on it period.
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Is it worth the upgrade from pixel 7, Sam??
not at all, the only really major change is the chipset
If you go for the 8 pro I would say definitely. It's such a great phone
,I do enjoy your wide videos
Yes
I'm waiting on the 8a ( I always buy the a'series )
Same. I had the 3a and 6a currently, waiting for the 9a.
Why? If you're in the US, the pixel 7 was usually cheaper on sale than the 7a. I picked up the 7a to have as a smaller second or third device and am disappointed in the fluidity. The 7 didn't stutter as much and they have the same chip. Dunno if they're throttling it or what. Hope the 8a doesn't suffer from the same issues. Camera is pretty solid so yeah, if you're going by MSRPs or just really, really want a plastic backed phone, then the A series is the best option. There's not enought distance between the middle child and the A series imo though. If the price for the A stays at $450 (highly unlikely) then it would be an absolute steal though.
@@SmilingIslandRetreat-pn4dd in my cause, I always bought the A series with big discounts. Pixel 6a for example I got Pixel Buds A for free worth 100€.
@@SmilingIslandRetreat-pn4dd it's my work phone I have a iphone as my main phone and I didn't want a big android ... I always get the a series bcuz it's small and I don't wanna be without a android
In googles marketing of Tensor, they made it seem that Pixel’s AI features are capable because of said Tensor custom chip, but after seeing Samsung on their new S24 with the 8 Gen 3 being able to do most if not all the same capabilities then it startles me.
Just as you said, Tensor is a midrange chipset and thus the 8 series are incredibly overpriced.
You should watch in-depth text reviews side by side comparison between The Google pixel Pro 8. AI features and Samsung's AIS features. The Samsung AI features cannot touch the pixel 8 Pro.
Although Samsung 's live translation for phone calls is clearly innovative in itself. Everything else is being copied from Google, including the new Google search feature.
The 8 pro is still king of AI features and they won't be charging you to use all of these features starting December of 2025 like Samsung is doing.
Check out In Depth Tech Reviews.
The video is a literal in depth "side by side" comparison with both phones in hand.
@@TremayneSinghyour reply is trying to distract from what the comment says. The commenter didn't say that Samsung was innovative on AI features, they said that Samsung is able to use the 8gen3 chip to run the AI features which exposes that Google saying that Tensor is required for this stuff as a lie or at best a misdirection.
I'm not commenting on who has the best AI features or who invented each feature, and neither is the first commenter. You missed the point. Google could have used the better chip and modem but they chose not to and this is the sole reason I, and many others, are not using the Pixel series. Especially the network modems. They suck, and the main chipset is now also revealed to suck compared to the asking price because it is NOT required to run the features as Google claimed.
If requiring a chip that is modified specifically for AI and machine learning is a midrange chip in other's perspectives, then that in itself is merely an opinion. Because efficiency rather than oversaturated power without complete optimization of AI is a gimmick in itself.
Subpar is bringing Ai features to a phone without a high level of optimization with it's hardware. As of right now, a few of these features coming out of the S24 series are clearly gimmicks when compared to the Google 8 series line up.
Efficiency and optimization is key. Google having control over its chip design is what allows the phone to run AI CORE so efficiently.
@@seapanda-117Like the previous commentor stated, you should watch In Depth Tech's videos. In summary, while the Galaxy S24 Ultra can perform a lot of the same tricks, the results are far from similar. The Pixel does a much better job in every test. Also the Galaxy S24U has not caught up with picture quality either. That presentation Samsung gave was full of fluff and the S24U is looking like a dressed up S23U with exclusive software updates that don't work nearly as well as they stated.
Except the Pixel can do even more AI better AI models. S24 AI features are a let down. Pixel you got face swap, video boost, real tone, better Magic editor, photo unblur, call features etc.
Pixel 8 and 8 pro are decent phones. However, The pricetag is outrageous. It is basically 2020 technology. Yes, 2020 hardware is plenty for your day to day use, but the hash truth is, the 8 pro is not worth more than 500 bucks.
Bad battery life
Bad finger print
Bad CPU
Bad GPU
bad modems
Slow charging
most smart features don't work out site America and Uk
I got the regular 8 and i love it but not gonna lie i kinda wish i had the telephoto lens and better macro capabilities but alas i had a hard time justifying an extra $250 just for that.
I am a Pixel 7 user in Mexico. Yes, it was salty. 😢
Only if this phone had a snapdragon processor, I would have considered this over oneplus or samsung ( S22 user researching around to upgrade )
I've had a Pixel 8 256GB for about a month. I had a Moto G60S before upgrading. I miss the 6.7" screen for multiple window, multi window is a near useless feature on this 6.2" screen size and the implemention with the rounding of the top/bottom of the 2 windows does nothing to help this. I liked the Moto screen more in general, plus its battery and charging. The camera quality on this Pixel 8 is much better, but nothing about this phone suggests it should be as expensive as its asking price.
It has choppy performance/app launching and scrolling, bad battery life, and other quirks like the keyboard occasionally but too often opening and staying on screen for some reason after exiting out of apps. I only got it because I'm effectively paying £290 for it new, where its new asking price is/was about £699, and the Moto seemed to be stuck on Android 12 without any further updates. My Moto G60S cost £190 2 years ago, and I got £60 selling it, it was a good phone. Not sure I'd consider a Pixel again in future, this far into the Pixel lineage it shouldn't have been the gamble it turned out to be.
In a world full of American reviewers... thank you for being an attractive Aussie bloke doing a review in his soothing Aussie accent 😍
Is the Pixel 8 5.93" and Pro 6.4"? Thought that the 8 is 6.2" and 8 Pro is 6.7"
He mentioned the heights. The standard is diagonal length of the screen.
For me, the hype over AI is totally OTT. Many Pixel features are rarely used; even if they arrive in the UK, most still need to. Clearly, with a stagnant mature smartphone market, OEMs are pushing AI to market their devices to sell more (fair enough), but the reality is that a few months after you buy into that, you will wonder what all the fuss is about!
I am a basic smartphone user, so no gaming, video editing and such like, so the Pixel 8 Pro is more than enough for me performance-wise, and its price makes it much better than the S23U in 2023 (£400 cheaper in the UK before great Pixel deals). I would recommend it. It has no thermal issues, battery life is 8-9 hours SOT over two days of use, and day-to-day use is smooth and fast.
Do more videos with rooted apps please
I always wonder How good it would have been if it had a snapdragon chip.
I just wish they sell here in the Philippines cuz I really want a Pixel for my next phone and im getting bored with Samsung and I dont want an iphone
Just wish theh made a pixel device in a smallee format like the zenfone or pixel 5
It's extremely close to pixel 5 I have both
@@bodcare1332 yeah I ended up looking at a size comparison online and didn't realize how small the pixel 8 actually was. it's something I would use for sure cause I like smaller phones. Thanks !
Smooth and bug free? Pixel?
There are a few important things left out in this video : the speakers and the selfie camera! The selfie in pixel 8 is terrible. Check the comments online about blurred pixel selfie cameras. Also, coming from a pixel 3 xl, the speakers are noticeably worse. The pixel 8 has less stereo width and bass. Sad!
I guess I don't know is it because you're not from America but in America you have tons of AI features for the camera and the video like being able to remove things from the video like voices or sirens or whatever and then of course now there's Google Gemini nano available AI there's tons of AI features that aren't being mentioned that you get on the 8 pro which makes this camera camera and video and phone capable of a lot more
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Waiting Pixel 8a Come with the same chip with lower price and might get same 7 years of update
I can't go back to a fingerprint unlock. FaceID on the iPhone is so much better.
Tensor is a midrange chip for sure. Google just marketed the hell out of it to try justifying the phone price and to compete with the other big boy brands.
Pixel have the best AI and is free. Everybody quiet and cool about it Samsung does it and is all over the internet like something never seen before.
Samsung doesn't make the best AI features exclusive to their highest price flagship phone like Google does. Google's top AI features are restricted to U.S. only while Samsung's are available wherever Samsung phones are sold.
@@jevonsims900 The only problem is, Users will have to pay for AI features in 2025 for the Samsung Phones. Bummer!
Great review, but I just wanted to add on the joy of watching this video on my ultrawide monitor. It was glorious.
lagging while taking pictures is wild
I'm sorry to have another little gripe , but the pixel 8 series often is branded as the smartest smart phone , and maybe in some areas it is , but .......
Using the speak aloud feature to read an article, lets say you iniate this in portrait , if you turn it to landscape while its reading it either stops or re starts from the begining, ok so you are in landscape and its reading the article fine , if you get halfway through the article and the phones display time out expires , it just stops reading ! How smart actually is it ?
Even my allegedly dumb iphone can at least finish treading out aloud the article before shutting the phone down !
Too me , it is these small quality of life smarts and conveniences that make a smart phone smart and something i want to use.
Pixel gets some other things right , but it still needs improvement in some areas.
I changed to android from iOS because of your video bro
How’d it go?
It's all good so far. I didn't miss anything
@@abbasmusawis I’ve been with Apple since the 4S. Thinking of getting the pixel8. I have the xs max. It still works fine but grapheneOS is calling me.
I mean the price difference ... I went with the 8. What is it under $600? Value just doesn't make sense, and it's smaller.
I will buy a pixel when they make the switch to tsmc.
I bought the pixel 8 and 8 pro I returned both of them. I found scrolling and jankyness on these phones outrageous. I have been a pixel user for a long time now too. I was shocked by it and am surprised more reviews haven't picked up on this. I found this on 3rd party apps more but also in a lot of google apps like TH-cam and gmail too. Hopefully they will improve in the future and return to snapdragon as tensor is crap.
This was a problem before the December Update.
@@pranavdupati9164 I had the December update and the problem was still there!
I have the 8 pro and the scrolling has been flawless on mine.
I've been using Pixel8 for 4 months, and I haven't noticed any junkiness. Also, I can't find any videos on TH-cam. Weird.
I returned my S23 Ultra UI is slower than my Pixel 8 Pro
I don't recommend pixel s because of that inferior processor and inferior modems being used by Google by choice and it's way overpriced in Australia compared to the States
Most battery testing shows the 8 Pro lasting negligibly longer than the 8, which makes sense given it's only a ~8% larger battery and the larger display (being the largest drain on battery) negates some of that as well even with LTPO (VRR) because the display still has to be lit and that uses more power than refreshing it at any frequency still.
Just saying because your battery claims here make it seem like the 8 Pro gets noticeably better battery life when objectively there's no way it's more than ~8% better than the smaller 8.
video boost is definitely a gimmick, they make it on device and processing shouldn't take an hour long
As a heavy pixel 8 user
Battery is so bad 😢 have to charge at least x2 a day
I'm prob gonna skip these both and just get the OnePlus 12r
that will get u a big screen and big battery
Just got the phone around a couple of months ago. The phone is great but it is not for me because of the following reasons. :
1. I overlooked a very important aspect that 5g does not work despite of the phone supporting the frequency bands if the network/country is not approved by google. The VoLTE and Vo5G also does not work. I travel a lot for work in and around Africa and Asia and other than the official supported networks/countries the phone's software limits the network to 4g.
2. Honestly the network reception/stability was better in my older phone(One plus 8T).
3. A number of features are region locked to supported regions.
4.The service support network to repair the phone is not extensive and is limited.
For top dollar I expected a little better. The above are the
So my suggestion is that if you travel a lot, this phone might not be for you for the above reasons.
Will definitely be looking to replace it in a couple of years if things do not improve.
P.S:I have copy pasted the same comment from a number of other popular reviews in the hope of preventing from making the same mistake I did.
Does the 5g work in India/asia similar to one plus 8?
@@bashingbrainsunlikely
@@bashingbrains dont really know about India. Check the supported networks in their website. It works in Korea though.
Last good pixel was pixel 5 . New ones only makes sense if you exclusively live in cold areas cause as soon it gets warm , you will have problems, not to mention it has probably the worst modem in any similar priced phone.
Good cameras can only carry you so far , also googles international market team needs a proper wake up when it's priced more than S23 / iphone15 in lots of countries lol
Is heat still a problem on the 8? It certainly is on my pixel 6 pro, especially on data.
Still waiting for the 8a
My main issue beyond the Tensor G3 in these phones is really the front cameras. From everythng i've seen in both video and images, google seems to have opted for a very soft high contrast processing which usually makes the images and video look both beautified but also eyes and face shadows look extremely unnaturaly dark. Like the person is possesed or something.
in a world full of S24 bullshit reviews and "omg google cyrcle A.i is our galaxy a.i" thx you for this review
Circle to search is great 0:3
What does this even mean
yes but check Google page they made it for android phones that can do AI is not only on galaxy u have it on pixel 8 too @@AM-dn1iq
Reviewers are waking up to Google's lies. Samsung S24 proves Google is full of it when it comes to artificial AI limitations.
circle to search is coming to pixel 8 and 8 pro at the same time as s24 series
the unusable fingerprint sensor gonna make me stick with samaung, truly a disappointment
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The fact that Google can keep up with iPhones and Samsung with performance is incredible
Also when you stop and think that a pixel 8 pro can cost you $800 compared to $1300-1500 on Samsung and iPhone and yet still give you much better pictures than those 2 phones.
Unless you are into gaming and emulation in your device I can totally recommend getting the pixel 8 pro!
The Pixel 8 Pro 256gb variant is $1,200.00 W/Tax so Samsung, OnePlus, and Xiaomi are cheaper brands at 256gb. Google doesn't have global availability.
@@jevonsims900damn that's sucks for you. I purchased my pixel 8 pro 128gb from my carrier this past boxing Day week and it only cost me 20$ CAD for the device for 2 years.... 480$ CAD. There's literally no point in buying a phone at full price .
Rip, Pixel 8 Pro costs 90K inr on sale, S23U costs 114K inr usually and IPhone 15 Pro Max costs like 159K inr. If you didnt understand this. Pixel 8 Pro is approx 1100usd, S23U is 1400USD and iPhone 15 Pro Max costs 1900usd LMAO@@jevonsims900
@@jevonsims900 at least on my location it was $800 after trade in I paid $150!
Even at 800 it's a much better choice than Samsung or Apple! But if your location doesn't allow by all means get what works best for you!
Please stop that pull shit !
800% without Tax and it's not worth it
Also pictures it's not the best between the 3 phone of iphone and s23 ultra
I have all 3 phones and pixel is not the best and it's the slower between them
Stop the crap pixel Fans !
Tensor is shit how can google say its a compettitir to galaxy s23 , im so disappointed
Tensor/Exynos are trash.
G3 a mid range chip? It has last gen top of the line ARM cores, same core in the S23 Ultra and every other flagship X3. As a tech reviewer with an audience you should know this
BTW you need to properly place you finger on the scanner, not the edge of your thumb🤦♂
Video Boost has been a game change for me no complaints. If you want the necessary data needed for Video Boost there at all time, you are gonna run out of storage in no time. Not a very well thought out video imo.
The G3 is beaten by Snapdragon 8 gen 1 chips and gen 2 chips having the same cores doesn't mean they're being utilised properly.
@@GeneralAeon beaten where in Benchmarks lol?
Hmm. Was considering on buying the Pixel 8 pro or thr OnePlus 12. I guess ill go for the OnePlus 12 after watching your videos. Thank you for your honest opinion on both videos, sam!