Google Pixel 5 review: No frills?

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1. You want to know what I think ? Well, every tech reviewer makes one common mistake. They review all their phones from the perspective of a power user. Well not everyone is a power user my friend. There's a section of people like me that want 3 important things in a smartphone: A good display, a great camera, and a good battery life. And by good display I mean a good resolution OLED display with good color reproduction, not those bullshit 90hz-120hz display. We don't care about that, I don't even game on my phone. Not everyone is a 18 year old kid that play games all day long on their phones. So yeah, for people like me Pixel phones are perfect, we don't have to spend $1000+ on a phone.

2. I love my Pixel 5 – 5G! I’ve had it about a month now and find it very easy to adapt to and use; My “old” phone was a refurbished Samsung Note S7 that Verizon gave me to replace a dead S7. It was a POS, I had to delete and rebuild the network stack every couple of days to even get online with the darned thing! I started to think Verizon gave me a junker so I’d just upgrade and enter the modern world! If that’s what they did, it worked.

   Moving data and reinstalling apps was a cinch but I’m still working on getting everything where I want it to be. I expected that but someone could make a mint if they made an app for that. Cloud integration is better than I’ve seen before in any of the worlds I wander in between (Windows, IOS, Android). The 5g where I am at isn’t real 5g, it is some sort of enhancement to 4g LTE pretending to be a 5g kind of connection. It is very fast in comparison to WiFi or regular old 4g LTE. Put me in the I’m satisfied camp. It is still early spring here in Minnesota, I’m in a nursing home and can’t go outside quite yet; HIPPA says I can’t take pictures inside; Covid rules say I can’t interact with people outside. The garden (a beautiful place) is still dormant. I can’t wait to get outside and play with the camera; it seems to work fine on FaceBook Video though. I have to be fair so I’ll wait before rendering real judgment on the camera.

   I have an iPhone 7 as my emergency backup phone, it has plenty of phone time, unlimited messages, but only 2GB of data. I really like that phone but the Pixel 5 seems to out perform it in every single aspect! For now the iPhone will continue to perform as a backup (SHTF) phone.

   I don’t pay much attention to size/weight/durability of my phones. They all live in cases and they all fit in my pocket. I don’t care if one is an ounce or two lighter than the other. I don’t use screen protectors cuz the case protects the screen and I don’t like air bubbles. Having said that there is a noticeable difference between to old Gorilla glass and the new stuff on the Pixel 5. It is thinner (I think) which improves touch responsiveness and I like that. It is very smooth if you keep it clean and that improves the experience.

   If I had to pick a weak spot, I’d say it is the speakers (which I use a lot). The bottom speaker (there are two ports but I think only one speaker there) is okay sounding and the volume is comparable to a lot of other phones (almost loud enough). It is the behind the glass speaker where things begin to show the weakness. It can sometimes muddle the sound and volume and tone-wise doesn’t bring much to the party. Frankly, I was expecting a lot more and was excited to try it.

3. Fingerprint reader is garbage

4. Pixel-Shit is Pixel SHIT!

5. Why not make a list of the best overall phones (Not just Android phones)?

6. Pixel 2 was not the first pixel to use a oled display

7. First off, EXCELLENT review! You covered everything I wanted to know about this phone and did so in a way that was very user friendly. I am going to pick a nit, but this is only constructive criticism…the review was truly very good! The nit: I absolutely understand the need for cue cards/notes when making a video with such a high degree of detail. I'm wondering if you're able to move these notes/cue cards closer to the camera's line of sight so you're not looking so far offline when reviewing your notes? Please don't take this as a complaint — it did not detract from the content and delivery, but I did notice it, FYI. Looking forward to more excellent videos!!!

8. Brandon is daddy. 🥺

9. Pixel xl og has an amoled display lol

10. Been a long time user of the Pixel. 2 Main reasons really, the size of their phones – good small size, I personally don't like using the Huge, long phones that are out in the market now. Second reason the stock android experience – the software experience of the pixel is still amazing.

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12. Google Pixel is the best choice

13. Didn't the 1st Pixel use an OLED display?

14. The samsung galaxy ultra is too expensive to put it up in compared with the pixel 5

15. Review Samsung A42 5G please 🙏

16. As much as I wanted to buy the Pixel 5 the 4a was much more justifiable budget wise and it's got the headphone jack man it's got a headphone jack.

17. Just bought a Pixel 5, and it really feels no different from my Pixel 3. One extremely annoying characteristic is that the screen comes on if you so much as breathe on the phone.

18. I have a Pixel 3 tried to switch to another device but it was hard Pixel software is great

19. like the background,/wallpaper your own?

20. I use the 4xl, so no downgrade at this time. The under display 🔊is a deal breaker for me. Maybe the pixel6 only if Google uses the triple8 processer!

21. The pixel 2 xl had the serious front stereo speakers 🔊

22. is it just me or why did brandon make an entry?

23. Best phone in 2020. Blows iphone out of the water

24. Just buy pixel 5 guys, period!

25. get a dlsr !

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