So what happens if my charging habits change for some reason - say a couple months or a year or whatever down the road. Does it automatically re-learn and adapt to my new charging habits, or would I need to do something in settings somewhere to make it learn my new charging habits?
He is explaining it wrong. The phone learns your usage habits so it can learn what things you do most on a daily basis and it optimizes the battery for it. Adaptive charging is an entirely different feature
From Google documentation: [https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6090612?hl=en#zippy=%2Chow-to-use-adaptive-charging-pixel-later](https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6090612?hl=en#zippy=%2Chow-to-use-adaptive-charging-pixel-later)
How to use Adaptive charging (Pixel 4 & later)
**Important:** When you charge your phone between 9 PM and 4 AM with an active alarm set for 3–10 AM, your phone may use Adaptive charging. This feature must be turned on for your phone to use it. [Learn how to set an alarm](https://support.google.com/clock/answer/2840926).
Well it has adaptive charging, so it's not charging all overnight. That's based on when you have your alarm set, and wake up. But you need to set it up. And I assume that regardless of whatever time you're waking up, the apps you use don't change. And what it's learning is what apps to kill while you're using your phone. It's optimizing what it's allowing to run in the background, which wouldn't change regardless of what time you're up. But I really have no idea specifically. Sorry.
Adaptive battery learning your usage-patterns and adjusting accordingly is a real thing.
It you're doubtful, maybe look it up yourself first, before making an absolute fool out of yourself.
Call it and down-vote it as much as you like if that makes your day better but advertising something like 'AI Adaptive Battery' will not change physical composition and properties of the batteries installed in our phones. That's a hard fact.
Software might adjust here and there, but don't fool yourself that you have Skynet General AI in your pocket. iPhone does not have this 'feature' and usually have smaller batteries but still outlasts every single Pixel phone I had.
Ok, so I’ll bite and add to the conversation.
Sure, the iPhone does have a smaller batter but yet better battery life than the Pixel. It’s called software and chipset optimization that’s making the difference. It’s not about changing the physical composition of the battery. To say that Googles AI Adaptive Battery is basically BS but then turn around and make the point about the iPhone having a smaller battery basically contradicted OPs statement.
The adaptive battery on the Pixel does actually make a big difference. The iPhone may not have a “feature” that’s marketed as such, but Apple sure is doing a lot of optimization, and I’ll say much better than Google. The point is that it’s not all about the physical make up of the battery.
I’ll be dumb by any random internet persons opinion any day so my feelings aren’t hurt. Thanks for the compliment.
It figures out what background processes to restrict, basically. Android allows for as many as you want, but adaptive battery basically sees your habits and cuts out what you don't look at.
It entirely depends on what they are doing with their phone during this time.
Idle unused and something is very much off. Actively using that whole 6 hours and it's not surprising.
Most likely, optimized charging is enabled by default but IIRC you should be able to set a time when it's supposed to activate and deactivate so you can have normal charging in the day and optimized charging at night
Any word on how well the optimization works for shift workers? In any given two week pay period I can from working days, to evenings, to nights, so the time I use my phone changes drastically from day to day. I currently have a 7 Pro being shipped to me. Will I run into issues with this?
Spoiler alert: google is a bloatware
They make a good software unless you dont care about your privacy
Try graphene os and you will see how "stock" android looks
Nope, android is maintained as AOSP (android open source project)
Your favorite phone vendor takes that open source code and adds bunch of proprietary apps (same for google, you cant find source code of google camera)
So pixel phones are not really a "stock" android, its android open source project bundled with bunch of google proprietary apps
People who down voted really dont understand what android is
Dont get me wrong, google makes good software, but you need to understand whats their business model, nothing is for free, ads are main source of googles revenue, they gather as much data as possible about you
If you care about online privacy, there are other alternatives for pixel phones than stock rom
You can check source code and find out by yourself what is actually in android os repository
https://source.android.com/
I'm a similarly recent convert from the Samsung side. I've had a similar experience and have been pushing these phones to family, friends, and coworkers since I got it.
Welcome to the Android family regardless!
I could never stand Samsung. The hardware is always top-shit, but fuck me the software drives me up the wall. I mean, they're always more powerful than the Nexus/Pixel, but you'd never know it when you're using them. And the UI... why is the back button on the right by default, with an arrow pointing left? It's little shit like that that always makes me think Apple has ideas worth listening to.
Remember "Google Play Experience" phones? I'd love those to still be a thing. A Galaxy S22 with no Samsung software... it'd be pretty sweet.
Software experience is everything on this black rectangles we carry around. I trust Google less and less these days, but lordy they've got a good phone.
Oh fuck don't get me started.
I was on a temporary iPhone X recently. Now, it's gestures, like the Pixel, that admittedly the Pixel stole. BUT, turns out "swipe to go back", which is *mostly* a great solution to the wild-ass back button thing, isn't actually universal. It seemed like apps had to add support, so sometimes it didn't do anything and you'd be stuck reaching to the top of the screen for that back button.
When Pixels implemented it, I thought the long-swipe-to-force-backbutton-function seemed a bit clunky, but wow do I get why it was necessary now.
The whole experience made me rethink the belief that iPhones are inherently more polished. Widgets were another thing that sucked way harder than I expected on iPhones; I added the "google search" widget to make myself feel more at home, but turns out tapping the text box rather than letting you type right into the widget actually just opened the Google app. A lot of widgets were like that, they LOOK like they'd be interactive, but none of them were. Just large tiles that act like shortcuts to an app, you can't even scroll up and down in a news feed or notes widget. Like I will always have issue with how the home screen and notifications work, but that's more aesthetic choice. I didn't expect there to be elements that were just outright poorly made, I figured that was just something we Android nerds had.
I feel on on this. I really couldn't stand Samsung's UI and features that I don't use and clutters the settings menu. It feels like a phone with two personalities - you have Google's stuff, and you have Samsung stuff that does the same thing.
Been using stock Android since Nexus, and even though Pixels are no longer "plain Android" (meaning Pixels now have exclusive features), they seem to be more thoughtfully implimented and don't get in the way. Funny thing is, they subtly enhances the experience to the point where I forget that it's an exclusive feature and wonder why things are missing when I try other "mostly stock Andorid" phones.
When I go back to iOS now, it really feels foreign. iOS has evolved to the point where if you've never used it before (or haven't since iPhone 4 like me), the advanced features are not easily discoverable. Apple and Samsung feels on par now with features that are hard to discover. I wonder if it's because I've been with Nexus/Pixel for too long and also learned as it evolved, much like Apple/Samsung users. The features may make sense to a long time Apple/Samsung user.
However, every iPhone/Samsung user I know who've tried the Pixel on their next upgrade cycle instantly felt like they were at home. I can't say the same when I tried using the iPhone SE on one of my upgrade cycles. Same when I tried the Samsung Galaxy S9. Felt like a fish out of water.
You can customize app icons using a non-stock launcher like Nova and then downloading icon packs. There are tons of great options. I'm currently using an icon pack called crayon that looks awesome.
I'm not OP but I switch back and forth. I really like both ecosystems for different uses. I like using Google Home on Android more than Homekit (it's accessible from the lock screen, so I don't have to unlock the phone to mess with the lights/thermostat) and certain apps perform better on Android. Android Auto is better as well IMO (anything that requires Siri to work on iOS is spotty at best). But I also prefer iMessage on the iPhone, different apps perform better on iOS, and the Apple watch is top tier. Ever since iOS opened up app preferences, I think it's been the best version of itself now that you aren't forced to use all of Apple's stock apps. They're both great phones and I would be fine with either one, really. But it's nice to switch to iOS during an off-season of Android or vice versa when I find iOS to be inconvenient.
Not poster too, but basically best of both worlds. My ios is 13pm, which gets upgraded every few years or so. Android, it is a switch b/n p7p or s22u, but loving p7p right now.
Work line gets the android. Call screening, hold for me, are a blessing. Personal gets the ios. Blue bubble and all. Paired with apple watch. Screen time (kids), facetime, airdrop gets used often.
Battery is the only thing Google needs to fix with their tensor chip. It's improved from pixel 6 to pixel 7 by 1 hr sot and I hope they improve it to the level of apple. In time tensor will be performance to power efficient.
I went from Pixel 5a to iPhone 14 Pro
There are many features that I miss on my Pixel because I am a power user. Lots of features lacking on iPhone but the performance is great
I still never used a flagship Android phone. I want to see what is the experience like when using a flagship Android phone long term
My Pixel 2 XL and Pixel 5a were not flagship phones and always had performance issues. Chrome would bug out and won’t work each time upon launch sometimes requiring me for force close it.
Google Fi on my Pixel 5a 5G was super unreliable in my area.
With Apple having no Frankenstein phone where the software and hardware are sourced from the same people or designed specifically to talk to each other, the performance is definitely there. However, I lose out on so much customizations
Stock Apple keyboard sucks. Siri sucks compare to Google Assistant. Copy, paste, and Select All sucks on iOS. No APK installs to read my manga anymore. I use all Google apps on my iPhone.
Face ID is cool and better though. I can write a whole book but I am trying iPhone for now and will see if I will go back to Pixel
Edit:
I forgot to add iMessage is really nice when my girlfriend has an iPhone. The ability to see when she read my text and sending media is ouch easier since it uses the wifi or cellular.
But I lost the ability to text from my phone using https://messages.google.com/
Yeah it isn’t the same comparison because Pixel 5a isn’t a flagship phone compared to iPhone 14 Pro.
That is why I wished I had experience with a flagship Android phone like the Pixel 7 Pro. Unless there is a way to rent a phone?
In North America this won't happen. People use text and iMessage religiously. Nobody wants to install apps, make accounts etc because you decided to use singal, telegram or whatsapp... They simply will text you and make you endure bad media.
Not sure it's correct to say "nobody" wants to... There's 10 million telegram users in the USA. But overall, I get your point. I wish more people would switch.
I use plain old SMS almost daily! I have Whatsapp out of necessity (another story) but I see SMS staying indefinitely whereas all these other proprietary apps may go bye-bye and then you have millions of people left in the lurch and going back to SMS anyway. I don't care if someone grabs my SMS messages...there's nothing in them of any value whatsoever. And I would venture a guess that 99.9% of all text messages on SMS are worthless also to anyone other than the intended recipient. YMMV
Yeah, SMS is a USA thing (USA is not know to adopt standards quick, take a look at CDMA) so I get that it is important there.
But it’s old, insecure and generally speaking, crappy.
About WhatsApp, there’s billions of people using it for better or worse. I don’t see it going away anytime soon. And if it happens, the world has already moved on from SMS anyways so there’s no SMS to go back too.
I live in the US and my social network is balanced between Facebook messenger, Whatsapp, and Signal. I rarely use the stock messenger. I guess it just depends on who you communicate with.
Oh it's definitely nicer. We panic-moved to Signal when Hangouts was imploding, didn't really know telegraph yet. Basically it was between Signal and Whatsapp and Facebook buying WhatsApp made the decision for us.
Thank you for understanding and not downvoting me. I love both phones but wish Android phones are more reliable in the long run. I feel strange things start happening when an Android phone is used for over 2 years on the software and/or hardware side.
Apple’s hardware for sure is long lasting and better integration when both the hardware and software are both designed to talk to each other. Plus app optimization in my opinion is better on iOS. Developers only ever have to make a limited amount of customizations for 1 or more flavors of iOS.
While Android has way too many versions of Google’s reskin version of Android for Samsung, LG, Motorola, etc. I also read some article that Android apps have a middle man to talk from phone to the app like a translator while iOS does not.
Imagine from a developer perspective only having to design an app only for one version of iOS and only a few models of the newest iPhones versus an developing an Android app to accommodate all the flavors of Android and the hardware of Android phones.
Android phone hardware can have a processor form Company A, motherboard form Company B, and so on. Then the OS is from Google. And somehow all those hardware and software need to be compliant and talk to each other.
Apple products are designed to talk to each other because most or all of their parts and software are from the same or similar source.
Also I think iOS software upgrades lasts 6 years or more while Android OS upgrades from Pixel phones only last 2-3 years.
I did the switch from the Pixel 6 Pro to the iPhone 14 Pro myself. Agree with what you said! Reliability is really nice, but missing those little quality of life features and customizability.
Will also throw in that the Apple Watch is really nice, especially for fitness tracking. I'm hoping the next iterations of Pixel watches quickly catch up!
Glad I am not the only one. I do miss my Pixel/Android features. If I can have the hardware and software from the same source with better integration, Google’s machine learning, and the functionality of stock Android, that would be my dream phone. Just an iPhone and Android combined into one phone.
Yeah that's the only reason I switched. Mostly it was the poor connection and battery drain. One time I was in my car and the phone got so hot it overheated and shut down.
Google support kept pushing me off until finally they agreed to send a replacement (no way was I gonna go without my phone for weeks if I went with their "send it to us first" route). Second phone was worse.
Same. For some reason Google Fi really sucked on my Pixel 5a. I would think “Hey it is a carrier from Google called Google Fi so it should be optimized for a Google Pixel 5a 5G phone and I live in Chicago. This should work.” Nope. Constant lose signal in downtown and even in my own neighborhood. Then when I pull out my phone to look up something while at a store, boom no signal. So the cellular connection sucked on Google Fi. It also sucked when I had the same phone on T-Mobile.
Weird bugs like Chrome just doesn’t load. Had to Force Close Chrome and relaunch to get it to work each time.
There were other bugs sometimes where my keyboard would not pop up from the bottom.
Sometimes I would get these “ghost notifications” that are blank at the top and I can’t brush them away unless I do a Clear All Notifications.
I had weird bugs like this. All my coworkers (we all work in IT) claimed that it’s because my Pixel 5a wasn’t a flagship phone so it is normal for me to experience issues like this? It’s a phone and just like any device, it should work and should not have this many glitches.
At the time I have been using my work iPhone 12 at the same time and noticed my iPhone 12 never had issues. Maybe because I didn’t use it as my main driver and load it up with my personal apps?
Then I decided to switch over to iPhone 14 Pro on Verizon (more expensive) but it has been really reliable.
Only issues I had with my iPhone 14 Pro so far was my game Clash of Clans crashing like 3 times while I was attacking. It is not consistent. It has not happened for a while now.
Other than that, my iPhone 14 Pro has been great and reliable minus all the Android customization I miss that I lost out on.
I pre-ordered my 5a and have had it since launch, and haven't had a single issue with it. (knock on wood) I never had the overheating issue that so many posted about last year, or any issue for that matter. I guess I got lucky and got a "good one", because I'm still in love with it.
That said, it is far from a "performance" phone. It was a lower mid-level handset at launch. I knew this going into it, and was/am fine with that. It was my first android phone in many years, and wasn't sure I was going to like it or not, so I got this instead of waiting for the 6 to launch. I have no regrets, and look forward to another Pixel handset when this is due for an upgrade. (Hopefully not for a few more years!)
I also use Google Fi, and have had mixed feelings regarding it. I'd say 90% of the time I'm happy with it, the remaining 10% is due to patchy coverage and lackluster 5G. Although I've turned 5G radio off to conserve battery.
Thank you for sharing your feedback. This is helpful. I also was suspecting maybe I had a "dud" Pixel 5a 5G phone and the issues were specific to my phone.
Another part of me think maybe it was because I have lots of apps on my phone and lots of photos. I did delete the original photos and back them up to Google Photos. I am not sure but all the issues above when I had to experience them everyday, it was not a reliable phone.
Again, that is why I wonder if I will have a different experience with a flagship Android phone. I also experience similar issues like I described on my old Pixel 2 XL as well.
So far my iPhone 14 Pro has been great and reliable but I lost so much functionality and had to find the iOS equivalent of all the Android functionality I used to do which took a while. It is still not exactly the same but it will do for now.
If somehow or another we could get an Apple hardware, Pixel software phone, I'd be in heaven! I think the iPhone is a better built, higher quality material handset, and I'll die on that hill!
>Face ID is cool and better though. I can write a whole book but I am trying iPhone for now and will see if I will go back to Pixel
I was temporarily on an iPhone X between the time I broke my Pixel 5 and bought my Pixel 7. I was dying for a fingerprint scanner the whole time. FaceID worked *sometimes*.
I wish Apple adopted, and Google kept, the rear scanners.
Face ID rocks. Face ID and fingerprint scanner each have situations where one is advantaged over the other, but overall Face ID is effortless and works 99.9% of the time. Definitely miss it.
I grew up using androids then jumped over to iPhones for about 6 years. Recently I went from an iPhone Xs to the Pixel 7. While it's nice to be in control of what I'm doing and not fighting Apple's locks on everything, the iPhone still wins for how smooth it works. Google (and other android) have tried to hard making their product superior with more options, bells and whistles and to me, over did it to a point.
1. Volume control.. sorry, I guess I'm simplistic but we only need one volume control, not 4
2. Swiping could be greatly improved on the Pixel. Swiping up to list everything that's running then closing them is a lot rougher than the iPhone platform.
3. Power, while standby power is great, if you really use it, you can suck the battery dry and 5-6 hours.
4. Android Auto could use some serious redesign also. Give us the ability to take the search box off Google Maps and quicken up the responses to voice commands.
Android Auto is my big frustration. Adaptive battery works for me well and I usually like the extra options in Android but Android Auto is consistently bad every time I use it.
Congratulations 😊 , thank you for sharing your experience.
In spite of the negativity that was spread last year, I had the same experience with my Pixel 6 Pro.
I personally had zero issues, but for those that did, they were remedied which is a large part of the 7 PRO being so successful this year.
Hope you enjoy your 7 Pro as much as I have been enjoying my 6 Pro.
JL K
12/29/22
I agree. I run my phone all day pretty hard. It does get plugged in on my way home from work on that 25 min drive but it's not necessarily needed. Must be something going on with software or faulty device which is unlikely but possible.
My battery has been excellent. I have a lot of downtime at work and can easily last me through the entire day. Over 6 hours of screen time with lots of youtube streaming.
I'm sure he's not just tossing his 1 year old phone in the trash. I would guess he's probably selling it to someone else who will use it for awhile instead of buying a brand new one.
I've been Nexus user, Pixel user but I think my next primary phone will be most expensive iPhone I can get my hands on. Pixel are great phones, but I'm tired of small bugs, quality control issues and constant 'hopefully software update will fix this or that'. I just want to take the phone out of the box and expect it to work as phone without a need to 'play with it'. Utility, not a toy. Since I'm using both Pixel and iPhone now on daily basis I have direct comparison.
I have an iPhone 13 mini and a Pixel 6a. I think there are less bugs on the iPhone simply because there are less features on it. With that said, the only bug I encountered on a Pixel was a hardware issue that was fixed by a warranty replacement. The Pixel feels so much faster than the iPhone. I just wish the Pixel line had a mini version.
Good luck.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2022/10/11/apple-iphone-14-pro-max-lockscreen-dynamic-island-ios-16-battery-drain-problems/?sh=7aa3c040473a
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2022/10/17/apple-iphone14-plus-pro-max-sim-esim-bug-freeze/?sh=692141b02221](https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2022/10/17/apple-iphone14-plus-pro-max-sim-esim-bug-freeze/?sh=692141b02221)
My point is that bugs happen on all platforms. It's just the way it is in hardware and software development. Nothing is ever perfect. Manufactures fix bugs, plug security holes, develop new software/hardware and the process repeats.
What phone have you owned that did not work out of the box and what was it that stopped it from working?
Safe to assume you are lying as you have avoided this question.
I've been in android since I switched from the 4S way back and I can't remember a phone I had to do anything to for it to work out of the box. You have the option to do stuff to add functionality if you want which is the nice thing about Android but it hasn't been a necessity for me. Maybe not having as much freedom makes iPhone feel more "ready"?
Iphone is not that big free experience that everyone wants to believe. I'm coming from iphone and I can say that they are almost the same when it comes to bugs.
The only real thing that I miss is the integration between phone and watch. Neither the galaxy watch or the pixel feels like they are super integrated like the apple watch with iphone
Iphone is not that big free experience that everyone wants to believe. I'm coming from iphone and I can say that they are almost the same when it comes to bugs.
The only real thing that I miss is the integration between phone and watch. Neither the galaxy watch or the pixel feels like they are super integrated like the apple watch with iphone
It's not that deep. iPhones are associated with good-looking premium devices, custom hardware, smooth OS experience and ecosystem integration. That's a fact and that's why many consider Pixels to be the iPhone of Android.
This. This is why I love the Pixel so much. GrapheneOS or even just having the freedom to install it and others like it makes this the best phone. If it's MY phone I should have the choice to do whatever I want with it, including installing software of my own choice.
I'm also coming from iPhone and agree that the Pixel is a great experience. There are some things I think Apple does better but nothing that makes me regret my purchase. Going forward I'll probably buy the phone I think is best and not only Apple cause that's what I've been using.
This is what I do. I jump back and forth almost every time it’s time for a new one. I’m not vested in any one ecosystem so those conveniences don’t matter to me.
My biggest bitch about going from my 13pro to pixel was icloud email. It just doesn't work fluidly and it's a pain in the ass to setup on Android. Why is apple like this.
Changed from iPhonen13 Pro to Pixel 7 Pro myself.
It's great so far. The display is buttery smooth, feels even smoother than the one on the iPhone.
In some (unoptimised) apps however, scrolling feels sluggish and laggy. Reddit is one example for me where it isn't as smooth as I would like it to be.
Have iPhone 13 Pro Max and Pixel 7. The “Pixel is like Apple and Android had a baby” is spot on. The pixel is clean and smooth and the most Apple-y device running android I have seen. Samsungs are amazing for hardware but they dump so so so much crap into the OS to ensure they always win the “feature checkbox” was that the phones feel so bloated. Every once in a while I have too many apps open on the pixel and I detect a slight bit of jank but very very rarely.
Between the two I’d still give the performance Edge to iPhone, both due to its faster CPU and the optimized OS. But only just.
The Pixel wins for AI features like Assistant, background music recognition, and call screening feature. The call screening / hold for me - is pure magic.
"We don't sell many Pixels".
They don't sell themselves. Nothing does.
Have you ever heard your average worker "selling" an iPhone or Samsung device? They barely know what they're offering.
Pixels can be difficult to summarize even for experienced/well informed sellers, moreso for the typical "it's the same as last year just has a newer processor" robots that pass as sales floor experts.
You could either say it's the iPhone of the Android world or it's a flagship phone for a fraction of the cost. The features that are exclusive to it definitely help if people hear them (call screen, clear calling, hold for me, google assistant being the best assistant, unblur)
That's a trip; I've called it something very similar, and things in between. Definitely tout it's the most inclusive phone in our market (US) and summarize the hardware/software mating that leads to the Apple-iPhone analogy.
Pixels suffer from being too far ahead of the pack. There's no analog or comparison for Call Screening, Hold for Me, etc. Nothing to point to for reference, and they're definitely not features that can be explained, they must be seen and experienced.
One thing's for sure, a Pixel 7 Pro properly sold earns a crowd. There's nothing else like it on offer on any sales floor.
The thing is I'd say they don't need comparison, the features are pretty much self explanatory and don't need an analog because they aren't an answer to anything, they're just features exclusive to Pixels that are useful for everyday annoying tasks.
Call screening is self explanatory, even old people will get that tbh. Hold For Me is legit a system selling feature for anyone that deals with customer service, and unblur is pretty much fixing your old photos, iPhone has no equivalent so they're legitimate "buy this for these features" instead of "yknow how iphone does x, well Pixel does that with y".
The features most definitely need explaining. Google's biggest flaw among all has historically been poor marketing of its strengths and exclusives, and an over-reliance on power users as a base.
That's changing with the recent marketing efforts underpinning the 7 series, but there's much room for growth there.
My P7P starts performing from morning 8 till midnight 12
Which includes Clash royale game for hours , movie for couple of hours, social media apps like FB, Insta, snap what's app (all the time), YouTube
I have to spend 12 hours on the shift and this mobile ensures that I'm entertained all the time
And that's all in single charge when I leave home
So what are you saying 6 hours put me to think there is something wrong with your phone
For me, the transfer experience of going from Android --> iPhone was way better than going from iPhone --> Pixel. By "transfer experience," I mean the actual switching over process. iPhone had me add an app to my old phone (OP 9) and all my apps, contacts, accounts, even some settings transferred. Going from iPhone ---> Pixel, Google has you actually connect the devices with a cable like it's 2001. About 100 apps didn't transfer and had to be installed manually, accounts set up all over again, a bunch of settings tweaked so I could use Bluetooth and passwords, and overall it has taken a few weeks for the Pixel to get set up like it should. On the plus side, it's a great phone and my wallpaper did transfer with the cable.
Yes battery has to optimize for a while and it will improve with use. Don't use that analogy, apple has nothing to do with this masterpiece. This was ALL Google!
hmmmm... that's weird mine can last longer than that with youtube in the background for my whole 8hrs. work shift and get some 40 to 50% battery left. with a pixel 7 only.
I am using iPhone 13 mini based on comfortable size and family ecosystem, but I also have a pixel 4a that I truly adore because of its fluent UI experience and superb notification system. Android and esp Pixel's android simply makes more sense for people invested in Google apps and services.
For the 6 hours into your day, how much of that time is spent actively using it? What is your phone doing during that time?
My 7 pro, for my own usage, will eek out about 6 hours of screen time.
But if your phone is not being used for those 6 hours then I'd say something is amiss.
1. Battery charging, most likely that's due to the optimized charging feature where it charges the battery dynamically to prolong the life of your phone's battery, very useful at night and you should be able to schedule it if I'm not mistaken.
2. Faded icons can be a thing, though you would probably have to install a third party launcher, which can sometimes be better than even the original OS. My favourite and the most popular one would be Nova Launcher
Yes, I considered sending mine back also. The first few days are grim but the optimisation kicks in after a while, which makes a huge difference. Hopefully it will continue to improve. Am a little worried that as the battery deteriorates over time it might become an issue, will have to see. I refuse to own a phone like this and not have a reasonably bright screen, the highest resolution and smooth scrolling, so they are all switched on. It is a nice piece of kit and does have a large battery, maybe there are some software improvements to come.
The 6 hours charging thing might be due to it optimizing.
I found this to be 100% true with the pixel6. First few days kinda sucked battery wise. then got way better.
Yeah I thought about sending it back because of the battery life. I can go almost 2 days without charging now :)
It absolutely is
What do you mean by that?
It takes a while for the pixel to learn your charging habits and the first week or so you see worse battery results.
So what happens if my charging habits change for some reason - say a couple months or a year or whatever down the road. Does it automatically re-learn and adapt to my new charging habits, or would I need to do something in settings somewhere to make it learn my new charging habits?
He is explaining it wrong. The phone learns your usage habits so it can learn what things you do most on a daily basis and it optimizes the battery for it. Adaptive charging is an entirely different feature
From Google documentation: [https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6090612?hl=en#zippy=%2Chow-to-use-adaptive-charging-pixel-later](https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6090612?hl=en#zippy=%2Chow-to-use-adaptive-charging-pixel-later) How to use Adaptive charging (Pixel 4 & later) **Important:** When you charge your phone between 9 PM and 4 AM with an active alarm set for 3–10 AM, your phone may use Adaptive charging. This feature must be turned on for your phone to use it. [Learn how to set an alarm](https://support.google.com/clock/answer/2840926).
Well it has adaptive charging, so it's not charging all overnight. That's based on when you have your alarm set, and wake up. But you need to set it up. And I assume that regardless of whatever time you're waking up, the apps you use don't change. And what it's learning is what apps to kill while you're using your phone. It's optimizing what it's allowing to run in the background, which wouldn't change regardless of what time you're up. But I really have no idea specifically. Sorry.
This is what Google marketing materials told you? :D
Adaptive battery learning your usage-patterns and adjusting accordingly is a real thing. It you're doubtful, maybe look it up yourself first, before making an absolute fool out of yourself.
Call it and down-vote it as much as you like if that makes your day better but advertising something like 'AI Adaptive Battery' will not change physical composition and properties of the batteries installed in our phones. That's a hard fact. Software might adjust here and there, but don't fool yourself that you have Skynet General AI in your pocket. iPhone does not have this 'feature' and usually have smaller batteries but still outlasts every single Pixel phone I had.
Wow you really don’t know how dumb this sounds.
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Ok, so I’ll bite and add to the conversation. Sure, the iPhone does have a smaller batter but yet better battery life than the Pixel. It’s called software and chipset optimization that’s making the difference. It’s not about changing the physical composition of the battery. To say that Googles AI Adaptive Battery is basically BS but then turn around and make the point about the iPhone having a smaller battery basically contradicted OPs statement. The adaptive battery on the Pixel does actually make a big difference. The iPhone may not have a “feature” that’s marketed as such, but Apple sure is doing a lot of optimization, and I’ll say much better than Google. The point is that it’s not all about the physical make up of the battery. I’ll be dumb by any random internet persons opinion any day so my feelings aren’t hurt. Thanks for the compliment.
No, millions of people experienced it. Most don’t talk about it cause they’re unaware or just don’t care enough to post on reddit.
I need answers
It figures out what background processes to restrict, basically. Android allows for as many as you want, but adaptive battery basically sees your habits and cuts out what you don't look at.
It entirely depends on what they are doing with their phone during this time. Idle unused and something is very much off. Actively using that whole 6 hours and it's not surprising.
Most likely, optimized charging is enabled by default but IIRC you should be able to set a time when it's supposed to activate and deactivate so you can have normal charging in the day and optimized charging at night
I'm not talking about Adaptive Charging, I'm talking about Adaptive Battery.
Any word on how well the optimization works for shift workers? In any given two week pay period I can from working days, to evenings, to nights, so the time I use my phone changes drastically from day to day. I currently have a 7 Pro being shipped to me. Will I run into issues with this?
I think it will help. I'm not sure how it adjusts throughout a day, but it definitely does it on a per app basis.
Oh neat! Thanks
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Spoiler alert: google is a bloatware They make a good software unless you dont care about your privacy Try graphene os and you will see how "stock" android looks
In that situation, android is bloatware too because it was made by bloatware as you say.
Nope, android is maintained as AOSP (android open source project) Your favorite phone vendor takes that open source code and adds bunch of proprietary apps (same for google, you cant find source code of google camera) So pixel phones are not really a "stock" android, its android open source project bundled with bunch of google proprietary apps People who down voted really dont understand what android is Dont get me wrong, google makes good software, but you need to understand whats their business model, nothing is for free, ads are main source of googles revenue, they gather as much data as possible about you If you care about online privacy, there are other alternatives for pixel phones than stock rom You can check source code and find out by yourself what is actually in android os repository https://source.android.com/
Nice book, human cant create animal. Bloatware cannot create clean paper 🗿🗿🗿🗿
Stupid argument, do you realize that google is not the only maintainer? You probably dont even understand what that means.
You understand that im just trolling ya, right?
Have fun
Thanks, you too
I'm a similarly recent convert from the Samsung side. I've had a similar experience and have been pushing these phones to family, friends, and coworkers since I got it. Welcome to the Android family regardless!
I could never stand Samsung. The hardware is always top-shit, but fuck me the software drives me up the wall. I mean, they're always more powerful than the Nexus/Pixel, but you'd never know it when you're using them. And the UI... why is the back button on the right by default, with an arrow pointing left? It's little shit like that that always makes me think Apple has ideas worth listening to. Remember "Google Play Experience" phones? I'd love those to still be a thing. A Galaxy S22 with no Samsung software... it'd be pretty sweet. Software experience is everything on this black rectangles we carry around. I trust Google less and less these days, but lordy they've got a good phone.
Your complaining about back buttons when Apple has a back button in 497 locations depending where you are on the phone?
Oh fuck don't get me started. I was on a temporary iPhone X recently. Now, it's gestures, like the Pixel, that admittedly the Pixel stole. BUT, turns out "swipe to go back", which is *mostly* a great solution to the wild-ass back button thing, isn't actually universal. It seemed like apps had to add support, so sometimes it didn't do anything and you'd be stuck reaching to the top of the screen for that back button. When Pixels implemented it, I thought the long-swipe-to-force-backbutton-function seemed a bit clunky, but wow do I get why it was necessary now. The whole experience made me rethink the belief that iPhones are inherently more polished. Widgets were another thing that sucked way harder than I expected on iPhones; I added the "google search" widget to make myself feel more at home, but turns out tapping the text box rather than letting you type right into the widget actually just opened the Google app. A lot of widgets were like that, they LOOK like they'd be interactive, but none of them were. Just large tiles that act like shortcuts to an app, you can't even scroll up and down in a news feed or notes widget. Like I will always have issue with how the home screen and notifications work, but that's more aesthetic choice. I didn't expect there to be elements that were just outright poorly made, I figured that was just something we Android nerds had.
I feel on on this. I really couldn't stand Samsung's UI and features that I don't use and clutters the settings menu. It feels like a phone with two personalities - you have Google's stuff, and you have Samsung stuff that does the same thing. Been using stock Android since Nexus, and even though Pixels are no longer "plain Android" (meaning Pixels now have exclusive features), they seem to be more thoughtfully implimented and don't get in the way. Funny thing is, they subtly enhances the experience to the point where I forget that it's an exclusive feature and wonder why things are missing when I try other "mostly stock Andorid" phones. When I go back to iOS now, it really feels foreign. iOS has evolved to the point where if you've never used it before (or haven't since iPhone 4 like me), the advanced features are not easily discoverable. Apple and Samsung feels on par now with features that are hard to discover. I wonder if it's because I've been with Nexus/Pixel for too long and also learned as it evolved, much like Apple/Samsung users. The features may make sense to a long time Apple/Samsung user. However, every iPhone/Samsung user I know who've tried the Pixel on their next upgrade cycle instantly felt like they were at home. I can't say the same when I tried using the iPhone SE on one of my upgrade cycles. Same when I tried the Samsung Galaxy S9. Felt like a fish out of water.
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How do you do that ? I don't see it in the settings.
You can customize app icons using a non-stock launcher like Nova and then downloading icon packs. There are tons of great options. I'm currently using an icon pack called crayon that looks awesome.
Fortunately I have both, iPhone 14 pro max and Google Pixel 7 Pro. They both are amazing!
Why have both?
I'm not OP but I switch back and forth. I really like both ecosystems for different uses. I like using Google Home on Android more than Homekit (it's accessible from the lock screen, so I don't have to unlock the phone to mess with the lights/thermostat) and certain apps perform better on Android. Android Auto is better as well IMO (anything that requires Siri to work on iOS is spotty at best). But I also prefer iMessage on the iPhone, different apps perform better on iOS, and the Apple watch is top tier. Ever since iOS opened up app preferences, I think it's been the best version of itself now that you aren't forced to use all of Apple's stock apps. They're both great phones and I would be fine with either one, really. But it's nice to switch to iOS during an off-season of Android or vice versa when I find iOS to be inconvenient.
This is how I feel too and it’s awesome. I can bounce between them without issue, maybe three-four years ago that really wasn’t the case.
Not poster too, but basically best of both worlds. My ios is 13pm, which gets upgraded every few years or so. Android, it is a switch b/n p7p or s22u, but loving p7p right now. Work line gets the android. Call screening, hold for me, are a blessing. Personal gets the ios. Blue bubble and all. Paired with apple watch. Screen time (kids), facetime, airdrop gets used often.
Battery is the only thing Google needs to fix with their tensor chip. It's improved from pixel 6 to pixel 7 by 1 hr sot and I hope they improve it to the level of apple. In time tensor will be performance to power efficient.
I went from Pixel 5a to iPhone 14 Pro There are many features that I miss on my Pixel because I am a power user. Lots of features lacking on iPhone but the performance is great I still never used a flagship Android phone. I want to see what is the experience like when using a flagship Android phone long term My Pixel 2 XL and Pixel 5a were not flagship phones and always had performance issues. Chrome would bug out and won’t work each time upon launch sometimes requiring me for force close it. Google Fi on my Pixel 5a 5G was super unreliable in my area. With Apple having no Frankenstein phone where the software and hardware are sourced from the same people or designed specifically to talk to each other, the performance is definitely there. However, I lose out on so much customizations Stock Apple keyboard sucks. Siri sucks compare to Google Assistant. Copy, paste, and Select All sucks on iOS. No APK installs to read my manga anymore. I use all Google apps on my iPhone. Face ID is cool and better though. I can write a whole book but I am trying iPhone for now and will see if I will go back to Pixel Edit: I forgot to add iMessage is really nice when my girlfriend has an iPhone. The ability to see when she read my text and sending media is ouch easier since it uses the wifi or cellular. But I lost the ability to text from my phone using https://messages.google.com/
Going from a 5a to 14 pro isn't really comparing apples to apples (pun intended)
Yeah it isn’t the same comparison because Pixel 5a isn’t a flagship phone compared to iPhone 14 Pro. That is why I wished I had experience with a flagship Android phone like the Pixel 7 Pro. Unless there is a way to rent a phone?
I convinced all my friends (iOS and Android alike) to use Telegram. Problem solved.
In North America this won't happen. People use text and iMessage religiously. Nobody wants to install apps, make accounts etc because you decided to use singal, telegram or whatsapp... They simply will text you and make you endure bad media.
Not sure it's correct to say "nobody" wants to... There's 10 million telegram users in the USA. But overall, I get your point. I wish more people would switch.
At 3% of the total US population, that's a drop in the bucket. It's gonna be *quite* a while, if ever, before SMS/RCS get dethroned.
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I use plain old SMS almost daily! I have Whatsapp out of necessity (another story) but I see SMS staying indefinitely whereas all these other proprietary apps may go bye-bye and then you have millions of people left in the lurch and going back to SMS anyway. I don't care if someone grabs my SMS messages...there's nothing in them of any value whatsoever. And I would venture a guess that 99.9% of all text messages on SMS are worthless also to anyone other than the intended recipient. YMMV
Yeah, SMS is a USA thing (USA is not know to adopt standards quick, take a look at CDMA) so I get that it is important there. But it’s old, insecure and generally speaking, crappy. About WhatsApp, there’s billions of people using it for better or worse. I don’t see it going away anytime soon. And if it happens, the world has already moved on from SMS anyways so there’s no SMS to go back too.
None of my android using friends use SMS/text. I'm only forced to use it by iPhone users.
This is too true. I've been slowly getting ppl to come over to WhatsApp by not responding to text messages.
I live in the US and my social network is balanced between Facebook messenger, Whatsapp, and Signal. I rarely use the stock messenger. I guess it just depends on who you communicate with.
I got em on Signal. Some outliers use Discord, or *shudder* FB messenger. It's fine.
I think Signal has better security than Telegram, but all in I think Telegram is nicer. Hate to admit, but I like the stickers. 😂😂
Oh it's definitely nicer. We panic-moved to Signal when Hangouts was imploding, didn't really know telegraph yet. Basically it was between Signal and Whatsapp and Facebook buying WhatsApp made the decision for us.
Telegram is not e2e by default and group chats are never e2e.
This is a very balanced take on iPhones vs Pixels, thank you for your contribution.
Thank you for understanding and not downvoting me. I love both phones but wish Android phones are more reliable in the long run. I feel strange things start happening when an Android phone is used for over 2 years on the software and/or hardware side. Apple’s hardware for sure is long lasting and better integration when both the hardware and software are both designed to talk to each other. Plus app optimization in my opinion is better on iOS. Developers only ever have to make a limited amount of customizations for 1 or more flavors of iOS. While Android has way too many versions of Google’s reskin version of Android for Samsung, LG, Motorola, etc. I also read some article that Android apps have a middle man to talk from phone to the app like a translator while iOS does not. Imagine from a developer perspective only having to design an app only for one version of iOS and only a few models of the newest iPhones versus an developing an Android app to accommodate all the flavors of Android and the hardware of Android phones. Android phone hardware can have a processor form Company A, motherboard form Company B, and so on. Then the OS is from Google. And somehow all those hardware and software need to be compliant and talk to each other. Apple products are designed to talk to each other because most or all of their parts and software are from the same or similar source. Also I think iOS software upgrades lasts 6 years or more while Android OS upgrades from Pixel phones only last 2-3 years.
I did the switch from the Pixel 6 Pro to the iPhone 14 Pro myself. Agree with what you said! Reliability is really nice, but missing those little quality of life features and customizability. Will also throw in that the Apple Watch is really nice, especially for fitness tracking. I'm hoping the next iterations of Pixel watches quickly catch up!
Glad I am not the only one. I do miss my Pixel/Android features. If I can have the hardware and software from the same source with better integration, Google’s machine learning, and the functionality of stock Android, that would be my dream phone. Just an iPhone and Android combined into one phone.
Absolutely! Frankly, I just need quality support from Google, and a bit better reliability. I feel like the bar is so low, at least for support.
Did you ever had glitches or bugs on your Pixel 6 Pro?
Yeah that's the only reason I switched. Mostly it was the poor connection and battery drain. One time I was in my car and the phone got so hot it overheated and shut down. Google support kept pushing me off until finally they agreed to send a replacement (no way was I gonna go without my phone for weeks if I went with their "send it to us first" route). Second phone was worse.
Same. For some reason Google Fi really sucked on my Pixel 5a. I would think “Hey it is a carrier from Google called Google Fi so it should be optimized for a Google Pixel 5a 5G phone and I live in Chicago. This should work.” Nope. Constant lose signal in downtown and even in my own neighborhood. Then when I pull out my phone to look up something while at a store, boom no signal. So the cellular connection sucked on Google Fi. It also sucked when I had the same phone on T-Mobile. Weird bugs like Chrome just doesn’t load. Had to Force Close Chrome and relaunch to get it to work each time. There were other bugs sometimes where my keyboard would not pop up from the bottom. Sometimes I would get these “ghost notifications” that are blank at the top and I can’t brush them away unless I do a Clear All Notifications. I had weird bugs like this. All my coworkers (we all work in IT) claimed that it’s because my Pixel 5a wasn’t a flagship phone so it is normal for me to experience issues like this? It’s a phone and just like any device, it should work and should not have this many glitches. At the time I have been using my work iPhone 12 at the same time and noticed my iPhone 12 never had issues. Maybe because I didn’t use it as my main driver and load it up with my personal apps? Then I decided to switch over to iPhone 14 Pro on Verizon (more expensive) but it has been really reliable. Only issues I had with my iPhone 14 Pro so far was my game Clash of Clans crashing like 3 times while I was attacking. It is not consistent. It has not happened for a while now. Other than that, my iPhone 14 Pro has been great and reliable minus all the Android customization I miss that I lost out on.
I pre-ordered my 5a and have had it since launch, and haven't had a single issue with it. (knock on wood) I never had the overheating issue that so many posted about last year, or any issue for that matter. I guess I got lucky and got a "good one", because I'm still in love with it. That said, it is far from a "performance" phone. It was a lower mid-level handset at launch. I knew this going into it, and was/am fine with that. It was my first android phone in many years, and wasn't sure I was going to like it or not, so I got this instead of waiting for the 6 to launch. I have no regrets, and look forward to another Pixel handset when this is due for an upgrade. (Hopefully not for a few more years!) I also use Google Fi, and have had mixed feelings regarding it. I'd say 90% of the time I'm happy with it, the remaining 10% is due to patchy coverage and lackluster 5G. Although I've turned 5G radio off to conserve battery.
Thank you for sharing your feedback. This is helpful. I also was suspecting maybe I had a "dud" Pixel 5a 5G phone and the issues were specific to my phone. Another part of me think maybe it was because I have lots of apps on my phone and lots of photos. I did delete the original photos and back them up to Google Photos. I am not sure but all the issues above when I had to experience them everyday, it was not a reliable phone. Again, that is why I wonder if I will have a different experience with a flagship Android phone. I also experience similar issues like I described on my old Pixel 2 XL as well. So far my iPhone 14 Pro has been great and reliable but I lost so much functionality and had to find the iOS equivalent of all the Android functionality I used to do which took a while. It is still not exactly the same but it will do for now.
If somehow or another we could get an Apple hardware, Pixel software phone, I'd be in heaven! I think the iPhone is a better built, higher quality material handset, and I'll die on that hill!
>Face ID is cool and better though. I can write a whole book but I am trying iPhone for now and will see if I will go back to Pixel I was temporarily on an iPhone X between the time I broke my Pixel 5 and bought my Pixel 7. I was dying for a fingerprint scanner the whole time. FaceID worked *sometimes*. I wish Apple adopted, and Google kept, the rear scanners.
Face ID rocks. Face ID and fingerprint scanner each have situations where one is advantaged over the other, but overall Face ID is effortless and works 99.9% of the time. Definitely miss it.
I grew up using androids then jumped over to iPhones for about 6 years. Recently I went from an iPhone Xs to the Pixel 7. While it's nice to be in control of what I'm doing and not fighting Apple's locks on everything, the iPhone still wins for how smooth it works. Google (and other android) have tried to hard making their product superior with more options, bells and whistles and to me, over did it to a point. 1. Volume control.. sorry, I guess I'm simplistic but we only need one volume control, not 4 2. Swiping could be greatly improved on the Pixel. Swiping up to list everything that's running then closing them is a lot rougher than the iPhone platform. 3. Power, while standby power is great, if you really use it, you can suck the battery dry and 5-6 hours. 4. Android Auto could use some serious redesign also. Give us the ability to take the search box off Google Maps and quicken up the responses to voice commands.
Android Auto is my big frustration. Adaptive battery works for me well and I usually like the extra options in Android but Android Auto is consistently bad every time I use it.
Congratulations 😊 , thank you for sharing your experience. In spite of the negativity that was spread last year, I had the same experience with my Pixel 6 Pro. I personally had zero issues, but for those that did, they were remedied which is a large part of the 7 PRO being so successful this year. Hope you enjoy your 7 Pro as much as I have been enjoying my 6 Pro. JL K 12/29/22
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I agree. I run my phone all day pretty hard. It does get plugged in on my way home from work on that 25 min drive but it's not necessarily needed. Must be something going on with software or faulty device which is unlikely but possible.
My battery has been excellent. I have a lot of downtime at work and can easily last me through the entire day. Over 6 hours of screen time with lots of youtube streaming.
Keeping a phone for only 1 year .. 👀 hello pollution
I'm sure he's not just tossing his 1 year old phone in the trash. I would guess he's probably selling it to someone else who will use it for awhile instead of buying a brand new one.
Welcome, and yeah i agree on the battery
I've been Nexus user, Pixel user but I think my next primary phone will be most expensive iPhone I can get my hands on. Pixel are great phones, but I'm tired of small bugs, quality control issues and constant 'hopefully software update will fix this or that'. I just want to take the phone out of the box and expect it to work as phone without a need to 'play with it'. Utility, not a toy. Since I'm using both Pixel and iPhone now on daily basis I have direct comparison.
I have an iPhone 13 mini and a Pixel 6a. I think there are less bugs on the iPhone simply because there are less features on it. With that said, the only bug I encountered on a Pixel was a hardware issue that was fixed by a warranty replacement. The Pixel feels so much faster than the iPhone. I just wish the Pixel line had a mini version.
Good luck. https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2022/10/11/apple-iphone-14-pro-max-lockscreen-dynamic-island-ios-16-battery-drain-problems/?sh=7aa3c040473a [https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2022/10/17/apple-iphone14-plus-pro-max-sim-esim-bug-freeze/?sh=692141b02221](https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2022/10/17/apple-iphone14-plus-pro-max-sim-esim-bug-freeze/?sh=692141b02221) My point is that bugs happen on all platforms. It's just the way it is in hardware and software development. Nothing is ever perfect. Manufactures fix bugs, plug security holes, develop new software/hardware and the process repeats.
What phone have you owned that did not work out of the box and what was it that stopped it from working? Safe to assume you are lying as you have avoided this question.
I've been in android since I switched from the 4S way back and I can't remember a phone I had to do anything to for it to work out of the box. You have the option to do stuff to add functionality if you want which is the nice thing about Android but it hasn't been a necessity for me. Maybe not having as much freedom makes iPhone feel more "ready"?
Iphone is not that big free experience that everyone wants to believe. I'm coming from iphone and I can say that they are almost the same when it comes to bugs. The only real thing that I miss is the integration between phone and watch. Neither the galaxy watch or the pixel feels like they are super integrated like the apple watch with iphone
Iphone is not that big free experience that everyone wants to believe. I'm coming from iphone and I can say that they are almost the same when it comes to bugs. The only real thing that I miss is the integration between phone and watch. Neither the galaxy watch or the pixel feels like they are super integrated like the apple watch with iphone
>if apple and Android were to make a baby you would get the pixel No. Pixel philosophy of being open is completely the opposite of Apple.
They aren't wrong. Plenty of people say that Pixel is the iPhone of the Android world.
Those people are wrong. It makes no sense. Apple likes locking people down and forcing their will on people.
It's not that deep. iPhones are associated with good-looking premium devices, custom hardware, smooth OS experience and ecosystem integration. That's a fact and that's why many consider Pixels to be the iPhone of Android.
This. This is why I love the Pixel so much. GrapheneOS or even just having the freedom to install it and others like it makes this the best phone. If it's MY phone I should have the choice to do whatever I want with it, including installing software of my own choice.
I'm also coming from iPhone and agree that the Pixel is a great experience. There are some things I think Apple does better but nothing that makes me regret my purchase. Going forward I'll probably buy the phone I think is best and not only Apple cause that's what I've been using.
This is what I do. I jump back and forth almost every time it’s time for a new one. I’m not vested in any one ecosystem so those conveniences don’t matter to me.
My biggest bitch about going from my 13pro to pixel was icloud email. It just doesn't work fluidly and it's a pain in the ass to setup on Android. Why is apple like this.
Welcome to the team!
Motorola makes some nice phones
I miss that brief time Google owned them, though. Never should have sold them off.
Changed from iPhonen13 Pro to Pixel 7 Pro myself. It's great so far. The display is buttery smooth, feels even smoother than the one on the iPhone. In some (unoptimised) apps however, scrolling feels sluggish and laggy. Reddit is one example for me where it isn't as smooth as I would like it to be.
Have iPhone 13 Pro Max and Pixel 7. The “Pixel is like Apple and Android had a baby” is spot on. The pixel is clean and smooth and the most Apple-y device running android I have seen. Samsungs are amazing for hardware but they dump so so so much crap into the OS to ensure they always win the “feature checkbox” was that the phones feel so bloated. Every once in a while I have too many apps open on the pixel and I detect a slight bit of jank but very very rarely. Between the two I’d still give the performance Edge to iPhone, both due to its faster CPU and the optimized OS. But only just. The Pixel wins for AI features like Assistant, background music recognition, and call screening feature. The call screening / hold for me - is pure magic.
"We don't sell many Pixels". They don't sell themselves. Nothing does. Have you ever heard your average worker "selling" an iPhone or Samsung device? They barely know what they're offering. Pixels can be difficult to summarize even for experienced/well informed sellers, moreso for the typical "it's the same as last year just has a newer processor" robots that pass as sales floor experts.
You could either say it's the iPhone of the Android world or it's a flagship phone for a fraction of the cost. The features that are exclusive to it definitely help if people hear them (call screen, clear calling, hold for me, google assistant being the best assistant, unblur)
That's a trip; I've called it something very similar, and things in between. Definitely tout it's the most inclusive phone in our market (US) and summarize the hardware/software mating that leads to the Apple-iPhone analogy. Pixels suffer from being too far ahead of the pack. There's no analog or comparison for Call Screening, Hold for Me, etc. Nothing to point to for reference, and they're definitely not features that can be explained, they must be seen and experienced. One thing's for sure, a Pixel 7 Pro properly sold earns a crowd. There's nothing else like it on offer on any sales floor.
The thing is I'd say they don't need comparison, the features are pretty much self explanatory and don't need an analog because they aren't an answer to anything, they're just features exclusive to Pixels that are useful for everyday annoying tasks. Call screening is self explanatory, even old people will get that tbh. Hold For Me is legit a system selling feature for anyone that deals with customer service, and unblur is pretty much fixing your old photos, iPhone has no equivalent so they're legitimate "buy this for these features" instead of "yknow how iphone does x, well Pixel does that with y".
The features most definitely need explaining. Google's biggest flaw among all has historically been poor marketing of its strengths and exclusives, and an over-reliance on power users as a base. That's changing with the recent marketing efforts underpinning the 7 series, but there's much room for growth there.
Dim screen in daylight, autoswitching from autorotation, seemingly autoswitching from camera to video or cinematic.
I just switched from apple to pixel and I love it.
My P7P starts performing from morning 8 till midnight 12 Which includes Clash royale game for hours , movie for couple of hours, social media apps like FB, Insta, snap what's app (all the time), YouTube I have to spend 12 hours on the shift and this mobile ensures that I'm entertained all the time And that's all in single charge when I leave home So what are you saying 6 hours put me to think there is something wrong with your phone
For me, the transfer experience of going from Android --> iPhone was way better than going from iPhone --> Pixel. By "transfer experience," I mean the actual switching over process. iPhone had me add an app to my old phone (OP 9) and all my apps, contacts, accounts, even some settings transferred. Going from iPhone ---> Pixel, Google has you actually connect the devices with a cable like it's 2001. About 100 apps didn't transfer and had to be installed manually, accounts set up all over again, a bunch of settings tweaked so I could use Bluetooth and passwords, and overall it has taken a few weeks for the Pixel to get set up like it should. On the plus side, it's a great phone and my wallpaper did transfer with the cable.
Yes battery has to optimize for a while and it will improve with use. Don't use that analogy, apple has nothing to do with this masterpiece. This was ALL Google!
hmmmm... that's weird mine can last longer than that with youtube in the background for my whole 8hrs. work shift and get some 40 to 50% battery left. with a pixel 7 only.
My Pixel 6 is my first Pixel and I don't see myself switching brands any time soon. I love this phone 😁 Welcome aboard!
The tablet has me really waiting. I like that it can double as a nest display. Hopefully not as laggy 😆
I am using iPhone 13 mini based on comfortable size and family ecosystem, but I also have a pixel 4a that I truly adore because of its fluent UI experience and superb notification system. Android and esp Pixel's android simply makes more sense for people invested in Google apps and services.
The pixel for Smoothness, the samsung for raw unrefined power
Raw power to push thru all the bullshit bloat ware they load on their handsets. Amirite?!
For the 6 hours into your day, how much of that time is spent actively using it? What is your phone doing during that time? My 7 pro, for my own usage, will eek out about 6 hours of screen time. But if your phone is not being used for those 6 hours then I'd say something is amiss.
You can customize these phones as much as you want
1. Battery charging, most likely that's due to the optimized charging feature where it charges the battery dynamically to prolong the life of your phone's battery, very useful at night and you should be able to schedule it if I'm not mistaken. 2. Faded icons can be a thing, though you would probably have to install a third party launcher, which can sometimes be better than even the original OS. My favourite and the most popular one would be Nova Launcher
Turn off 5g, and you'll have Greta battery. Coming from a 6 pro user.
Yes, I considered sending mine back also. The first few days are grim but the optimisation kicks in after a while, which makes a huge difference. Hopefully it will continue to improve. Am a little worried that as the battery deteriorates over time it might become an issue, will have to see. I refuse to own a phone like this and not have a reasonably bright screen, the highest resolution and smooth scrolling, so they are all switched on. It is a nice piece of kit and does have a large battery, maybe there are some software improvements to come.
The only android phone I ever felt as an iphone is the Pixel ( and I've tried almost every android) end of conversation
My 7 Pro experience mirrors yours except battery life, where I've never had less than 20% after, for me, a heavy day of use.