Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL blogger review By Best Buy Canada Product Videos

Hey Teddy K here for Best, Buy plugin and in this video review we take a look at the pixel 2 and pixel 2 XL, the latest smartphones from Google for Google, the pixel 2 in pixel 2 XL represent a total shift in the premium territory. So gone are the days it seems where the Nexus and pixel phones would be more affordable or mid-range undercut competitors. Now they are fully in the premium space and looking to compete, and by doing so they are offering what they believe is the best combination of hardware and software with Android they're, not saying that overtly, but that's kind of the implication here, because you have a version of Android, that's pretty much untouched, and you have hardware that is designed to Google's specifications. Lg manufactured the pixel to excel HTC manufactured the pixel too, but they just made the phone. They didn't totally design it. It was Google who did that? Having other manufacturers make the phones is fine.

It's what the phones promise that I think matters more, and so we're going to dive in a little and see what these two phones have to offer. Here's. Last year's pixel XL next to the pixel to XL. You can see the design philosophies mostly intact, though the 2x saw is a larger display, making it taller the pixel twos, the smaller the new duo, with a 5-inch AMOLED displays supplied by Samsung and is similar to design to the larger Excel version, and it's six inch. P OLED displays supplied by LG.

The two are essentially the same internally you get the same specs except for a larger battery on the two XL buttons are in the same spots, with a USB-C charging port at the bottom. Neither phone has a headphone jack, meaning you will have to use the adapter in the box to use wired headphones or to use a Bluetooth pair to go. Wireless for listening to anything on audio Google actually doesn't include any headphones with either phone. By the way the pixel 2 is considerably easier to wield for one-handed operation, whereas the 2 excels frame does make it more challenging. In both cases, there's been concern over their respective screens, particularly as it relates to color, reproduction and vibrancy.

A blue tint is noticeable in viewing at an angle, especially with the two XL it's just duller than one would expect from an OLED display and more muted than even the previous pixel phones, which had LCD screens. It is a little strange. One new feature Google threw in was the ability to squeeze the sides to trigger Google Assistant. It's neat, but I would have preferred they allow users to at least map that function to do something else other than that. The camera, however, is the standout feature.

What was already very good last year has taken another step to brilliance with these two phones. They do both use the same type of camera and can produce the same results. You're not getting one advantage over. Another Google manages to pull all these results off by using its own software that leverages HDR high dynamic range for capturing great composition in a variety of settings. I could only control exposure and shooting, so controls were very, very limited, but I found that shot really well in auto.

In almost every place I was in any way. The portrait mode is especially impressive because of how it uses one lens to do what others are doing with two: it works with the front-facing camera as well and does a solid job in low-light situations or when shooting objects rather than just people's faces. So there is a bit of an interesting twist here, because in the one sense we have a camera that is just outstanding, I mean really, really good results and the promise that it can get even better than it already is, especially once Google opens things up a little. So I didn't like, for example, the fact that there was were no manual controls, I, couldn't control, shutter, speed or ISO, or anything like that. I could use a third-party app and use it on the pixel, ? or pixel to excel, but then I wouldn't get the advantage of Google's HDR magic.

So apparently Google will be opening it up and allowing third-party app developers to make use of that which will make things fascinating. The camera is I think maybe the primary reason to get this phone. A lot of the other features. Work really well, but then you get into the screen issues and I didn't experience. Anything really that others have complained about I'd be getting burning I.

You know: okay, yeah, the blue Tim. We already talked about that. We got one over that, but I didn't notice anything that was overtly horrible about the screen. But I will agree that it's not the best screen that I've looked at either. It just lacked some of that punch that you would expect from that from an OLED screen, Nana and Google says, as I noted, that they kind of designed it that way that it's supposed to be more natural and I.

Don't know I mean this is such a subjective thing. It really depends on how you look at either way the these are two really, really good devices and to the best Android phones. You can find right now. You know everything we call quality to just perform its overall performance, I mean I, just I sift through anything I wanted to on either one of these phones games. Apps, you know, video screaming I mean it all worked, really, really well.

Three years of Android updates is kind of interesting because that's the first time that I've seen anyone making an Android phone promising three years of software support, not sign-in security updates, we're talking about like full-on Android updates up to like Android R, which is gonna, come out a few years from now. So that is a bit rare, and it puts it in line more with what Apple does with iOS, which makes things interesting. So hopefully that puts at the stage for other Android manufacturers do the same thing, but for now the pixel two and to excel kind of stand out for that, and that's my review of the pixel two and pixel to excel for Best Buy plugin, I'm, Teddy K. Thanks for watching.

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