Pixel 3 XL: First Impressions (MUCH BETTER SCREEN) By Erica Griffin

Hey guys I know this. Video is late, but I had to move apartments as soon as I got back from this event. But here it is anyway, stay tuned, hey everybody. This is Erica the technology nerd who likes to film stuff. So myself and a bunch of tech tubers, you might know, attended the Google event for the release of the pixel 3. We had a blast, and it was nice to all be together.

So here is the pixel 3, XL, and I'm going to be powering it up and using it over the next several weeks, and that will give my thoughts once I have really had a chance to play with it. Google gave me a goodie bag with a bunch of pixels related things to test out so stay tuned for that, so that notch I'm going to call it the Mickey Mouse ears, because they're quite prominent, looking and immediately off the bat I wanted to say that the color shifting is still there, but its nowhere near as bad as last year from what I can see so far, and I'm also really loving this combination of itched and glossy glass. So this whole panel here is Gorilla Glass 5, just like the front glass, and it's one solid piece they're. Looking at colors, we've got just black, clearly white, with a green power button and not pink with an orange power button. We've also got these smaller pixel three with no notch, and it's got 1080p + resolution instead of the quad HD + res that the XL has, it still looks good.

Both these displays are OLED and they're. Bigger than last year's. Both phones have the Snapdragon 845 SOC, with 4 gigabytes of RAM and up to 128 gigabytes of internal storage. Now the big focus of this event were the cameras, especially the newly added very wide-angle front-facing camera. So we've got two cameras on the front.

Now they boasted offers a view of a hundred and eighty-four percent more of the scene compared to the iPhone 10s. This is where we all got into the group selfie shot to test out this claim, and it's quite impressive, looking just make sure you aren't too much on the outskirts of the frame, or you can look pretty distorted by either look fat or a massively buff. My shoulders are not this wide, but I will continue to test this, and they claim that the camera corrects for the fish I warp. You would often get and other wide-angle photos most things, though, with this phone seem to be software and algorithmic improvements thanks to increased use of their inbuilt IP U, which they call the pixel visual core. For example, Google Lens is now built right into the camera application and can even pull out pertinent information like phone numbers without being connected to the Internet, and this is all thanks to the visual core.

So what about some big photo features? These are the big ones that they mentioned, so we've got top shot, which seems really quite impressive. It uses machine learning and automatically captures alternate shots in HDR plus, so the phone is going to suggest a better alternative. The timing wasn't perfect, or you can choose an alternate yourself, so it knows and has learned to look for smiling faces for example or eyes that are open now. We've also got super resume, which should make your sensor cropped photos sharp and clear by shooting a burst of photos while using the natural movements of your hands to add additional resolution to these zoom shots, and then we have night sight which won't be available until after launch, but they say it's going to be available on other pixel phones as well. So it's able to make low-light photography, look really fantastic and in the press, release if blue the iPhone side by side away.

So we'll see you soon enough what wizardry is involved in this machine learning process and I can't wait to test it out when it comes out. There are more features. They talked about like editing the depth of field and a portrait after you've taken the photo or getting to play around with augmented reality, which uses a core for tracking and interacting with real-world subjects. But I shall save that for a future video. Then, looking at the Google Assistant, we have a new feature.

That's called screen which deals with telemarketers for you, and this is fascinating. So just press the screen call button when a call comes in and the Google Assistant figures out whose calling, and why, by talking to the caller on your behalf, then we can see a transcript. That's printed out of what the caller is saying to the assist and then as we're watching this, we can decide how to respond such as marking this as spam forever blocking that number I can't wait to see this evolve. It already seems like a less scary evolution of what we saw last year. As for a last few new features, we now have wireless charging that can charge the phone at up to 10 watts with their new pixel stand.

The pixel stand also gives you quick access to your Google Assistant as it's sitting on the stand, and it helps you take a look at your routine for the day. It's also cool that the pixels stand, displays your music or turns into a digital photo frame when it's idle. They provided me with one of these, so I'm excited to try it out now, as for playing with the XL a little, it feels thin and comfortable in the hand, though, for my tiny hands. Just your navigation feels a bit odd, especially when trying to access the app tray, I usually have to swipe up twice, which I really don't favor, because I'm not able to get my thumb to go all the way to the top of the screen and one swipe. And if you don't like the Mickey Mouse ears, you can disable them actually under developer settings, and then you would be none the wiser, but you would have large top and bottom bezels.

Anyhow, the display looks absolutely gorgeous, and you've even got some calibration modes to boot. I will continue playing with this phone and forming thoughts. So there you have it. We've got some modest hardware improvements and a lot of softer ones. That Google hopes will make this the smartest and most helpful device that you own I am bummed, though, that we don't get a larger storage option than 128 gigabytes.

That's the large as it goes up. ? and then for pricing, it's $7.99 for the smaller 64 gigabyte model without SD card expansion capabilities. None of them have that, though they do, give you free, unlimited storage, of all your content at full resolution, then 128 gigabyte model goes up to $8.99 and then, if you step up to the XL model, starts at 899 and ends at $9.99, so these phones top out at $1000, just like all the other flagships on the market. These are not cheap. So this is all that I want to say for now.

I'm real excited to continue playing with this. It's a really beautiful phone feels really great in the hand, and if you can't stand the notch just disable it, it looks great at that point. So this has been Erica. The technology nerd likes to film stuff. Please rate comment and subscribe, and stay tuned for the full review, make sure to hit the notification bell so that you know when that drops and have a good day.

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Source : Erica Griffin