U caught that too?

Usually when Apple implements something it's a mature technology and years in other products so it kind of makes sense that by now it should be a standard feature.

Mohamed Hijazi so true

Karn​ he's just simply saying maturing as a standard feature. That's all. Select android phones have been waterproofing for years now. But it seems now that the iPhone has done it, it's a must in every smartphone now.

Apple's always late to the party! So if apple's doing something now, it means it became a requirement long before that. 😏

Proven how? And by whom? This is literally one of the first Pixel reviews to hit the Internet and most in-depth reviewers haven't had the phone for more than 2 weeks (including MKBHD). So I'm gonna need a source on that "proof", buddy.

the verge has never been known to be biased in favor of android. If they're gushing over an android device, must be that they're really feeling it. This is the type of impression i hoped the phone would have on reviewers. now I really want one

So still just a meaning and not a fact. Just wait untill real tests come out and not just underbelly feelings.

+Jonathan Willis - You chose the word "proven" very poorly. Pixel XL has a battery capacity of 3450 mAh and 7 Plus has a capacity of 2900 mAh. So the intuition is that Pixel XL has the better battery life, which has been confirmed by all reviews I have seen this far.

1:56 "I'm getting like 2 hours more than I get on iPhone? he might be taking about iPhone 4

Also, *STUPENDOUS*

twice in a single video

Watch the Android authority review.

Stephen Granville ah yes, because the review that conforms to your existing opinions is obviously the unbiased objective one!

Stuart Vanlint I don't have any personal opinions on the phone seeing as I've never used one but between these two looks at the phone,one is realistic and the other is a Google promotion. I don't disagree with the phone being great,but in the case someone were to just completely go off of this,I think it's a little over the top.

Stephen Granville But you've never used it.

he said it 'doesn't feel techy' not that it isn't techy...

Joseph Harding 👏👏

Joseph Harding but what about when the top is thicker than the bottom but thinner phones have same battery size

Joseph Harding THANK YOU

yes, but pixel doesn't deliver that...with 8. how much mm thick, Pixel(not XL) got worse capacity than Galaxy S7 (while it's less thick and less big)

Joseph Harding agree to that. but then again. I also don't really care about how the phone looks in general.

fr 😂

It had to be some sort of bet to use that word twice in review...

Butchzzilla I came to the comments as soon as I heard it

Butchzzilla facts! 1st time it's okay 2nd time too much

Man this review is just... stupendous. Your comment on the other hand, well it's just stupendous.

Umbro Khan wireless charging and no bezels are kinda stupid in my opinion

Umbro Khan wireless charging and no bezels are kinda stupid in my opinion

trollarc you go first

Umbro Khan oh please

It as an amoled screen ignorant dipshit

hahaha!

yup, both candidates are crackheads

google is nerfing all pixel phones if trump wins

Jonathan Chou Trump 2016

Jonathan Chou Why not? It's pretty fun to watch actually. Scary too, but fun.

Unlike the Nexus line, which involved hardware partnerships with LG, Samsung, Huawei, etc., this is the first phone billed as "made by Google" inside and out.

Douglas but still built in htc factories by htc employees under contract to Google.... so same deal as Nexus, just htc doesn't get to stamp it's logo on

Alex Harvey that doesn't matter. the design is completely up to google. it's like Apple using Foxconn to build their hardware. apple still has their blueprints

@Alex Harvey That's not how Nexus partnership works. OEMs gets to pitch their design to Google and Google picks the hardware partner based the pitched designs, then have their input on it. Google got really opinionated at the latest iteration of Nexus phones (5X and 6P), but never 100% Google inside out. Pixel is 100% Google inside out, HTC's role in the Pixel is akin to Foxconn to iPhone, a manufacturer who builds the phone with 0 input on the matter.

Douglas It's google designed and branded, Nexus was not hardware designed by google.

It's handy when driving but that's about it....

Niels Zomer I use Siri a lot

I use Siri for everything. Excited to see how much better GA is. Siri has some issues that I hope GA is better at handling.

I love google now.. especially the cards!

Yep. I always ask Google to remind me to call someone or to do stuff.

Thanks!

:blush:

I have to say, you chose your words very carefully avoiding any signs of bias or open goals for trolls; well done!

Roman Ibrahim in which place he'd shoot this video?

He covered everything EXCEPT that the Pixel doesn't have a SD card! Google charges $100 more to go from 32GB to $128GB and it's inexcusable for today's smartphones to not include it. Shooting at 4K 30FPS takes up 375MB-400MB of space per minute! Sure Google gives you unlimited space on the cloud but it still has to be stored on the phone before upload.

you talk to his legs?

What, you think I'm some kinda weirdo? I don't talk to them.... I just listen.

Your comment on the other hand doesn't say much.

Since apparently his legs are crossed the "Feminine way". Guys usually cross their legs more wider to avoid crushing their balls.

He is skinny and has less fat in his thighs. So he is able to cross legs like that.

Hector Älfvåg what?

And neither did I say they have. I'm talking about specific design choices, like the exact same treatment of the aluminium, the same white stripes along the edges, close to identical rounding of the corners, etc. How do you guys not see the obvious theft of design? This is in no way specific to these brands, by the way. This industry seems to be feeding off of borderline plagiarism/definite plagiarism, and it's been going on for a while, too.

Or are you just so used to the plagiarism in the phone industry, that you don't see it? Either that, or blind.

Hector Älfvåg you want something unique? go make your own goddamn phone

Good job on missing the entire point.

SavageArfad Well a little bit.

Shellyman 1.0 I'm surprised, usually anything from The Verge is usually " it's the best phone every made, but the iPhone is still better"

Shellyman 1.0 Yes it is

i agree

***** LMAO!

Tony Fernandez It's a phone, not a submarine

If you want water proofing, then go with the s7 edge

The S7 Edge isn't even waterproof. It's water resistant, and hardly.

ip68 means submerged over 1 meter for over 30 minutes, pretty sure most people arent diving with thier phone it is waterproof actually for those specifications. iphone on the other hand.

Tony Fernandez best Android phone ?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 but may be better than iPhone 7 😉

Asura_14 YOU ARE THE REAL MVP👏👏👏

Agreed, this was a shill. Saying that though, i did end up buying one of these phones. Should be at least better then my Galaxy s5, that had it's battery expand within a year of buying that phone.

Asura_14 HTC isn't credited for the phone.

Pretty sure Google designed the Pixel and HTC simply manufactures it. That's the whole point about it being the first phone made by Google.

SwiftHDX No, HTC was involved from the beginning of development.

*be

lol

With that much bezel, the space should have been utilized for either a larger screen or dual front facing speakers.

unnaturalone google chin i think

Night GaMeR6

Dark Rush They're not.

Dark Rush and it makes you say "stupendous"....

***** I know. As far as bang for the buck, there are so many better phones than what Google is offering. I just want to make sure that as far as "best experiences" go, that the Verge isn't just stroking Google's...ego.

gm92845 I could not agree more.

Dark Rush Guaranteed updates in a timely manner takes the cake any day.

timothyzc well, that's what they're aiming. a phone that just work, and simple, i.e. iPhone.

timothyzc Its way better.

I know, I'm quite surprised!

Haa haa...I was shocked and nearly fell off my seat. The Verge giving an Android phone a good review. *gasp*

Of course they did that, because the Pixel is the Google iPhone.

Hyro Proto Yeah, these are the guys that gave the iPhone SE a much higher score than the note 7...

I think you mean STUPENDOUS review.

Peter Kilburn He's a liar and a douchebag.

Ahaziah of Judah Your name says it all...

What kind of videos do you do or what's your job that makes you verified at 5 subs.

in my opinion , he gave me all the reviews i need to switch from an iphone to the google pixel.. PERSPECTIVE MY BOI

I got the same vibeee

get an nexus 5x or 6p

I replaced my Nexus 5 recently with a Nexus 6P!

I never liked the 6P and anyway it's no longer available anyway.

Look at the one plus 3 great specs and price isn't that bad

Still available. Best Buy was selling the Nexus 6P for $449.99 last week. This week, it is back at $499.99.

We'll review when we get one!

what wallpaper are you using on the smaller Pixel?

Potato Lord This is normal. They had received the phone earlier than normal consumers for them to review. But manufacturers, in this case Google, set a date and time of when they are allowed to reveal their videos about the phone. About one hour ago was the date and time. They've made their videos prior to the set time. It's just common sense that they release it as soon as they are allowed to release their videos.

MRfisheri oh alright thanks for the explanation

Potato Lord also its most likely the end of the review embargo

yeah i noticed this too. earlier today i was looking for pixel stuff and suddenly just then a bunch of videos that werent 1 week ago came out. probably some embargo so they scheduled their videos

Potato Lord MKBHD you have a review, it was a first impressions

HTC had the unibody design first. try again

Umm Apple were the ones who ripped of HTC design lmao...Apple make good products but their fans are the reason why Apple is hated so much. Fyi, Apple was not the first company to 1) Create a metal unibody design 2) Remove headphone jack 3) water proof 5) 3D touch 6) Dual camera

MURICA but that doesn't matter. sure, the techies will know it, but Google pixel is targeted to your average customers, who only knows iPhones and galaxies. so people will think the pixel looks like the iphone. heck, even my coworkers thought my OnePlus 3 looks like an iPhone.

Apple is more "ripped off" than Pixel tho

We wouldn't have smartphones without Apple creating the first iPhone back in 2007.

Well he was able to compose a sentence. so you might not be fine.

ZolidSnake your grammar though..

ZolidSnake Stop writing, until you learn what a capital letter is, or a comma. Also, assintant is not a word. So, yeah, you're not smart.

Corey Watford LinustechTips dunked the S7 in sea water dosn to like 20 feet and it still worked. Resistant sure, but good enough for most people that drop it in the water? yes

Uniden still not factually correct

Corey Watford True. S7 and iPhone 7 are water resistant on immersion into water, Pixel is only resistant enough to get rained on. Either way, my phone gets in a case and is not getting dunked :)

I'm not sure all of the sudden waterproof is the necessity of all phones. Frankly, I don't go swimming with my phone, bathe with my phone. The occasional splash or sweat during workout is perfectly fine for me. So while sure water resistant is a plus but certainly not a deal breaker by any means.

mnguyea It's not designed for 'swimming pool submersion', but I've heard of plenty of stories where people get caught in the rain and their phone won't work. Motorola's "nanotech" coating really worked and was the most practical though, don't know what happened to it.

***** Lmao you're totally right, the battle never ends

Trexy Smexy I'm a Samsung fanboy and I liked this

Rad Domino Well I think the trigger line was "The best android phone you can buy". I don't see any other reason for the dislikes.

Janadz Surprisingly enough, based on the reactions I've seen, apple users are actually excited about this phone.

Why not apple users ? ya racist !

Nate Nakao your's has shipped? Mine has not :/

***** No, it's just the estimated arrival date.

Same :-)

Mine was scheduled for the 28th too, but I just got notification that it shipped and will arrive tomorrow!

Travis Jansen Lucky!

liar

Alex Vizzini store.google.com

Cristi lmao

Alex Vizzini Verizon should have them in store for you to check out.

Just wait awhile

There are phones for half the price with exactly the same specs.

GenghisDong half the price and same specs? I'm all ears go

Example that came aout this week: us.lemall.com/us/leeco_phone/

Justin Thomas That was a one off. you keep posting this comment everywhere looool

Mathias Johansen htc build the phone

Nnn

***** I don't care if you all choose to buy iPhones either. I'm just saying there are people who will just buy whatever somebody tells them is best, and the verge is telling everyone that iPhones are the best. Like you said, its personal preference; I think the verge need to acknowledge the fact that there are other phones that are on the same level as the iPhone. To me, this review says 'The pixel is a great phone, even competitive with the iPhone'. The average consumer interprets that as 'the iPhone is still the best smartphone', which it might not be for their needs.

because its still the best phone duhhhh what other smartphone sells as many as an iPhone? plus google is going the apple way with these pixel phones .

Enrique S. Just because a phone sells well doesn't mean it's the best. Normally it would, but apple is an interesting case. I believe that people buy iPhones because of its phenomenal research reputation. The iPhone was the best phone you could buy for many years. However, in the last few years other phones have become very competitive, maybe even better than the iPhone. People like Samsung are constantly innovating, with features such as curved screens, fingerprint scanners, waterproofing and amoled technology. Apple hasn't brought anything big to the table in a long time. The iPhone may be the easiest phone to use, and that's great, but it's almost certainly not the best phone anymore

***** Copying another phone isn't innovation. Apple weren't the first to do fingerprint scanning or waterproofing. The pixel doesn't have 3D touch. Although technically speaking huawei released a 3D touch phone first, I'm guessing apple still had that idea independently, so I'll give them that. Even then though, 3D touch hasn't turned out to be the big revolution apple hoped it would be. If apple release a phone with no bezels whatsoever (including top and bottom), that would be amazing. But thin bezels on the sides is nothing new. The note 7, say what you will about that phone, had nearly no bezels on the sides and there are phones from asian companies with even thinner side bezels already (I'm thinking ZTE nubai Z11 or Sharp aquos crystal). OLED still needs time to flatten out its issua, such as screen burn-in, but it is clearly ahead of LCD technology. Bolder colours, deeper blacks, and power savings. Let's not get started on the fact the 2016 iPhone has a 750p screen. I agree the pixel is nothing special on its own, even if it stands for the future of android. But the iPhone 7 is absolutely nothing special either. Sure, it's the fastest phone you can buy right now, but that isn't innovation, that's expected. One last thing, rumours for phones like the iphone 8 or galaxy s8 this far in advance are almost always exaggerated. Current rumours for the s8 show a 30mp camera, which is clearly BS. iPhone rumours ALWAYS say the next iphone will have an edgeless screen, you get desensitised to it after a while.

But touchwiz is the absolute worst

Osman Ali Khan you really wouldnt bich about it if samsungs skin was stock and nexus phones were called touch wiz

Osman Ali Khan I rather get the features of touchwiz, i´m sick and tired of stock android due to it´s lack of functionality and features, at least out of the box. But you know what? opinions, you may like "Stock android" or touchwiz.However, objectibly speaking the S7 has more features and is a more complete phone with a similar if not (due to the fact that it has been out for 6 month) price tag.

ROURKE That's why I mentioned the One Plus 3. Oxygen OS has more features than Touchwiz without all the clutter. Samsung could have easily made a sleek UI without compromising the features, but efficient UI design has been Samsung's weak point since the og Galaxy S. I'm not saying TW is bad because it has so many features, I'm saying it's bad because those features are not implemented in an easy to use way or present themselves in the infinitely long settings list. And then Samsung goes and says "We don't want to confuse our users so we are removing adoptable storage", what a joke.

ROURKE I guess those features are important to you, btw multitasking is on every Android 7.0 phone and works with almost every app rather than a select few. Also, the worst part about using a Samsung phones is updates. The S6 got Marshmallow 6 months after it was released, despite Google releasing previews to help devs and everything. Android updates make noticeable differences, especially when it comes to speed. Other OEM's take forever to update too, but Samsung is the worst offender, I mean 6 months?

cute*

It's amazing how ADVERTISING works...right?

Alox X Yup.

***** you're entitled to your opinion.

***** Again, you are entitled to feel however you want to feel. I'm not going to argue that lol.

Here's an in-depth review from ars technica; it's probably more than 2,000 words; best review so far, i think arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/10/google-pixel-review-bland-pricey-but-still-best-android-phone/

It has the best camera. Sweet OS. Fastest updates. No touchwiz. It's basically the iphone of android. Sammy phones only get more lag over time.

Dan K It may not have OIS but have you seen any videos filmed by it? It's probably the mosy stable 4k video ive seen

Oskari Lindblom well the EIS doesn't work as well as OIS. Not sure if a software update can fix that. Whatever the case may be, it's lacking everything all the fandroids said iPhone was lacking, but it seems to be getting a free pass. Definitely not the best Android phone.

nobody said it was the best apart from maybe this guy the design is meh and the specs are pretty average apart from the 821 but for the first ever pixel phone it's decent

Dan K and yes, it is arguably the best Android phone ever made, as far as performance/ease of use. Which is all that really matters, anyone that says otherwise has no business talking shop about phones.

CallMeJohto no

CallMeJohto well you have unlimited cloud storage so it's not that bad

Joaquin Zelaya just for photos...

Big Mo 4k video too

No but it does have a headphone jack.

Philip Muir True, but it's the same way Foxconn builds iPhones.

Htc didn't officially design it

Philip Muir if google bought htc then it's designed and built by google.

Philip Muir Google use HTC's facility to make the phone.

That's like saying Foxxcon makes iPhones but Apple doesnt lmao

android isnt google, android is everything that is not apple

Don't Ask Productions Google didn't really "make" the Nexus phones. They just partnered with another company like Huawei or Motorola or Samsung or LG and they basically designed and made the phone. The Pixel is actually designed by Google and HTC is only responsible for manufacturing the phones, Google designed the Pixels so the hardware actually acts seamless with their software

jstyledipset well I'd say that their design isn't that independent. You can clearly see that the borrowed a lot of design cues from the HTC 10. So I don't think that they fully designed it on their own.

jstyledipset Thank you for that

They just did the software

The Js wanna know something shocking!? This phone isn't made by Google either. It's made by HTC...

anon Google had more control on the phone than Nexus, they designed Pixel from hardware to software. HTC simply manufactured it. It's similar to how Apple designed the iPhone chip and Samsung manufactured it. It is like Samsung made it but they can't use it and thus HTC cannot use the same design.

ErwinIgnacio Foxconn make the iPhones. That being said, I don't think this is the same scenario. It looks very similar to the HTC 10. They may have selected the internals, the but externals scream HTC.

Made by HTC so ....

Nexus: software by google, design and manufacturing by googles partners (lg, huawei, htc,...) Pixel: software *and* design by google, manufacturing by google partners (in this case htc) Google saying its the first phone by themselves is purely marketing to introduce a new competition to the iphone.

Here's Verizon's statement on updates and bloatware: "First and foremost, all operating system and security updates to the Pixel devices will happen in partnership with Google. In other words, when Google releases an update, Verizon phones will receive the same update at the same time (much like iOS updates). Verizon will not stand in the way of any major updates and users will get all updates at the same time as Google. Also, the Verizon version of the Google Pixel is carrier unlocked, so you can use it where ever you like. Finally, we have three apps pre-installed on the phone Go90, My Verizon (which is your account management tool) and Verizon Messages (your messaging app). As you noted, all three can easily be uninstalled by the user."

Why would you get it through a network carrier though?

Verizon is the only major carrier, though you can get it unlocked.

Dany McJackson it does NOT have their bloat ware or tramp stamp on it. Verizon just happens to be the first and maybe the only carrier allowed to sell it.