Sparky2012
macrumors 6502
Probably... but I’ll take my chances on waiting 😉 Can only get better surely, especially for the Pixel line where with the 3rd version they’ll surely put in a solid display after this years disaster.
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Probably... but I’ll take my chances on waiting 😉 Can only get better surely, especially for the Pixel line where with the 3rd version they’ll surely put in a solid display after this years disaster.
Given how many qc issues have been discussed on the 2XL it’s a bit ironic you can’t find any on the one you have.
It seems to me Instagram has a customer service issue it needs to resolve because there are probably more almost as many Android users out there as iPhone users among Instagram customers. Maybe even more?
It’s been a long time since I texted on any of my Android phones but I recall being able to use iOS versions of emoji on them. Yep I just checked and I have them on Textra on my Samsung. I downloaded them from the Play Store if I remember correctly. Textra was really good for my needs in terms of texting with my husband. It just falls apart sending full quality video. However I’m just learning to send links to my Google Photos account now when I want to share stuff like that via text. Even when I’m using iMessages. It saves someone having to download a video if they are on the go and have weak signal.
I don’t have WhatsApp installed on my Samsung anymore. I’ll go see what I can find out.
Aneres11
macrumors 601
I think I have decided that I’m returning the Pixel 2 XL. The hardware is just not up to snuff for me.
It doesn’t feel premium for this price, yes it’s much cheaper than an iPhone X and software is probably better, but that’s another story.
I’m going to swap it out for an LG V30, just because I can. Resale in the U.K. for both Pixel 2 XL and V30 are similar so I may as well use the swap out to give the V30 a try. I would have swapped to the smaller Pixel to try but that’s now gone back up £100 to £629 rather than the £529 it has been this past week. The resale on that won’t be anywhere near £629 on that so I’d be losing more than the V30 resale.
That’s how it is in my weird mind anyway haha. The camera on the Pixel is the only thing I will miss. It is absolutely outstanding. Need I even say it. But comparison shots with the X in low light and the Pixel is just head and shoulders above.
I honestly think I’d be happier with the smaller Pixel, but not happier with that over my X.
It doesn’t feel premium for this price, yes it’s much cheaper than an iPhone X and software is probably better, but that’s another story.
I’m going to swap it out for an LG V30, just because I can. Resale in the U.K. for both Pixel 2 XL and V30 are similar so I may as well use the swap out to give the V30 a try. I would have swapped to the smaller Pixel to try but that’s now gone back up £100 to £629 rather than the £529 it has been this past week. The resale on that won’t be anywhere near £629 on that so I’d be losing more than the V30 resale.
That’s how it is in my weird mind anyway haha. The camera on the Pixel is the only thing I will miss. It is absolutely outstanding. Need I even say it. But comparison shots with the X in low light and the Pixel is just head and shoulders above.
I honestly think I’d be happier with the smaller Pixel, but not happier with that over my X.
Aneres11
macrumors 601
Ignore all that. CPW website has Pixels with £100 off still so I may be in luck. If that is the case I will go for the smaller one. I can't tell you how much of a breath of fresh air a smaller phone has been in the iPhone X.
A 6" display is too big for me. I have really small hands for a guy and this is just too large. What's weird is, the Pixel 2 XL is almost the same height as my XZ Premium was which I adored, and had no problems with the size of. But I had used bigger phones all year up until the Essential and then the X, and a smaller device has suddenly become ideal again. Something I never thought I'd hear myself say.
Tomorrow morning I'm off to pick up my Christmas present to then give to my parents to wrap up. You wouldn't think I was 29 years old haha. Whilst I'm there I will swap the Pixel out as the electronics store I'm going to has a CPW built inside it as they're sister companies. As a side note, my Xmas gift is a Google Pixelbook which I'm pretty excited about...
I kept being asked what I wanted for Christmas and didn't really want anything specific so we always just give each other money when that happens so I thought I'd put it towards a Pixelbook and make up the rest myself. Exciting stuff!
If the smaller Pixel doesn't do it for me then it's X all the way until something else entices me. 😱
A 6" display is too big for me. I have really small hands for a guy and this is just too large. What's weird is, the Pixel 2 XL is almost the same height as my XZ Premium was which I adored, and had no problems with the size of. But I had used bigger phones all year up until the Essential and then the X, and a smaller device has suddenly become ideal again. Something I never thought I'd hear myself say.
Tomorrow morning I'm off to pick up my Christmas present to then give to my parents to wrap up. You wouldn't think I was 29 years old haha. Whilst I'm there I will swap the Pixel out as the electronics store I'm going to has a CPW built inside it as they're sister companies. As a side note, my Xmas gift is a Google Pixelbook which I'm pretty excited about...
I kept being asked what I wanted for Christmas and didn't really want anything specific so we always just give each other money when that happens so I thought I'd put it towards a Pixelbook and make up the rest myself. Exciting stuff!
If the smaller Pixel doesn't do it for me then it's X all the way until something else entices me. 😱
Oh wow a lot of decision making has been going on! Sorry not to get back to you sooner. I couldn’t really find much solution to getting iOS emojis on Android short of rooting.
I’ve had a weird day. I’ve been doing stuff but getting sicker and got to the point I can breathe only if I don’t move much. My husband was trying to take me to the hospital but I wouldn’t go. I’ll see how I am tomorrow. I might have pneumonia or bronchitis. I have a ridiculously high pain and misery tolerance so it’s hard to tell with me. I’ve been playing Animal Crossing on my X. I’m not suffering. I’m happy. I just can’t breathe too well. I cough like crazy when I move. Then I give myself a headache. I just wish I could sleep but I keep choking. I’ll probably have to sleep sitting up. I’m going to read about Pixels until I zonk out. 😛
I think if I get a white Pixel 2 like I’m hoping to I’m going to get a D Brand skin to turn it into a baby Panda. I really love the Panda look but like you, Aneres11, I can’t find the price to value in the larger phone.
You should check if your 7 Plus is being throttled. You may have gotten a defective battery.
Aneres11
macrumors 601
Did you get the free Google Home & £100 off with the Pixelbook?
convergent
macrumors 68040
nospleen
macrumors 68030
Let me know what you think of the Pixelbook! I've been eyeing one.
Aneres11
macrumors 601
Sadly not. I got it for £899 as I bought it from Currys and got 10% staff discount using my old work mates card.
The google home would have been SWEET but I have an Echo which has all my lighting and smart plugs attached to it at home and I have the Mini which came with my Pixel 2 now so that’ll suffice.
And @jamezr i will most definitely write up on it once I’ve opened it up Christmas Day and had a blast! 😀
I have just unboxed the Pixel 2. I already know I prefer the size. Good signs thus far.
Same! I had a look at one in Best Buy and seems really good. If I were to buy from Google while I’m in America, I could get the 256gb for less than the 128gb costs in England. And that takes tax into account as well.
Although it looks like apps don’t run full screen? I opened Keep, Note etc and couldn’t see a way to make them full screen, only Chrome.
Aneres11
macrumors 601
I’ll check out all the apps when I get some time with it. I’ll be like a kid on Christmas Eve knowing I’m getting the Pixelbook haha.
Just setting the Pixel 2 up now. Copying from my iPhone as it’s not finding a back up from my gmail account which is odd as my 2XL was backed up this morning.
Twice it’s got to 1 minute remaining and told me to reconnect the cable, which was not disconnected either time, so I’ve just skipped and will start afresh. Very annoying.
Looks good in white. I like it. I toyed with the idea of the blue, but felt white looked a bit cleaner. The black wasn’t an option as that didn’t tickle my fancy at all haha.
Straight out the box the screen looks decent. Couldn’t say the same for the XL which looked terrible until it the phone was updated to the latest software and ‘saturated’ was chosen.
Be interesting to see how the screen on the normal sized 2 looks with these different colour options.
Also, blue shift no where near as prevalent as it was on the XL I had.
Just setting the Pixel 2 up now. Copying from my iPhone as it’s not finding a back up from my gmail account which is odd as my 2XL was backed up this morning.
Twice it’s got to 1 minute remaining and told me to reconnect the cable, which was not disconnected either time, so I’ve just skipped and will start afresh. Very annoying.
Looks good in white. I like it. I toyed with the idea of the blue, but felt white looked a bit cleaner. The black wasn’t an option as that didn’t tickle my fancy at all haha.
Straight out the box the screen looks decent. Couldn’t say the same for the XL which looked terrible until it the phone was updated to the latest software and ‘saturated’ was chosen.
Be interesting to see how the screen on the normal sized 2 looks with these different colour options.
Also, blue shift no where near as prevalent as it was on the XL I had.
Tig Bitties
macrumors 603
My gosh I am in LOVE with this case;
https://www.amazon.com/Google-X-Level-Mobile-Guardian-Protective/dp/B076BJG8YF
Fit like a tight glove, has a nice grip, not too slippery, and not too sticky. And it's super slim, very thin. It preserves the original feel of the phone.
My first case I got was the official Google Fabric case, and man that case made the phone more slippery, like a wet bar of soap. Plus it was way too thick and bulky.
This XLevel case is exactly what I like.
https://www.amazon.com/Google-X-Level-Mobile-Guardian-Protective/dp/B076BJG8YF
Fit like a tight glove, has a nice grip, not too slippery, and not too sticky. And it's super slim, very thin. It preserves the original feel of the phone.
My first case I got was the official Google Fabric case, and man that case made the phone more slippery, like a wet bar of soap. Plus it was way too thick and bulky.
This XLevel case is exactly what I like.
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co.ag.2005
macrumors 68020
I've been wanting to try out the xlevel case. I had the same sentiments when I tried out the fabric case, way too slippery. I always felt like the phone was about to slip out of my hand
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Aneres11
macrumors 601
The bezels are... there.
Sounds silly but there's nothing else to say about them really. You can't not notice them, but they don't really detract from the phones experience.
I used an XZ Premium for a lot of this year and that thing had huge bezels. I loved the phone though and they didn't bother me in the slightest, but that did have a bigger screen.
So far, I love that I can actually use this phone with one hand. I also love that the only thing that is compromised with this smaller device is the battery - it has the same specs, internals, CAMERA (drools) and IMO the screen is better.
But it's all about having a phone that's useable one handed for me right now. 🙂
nospleen
macrumors 68030
Thanks for the tip. Just placed my order.
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Tig Bitties
macrumors 603
I love my super slim Xlevel case, it is all black covering up the Panda looks.
I also ordered a Peel clear / silver case, bit that frigging thing is taking forever. I placed the order 9 days ago with expedited shipping and have yet to receive it. I've emailed customer support twice and they say will get back to me, and never do.
But I will say running a Black theme and this black case, the phone looks amazing, a good black theme like Swift Black transforms this phone into a work of art. And I actually like this thin case as accent
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I’m surprised to read that fabric feels slippery. 😱
I liked the bezels on the Pixel 2. I liked them on my iPhones. Bezels don’t bother me.
What bothers me is a phone whose performance or battery life dramatically reduces within six months of purchase.
Anyway I’m reading all the news about a Google poaching former Apple employees. Seems stuff is about to get serious. Google has already done a lot with the software and if they can get it together on the hardware side that would make them formidable competition for Apple and Samsung. It’s an exciting time to be a fence sitter.
I know there are other players to keep an eye on, but Apple, Google and Samsung are the ones in which I personally have the most interest.
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iOS 11 all but destroyed my friend’s iPhone 6. She was trying to figure out how to fit a new iPhone into the budget and then all this news broke and I sent her the links and told her to look into getting a new battery instead, so that she could buy a new iPhone when she really wanted to, rather than shoehorn a new phone purchase in when it’s not convenient. She’s not a power user or a phone aficionado. She just wants something that works, which her phone did just fine until iOS 11.
I wonder how many people out there had perfectly working iPhones until iOS 11 made them think their phone didn’t have the processing chops anymore and that’s why their phones slowed down. Not because of an aging battery and stealth throttling. Stuff like this is why I don’t just settle down happily ever after with Apple and have “commitment issues” with my phones. Lol. 😛 Well that and it’s a hobby at this point. 😉
I liked the bezels on the Pixel 2. I liked them on my iPhones. Bezels don’t bother me.
What bothers me is a phone whose performance or battery life dramatically reduces within six months of purchase.
Anyway I’m reading all the news about a Google poaching former Apple employees. Seems stuff is about to get serious. Google has already done a lot with the software and if they can get it together on the hardware side that would make them formidable competition for Apple and Samsung. It’s an exciting time to be a fence sitter.
I know there are other players to keep an eye on, but Apple, Google and Samsung are the ones in which I personally have the most interest.
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I think my battery was/is great but the OS was definitely doing horrible things to my battery life.
iOS 11 all but destroyed my friend’s iPhone 6. She was trying to figure out how to fit a new iPhone into the budget and then all this news broke and I sent her the links and told her to look into getting a new battery instead, so that she could buy a new iPhone when she really wanted to, rather than shoehorn a new phone purchase in when it’s not convenient. She’s not a power user or a phone aficionado. She just wants something that works, which her phone did just fine until iOS 11.
I wonder how many people out there had perfectly working iPhones until iOS 11 made them think their phone didn’t have the processing chops anymore and that’s why their phones slowed down. Not because of an aging battery and stealth throttling. Stuff like this is why I don’t just settle down happily ever after with Apple and have “commitment issues” with my phones. Lol. 😛 Well that and it’s a hobby at this point. 😉
Took a few pics in Nashville to see how the Pixel does with the bar signs. They've all been resized by 50%.
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BoxerGT2.5
macrumors 68020
It’s why I haven’t put a case on mine. I find it hard to cover up the panda.
Wildo6882
macrumors 6502a
Nice! Man I love Nashville. Which is funny, because I hate country music. But that is one incredibly fun little city.