Not that I disagree or agree with you. However. If touch Id is under the screen I can't possibly see how face Id is better. You have to touch the screen anyway to use the phone. Touch id embedded in the screen means no notch which means the ultimate goal of all bezel less phone.
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Phones Google Pixel 2 / Google Pixel 2 XL
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I'm inclined to agree. FaceID is cool, but it's not essential if you have touchID. FaceID is an admission that Apple failed to get touchID under the screen. There's no way they prefer the notch over touchID under the screen.
And before someone says something like "two factor", if you have your fingerprint, you honestly probably have your face. That's not the kind of two factor that matters to me.
Does anyone know how the 'Now playing" feature works?
With most streaming services boasting 40M tracks, does the Pixel 2 make a connection with say the Shazam server? Or is there a limited track database stored on the device?
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With most streaming services boasting 40M tracks, does the Pixel 2 make a connection with say the Shazam server? Or is there a limited track database stored on the device?
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Its completely understandable for someone who owns the device to defend their purchase, I would probably do the same. However I have seen the device in person and read enough reviews to form a solid opinion on the screen and i'm very sorry but its not great, not when you are used to the AMOLED in the S8. The graininess and off axis colour shift should not exist in a phone of that price point. Then again I guess Samsung has spoiled me with the best displays on the market for the past few years.
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I don't need to defend my purchase. My money is green and mine to spend as I see fit.
No, you don't have credibility to form an opinion over someone that actually owns the device. That's completely silly.
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Headphone jack is better than USB C.
I have seen the device in person and compared it directly with my S8. I have as much credibility as you do, im sorry if you don't like it but the screen is not great. Enjoy your phone, its a cracking device in almost every other area and if you are happy with the screen then that's awesome for you
Apparently it’s stored locally on the device. Here’s an article that explains it better than I can:
https://venturebeat.com/2017/10/19/how-googles-pixel-2-now-playing-song-identification-works/
Thanks! I guess Google will increase the approx 15K tracks as time goes by. Tracks vary from country to country this looks like the UK list http://quinny898.co.uk/resources/pixel-songs/ and it will change depending on GPM most popular.
One drawback for me personally is I have a capped home data allowance so at 500MB per week, thays 2GB a month.
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Has this been posted yet? Android Authority have analysed the display accuracy and brightness. Max brightness of the 2XL is 483 Nits. Absolute low brightness is 4 nits
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-2-xl-display-issue-808769/
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-2-xl-display-issue-808769/
I have seen the device in person and compared it directly with my S8. I have as much credibility as you do, im sorry if you don't like it but the screen is not great. Enjoy your phone, its a cracking device in almost every other area and if you are happy with the screen then that's awesome for you
Oh. You went to a store.
Well I guess that's just Yahtzee then.
Great article thanks.
I dont think this would be an issue for me personally.
However resale value may suffer with potential buyers put off. This may be a factor on whether I press the button, (again) in the future.....don't want to sound negative, just thinking ahead.
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My S8+ and my husband’s have an off axis color shift. So do our 2016 Samsungs. It’s really obvious on my S7 Edge. Grain so far has shown up only in my husband’s first Note 7.
The thing about the Pixel 2 XL displays is some of them have a very narrow viewing angle before they start to shift. But only some of them do. Some people report getting ones that offer more latitude before shifting. Unfortunately it’s a lottery this year. I’m willing to play it but don’t blame those who don’t. Returns are always a hassle. And Google really needs to feel the heat on this so they make a firmer effort to get better display hardware.
I'm unable to play movies I've purchased through Vudu or Fandango NOW. For Vudu I get device not supported or license not found. The error on Fandango NOW is generic.
Anyone else having issues?
I'm hoping it's just an issue of the app needing to be updated and not something wrong with my phone.
Anyone else having issues?
I'm hoping it's just an issue of the app needing to be updated and not something wrong with my phone.
The major problem is that they cripple the Qualcomm to match Intel. So even though it's capable of great things, we'll never get to experience it because then the models would vastly different. Unfortunately Apple always turns the better component into a gimp in their attempt to make them equal to the inferior component.
Like TSMC VS Samsung chip issue with battery life on the 6s.
The screen discrepancies.
The fact that people discovered that the 256GB had better read/write than the 128/32. The 32 was the worst off.
Now add Intel VS Qualcomm.
It's getting old playing the lottery with so many different components!
On the Pixel, I do wonder if a software update would make the screen more vibrant? It would appear the panel is capable, so I'd assume this isn't impossible. My concerns on the Pixel are not having the features I want and the way it bent so easily in reviews.
Make sure you are reporting this to the developers. A lot of apps got updated on my V30 recently. I'm assuming that once they get messages, they'll look into it.
All OLED screens have off axis colour shifts to some degree but the Pixel 2 XL I saw in person was alot worse then my S8+. I would say you are right, its a total lottery on whether you will get a passable screen and thats not acceptable on a phone worth that much. If people are prepared to take the risk or have gotten a decent panel straight up then that is awesome news for them, I hope they enjoy what I think is a fantastic phone other then the obvious quality control issues with the screen. Im just disappointed because I was really pumped about this phone and that camera is amazing!
Don’t know how reliable this is but seems this particular unit of iPhone X has similar tint but less severe.
Ooh. I can't wait to read the 50 billion threads on this!Don’t know how reliable this is but seems this particular unit of iPhone X has similar tint but less severe.
I'm joking but seriously, people are paying a pretty penny for this so any perceived issues will be pounced on mercilessly.
People will be a lot less forgiving on this device than the Pixel/V30/etc.
Took a video yesterday just to see what the microphone would pick up. Think it did pretty well.
I agree with you on the bolded above. My disappointment with Samsung is in the FPS placement and form factors. They keep making phones longer and more narrow and the FPS location compounds the issue. If they can put the FPS under the glass for the S9 that would be an awesome phone!
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My thoughts exactly! Apple made compromises with the FPS just like Samsung.....because they could not get the technology to work to get the FPS under the display.
I am Meh, on the so called notch.
For me, it is a brilliant way to push the top row notifications / device status off of the usable rectangle space of the screen and up into their own region. I actually dislike the constant top header on most Android and iOS devices, because it takes away screen real estate from the application I am wanting to use. I see more of an eyesore having 1 or 2 blank areas on my screen that do absolutely nothing in most cases.
I understand how people could personally dislike the notch, it is similar to how I dislike the menu bar on MacOS, and the notification / status bar on Android / iOS. At least with the notch, it kinda pushes status / notifications out of the way a little.
No Audio as of yet, which actually takes away most of the point of having a Live Photo. A small clip to relive that section of time.
But the blank area is still there on iPhone X. It's just permanent and can't ever be used, whereas on all 18:9 devices it can be used in video and games. That seems much more distracting. The 18:9 devices have more usable space than iPhone X, objectively speaking. But compared to 16:9 devices, yes, iPhone X provides more usable space.
I see your viewpoint, I just have the opposing opinion on it. As opposed to giving you that space around the speakers on the Pixel 2, and other phones, they simply cut it off all together.
Since apple more or less restricts using that space (developer guidelines), it isn’t really used in landscape. Quite honestly, they could have sold it better by leaving it as a permanent rotation aware notification / status area that could be dimmed or disabled when watching video / playing games in landscape.
It doesn’t bother me, in the same strong sense that it does bother others. Personal opinion.
Man I am glad I don't nit pick and obsess over small stuff, it would be hard to enjoy anything if you were doing that!