Pixel 3/Pixel 3 XL

[michael9891]

Happy with my 3a XL. But a mint second hand 128gb 3XL is tempting me for £455!

 

[Cnasty]

Thank you all for the real world feedback today and I FINALLY took the plunge on a 3XL. Found a mint condition one on Swappa for $465.

I have wavered back and forth on one for over 3 months now and it seems I was finally hooked in by that camera and overall stock Google experience.

Also got it in the mint white I really wanted, not black.

 

[mjschabow]

Thank you all for the real world feedback today and I FINALLY took the plunge on a 3XL. Found a mint condition one on Swappa for $465.

I have wavered back and forth on one for over 3 months now and it seems I was finally hooked in by that camera and overall stock Google experience.

Also got it in the mint white I really wanted, not black.

Boom! Welcome to #teampixel

 

[Cnasty]

A little late to the party but hope there's still room on the bus.

Figured I'd go 3XL with the thought of a trade in deal on the 4 by black Friday or whenever the first big sale happens.

Found a mint one which was big for me.

 

[nospleen]

A little late to the party but hope there's still room on the bus.

Figured I'd go 3XL with the thought of a trade in deal on the 4 by black Friday or whenever the first big sale happens.

Found a mint one which was big for me.

PM me your addy, I have the Google case I promised you ready to go!

 

[mjschabow]

A little late to the party but hope there's still room on the bus.

Figured I'd go 3XL with the thought of a trade in deal on the 4 by black Friday or whenever the first big sale happens.

Found a mint one which was big for me.

Agreed. The trade in value will be nice for sure. I'm kind of on the regular size phone kick currently but the 3XL is such a fun device. Size wise, I still think the iPhone XR takes the cake though.

 

[noobinator]

A little late to the party but hope there's still room on the bus.

Figured I'd go 3XL with the thought of a trade in deal on the 4 by black Friday or whenever the first big sale happens.

Found a mint one which was big for me.

Nice! What color? I found if you buy the Verizon model on Swappa you can save a significant amount of money .

 

[Cnasty]

Nice! What color? I found if you buy the Verizon model on Swappa you can save a significant amount of money .

I've always wanted the white so I didn't settle and got the white

 

[Cnasty]

Do most of you turn off the notch or just deal with it? Coming from the OP7 pro I may just shut it off and deal with the black bar up top.

Will have to mess with it but having had the XS Max as my daily for quite a long time I am ok with a notch but this one does seem rather huge.

I will definitely miss the 90hz and full screen on the OP7 but with my photography needs a change had to happen.

 

[noobinator]

When I had my 3 XL I just left the notch. I never really noticed it, same as with iPhones.

 

[Cnasty]

I am sure I will just get used to it. Do you know if you do shut off the notch, does that entire black bar across the top enable notification icons or is it still limited by the notch parameters?

 

[noobinator]

I am sure I will just get used to it. Do you know if you do shut off the notch, does that entire black bar across the top enable notification icons or is it still limited by the notch parameters?

I'm not 100% but I think so. I haven't seen any screenshots of the icons going across the middle on an XL.

 

[Cnasty]

Be patient with me and my overload of Pixel questions that were probably asked on page 27

Anyone use their 3XL on TMobile? Does TMobile slow down the super fast updates that Pixels are known for killing that awesome feature?

 

[Harthag]

I am sure I will just get used to it. Do you know if you do shut off the notch, does that entire black bar across the top enable notification icons or is it still limited by the notch parameters?

If you disable the notch then notifications will appear below the black bar. It's a colossal waste of screen space on Google's part. I use Nacho Notch, it's a handy little utility. Enabling this allows notifications to appear inside the black bar / above the "usable" screen area, as Google should've done from the get go.

 

[tbayrgs]

Be patient with me and my overload of Pixel questions that were probably asked on page 27

Anyone use their 3XL on TMobile? Does TMobile slow down the super fast updates that Pixels are known for killing that awesome feature?

I’m on TMo—updates are not affected, at least they weren’t before I loaded the Android Q beta.

 

[Cnasty]

I’m on TMo—updates are not affected, at least they weren’t before I loaded the Android Q beta.

Great to hear as I was concerned TMobile would slow updates down somehow. Awesome
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If you disable the notch then notifications will appear below the black bar. It's a colossal waste of screen space on Google's part. I use Nacho Notch, it's a handy little utility. Enabling this allows notifications to appear inside the black bar / above the "usable" screen area, as Google should've done from the get go.

Is there any concern with burn in with that app having that statically displayed?

I will probably just deal with the notch and get used to it like my iPhone but was curious what others did.

 

[AustinIllini]

I'm not 100% but I think so. I haven't seen any screenshots of the icons going across the middle on an XL.

It does not, unfortunately, however if you follow this person's advice:

If you disable the notch then notifications will appear below the black bar. It's a colossal waste of screen space on Google's part. I use Nacho Notch, it's a handy little utility. Enabling this allows notifications to appear inside the black bar / above the "usable" screen area, as Google should've done from the get go.

You get a great experience.

 

[Cnasty]

Awesome, I may have to check that out.

Cant come soon enough to mess with!

 

[co.ag.2005]

Be patient with me and my overload of Pixel questions that were probably asked on page 27

Anyone use their 3XL on TMobile? Does TMobile slow down the super fast updates that Pixels are known for killing that awesome feature?

So, there are times that the updates to my pixels when on T-Mobile do take longer... not much longer, sometimes a day or so. but it does happen from time to time... not sure why, quite frustrating. And the main reason I notice is because my wife has a P3XL on Verizon and it comes right away (she has the Google unlocked version but VZW sim). But this is not enough to make me not use T-Mobile. But you can always sideload the OTA if you are comfortable with that if it does get delayed.

 

[Cnasty]

So, there are times that the updates to my pixels when on T-Mobile do take longer... not much longer, sometimes a day or so. but it does happen from time to time... not sure why, quite frustrating. And the main reason I notice is because my wife has a P3XL on Verizon and it comes right away (she has the Google unlocked version but VZW sim). But this is not enough to make me not use T-Mobile. But you can always sideload the OTA if you are comfortable with that if it does get delayed.

I can live with a day or 2
[doublepost=1559845512][/doublepost]What is everyone's go to headphones/bluetooth buds for Android???

I have a $100 BB gift card and was looking at the Power Beats Pro which I have heard really good things about.I dont know much about Jabra or other brands honestly as I have only used AirPods really.

I use them primarily for mowing the lawn, workouts here and there, walks etc.

 

[noobinator]

Anyone getting in on the pre-order of Stadia? It's compatible with the 3 and 3a.

https://store.google.com/us/product/stadia_founders_edition?hl=en-US&srp=/us/magazine/stadia

I placed my pre-order. Sounds pretty cool!

 

[Cnasty]

I got the referral but still don't really understand what it is.

So you pay $10 a month just for the ability to buy their games to stream? You still have to buy the games and the lineup looks very weak right now.

 

[noobinator]

I got the referral but still don't really understand what it is.

So you pay $10 a month just for the ability to buy their games to stream? You still have to buy the games and the lineup looks very weak right now.

You buy the controller and Chromecast ultra now. The 10/mo gets you a small list of free games and 4k. You still mainly buy games. The selling point here is no hardware needed outside a controller tv phone etc. No PS4 Xbox PC as the processing is all done in the cloud. Lots of new games being announced at e3 .

 

[Cnasty]

You buy the controller and Chromecast ultra now. The 10/mo gets you a small list of free games and 4k. You still mainly buy games. The selling point here is no hardware needed outside a controller tv phone etc. No PS4 Xbox PC as the processing is all done in the cloud. Lots of new games being announced at e3 .

I see the future of it but hope the game library grows exponentially and eventually new releases. I recently sold my XB1X and PS4 Pro as I didn't use them enough to justify keeping them. I am the ideal person for this without a console and interested to see if it grows and emerges.

Pre order bonus only gets you a founders subscription and controller?

Very cool.

 

[noobinator]

I see the future of it but hope the game library grows exponentially and eventually new releases. I recently sold my XB1X and PS4 Pro as I didn't use them enough to justify keeping them. I am the ideal person for this without a console and interested to see if it grows and emerges.

Pre order bonus only gets you a founders subscription and controller?

Very cool.

I think it will grow fast. Supposedly rockstar is on board. The nintendo switch had not much at launch and it has tons now.

With the pre order you get a special controller, 3 months of premium, and a chromecast ultra.