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hey guys this is Austin is the new Google pixel worth it Wow on top of the standard white and black colors there's also very blue and you know what they're they're not getting that is very very blue so my first impression is that this kind of looks like an iPod Touch so you've got the white front you've got that fairly large sort of iPhone iPod like bezel from the front and then I'm back you get that stupidly bright blue color you know I've kind of dig it so we get a simcha and some paperwork you know I was about to throw all this paperwork away but you actually get three free months of google play music with YouTube red so you guys haven't tried YouTube bread yet give it a try three months now that's actually a nice little touch that they've got the power brick matching the very blue phone that's cool appreciate that next we have the Google pixel XL so you can think of this is the bigger brother to the normal pixel so it's pretty much the same way that there's the iPhone 7 and 7 plus it's essentially the same phone but you're getting a couple small upgrades like a bigger screen you're also getting a bigger battery however pull it out of the box you see that it looks basically the same not exactly a bad thing though this is a very interesting design at first glance it looks super Allison generic but very forgettable I guess however when you look around back you get this giant window so it's kind of color coded so you can see this one's white this one's sort of a lighter blue but what they're doing here is something kind of interesting there's actually a taper so at the bottom of the phone it's much thinner than it is at the top and I think they do that to keep you from having a camera home I will say the white front isn't super flattering to the pixels so this is a phone with large bezels now that's not crazy it's about the same size as what you would get on the iPhone over there at least you're getting an actual home button here this is literally just wasted space I feel like they could put a speaker or something or just got rid of it all together I kind of liked the idea of having the fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone I feel like why it makes sense to be on the home button it's kind of a little more convenient I mean if it's sitting on the table it's a little bit difficult to kind of the phone but most of the time it's sitting in your hand your fingers already there so I'm a big fan there's some nice touches with the hardware here the power button actually has a satisfying click and it's textured so even if it's in your pocket you can pull it out and quickly know which button you're pressing and the whole phone feels very sturdy it might not be the most unique piece of hardware I've ever seen but this definitely feels like a premium device the issue is there are 400 other phones that feel just as premium and this is a whole lot more so the pixels are expensive and that's an interesting strategy because I feel like one of the most popular necklaces of all time the Nexus 5 really was so huge because it was a great phone at a budget price these are not budget at all so you're talking about over $600 for the pixel and over 700 for the pixel XL and that's what 32 gigs of storage you can put these things up to 128 for another $100 they'd better be good for that price so after playing with the pixel phones for a while the first thing that jumps out to me is the performance these things are fast so inside you're getting the standard high-end Android stuff you've got a Snapdragon 820 one full gigabytes of RAM it's a speedy phone on paper if you look at the benchmarks it might not quite match up to the iPhone 7 however it's definitely up there the thing that jumps out to me though is that it actually feels fast so if you look at something like the galaxy s7 which on paper is very similar there's a little bit of lag it's not quite as responsive is something like the pixel which really seems like Google spent the time to optimize it and make it really as fast as possible something else that's been impressive is the battery life so this with most of my time with the regular pixel and even though it has a smaller battery than the XL it's actually held up really well I've been able to make it through a full day no problem the software experience is nice and clean though so if you get the Verizon model you will find a couple extra apps however they're all totally uninstalled both bottom line if you get a pixel you should expect a very very clean build of Android these guys are also rocking great screens so the regular pixel has a 5-inch AMOLED display with a 1080p resolution with the excel bolt set up to 5.5 inches in 1440p they're both great displays the biggest difference really is that resolution for VR so if you get into Google daydream which is the big new Google VR initiative you're going to see that while 1080p looks fine as a normal phone the 1440p is going to look a lot better when you strap our headset on however unless you're really into VR you're really not going to tell major difference both phones are nice and sharp I generally do like the hardware of the pixel however my biggest issue is a lack of waterproofing which is something we'll find on the iPhone and s7 however my buddy John actually did a full water test and it actually didn't do too badly however between the lack of water resistance and all the glass over the place it might be a little fragile and that's where my friends at Rhino shield come in so when they reach don't want to sponsor a video I was totally down I usually don't like to do drop tests however this thing is a little special it might not look like much however this simple bumper is going to give us some serious protection so not only does it have a lip to cover both the front and rear but it also has a custom material on a honeycomb built inside which means that in theory this should survive an 11 foot drop test so to put the pixel to the test it's time for drop test so this is about ten feet or so I'd say onto solid concrete so in three two one Oh all right and oh it's still your recording uh I mean it's a little dirty from the floor but honestly I think it's fine screen still works yeah totally good so this thing is no joke now on top of it being available for the Picts lifestyle you can also get the Rhino shield for something like an iPhone galaxy s7 one plus three it's pretty legit all right so I'm curious about the cameras on the pixels so I have my good buddy Lamar here and he was lucky enough to bring his car so I'm gonna use that as the first camera sample early they didn't uh uh the thing are they're glad you Roland style today so from what I've heard what they're doing is it's constantly taking pictures like non-stop bra and when you hit the shutter button it just takes that frame and then goes and gets a couple merges it in HDR so you pretty much always we're taking shots so process that you in the background exactly so when you hit the shutter button all it's saying is hey look this is the point where actually want to save so that's why it's like immediately taking stuff so something interesting about the pixels is that they shoot 4k with supposedly some really good stabilization okay we are now recording on the pixel can look in like mild cyborg high that's all too crispy yeah that's - Chris are cheap ah this looks really nice yeah you'll see all the parse out miss for shaving this is that good okay well here do this it looks really nice there's like some actual depth of field like those trees behind you look really nice so one thing with the pixel phones is that unlike the iPhone where you actually get a pretty major difference between the plus and normal 7 these cameras are completely identical the camera app is a lot better here I never really liked the normal Google camera apps hi mom mom watches she she watches you does she really yes she does well I am I mean it's hard not to watch you yeah subscribe to youtube.com slash Wilson's I that's not this most important thing though how does it selfie 1 looks good no this is actually really nice and you can see the HDR it's like pulling some of the highlight detail from the trees so is the Google pixel worth it sort of sure it will be nice if it had a little bit more of a distinctive design with less bezel and waterproofing would be nice over honestly there's really not a lot to complain about I think it's easy to say this is the best Android phone out there and basically it can really hang right with the iPhone so if you're looking for a super awesome dope legit ridiculously solid incredibly impressive magical phenomenal terrific phone so what do you guys think about the Google pixel definitely be sure to let me know in the comments below if you want to see more videos like this definitely be sure to subscribe to the channel anyway guys thank you so much for watching and I will catch you in the next one