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Top 5 Things Google Needs to Change About the Pixel (CNET Top 5)

2017-06-19
these are the top five things Google needs to change about the pixel phone alright folks this is my google pixel I've owned and used one of these as my personal phone since it was released in October of 2016 and after months of usage this phone could be better at number five make it waterproof if you're going to charge a premium price for a phone it'd be nice if you could keep up with its competitors being waterproof is a nice little feature on the samsung galaxy s 8 and the iPhone 7 it just means one less thing to worry about when you're using your phone and number four add optical image stabilization the camera on the pixel is really good and the electronic image stabilization does a bang-up job however Google price of pixel as a premium phone like the Galaxy S 8 or the iPhone 7 both of those phones have optical image stabilization why is this feature important less blurry photos and number three add better screens the current pixel features a five inch screen with full HD resolution that's 1920 by 1080 the pixel XL has a 5.5 inch screen with a resolution of 2560 by 1440 those are respectable but could be much better Google is pushing VR with daydream I can tell you the pixel plus the daydream view is not great because of that lower res screen let's cram in more pixels in the pixel shall we and number 2 redesign this thing I'm not going to mince words in my opinion the pixel features one of the most uninspired design for a modern smartphone there was this enormous chin bezel if it has a fingerprint sensor or some buttons or something Navy it can be forgiven however it has no function for a pixel owner let's get some more screen on the front and something bold somewhere on the device before we get to number one let's talk about some stuff Google should not change with a pixel because it's a pretty good phone keep that headphone jack yeah I hardly use wired headphones anymore but I want the option without needing an adapter also keep up that free unlimited cloud storage for full resolution versions of videos and photos that's a great little feature lastly keep it light this version of Android is snappy clean and easy to use don't go changing that back to the countdown and the number one thing that needs to change is its stability one of my chief complaints of my pixel it's lack of stability it is frozen on me far too often the device also randomly restarts with no real pattern I talked with Google to troubleshoot and those issues could be due to third-party apps ok that's possible however this is the phone by Google and all apps on this particular pixel are from the Google Play Store so maybe things should run just fine recently Google issued a patch that could help here's hoping it's a step in the right direction again this is based on my personal experience with the Google pixel as my everyday phone for many months if there are other features you'd like let me know am i as a kernels at you online
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