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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room Google over the years have been providing their own line of phones usually manufactured by reputable companies in today's case and last year's model it was HTC now Google phones have been known for a great value and with stock Android as the operating system it's a great experience now with that being said they unfortunately increase the price which some are very shocked by to hear this time around but Google is claiming to have one of the best cameras on the market and some unique features that would hopefully justify its price I personally bought this at the retail price of seven hundred and sixty nine dollars with 32 gigs of internal storage I'll place my links in the video description below click on my links and they'll give you the most updated prices as of today so let's see how this performs here and show you my experiences first up video sponsors do help me tremendously and this video sponsor is from evolution labs having me showcase their Rhino shield crashguard offering protection on a variety of phones while still keeping the phone thin now to admit the pixel XL is somewhat slippery here and if you want to add a little bit more grip without getting a full-blown case this is a perfect option now what would this be without a real-world test they right I'll show the crash guard claims to offer drop protection of up to 11 feet high I gave it a shot and this thing is seriously legit the proof is in the pudding here the proof is in the video check out the crash guard bumper case at Ronald shield dot IO or in my video description I'll leave their link there the pixel Excel offers a solid metal body but on the back there's a touch of glossy plastic which is an odd choice as it started to show some faint signs of scratches and where the fingerprint scanner makes it return which works crazy fast and the location feels very much natural whenever you need to unlock your phone you also have the ability to swipe the fingerprint scanner and it pulls down your menu options now getting back to the front I'm very bummed here that they remove the two front facing speakers which were found in last year's model but instead we're left with a pretty big area below which isn't really used for anything again odd as it was such a unique selling feature again on the Nexus 6p now to speakerphone in my opinion is loud enough and perform good enough as a speakerphone but to be a bit critical here if you're watching Netflix or simply speaking with someone at maximum volume the high notes the very high frequencies do get tinny and sharp at times now one of the biggest improvements though that I've seen and this is on par with other flagships on the market today is that 5.5 inch AMOLED display not getting too anal here about the screen since my channel does cater to the average consumer but the screen does look great I personally enjoyed it and the colors are very accurate now because of that AMOLED technology used it does provide deep blacks and contrasting colors well not being too saturated in sunlight the screen is for sure bright enough it's not as bright as the competitors but staring at these in person a difference is very minimal now finishing the physical features simply there's two speakers on the bottom and a USB type-c connection to charge your device charging this is on par with other devices and it ranges anywhere from an hour 25 minutes to fully charged to an hour and 40 minutes from a dead battery then in regards to use my screen on time performance was just under five hours for more heavy use and my best screen on time has been 5 hours and 45 minutes not bad considering I still get a full day's worth of use and I'm a bit of a moderate to heavy user as I do test these phones as my work phone but comparing to the Moto G or even the Samsung s7 edge or they now recall note 7 6 hours was possible on those phones sometimes even more if you're paying around that flagship price at which the battery performance was a bit longer or better now if anything this was I'm the average side or slightly above average for today's premium phones now lastly the phone is rated at IP fifty-three water resistance - technically explain this it's safe from a slight water spray at a 60 degree angle it's not ip67 which can be submerged under water like the new iPhones but to be fair the Moto Z LGV 20 are not resistant at all any note 7 God rest its soul is no longer available so it's not even an option for you at the moment now what is completely missing though is the microSD card slot to expand your storage and to make up for this missing card slap the pixel offers unlimited photo and video uploads to Google photos basically into the cloud and they won't count against your storage limit and photos are saved in its original resolution the photos won't be downgraded as long as of course you take the photos with your pixel now it's not a complete solution as apt another downloaded content still takes up space but unlimited cloud storage is not bad at all now moving on at the time the phone was announced Google stated DX will mark a third-party independent camera testing lab that I personally use to compare my cameras and lenses before buying DXL mark gave the pixel the best score of any smartphone camera they give it an 89 the s7 came in at 88 in the iPhone 7 with a score of 86 now that sounds great but my channel my reviews I'm focusing again on the average consumer the ones that uses everything in auto mode for simplicity sake so here goes some samples here please pause the video as you can be the judge for yourself and see how these pictures look to you and I'll just mention some of the key pros and cons here now first up Google pixel excel and Samsung s7 indoors at the mall looking at color saturation detail and clarity now the s7 and pixel provides very similar results here there is a tenth of wormus on the s7 while the pixel Excel appears to be a bit more natural the s7 however was slightly sharper now with the iPhone 7 Apple is almost every time that I shoot this it's a cool looking image with the least amount of sharpness now while they're in person to store that use more yellow tone lighting versus what looks to be a fluorescent light in all of Apple's photos now next picture here and starting with Apple the photo doesn't look bad at all looks pretty good but once you also introduced the pixel excel you notice the pixel is really warm in this case here and did look a bit unnatural showing off Samsung it was the perfect white balance and again a bit of a sharper image but flipping that around here this time Samsung is much warmer than the pixel is very very accurate as shown here with me eating a steak bowl at Chipotle no app on the other hand offers a very cool look once again overall between the pixel and the s7 both throughout my tongue testing has been performing very similar with each other with Santa and generally providing a sharper image every time and then there are times Google does better than Samsung as you can see here there's less noise and the roof trusses up in that corner are much more visible in comparison now the one big issue that I've noticed is outdoor photos aimed directly at the sky now I was simply testing the auto high dynamic range and for some reason the Google pixel excel here gives off this halo or green glaring effect every time switching to the other phones you notice there's nothing at all another the last issue that I also notice was low-light shooting I can clearly see the pixel XL shoots in a much slower shutter speed and a built-in optical stabilization for a nighttime performance isn't really up to par with holding the camera as still as I could letter gun signs and in general images are not as sharp because of these very slight hand movements there's still a good bit of noise as well or graininess and the image here as well and pretty similar on the s7 but the s7 is once again sharper now the iPhone 7 it dipped from the best in low-light but lacking a lot of that color it to really make that image pop now touching base on the front-facing camera it's nice and super wide versus Apple which is really close up and narrow you can be the judge which one you do prefer yourself but Pixar provided a good bit of noise once again here but still retain a detail while Samsung although I have their beauty face feature set to zero Samsung smooths out the images my face as well quite a bit to help blend in the pixelation but again be the judge let me know what you guys think is better in the long run now very less I don't know I'm dragging on with cameras here for those who do record video this does amazing the video stabilization is possibly one of the best if not the best that I've tested so far on my camera here on my channel that is the closest I've seen has been the s7 and the note 7 they should be on your screen right now to compare for the time being and also going up the stairs which include now very stable both times with the least jello effect happening I didn't bring along my old LG v10 which did great in the past but two newer phones today these two have them basically BP Samsung on the pixel and here's the iPhone 7 it's stable but you'll notice the autofocus or it could be the image stabilization you see how the image keeps going in and out here now all three cameras have 4k recording as well at 30 frames per second all three don't have image stabilization at this resolution but the video you see now all have been downsized to 1080 for your viewing now right so enough about cameras here let us start talking about performance and exclusive features as always with Google they do come with 100% stock Android this is running the latest Android you get 7.1 and like all stacked Android phones it's seriously fast now everything moves quickly really if ever there's a hiccup the camera loads much faster as well an HDR processing doesn't take forever like the 6p gaming and video watching buffering is simply a slick experience it is running the latest processor these Snapdragon 820 one which Qualcomm claims to be up to 10% faster than these still Kirt Snapdragon 820 now also on board is four gigs of ram for those who are interested but overall with the stock Android experience one of the best processors on the market and again four gigs of ram surely being enough for most phones the average consumer will feel this phone performs perfectly fun and on par with the latest and greatest and will do so for a while as well now touching base on features I'll go over the biggest ones here multi-screen which technically isn't new as other phones have offered this specifically LG and Samsung but stock Android finally has it I was able to activate this from their secret UI settings but this should be a standard feature coming soon I would think so this allows for two apps to open at the same time and it's claimed to be any app not limited as some other competitors have been countered again this is still a work in progress but hopefully later in the year this will be a standard I want to include this because I think it's such a welcome feature finally it's here now next is something so simple but I absolutely loved it with most apps long press is available similar to Apple's three touch press and hold and a small pop-up comes out for quick shortcuts now email allows you to compose a new email to be sent hold down messaging and your recent contacts pops out same with your phone icon with the camera prior to opening the app you can have it open in selfie mode or direct it to open movie recording so you have to fiddle with it later on and very less Google assistant similar to what the Google command could do before it's an evolution Google offers responses and suggestions based on the current topic at hand as an example asking for movies for the weekend and showing and offering suggestions now with photos with the assistant you can take it several steps further bring up assistant and simply say Doctor Strange and movie theatres in your air would show up with the exact times for you to select now quickly I know the example it's a better illustrate bring up Google assistant tell to navigate to your workplace while in the map bring up Google assistant one more time here you can ask for gas stations on route you don't have to terminate your previous search to work you can tell Google to use your previous question and Google can follow through again offering those gas stations that's already predetermined on your existing route so that's a little bit more intuitive it provides suggestions the answers based on your over conversation or inquiry now there's no room for improvement I do admit that I would have Lightford to understand in water variety of ways I'll be asking but in the end this does seem more quote intelligence than Alexa or Siri at this time so this concludes my review in my personal opinion performance wise it's great the physical build is quality built the camera does very good the better life is average is slightly above average and I do love the new Android features Google assistant being one of them and the exclusive pixel feature of having unlimited storage space the reason why I don't want to push out a review out so soon I want to really get a feel for it after that hype ties down etc in my humble opinion yes it's a great phone but it just didn't feel exciting to me for a similar price to other flagships you have no tozi with moto mods you have the LG v20 with second screen manual camera mode with the replaceable battery IR blaster and before they note seven blew up the end screen the edge apps iris scanner was great not to mention the note 7 and iPhone 7 can be submerged underwater to an extent for peace of mind with Google there didn't seem anything unique but again most things that it does do currently it does great as most other flagships already do now the Android features will eventually come down to other phones including Google assistant of course and so hopefully you understand where I'm coming from on this here not bashing the phone at all but in the end here let know what you guys think down below I'm really curious to know how you feel here so thank you very much for watching this video you guys take care and I'll see you guys on the next one bye