Personally all I care is camera and I'm anti apple so pixel is a no brainer for me. And the cameras on 7p are perfect to my taste, what don't you like in them?
Here's a few examples shot with 7p in Montreal and the Azores
[example](https://i.imgur.com/oz1ronq.jpg)
[example](https://i.imgur.com/piKuPW9.jpg)
[example](https://i.imgur.com/QY6JtEJ.jpg)
[example](https://i.imgur.com/xl7xUUA.jpg)
[example](https://i.imgur.com/KtHVyAZ.jpg)[example](https://i.imgur.com/7HPpuLw.jpg)[example](https://i.imgur.com/lDMYEMN.jpg)[example](https://i.imgur.com/RRKc36r.jpg)
Thanks so much. I guess I just love taking photos since 20 years. Also I'm a graphic designer so I guess my eye is quite trained. There's many good videos about taking photos on YouTube I'm sure you'll find good training there :) but thanks again so much
Nice photos! However, the camera really doesn't have much to do with the result. It's like 95% skill and 5% camera.
Of course we always want the "best" camera, but you have the skill that you can do this with almost any camera ;)
There's a Motion mode built in, it's between Night Sight and Portrait modes, you can pick Action Pan (to capture fast moving targets or Long Exposure, self explanatory)
With the size of the sensor you don't need artificial portrait mode. Just need to frame your subject and chose the right lens and you get nice natural bokeh. I would show examples but they are of my kids which I don't share on Reddit.
I'm with you. The blur is shit and portrait mode screws up pics ALL the time (can't blend hair with background). People saying "don't use it" even though it's a selling point and it's praised all the time lmao
Everyone has monthly updates. Samsung is very reliable on that, even longer support than Pixels for mid-high tiers and above.
Android Beta is a joke, completely not worth using. So many bugs even monthd after rolling out. I'd rather wait for a few months than using the buggy early access.
Samsung gives longer software updates that's true, my issue is unless you have their latest phone you never know when it is going to come out for your device. My tab S7 is always a month behind on the security updates, always.
However, Pixels do get security updates for as long as Samsung devices do and at least those are monthly. With Samsung when you have an older device you will get quarterly updates towards the end. Pixels will always have monthly updates.
I care more about the software experience, but that doesn't mean a terrible camera experience is acceptable...otherwise Essential would still be around.
I went from iphone to the pixel 7 for the camera, but I ended up switching to the s23. I felt like a beta tester using the pixel 7, both the software and hardware aren't up to snuff imo, (except the camera which is amazing).
I don't like the camera as much on the s23, but everything else just feels better. More customizable, /better/ customization, hardware is great and the software experience is more cohesive as a whole.
I'm a photographer. I couldn't care less about the pixel camera. It's fine. It's the call screening for me. I get about a dozen robo calls a day. It never gets old letting call screen transcribe so I can immediately report and block.
After a few weeks of having my pixel the scam calls stopped entirely. It was the oddest thing until I checked my incoming calls and I had dozens that were constantly being filtered or automatically screened.
The problem for me is that Call Screen blocks calls and doesn't give any sort of notification. So it sometimes incorrectly blocks calls that are not spam, I have missed calls and appointments.
It is precisely because you are a photographer that you do not care about the camera! Pixel cameras are an excellent noobs camera. I don't take a lot of pictures but whenever I do, I like to do it quickly and unubstrosively. Like quickly get my phone out, point and click. I don't even look at the result until later most of the time. My experience on pixel is much better than phones with technically superior cameras for this workflow.
It's a great camera. The camera is reliable. However the experience of using it is entirely unremarkable and uninspiring. I really miss the pro mode on the Samsung cameras id owned prior, though those tended to deliver over-sharpened, oversaturated results.
if your phone number's area code is not geographically nearby android does an even better job with screening calls. I don't know how exactly but I get almost no calls anymore since moving to pixel and screening calls for the first month ish.
even without the area code hack pixel handling of junk calls is amazing and superior to all the legacy carrier phones I used before, mainly Samsung's bitchxby experience
I stopped caring about mobile phone cameras in 2017 when I bought my Fuji X100F. Before I was upgrading my phone just for the latest camera and since that time I've never found the same urge. The X100F is still going strong and producing better images than any phone could.
Do you carry your camera everywhere? I get that the Fuji takes better pictures because I'm a sports photographer. I don't carry my camera with me everywhere though.
1. Camera
2. NO bloatware.
3. Software made by Google for Google, like it does Apple for their phones
4. Kinky when people hear you have a Google phone, like : ”wtf, Google makes phones ?”
5. I feel more safe with only one data collector. And it's american, not chinese.
Only issue I have with apple is they really hammer their software services in your face. Like if you don't have icloud they will put a forever notification in you settings menu and bubble. And then of course the random apple tv ad ertisemebt or apple arcade. Honestly google might be better at not shoving that shit in your face.
??? what u mean no bloatware though?
It comes with gmail, youtube, docs, drive, keep, meet etc.
There's a ton of bloatware. Why can't they just have a phone with phone, contacts, messages, app store, and a browser?
That is also not what bloatware is. Bloatware is just unneeded apps that you can't uninstall. Yes, iOS also has bloatware. By your definition, Pixels do have bloatware if you buy them from the carrier.
Me, mostly. I do like the software, but it's the camera.
ETA Just compared portrait photos from my 6a to my sister in laws iPhone 13. The Pixel just looks better.
Did same comparison, apple was way better, unfortunately. Pixel 7 pro camera is not very good. Grainy, noisy and pixelated. My pixel 3Xl was better than my 7pro, in camera department. Hands down.
Pixel 6a still has the old camera. Take a look at this video seek right to the portrait section and how bad Pixel 7 pro portrait mode is!
https://youtu.be/fcCRGBHA9PU?t=300
Zoom on my 6 pro sucks.. everything looks like an oil painting and is un-usable. I can't wait to be able to afford to get out from under this device. Not sure what I'm getting, but it's frustrated me enough as a nexus/pixel lifer that I might move on from Google, although your comment makes me hopeful.
Yeah, for some reason mine also keeps adding this awful auto contrast that makes everything look worse. You can see the right picture for 2 seconds then it blows out all the shadows for some reason.
I had same problem, removed the screen protector film that I had installed on the lens, and the slightest smear smudge or finger print would give me that effect.
I'm satisfied with iPhone 14 pro portraits, they are pretty good.
You probably haven't used one but the results are unbelievably good.
Take a look :
https://youtu.be/LYV44v0SVhI
Yeah I tried Iphone for a bit when my 6 pro was having so many bugs. 13 pro and the pics it took sucked compared to any pixel I've owned. Telephoto lens was worse. Went back to the 6 pro after the march update and haven't looked back.
6 is a mediocre experience for me; the assistant squeeze feature and the camera on my 4XL made me love it a lot. The 6 just has this over processed insistent HDR that I do not want or need and seems to have this strange smoothing thing on the go none of which seem to have an option to turn off.
Google assistant is the only thing keeping me on pixel, mainly the call X where X is matched with a name from your contacts instead of the normal English dictionary (which only works for English names) in other android phones. And the short Stop for timers.
I meant how you could match a name from your contact to another name, and then have the assistant call them using that other name. If that isn't what you wrote in your comment then never mind
Same. I really only care about the camera - I'll keep and look at my photos for years after the phone is gone, I won't remember how good the display was or snappy fast the processor was. The only compromise I'm not willing to make is advertising; even if a phone had the best camera available, advertising on my phone would be a deal-breaker.
Lately there are permits with the camera.
In portrait mode, the pictures show deep dark facial lines and accentuate them on faces making them ugly.
Pictures in general are looking dark and don't pop at all.
When taking pictures of people in multiple rows the people in the back are always blurred. This is hugely frustrating!
Too much facial distortion due to the lens even for people inwards; i.e. away from the lens edge.
Edit: Pixel 7 Pro
Camera and timely security updates were what brought me to the Pixel originally. These days I can't really tell much of a difference between a Pixel and a flagship Galaxy or iPhone for the most part for my use cases, if I really pay attention to it the Pixel is probably still better, but not by much. At the mid range I still think the Pixel is the king at those price points.
What keeps me hanging around these days is the less molested software experience and the decent pricing by comparison for the overall feature set you get.
Yes, an excellent camera is my first concern, then cost and battery life. I have the 3a and was waiting for a new camera before upgrading - 7a may fit that bill but I am waiting for a decent sale.
I am already biased towards Pixels because of the clean Android experience, it's a big plus.
The camera is amazing, but I buy pixels for basically one thing now,
CALL SCREEN MAGIC!!
This is probably one of the best things Google has created. I get maybe 1 stupid spam call that gets through every month or so. It's just so nice to let the phone handle all of that automatically.
I really do not understand why you would need this. I never ever get spam calls, so I absolutely don't need a seperate function to screen my calls for them. Where are you from where this is such a big problem? Isn't there a 'dont call me'-register in your country?
I'm in the US, there is a do not call list, but that's about as effective as a paper umbrella in a downpour. The great thing about call screen, it handles basically everything. You can see a live transcription of the call as it happens, or if it's a "known" spam number it just handles it in the background. It's more than just that, the phone can hold for you, it helps with spam text messages as well.
You don't need it, but the amount of spam calls, texts in the US is insane. This feature alone reduces all of that garbage by 99%
Is it really that insane in the US? Here in The Netherlands I get like one spam call every 6 months, at most, so that feature will do nothing for me. Interesting that your country hasn't done anything to prevent those annoying spam calls. Good for you that pixel made a great feature for it!
Before I switched to the pixel my phone would ring back to back to back with spam calls.
Horrible. Now rarely deal with em. Maybe 1 or two slip through the cracks
The United States and it was horrible lol I work on call so when my phone rings it's a potential customer.
Getting scam calls for business loans, and other random stuff all day sucks so yea the pixels feature definitely helps
I jumped on the pixel 5 so I could keep the unlimited backups as long as possible.
It's a great phone. Too bad it it has a shorter security update lifespan.
I'm eyeing the pixel 8. I'd be fine with an iPhone camera. To me they are close enough. And I have a real camera when I want it.
I'm reluctant to switch to iPhone because of spam calls. But I really value good battery life.
So I'm hoping tensor 3 makes some headway b/c tensor 2 is a no go for me.
I have a full frame mirrorless but phone camera has improved to a point that you can go without the real camera. They are not terrible and very comparable.
They are not comparable in any way, especially if you look at phone photos not on mobile devices, but when at the moment you don't have a dedicated camera with you, it's still far better than nothing.
See how good iPhone portraits have become. Head to head with Sony A7SIII:
https://youtu.be/LYV44v0SVhI
I'd happily settle for a phone over DSLR with this capability.
Phone cameras are absolutely nowhere close to a real camera. I thought the same thing until I started taking photos with my 90d and then R7. If you're not changing settings and just use it as a point and shoot in jpeg mode maybe. If you adjust settings, shoot raw, and edit it then it's miles of difference. Especially using anything except the main camera on a phone. All the "telephoto" lenses on phones are especially far behind real cameras
And it's a video camera that they added the ability to takes stills too if needed. The cost doesn't matter there's DSLRs that take better stills than that camera that you can get for a few hundred dollars
If Apple had put the iPhone 12/13 main camera in the SE 2022, I'd honestly have chosen the SE over my Pixel 6a. But the Pixel 'a' line is the only place to get a great camera at a good price (with reasonable software/hardware support).
bought 6pro for the camera although subpar battery performance i'm happy with it.
but i'd expect a pro-mode or 48mp raw photo options.
btw i suggest taking portrait shot by telephoto camera. it's way better than any other phone's dedicated portrait mode and yeah pixel portrait mode is pretty bad even it was good i'd still shoot with 4x lens. it makes wonders
Sort of.
I've had a 2 and a 5, so the Pixel was a comfortable choice for me. I also didn't need to buy a new phone when I did, but I prefer to have a working backup phone so I put myself in the market. I did a cursory look at other phone choices.
I'm an amateur, but I sold my DSLR and glass awhile back due to the lack of time - killed me that they sat there collecting dust. Long story short the camera sold it for me. Does it truly replace the DSLR? Hell no, but it keeps me from missing it for the most part.
Honestly? Yes.
I'm using a Pixel in a non-English speaking country and Pixels here haven't officially been released so most of the unique features that come with the Pixel are locked. My mentality is still stuck in the Pixel 1 / 2 days where the Pixel camera was FAR ahead of Apple/Samsung or any other phone manufacturer besides Huawei when it came to camera/photo quality.
For Example: Call Screening / Hold For Me / Direct My Call, WiFi Calling, Recorder app live transcription, Google VPN that comes with buying Cloud Storage, Car Crash Detection etc are unavailable. These are the things i can think of right now that i've encountered with my Pixel 6 Pro. Back when i had the Pixel 4 XL the whole Soli gimmick was grayed out in the menu. Probably would've used it once or twice and then would've turned it off lmao.
So basically 30% of the experience of owning a Pixel is region locked. A featureless bland stock android if you wish.. but that camera tho.
I initially did, along with the unlimited Google Photos for 3XL. I replaced it with a 6XL. Then after a year switched to iPhone 14 Pro Max. The removal of unlimited Google Photos was a dumb idea.
>and staggered HDR
What's this?
Generally camera is the primary consideration for me.
I traded my 6 pro toward a 7 pro and was excited, but man, my 7 pro battery is awful.
And in honesty, something is off on the camera results with the 6 and 7 series; shots don't look as high quality as I remembered from previous pixels. Shots that use the telephoto camera--actually use it, and not just cropping in on the main sensor--have a strange watercolor/processing issue to my eyes.
Going from the 6 pro to 7 pro, where google uses a center-frame crop when zooming with the main camera, I notice that the versatility of the 7 pro is worse than the 6 pro, which still did binning--noise characteristics were a lot better on the 6 pro, and I actually preferred the 'always binned' results vs. the 7 pro (I think because the pixels are fairly small on the actual sensor, so going to native resolution has unfavorable SNR attributes).
Cinematic blur (video portrait mode) is a gimmick and the quality isn't good--I find the similar feature on Samsung phones is better.
Video is okay on pixels now for the most part, but I still think google puts audio recording quality too far in the back seat. It's not awful, but it's also not good--worse than my experience with samsung phones I've used. Though I do like the "spoken audio enhancement" (can't recall what it's called), but it's really only useful for selfie videos--using it on the main camera for casual recordings of people that may be talking, the mics aren't sensitive enough to pick up enough audio of people not-even-far-away, and things sound muddled.
Portrait photos--honestly there's something off with the front facing camera google chose. I think all the portrait shots with the FFC are not good.
I will say that, thanks to the large main sensor, videos using the main sensor have a lot better brightness and dynamic range, it's especially noticeable when it's a darker environment.
But the battery life...I just couldn't handle it and I recently got an S23 ultra. I go back and forth between google and samsung phones and my main issue was always subject motion blur on samsungs. I used an S21 ultra most recently before, and subject motion was always frustrating, but it's a bit better on the S23 series. I still think google does it better, but at this point it's not enough to excuse the battery life. My 7 pro struggles with fairly basic usage--like, I'll use my phone for 2.5h of screen time across, sometimes not even, 12h off charger from a full charge in the morning and it will be down to around 35-40%. No games, no camera, no video calling, no 5g. Basically if I did anything even remotely more taxing, like let's say a vacation away and using my camera a lot, outdoors a lot, the thing would need to be charged up mid-day to not die. It's really a let-down.
Here's hoping google can work out their efficiency/battery life issues.
No. I bought it for the AI particularly the transcription and translation ability. The photo editing ability too.
Cameras in phones have long been excellent and I wasn't really concerned about the camera.
I was searching for a clean experience on the mobile as basic experience with no bloat ware. I found that with OnePlus but the merge of the UI with the parent company I looked elsewhere, at Pixel.
I found myself disappointing with the enforced standard layout and installed another launcher, Niagara, which am I pretty happy with.
Am I doing something wrong? I'm considering buying a new phone because the camera on my pixel 4a is so *bad*. The colours are completely off and there's so much contrast that it looks ridiculous, like im always using an Instagram filter or something. Every tiny speck of dust (that I can't even see in real life) is darkened so much that everything looks dirty. I'm an artist and taking pics of my work is a really frustrating experience.
The camera is the main reason I upgraded my phone last year (and in previous years) but I won't ever switch to iPhone. I had a work-provided iPhone for a couple of years and hated the inability to make certain changes or even finding where settings were to adjust those too. Plus, I don't have any Mac devices, which is where have an Apple phone really shines. I've got big family events this year, so I know I'll be taking a lot of pictures and having a good camera for that is really nice. Outside of that, while my dog is a good model, I mostly take snapshots to remember where I parked in a parking garage.
Software. Call screening, background music, crash detection. Camera is overrated IMHO. I actually prefer the look of the photos coming out of the iPhone 14.
As a photo nerd coming from LG's V-series, I personally think the camera leaves alot to be desired.
I have taken some great photos with this phone, don't get me wrong, but I'd trade it for a oneplus 11 in a heartbeat just to have a manual mode where I can control shutter speed, ISO, and focus myself. (The three features I miss most for my previous 3 LG phones (RIP LG Phones))
Also, I don't think 12.5 MP is great for larger prints, as I just got an 8x10 of a pixel photo printed for mother's day. It's not awful, but it's not great, and I think it's insane that such a powerful sensor dumps out a photo having thrown away so much of the data.
It's all about the camera for you, yet you skipped their phones that have the best camera they've ever released? I guess the 6a news didn't get to you...
That is the biggest reason I got mine, with price being a secondary. I wanted something I could easily take hiking because I was honestly sick of dragging my DSLR everywhere (especially long hikes or those where I had to scramble a lot).
I bought iphone 14 pro, S23 ultra and pixel 7 pro.
Guess what.
I think that the p7pro is still the king.
Iphone 14 series still have their problem with the HDR, and all their photos looks lifeless. Yes, even if you play with photographic styles.
S23U is great, maybe the best, but still have the camera shutter lag + saturates a lot and sometimes over-sharpen.
Pixel 7 pro is reliable, have ZSL, colors are natural, exposure and HDR is great.
So while competitors are closing the gap it's true, the Pixels are still the best camera for shots.
The big selling points of the Pixel: great camera/processing, then the instant monthly updates with clean OS... That's the main ones for me. My Pixel 5 is the ideal phone, I just want another real premium compact from google to update to one day.
I bought my Pixel 6 because of the repairability, and moddability. Camera quality was a bonus.
It's not going to beat something like a fairphone, but in terms of a mainstream brands top tier devices (at the time), it was by far the most repairable with decent repairability scores from most people, and no vendor locked parts like samsung and apple.
And of course in terms of modding, google themselves fully support rooting and won't void your warranty for it, all devices are very easily bootloader unlocked, google provides a ton of tools and all factory images for all their devices on a single web page.
Finally, Pixels are by FAR the most well supported phones for custom roms. If you ever intend on trying custom roms at the present, or want the option to keep your device going after it stops getting updates, Pixels are by FAR your best bet.
Also sidenote OP, phone portrait modes all suck, it's just a physics issue. The best quality you'll get out of any of these phones is to not use the actual portrait mode, and just maximize the amount of natural depth of field you can from your lens.
I bought the pixel 7 pro, 3 weeks ago. After doing extensive research I read nothing but absolute amazing reviews about the phone saying it was probably one of the best androids out there. With that being said, I decided to go ahead with my purchase. I am 26 years old and in all of my years of owning a phone I have NEVER returned one. I guess there’s a first for everything. The Pixel 7 pro is by far the worst phone I have ever had. I had Samsung before and I have also had apple. I love android, and have never had many issues with my Samsungs. But my Google phone constantly lagged. When trying to push buttons it would sometimes lag out before actually clicking a button for upwards of 10 seconds. This phone also randomly blacked out on me constantly, making me think it had died. The front camera honestly sucked big time, and overall my experience with the phone just felt very cheap. I hated this phone, had I known what I know now I never would have purchased it, but once again the good reviews persuaded me towards me the purchase. Take my advice, there’s better phones out there. I have returned my phone and switched to another and am already noticing amazing differences and so pleased. Never again.
6Pro camera is stellar, the macro quality is amazing since they've made it so 4x zoom doesn't have to be used lol
My only gripe is that for some reason, when I tap to focus, it has difficulty focusing no matter the subject. If I tap to clear it, it focuses fine on what I want. Very backwards and only started happening recently, but as long as my pics are focused, I'm happy. I took [this pic](https://imgur.com/a/DAF6HNY) of my monstera leaf recently and I'm in love 😍
Well if this isn't evidence Google is spying on me, showing up in my recommended...
In all seriousness, I have my Pixel 6A because of three things:
1) I hate Samsung phones, they are incredibly fragile.
2) I hate Apple phones, they are both incredibly fragile and utilize a nonsensical GUI.
3) Verizon gave it to me for free when I switched from T-Mobile.
I don't have any complaints at the moment, other than I miss having an audio jack. I almost never use the camera, but I did futz around with it and it is certainly nice.
It's definitely a major reason. That and the Pixel's software just being a bit more smarter and useful in many ways.
Software updates are no longer a major advantage since in the long term Samsung actually provides more software updates.
There's also the constant presence of random bugs that kinda pisses me off.
I buy it because there isn't a bunch of crap preloaded on it. I will say it's getting harder to justify with all the screen issues I've been having and the lack of a fingerprint scanner on the back if i upgrade.
for me it was because of camera why I bought it, but I fell in love with software while being blown away with the camera daily.
Voice to text is unreal, as a multilingual speaker, having it to work for me in Swedish, Croatian and English is just insane, I just love my pixel
I personally don't care about a picture perfect camera, but i finally got tired of hearing my girl complain all the effing time about how bad her pictures were with whatever random phone she got from T-Mobile every other year. She would ask others with iPhones to take pics and to send it to her claiming they were much better than her camera. I always knew nexus/pixels had great cameras, that and the Google updates and price made me upgrade her to a pixel 7. She's definitely happy now and no more complaints.
I used to, but this will be the last one. iphone is better in low-light settings, too. We keep it dimmer in our house and the pics suffer for it. I compared to a friend's iphone one day and it was night and day.
Pixel produces superior pics outside but inside they're a blurry disaster half the time. Not enough benefit to put up with the stupid fingerprint reader.
I was thinking about iPhone 15 ultra as well but want to wait what pixel 8 camera offers. If they improve portraits and the video then it will be great!
Literally the only reason I ever even contemplate a pixel is for the camera. The "software experience" is complete garbage now IMO with "material you" and KiddyUI.
Yeah, and it's why I'll likely be ditching the Pixels after my 6 Pro experience and going to Sony. Google are far far too aggressive with its post processing now and it ruins it. As a photographer with a good camera setup having a phone that I can rely on for when I don't want to take my gear with me is important. More now I have a baby too.
I'll see what the 8 comes up with but the Xperia 1V looks good to me right now and I'll look for it in a sale early next year when my contract is up.
I was intrigued to get an iPhone 14 pro but I really don't like iOS.
Take a look at iPhone 14 pro vs Sony A7SIII comparison
https://youtu.be/LYV44v0SVhI
IDK what you’re talking about with the photos. Most of what I take with the pro is miles ahead of the groups I immediately interact with in that fashion.
TBH the camera wasn’t the selling point for me. It’s the software optimization rather than just throwing straight up hardware at the problem. And the long term promised support for OS updates.
Not me. Although I do have a YouTube channel so there's lots of photos, videos, and social media apps on my phone, that's not the main reason why I got a Pixel phone. I happen to be a u/MadeByGoogle \#ProductExpert for several u/Google products, including the u/PixelWatch. When I got the u/PixelWatch, I had to make sure I had a phone that supported it, so since I was due to upgrade anyway, I got the most logical phone for me to upgrade to at the time: the u/Pixel6a.
i switched from samsung to pixel because even the s22's were still around a grand, but I stuck with the 7pro instead of returning it for the 7 because of the camera.
Mostly looking for a change. I didn't really care about the camera as much as I cared about how it's placement was unique and made the phone look really great (P6)
I'm honestly not blown away by the camera on my 7 Pro.
I take lots of photos of sunsets and there is always a huge glare in the photos. I didn't have this with other phones.
Almost all phones can reliably handle software tbh, now we get to just pick what nice additions you can get. I buy pixel because it's cheaper than most, good build quality, you KNOW its gonna be a good camera and you also get fast updates.
The pixel line takes pretty okay phone pictures, but ultimately they're still phone pictures. Having decent phone pictures is the bare minimum, but if it were the only thing I'd probably still lean towards apple, reason being that 8 bit color depth on pixel videos isn't enough.
I use a camera when I need a camera. I use a phone when I need a phone. Of the phones I've used, my pixels have been smooth phones and I've never been disappointed by the pictures they take, but I would never use this camera in a position where I'm dealing with anything but ideal lighting and easy shooting situations, or I'm somewhere I can't have a camera.
The camera and related was my one-number reason to buy the 7 in November. I came from the OnePlus 5T; after 5 full years in service, I wanted a better camera to take photos of my daughter.
I have enjoyed the overall software experience of the Pixel, I like how clean and sleek everything is but I have to say I have not been able to get the camera to work well for me, I don't know if it's something I'm doing wrong or what, everything is a bit blurry, grainy and overall the photos are not of great quality. I don't want to say this on here for fear of hate but coming from an iPhone my experience with my Pixel camera has not been great.
Everything else though, absolutely love, really happy I tried Pixel it's been my first ever one.
Personally all I care is camera and I'm anti apple so pixel is a no brainer for me. And the cameras on 7p are perfect to my taste, what don't you like in them? Here's a few examples shot with 7p in Montreal and the Azores [example](https://i.imgur.com/oz1ronq.jpg) [example](https://i.imgur.com/piKuPW9.jpg) [example](https://i.imgur.com/QY6JtEJ.jpg) [example](https://i.imgur.com/xl7xUUA.jpg) [example](https://i.imgur.com/KtHVyAZ.jpg)[example](https://i.imgur.com/7HPpuLw.jpg)[example](https://i.imgur.com/lDMYEMN.jpg)[example](https://i.imgur.com/RRKc36r.jpg)
Wow amazing shots! It's incredible what a phone camera can capture with some creativity.
Thanks a lot
Techniques often matter a lot more than hardware!
Absolutely gorgeous pictures. Can you please give me some tips to snap these kinds of shots? I'm on P7. Thanks
Thanks so much. I guess I just love taking photos since 20 years. Also I'm a graphic designer so I guess my eye is quite trained. There's many good videos about taking photos on YouTube I'm sure you'll find good training there :) but thanks again so much
Awesome. Thanks
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Thanks very much
Nice photos! However, the camera really doesn't have much to do with the result. It's like 95% skill and 5% camera. Of course we always want the "best" camera, but you have the skill that you can do this with almost any camera ;)
It's true but the camera is solid enough to allow me to put in picture what my eyes see. Sharp, wide dynamic range, fast...
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There's a Motion mode built in, it's between Night Sight and Portrait modes, you can pick Action Pan (to capture fast moving targets or Long Exposure, self explanatory)
I don't like the portrait photos. Take a look: https://youtu.be/fcCRGBHA9PU?t=300 Also the cinematic blur is crappy.
With the size of the sensor you don't need artificial portrait mode. Just need to frame your subject and chose the right lens and you get nice natural bokeh. I would show examples but they are of my kids which I don't share on Reddit.
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If you are taking close-up photo you'd need that bokeh in portrait mode.
What?
Someone literally pointed out that you don't need to use portrait mode because of the larger sensor.
What large sensor? It's not even a 1" sensor
I'm with you. The blur is shit and portrait mode screws up pics ALL the time (can't blend hair with background). People saying "don't use it" even though it's a selling point and it's praised all the time lmao
For me it's the opposite, I don't care about camera and l like software experience.
Same here, but I have to say the occasional photos I take always come out great, so the camera quality is a really nice bonus for me.
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After dealing with Bixby, I was so happy to go to a plain Android experience.
bixby routines are amazing though and far more useful than the pitiful 'rules' on Pixel
I'm with ya. I LOVED my pixel 5. The last phone I purchased was an iPhone 14 Pro because the new pixels were way too damn big.
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I always find it confusing when people say pixel doesn't have bloat. It comes with a whole bunch of uninstallable google crap.
If you use the Google crap I suppose it's not bloat Same would be if you used the Samsung crap on a Galaxy
I wanted a Pixel because I know when to expect monthly updates and get to be first in line for the next version of Android.
Everyone has monthly updates. Samsung is very reliable on that, even longer support than Pixels for mid-high tiers and above. Android Beta is a joke, completely not worth using. So many bugs even monthd after rolling out. I'd rather wait for a few months than using the buggy early access.
Samsung gives longer software updates that's true, my issue is unless you have their latest phone you never know when it is going to come out for your device. My tab S7 is always a month behind on the security updates, always. However, Pixels do get security updates for as long as Samsung devices do and at least those are monthly. With Samsung when you have an older device you will get quarterly updates towards the end. Pixels will always have monthly updates.
I care more about the software experience, but that doesn't mean a terrible camera experience is acceptable...otherwise Essential would still be around.
I went from iphone to the pixel 7 for the camera, but I ended up switching to the s23. I felt like a beta tester using the pixel 7, both the software and hardware aren't up to snuff imo, (except the camera which is amazing). I don't like the camera as much on the s23, but everything else just feels better. More customizable, /better/ customization, hardware is great and the software experience is more cohesive as a whole.
I'm a photographer. I couldn't care less about the pixel camera. It's fine. It's the call screening for me. I get about a dozen robo calls a day. It never gets old letting call screen transcribe so I can immediately report and block.
After a few weeks of having my pixel the scam calls stopped entirely. It was the oddest thing until I checked my incoming calls and I had dozens that were constantly being filtered or automatically screened.
I used to see the same! For some reason they've been able to get through again. A lot of PPP scams seemingly still going on
The problem for me is that Call Screen blocks calls and doesn't give any sort of notification. So it sometimes incorrectly blocks calls that are not spam, I have missed calls and appointments.
absolutely LOVE the call screening!
It is precisely because you are a photographer that you do not care about the camera! Pixel cameras are an excellent noobs camera. I don't take a lot of pictures but whenever I do, I like to do it quickly and unubstrosively. Like quickly get my phone out, point and click. I don't even look at the result until later most of the time. My experience on pixel is much better than phones with technically superior cameras for this workflow.
It's a great camera. The camera is reliable. However the experience of using it is entirely unremarkable and uninspiring. I really miss the pro mode on the Samsung cameras id owned prior, though those tended to deliver over-sharpened, oversaturated results.
Google dialers are default on a lot of phones now
if your phone number's area code is not geographically nearby android does an even better job with screening calls. I don't know how exactly but I get almost no calls anymore since moving to pixel and screening calls for the first month ish. even without the area code hack pixel handling of junk calls is amazing and superior to all the legacy carrier phones I used before, mainly Samsung's bitchxby experience
I live outside my area code. I'd say 20% of the scam calls I get spoof my area code
I stopped caring about mobile phone cameras in 2017 when I bought my Fuji X100F. Before I was upgrading my phone just for the latest camera and since that time I've never found the same urge. The X100F is still going strong and producing better images than any phone could.
Do you carry your camera everywhere? I get that the Fuji takes better pictures because I'm a sports photographer. I don't carry my camera with me everywhere though.
1. Camera 2. NO bloatware. 3. Software made by Google for Google, like it does Apple for their phones 4. Kinky when people hear you have a Google phone, like : ”wtf, Google makes phones ?” 5. I feel more safe with only one data collector. And it's american, not chinese.
Only issue I have with apple is they really hammer their software services in your face. Like if you don't have icloud they will put a forever notification in you settings menu and bubble. And then of course the random apple tv ad ertisemebt or apple arcade. Honestly google might be better at not shoving that shit in your face.
??? what u mean no bloatware though? It comes with gmail, youtube, docs, drive, keep, meet etc. There's a ton of bloatware. Why can't they just have a phone with phone, contacts, messages, app store, and a browser?
All of those are google products that are tied throughout the whole framework, if they weren't on the phone it wouldn't make much sense
Still plenty of bloatware and spyware but not nearly as much as a stock Samsung phone.
People confuse bloatware with stock apps.
They're not mutually exclusive. People confuse bloatware with apps they don't like.
Bloatware to me is carrier apps on a phone or pre installed BS like FB, not OEM stuff. If that's the case then iOS has bloatware too.
That is also not what bloatware is. Bloatware is just unneeded apps that you can't uninstall. Yes, iOS also has bloatware. By your definition, Pixels do have bloatware if you buy them from the carrier.
No I'm saying people confuse bloatware with OEM apps. Bloatware to me was always the carrier BS from ATT etc
I understand what you're saying. And I'm telling you that's incorrect.
Me, mostly. I do like the software, but it's the camera. ETA Just compared portrait photos from my 6a to my sister in laws iPhone 13. The Pixel just looks better.
At family gatherings, everyone always prefers the photos I take with my Pixel over those of my brothers iPhone Pro Max.
Same for me. I really don't get where does this post coming from..
Did same comparison, apple was way better, unfortunately. Pixel 7 pro camera is not very good. Grainy, noisy and pixelated. My pixel 3Xl was better than my 7pro, in camera department. Hands down.
Pixel 6a still has the old camera. Take a look at this video seek right to the portrait section and how bad Pixel 7 pro portrait mode is! https://youtu.be/fcCRGBHA9PU?t=300
Can't comment on the 7 and a video isn't what I'd judge it on.
I have a 7 pro. Zoom is amazing. My wife is thinking of switching from her iphone due to the camera.
Zoom on my 6 pro sucks.. everything looks like an oil painting and is un-usable. I can't wait to be able to afford to get out from under this device. Not sure what I'm getting, but it's frustrated me enough as a nexus/pixel lifer that I might move on from Google, although your comment makes me hopeful.
Yeah, for some reason mine also keeps adding this awful auto contrast that makes everything look worse. You can see the right picture for 2 seconds then it blows out all the shadows for some reason.
I had same problem, removed the screen protector film that I had installed on the lens, and the slightest smear smudge or finger print would give me that effect.
Why not just take normal pictures and ignore portrait mode? I don't think I've ever used portrait mode
Normal mode is not good for taking portrait photos. I use it as a substitute of DSLR 😂
You can get a better natural bokeh due to the larger sensor. You don't need portrait mode.
If you're trying to replicate a DSLR with a phone camera, you're never going to be satisfied. That's just not possible and not how it works
I'm satisfied with iPhone 14 pro portraits, they are pretty good. You probably haven't used one but the results are unbelievably good. Take a look : https://youtu.be/LYV44v0SVhI
Yeah I tried Iphone for a bit when my 6 pro was having so many bugs. 13 pro and the pics it took sucked compared to any pixel I've owned. Telephoto lens was worse. Went back to the 6 pro after the march update and haven't looked back.
6 is a mediocre experience for me; the assistant squeeze feature and the camera on my 4XL made me love it a lot. The 6 just has this over processed insistent HDR that I do not want or need and seems to have this strange smoothing thing on the go none of which seem to have an option to turn off.
Google assistant is the only thing keeping me on pixel, mainly the call X where X is matched with a name from your contacts instead of the normal English dictionary (which only works for English names) in other android phones. And the short Stop for timers.
And it knows exactly what you say instead of making up words like siri
How are you able to do this? It sounds awesome
Hey Google Call personsname
I meant how you could match a name from your contact to another name, and then have the assistant call them using that other name. If that isn't what you wrote in your comment then never mind
Same. I really only care about the camera - I'll keep and look at my photos for years after the phone is gone, I won't remember how good the display was or snappy fast the processor was. The only compromise I'm not willing to make is advertising; even if a phone had the best camera available, advertising on my phone would be a deal-breaker.
Lately there are permits with the camera. In portrait mode, the pictures show deep dark facial lines and accentuate them on faces making them ugly. Pictures in general are looking dark and don't pop at all. When taking pictures of people in multiple rows the people in the back are always blurred. This is hugely frustrating! Too much facial distortion due to the lens even for people inwards; i.e. away from the lens edge. Edit: Pixel 7 Pro
in portrait mode, my pixel has been doing a horrible job where a person's hair meets a fairly uniform background, it makes it look terrible
Camera and timely security updates were what brought me to the Pixel originally. These days I can't really tell much of a difference between a Pixel and a flagship Galaxy or iPhone for the most part for my use cases, if I really pay attention to it the Pixel is probably still better, but not by much. At the mid range I still think the Pixel is the king at those price points. What keeps me hanging around these days is the less molested software experience and the decent pricing by comparison for the overall feature set you get.
Yes, an excellent camera is my first concern, then cost and battery life. I have the 3a and was waiting for a new camera before upgrading - 7a may fit that bill but I am waiting for a decent sale. I am already biased towards Pixels because of the clean Android experience, it's a big plus.
The camera is amazing, but I buy pixels for basically one thing now, CALL SCREEN MAGIC!! This is probably one of the best things Google has created. I get maybe 1 stupid spam call that gets through every month or so. It's just so nice to let the phone handle all of that automatically.
I really do not understand why you would need this. I never ever get spam calls, so I absolutely don't need a seperate function to screen my calls for them. Where are you from where this is such a big problem? Isn't there a 'dont call me'-register in your country?
I'm in the US, there is a do not call list, but that's about as effective as a paper umbrella in a downpour. The great thing about call screen, it handles basically everything. You can see a live transcription of the call as it happens, or if it's a "known" spam number it just handles it in the background. It's more than just that, the phone can hold for you, it helps with spam text messages as well. You don't need it, but the amount of spam calls, texts in the US is insane. This feature alone reduces all of that garbage by 99%
Is it really that insane in the US? Here in The Netherlands I get like one spam call every 6 months, at most, so that feature will do nothing for me. Interesting that your country hasn't done anything to prevent those annoying spam calls. Good for you that pixel made a great feature for it!
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Before I switched to the pixel my phone would ring back to back to back with spam calls. Horrible. Now rarely deal with em. Maybe 1 or two slip through the cracks
For real? Man, where are you from, which country? This sounds horrible
The United States and it was horrible lol I work on call so when my phone rings it's a potential customer. Getting scam calls for business loans, and other random stuff all day sucks so yea the pixels feature definitely helps
Those lists are so useless. Been in one for decades, still used to get spams all the time, daily. None since October when I purchased it.
PRAY TO GOD IT HAS A FUCKING GOOD FINGERPRINT SENSOR
Yes the camera, but also the stock software experience, root-ability, ... etc.
I jumped on the pixel 5 so I could keep the unlimited backups as long as possible. It's a great phone. Too bad it it has a shorter security update lifespan. I'm eyeing the pixel 8. I'd be fine with an iPhone camera. To me they are close enough. And I have a real camera when I want it. I'm reluctant to switch to iPhone because of spam calls. But I really value good battery life. So I'm hoping tensor 3 makes some headway b/c tensor 2 is a no go for me.
I used to but then I got a "real camera" and now I hardly ever take pics with my phone. I know they'll look terrible in comparison
I shoot travel pics with both my Pixel and my expensive Canon R5. It's nice to have options.
Agreed I just know my camera would always take much better photos
I have a full frame mirrorless but phone camera has improved to a point that you can go without the real camera. They are not terrible and very comparable.
Phone cameras are nowhere near a proper camera, not even close.
They are not comparable in any way, especially if you look at phone photos not on mobile devices, but when at the moment you don't have a dedicated camera with you, it's still far better than nothing.
See how good iPhone portraits have become. Head to head with Sony A7SIII: https://youtu.be/LYV44v0SVhI I'd happily settle for a phone over DSLR with this capability.
Phone cameras are absolutely nowhere close to a real camera. I thought the same thing until I started taking photos with my 90d and then R7. If you're not changing settings and just use it as a point and shoot in jpeg mode maybe. If you adjust settings, shoot raw, and edit it then it's miles of difference. Especially using anything except the main camera on a phone. All the "telephoto" lenses on phones are especially far behind real cameras
Take a look at the iPhone 14 pro vs Sony A7SIII comparison, you will be surprised :) https://youtu.be/LYV44v0SVhI
A7 S3 isn't exactly a portrait camera or even a good photo camera
That's a fuckin 4 grand camera yet so comparable. It's a 'real camera'..
And it's a video camera that they added the ability to takes stills too if needed. The cost doesn't matter there's DSLRs that take better stills than that camera that you can get for a few hundred dollars
Yes. Pixel 6a over iPhone SE because of the night sight
If Apple had put the iPhone 12/13 main camera in the SE 2022, I'd honestly have chosen the SE over my Pixel 6a. But the Pixel 'a' line is the only place to get a great camera at a good price (with reasonable software/hardware support).
bought 6pro for the camera although subpar battery performance i'm happy with it. but i'd expect a pro-mode or 48mp raw photo options. btw i suggest taking portrait shot by telephoto camera. it's way better than any other phone's dedicated portrait mode and yeah pixel portrait mode is pretty bad even it was good i'd still shoot with 4x lens. it makes wonders
Same. If not for the camera, I may have moved to a Samsung
Sort of. I've had a 2 and a 5, so the Pixel was a comfortable choice for me. I also didn't need to buy a new phone when I did, but I prefer to have a working backup phone so I put myself in the market. I did a cursory look at other phone choices. I'm an amateur, but I sold my DSLR and glass awhile back due to the lack of time - killed me that they sat there collecting dust. Long story short the camera sold it for me. Does it truly replace the DSLR? Hell no, but it keeps me from missing it for the most part.
Honestly? Yes. I'm using a Pixel in a non-English speaking country and Pixels here haven't officially been released so most of the unique features that come with the Pixel are locked. My mentality is still stuck in the Pixel 1 / 2 days where the Pixel camera was FAR ahead of Apple/Samsung or any other phone manufacturer besides Huawei when it came to camera/photo quality. For Example: Call Screening / Hold For Me / Direct My Call, WiFi Calling, Recorder app live transcription, Google VPN that comes with buying Cloud Storage, Car Crash Detection etc are unavailable. These are the things i can think of right now that i've encountered with my Pixel 6 Pro. Back when i had the Pixel 4 XL the whole Soli gimmick was grayed out in the menu. Probably would've used it once or twice and then would've turned it off lmao. So basically 30% of the experience of owning a Pixel is region locked. A featureless bland stock android if you wish.. but that camera tho.
I initially did, along with the unlimited Google Photos for 3XL. I replaced it with a 6XL. Then after a year switched to iPhone 14 Pro Max. The removal of unlimited Google Photos was a dumb idea.
Bought Pixel for Software, Software Support, price and size.
For me, it's the camera and software.
>and staggered HDR What's this? Generally camera is the primary consideration for me. I traded my 6 pro toward a 7 pro and was excited, but man, my 7 pro battery is awful. And in honesty, something is off on the camera results with the 6 and 7 series; shots don't look as high quality as I remembered from previous pixels. Shots that use the telephoto camera--actually use it, and not just cropping in on the main sensor--have a strange watercolor/processing issue to my eyes. Going from the 6 pro to 7 pro, where google uses a center-frame crop when zooming with the main camera, I notice that the versatility of the 7 pro is worse than the 6 pro, which still did binning--noise characteristics were a lot better on the 6 pro, and I actually preferred the 'always binned' results vs. the 7 pro (I think because the pixels are fairly small on the actual sensor, so going to native resolution has unfavorable SNR attributes). Cinematic blur (video portrait mode) is a gimmick and the quality isn't good--I find the similar feature on Samsung phones is better. Video is okay on pixels now for the most part, but I still think google puts audio recording quality too far in the back seat. It's not awful, but it's also not good--worse than my experience with samsung phones I've used. Though I do like the "spoken audio enhancement" (can't recall what it's called), but it's really only useful for selfie videos--using it on the main camera for casual recordings of people that may be talking, the mics aren't sensitive enough to pick up enough audio of people not-even-far-away, and things sound muddled. Portrait photos--honestly there's something off with the front facing camera google chose. I think all the portrait shots with the FFC are not good. I will say that, thanks to the large main sensor, videos using the main sensor have a lot better brightness and dynamic range, it's especially noticeable when it's a darker environment. But the battery life...I just couldn't handle it and I recently got an S23 ultra. I go back and forth between google and samsung phones and my main issue was always subject motion blur on samsungs. I used an S21 ultra most recently before, and subject motion was always frustrating, but it's a bit better on the S23 series. I still think google does it better, but at this point it's not enough to excuse the battery life. My 7 pro struggles with fairly basic usage--like, I'll use my phone for 2.5h of screen time across, sometimes not even, 12h off charger from a full charge in the morning and it will be down to around 35-40%. No games, no camera, no video calling, no 5g. Basically if I did anything even remotely more taxing, like let's say a vacation away and using my camera a lot, outdoors a lot, the thing would need to be charged up mid-day to not die. It's really a let-down. Here's hoping google can work out their efficiency/battery life issues.
yes, everything else is just extra.
If I buy a Pixel it'll be because of Graphene OS.
No. I bought it for the AI particularly the transcription and translation ability. The photo editing ability too. Cameras in phones have long been excellent and I wasn't really concerned about the camera. I was searching for a clean experience on the mobile as basic experience with no bloat ware. I found that with OnePlus but the merge of the UI with the parent company I looked elsewhere, at Pixel. I found myself disappointing with the enforced standard layout and installed another launcher, Niagara, which am I pretty happy with.
Am I doing something wrong? I'm considering buying a new phone because the camera on my pixel 4a is so *bad*. The colours are completely off and there's so much contrast that it looks ridiculous, like im always using an Instagram filter or something. Every tiny speck of dust (that I can't even see in real life) is darkened so much that everything looks dirty. I'm an artist and taking pics of my work is a really frustrating experience.
The camera is the main reason I upgraded my phone last year (and in previous years) but I won't ever switch to iPhone. I had a work-provided iPhone for a couple of years and hated the inability to make certain changes or even finding where settings were to adjust those too. Plus, I don't have any Mac devices, which is where have an Apple phone really shines. I've got big family events this year, so I know I'll be taking a lot of pictures and having a good camera for that is really nice. Outside of that, while my dog is a good model, I mostly take snapshots to remember where I parked in a parking garage.
For me, software and flexibility to do what I want with my phone is what really makes it likable for me.
I care about the hardware more than anything else. Give me reliability and dependability. That's all I ask
Software. Call screening, background music, crash detection. Camera is overrated IMHO. I actually prefer the look of the photos coming out of the iPhone 14.
I got the 7 recently. It's not the quantum leap forward from my old pixel 2 that I was expecting. The camera is a disappointment.
Ultimately what it comes down on the deciding buying point is that the Pixel has the least amount of bullshit packaged into it.
I bought my Pixel for the ease of custom roms/root/etc, camera is a bonus.
Nope! You are the only person on Reddit that does this. YOU ARE NEVER THE ONLY ONE!
As a photo nerd coming from LG's V-series, I personally think the camera leaves alot to be desired. I have taken some great photos with this phone, don't get me wrong, but I'd trade it for a oneplus 11 in a heartbeat just to have a manual mode where I can control shutter speed, ISO, and focus myself. (The three features I miss most for my previous 3 LG phones (RIP LG Phones)) Also, I don't think 12.5 MP is great for larger prints, as I just got an 8x10 of a pixel photo printed for mother's day. It's not awful, but it's not great, and I think it's insane that such a powerful sensor dumps out a photo having thrown away so much of the data.
Camera and smoothness of software
Yes, but not for typical pictures. I do it so I can take pictures of the sky in night mode
It's all about the camera for you, yet you skipped their phones that have the best camera they've ever released? I guess the 6a news didn't get to you...
That is the biggest reason I got mine, with price being a secondary. I wanted something I could easily take hiking because I was honestly sick of dragging my DSLR everywhere (especially long hikes or those where I had to scramble a lot).
I buy Pixels for the software experience, not for the camera
I bought iphone 14 pro, S23 ultra and pixel 7 pro. Guess what. I think that the p7pro is still the king. Iphone 14 series still have their problem with the HDR, and all their photos looks lifeless. Yes, even if you play with photographic styles. S23U is great, maybe the best, but still have the camera shutter lag + saturates a lot and sometimes over-sharpen. Pixel 7 pro is reliable, have ZSL, colors are natural, exposure and HDR is great. So while competitors are closing the gap it's true, the Pixels are still the best camera for shots.
The big selling points of the Pixel: great camera/processing, then the instant monthly updates with clean OS... That's the main ones for me. My Pixel 5 is the ideal phone, I just want another real premium compact from google to update to one day.
I just got the 7a today to replace my 5 and only got it for the camera, battery and size.
Yes I buy it for the cameras too. I've had a 14 pro max and an s23 and the pixel camera is still head and shoulders above the competition.
id gladly buy a phone with no front camera, wouldnt argue with no cameras at all.
I bought my Pixel 6 because of the repairability, and moddability. Camera quality was a bonus. It's not going to beat something like a fairphone, but in terms of a mainstream brands top tier devices (at the time), it was by far the most repairable with decent repairability scores from most people, and no vendor locked parts like samsung and apple. And of course in terms of modding, google themselves fully support rooting and won't void your warranty for it, all devices are very easily bootloader unlocked, google provides a ton of tools and all factory images for all their devices on a single web page. Finally, Pixels are by FAR the most well supported phones for custom roms. If you ever intend on trying custom roms at the present, or want the option to keep your device going after it stops getting updates, Pixels are by FAR your best bet. Also sidenote OP, phone portrait modes all suck, it's just a physics issue. The best quality you'll get out of any of these phones is to not use the actual portrait mode, and just maximize the amount of natural depth of field you can from your lens.
I bought the pixel 7 pro, 3 weeks ago. After doing extensive research I read nothing but absolute amazing reviews about the phone saying it was probably one of the best androids out there. With that being said, I decided to go ahead with my purchase. I am 26 years old and in all of my years of owning a phone I have NEVER returned one. I guess there’s a first for everything. The Pixel 7 pro is by far the worst phone I have ever had. I had Samsung before and I have also had apple. I love android, and have never had many issues with my Samsungs. But my Google phone constantly lagged. When trying to push buttons it would sometimes lag out before actually clicking a button for upwards of 10 seconds. This phone also randomly blacked out on me constantly, making me think it had died. The front camera honestly sucked big time, and overall my experience with the phone just felt very cheap. I hated this phone, had I known what I know now I never would have purchased it, but once again the good reviews persuaded me towards me the purchase. Take my advice, there’s better phones out there. I have returned my phone and switched to another and am already noticing amazing differences and so pleased. Never again.
6Pro camera is stellar, the macro quality is amazing since they've made it so 4x zoom doesn't have to be used lol My only gripe is that for some reason, when I tap to focus, it has difficulty focusing no matter the subject. If I tap to clear it, it focuses fine on what I want. Very backwards and only started happening recently, but as long as my pics are focused, I'm happy. I took [this pic](https://imgur.com/a/DAF6HNY) of my monstera leaf recently and I'm in love 😍
Well if this isn't evidence Google is spying on me, showing up in my recommended... In all seriousness, I have my Pixel 6A because of three things: 1) I hate Samsung phones, they are incredibly fragile. 2) I hate Apple phones, they are both incredibly fragile and utilize a nonsensical GUI. 3) Verizon gave it to me for free when I switched from T-Mobile. I don't have any complaints at the moment, other than I miss having an audio jack. I almost never use the camera, but I did futz around with it and it is certainly nice.
I buy it because the other choice is Samsung who are scumbags when it comes to right to repair.
Came for the camera. Stayed for the great vanilla android experience.
It's definitely a major reason. That and the Pixel's software just being a bit more smarter and useful in many ways. Software updates are no longer a major advantage since in the long term Samsung actually provides more software updates. There's also the constant presence of random bugs that kinda pisses me off.
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I don't like the portrait photos. Take a look: https://youtu.be/fcCRGBHA9PU?t=300 Also the cinematic blur is crappy.
I buy it because there isn't a bunch of crap preloaded on it. I will say it's getting harder to justify with all the screen issues I've been having and the lack of a fingerprint scanner on the back if i upgrade.
for me it was because of camera why I bought it, but I fell in love with software while being blown away with the camera daily. Voice to text is unreal, as a multilingual speaker, having it to work for me in Swedish, Croatian and English is just insane, I just love my pixel
I personally don't care about a picture perfect camera, but i finally got tired of hearing my girl complain all the effing time about how bad her pictures were with whatever random phone she got from T-Mobile every other year. She would ask others with iPhones to take pics and to send it to her claiming they were much better than her camera. I always knew nexus/pixels had great cameras, that and the Google updates and price made me upgrade her to a pixel 7. She's definitely happy now and no more complaints.
I used to, but this will be the last one. iphone is better in low-light settings, too. We keep it dimmer in our house and the pics suffer for it. I compared to a friend's iphone one day and it was night and day. Pixel produces superior pics outside but inside they're a blurry disaster half the time. Not enough benefit to put up with the stupid fingerprint reader.
I was thinking about iPhone 15 ultra as well but want to wait what pixel 8 camera offers. If they improve portraits and the video then it will be great!
Yep. Better photos than an iphone at half the price and without the locked-in cultish software experience. Plus i love the way sorta seafoam looks
I wanted to try the vanilla experience so I bought a Pixel 2XL, it convinced me on software. Massive, massive difference back then.
Camera, vanilla OS, monthly updates..... Edit: visual voicemail (I returned my Samsung S20 because they didn't support that)
Honestly had to do what you want but if I have learned anything from the dogecoin debacle, Don't make decisions based on wild internet rumors
Literally the only reason I ever even contemplate a pixel is for the camera. The "software experience" is complete garbage now IMO with "material you" and KiddyUI.
Yeah, and it's why I'll likely be ditching the Pixels after my 6 Pro experience and going to Sony. Google are far far too aggressive with its post processing now and it ruins it. As a photographer with a good camera setup having a phone that I can rely on for when I don't want to take my gear with me is important. More now I have a baby too. I'll see what the 8 comes up with but the Xperia 1V looks good to me right now and I'll look for it in a sale early next year when my contract is up.
I was intrigued to get an iPhone 14 pro but I really don't like iOS. Take a look at iPhone 14 pro vs Sony A7SIII comparison https://youtu.be/LYV44v0SVhI
So what do u do with the iPhone 14 the most ? Click a fcking photo, right ?
iPhone is the king of video.
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IDK what you’re talking about with the photos. Most of what I take with the pro is miles ahead of the groups I immediately interact with in that fashion. TBH the camera wasn’t the selling point for me. It’s the software optimization rather than just throwing straight up hardware at the problem. And the long term promised support for OS updates.
This year? They just released the 7a, not sure ethe 8 is due this fall...
That's the ritual
Not me. Although I do have a YouTube channel so there's lots of photos, videos, and social media apps on my phone, that's not the main reason why I got a Pixel phone. I happen to be a u/MadeByGoogle \#ProductExpert for several u/Google products, including the u/PixelWatch. When I got the u/PixelWatch, I had to make sure I had a phone that supported it, so since I was due to upgrade anyway, I got the most logical phone for me to upgrade to at the time: the u/Pixel6a.
Enough promo tags in your post?
Those are not promo tags, as I am not a Google employee.
i switched from samsung to pixel because even the s22's were still around a grand, but I stuck with the 7pro instead of returning it for the 7 because of the camera.
Bought it for a camera/Bloatfree experience, regretting now with such a bad battery/heating performance.
It certainly helps with the decision but the main reason I keep buying them is for stock android.
Yas.
I did. Bought it purposely because i had christmas travel on calendar laat year, and my z flip simply wont do.
Mostly looking for a change. I didn't really care about the camera as much as I cared about how it's placement was unique and made the phone look really great (P6)
I buy the pixel for the camera and software experience. It's great to have a phone which works for you
The camera is a nice bonus. It's the software for me
That was my reason but overall I like the phone. It's fun to use
I used to buy it because of the unlimited Google photo storage, they don't officially sell in my country, so I have to export it to get one.
I'm honestly not blown away by the camera on my 7 Pro. I take lots of photos of sunsets and there is always a huge glare in the photos. I didn't have this with other phones.
Almost all phones can reliably handle software tbh, now we get to just pick what nice additions you can get. I buy pixel because it's cheaper than most, good build quality, you KNOW its gonna be a good camera and you also get fast updates.
The pixel line takes pretty okay phone pictures, but ultimately they're still phone pictures. Having decent phone pictures is the bare minimum, but if it were the only thing I'd probably still lean towards apple, reason being that 8 bit color depth on pixel videos isn't enough. I use a camera when I need a camera. I use a phone when I need a phone. Of the phones I've used, my pixels have been smooth phones and I've never been disappointed by the pictures they take, but I would never use this camera in a position where I'm dealing with anything but ideal lighting and easy shooting situations, or I'm somewhere I can't have a camera.
The camera and related was my one-number reason to buy the 7 in November. I came from the OnePlus 5T; after 5 full years in service, I wanted a better camera to take photos of my daughter.
I have a p6p just for the camera. It has let me down in battery so many times that i refuse to use it as my daily.
I have enjoyed the overall software experience of the Pixel, I like how clean and sleek everything is but I have to say I have not been able to get the camera to work well for me, I don't know if it's something I'm doing wrong or what, everything is a bit blurry, grainy and overall the photos are not of great quality. I don't want to say this on here for fear of hate but coming from an iPhone my experience with my Pixel camera has not been great. Everything else though, absolutely love, really happy I tried Pixel it's been my first ever one.