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Google Pixel 7 Pro – Unlocked Android 5G smartphone with telephoto lens, wide-angle lens and 24-hour battery – 128GB – Snow
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This is a great deal for this phone. Although Google pixel may not be for everyone the camera on this phone is amazing.
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Longer version! And tell me if my thought process is off, on this! The obvious strength of the 7 Pro is it has that optical zoom. The standout weaknesses are relatively poor low light performance in terms of noise, where the Pixel 8 is a significant improvement.
The 7 Pro's images are said to be a little darker in the corners, though with the samples I looked at it didn't appear pronounced, to me, and I wondered if the reviewer who mentioned it as a possible thing, simply said so, so as to mind his back; as in, perhaps as other reviewers had been commenting on it, I should mention that. So much to look for in comparisons, that's not something I really look out for!
From the images I saw, I personally prefer the tonal balance of the 7 Pro to the Pixel 8
Some of the images from the auto defaults from the 8 were, for my tastes, marginally but noticeably, to me, overly contrasty and a bit too much saturation. I know many people prefer that, for images that 'pop' on social media, but I prefer a more neutral look with a shade more detail in the shadows. It was noticeable in some of the landscape images, hedges, foliage, but in most situations the differences were subtle-ish. Images were sometimes a tiny bit more sharply resolved with the Pixel 8 but not like it was noticeable most of the time.
So, it would seem almost crazy, just on the cameras metrics, not to go for the 7 Pro, right? I also liked that it is a marginally larger phone/screen.
I'm not sure... Several things gave me pause. Though the extraordinary AI features of the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro aren't quite of no interest to me, what does interest me, a lot, is updates. If Google made some miraculous discovery that could be applied in firmware, I'm sure the 8 would get it, I'm much less sure the 7 Pro would.
Also, I'm told the 7 Pro, not being a new model, gets OS update until 2025, where the Pixel 8 will have, what, 7 years of updates?! I do wonder if some of those updates will degrade the picture quality, subtly, to try and convince you to upgrade, though, as that is apparently an unspoken common practice?
On balance, I don't know that I would use the zoom, much, and some of the hardware features upgrades with the 8-series are something to consider, so I reluctantly decided to remove the 7 Pro from my shortlist.
Also on that shortlist are the Honor 90 (again, contrast and saturation in the auto default are too high, for my liking; consequently photographs in dull weather can look stark and gloomy compared to how they looked in real life; sure, some of that can be corrected in post but the off putter for me is, re point and shoot, that I haven't had much luck finding people using Gcam ports to tame that. Anyway, the price is good, the strengths are great screen and 4K video). The Xiaomi 13T Pro (no 4K on the selfie, apparently some condensation problems with the lens, don't know if that was resolved with later samples??). The Nothing Phone 2a - photographs seem to have got better with the regular updates but mainly the 4K video interests me, though I had difficulty finding how it compares with the above?? Motorola Edge 40 (significantly improved cameras when used with Gcam port, 4K resolution of details in video is good, could use my gimbal to tame slight shakiness; if I could find this phone somewhere between £180 and £240, I would be tempted, felt sore to have missed £176 deal!).
Of all of the above, I'll probably go for the Honor 90, unless others have suggestions, thanks - ??? - if only, in terms of limited OS updates it is still significantly less money than the Pixel 7 Pro, which, getting back on topic, Pixel 7 Pro seems like a really good deal if cameras/zoom matter more than noisy images in low light and few remaining OS updates. Its less contrasty/saturated presentation than the Pixel 8 in some photographs came very close to making me click buy.
Seriously hot! (edited)
At the price point you are looking at I see it as a no brainer.
Simple as that. (edited)
Re the battery you can put it on battery saver modes if you want to increase battery. I don't game on mine so it's fine for me and I usually have it on a saver mode to stretch it's legs. Camera is fantastic... Brilliant phone plus it's clean android and recently got the circle to search feature that the S24 has. 👌
Samsung S9 and freelance folks!
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It seems I'm not the only fan, even with the 8 Pro being released: digitalspy.com/tec…ew/ (edited)
I bit on a 256GB 7 Pro used like new for £380.
Are there any other phones with decent UI, bright screen and responsive fast touchscreen that you don't need a magnifying glass to read ?
As for brightness that's something you'd have to check in specs for individual devices
The first 3 months it ran hot as it apparently learns your patterns.
Now it's perfectly fine.
This phone gets a good 7hr screen on time for me.
I have it since 2 months after launch and battery life stats for today.
20% for 1hr 46mins screen on time.
3% an hour in standby on mobile internet.
Pros
Good camera
Decent screen (OLED, bright and clearly visible in sunny weather)
Stock android so snappy and fast.
Software updates for another 2 years and security for another 4.
Cons
Slow charging relative to OnePlus (it's only 24w)
Takes a while for the battery to optimise itself.
Screen dims once it overheats so you can't keep it bright in the canaries.
S23 ultra or OnePlus 11 would probably be a better choice for me due to faster charging honestly but I'll keep this another 2-3 years I guess.
Btw by faster charging. This charges fully in maybe 1hr 30. The OnePlus series does 80% in like 20 minutes. That's why I'm saying it's worse. There are very few phones that have awesome charging yet but I came from a OnePlus to this.
Samsung s22 or below, apple etc all have similar charging speed to pixel 7 pro. (edited)