Google Pixel 5 Review! - I WAS WRONG?! ...| Speaker Issues, Display Gaps & Poor Haptics? By Rjey Tech

How's it going everyone, my name is RJ, and this is the Google Pixel 5. I have been waiting a very long time to get my hands on this device, and it is. Finally, here you see, I have been an avid pixel user ever since the original Google Pixel and my love for pixel devices has just grown throughout the years. There is a valid argument to be made that the Google Pixel 2 XL and the Google Pixel 4 were sort of a flop. So when I heard that google was going back to their roots this year with the pixel 5, I was ecstatic. There is no more fluff this year with the pixel 5.

, google got rid of projects solely there's, no more squeeze for assistant, and we finally have uniform bezels around the display. In many ways, the Google Pixel 5 is the best pixel device ever made, but the Google Pixel 5 isn't perfect, and while I've only spent about four days with this device, I've already noticed some things that we need to discuss. The pixel 5 still maintains the look and feel of a pixel device. It's a remarkably simple and minimal device in terms of design with a small hole, punch front facing camera and tiny bezels, encompassing the display on the back. There is a fingerprint sensor and a square camera module packing a wide and an ultra-wide angle, camera.

So in many ways it's still the same. Google device, we've all come to love and expect. There are, however, a few minor changes to point out. The pixel 5 is made from recycled aluminum, and it is also ip68 water resistant. The back of this device is what some people are calling cheap feeling.

This back is a matte finish with slightly gritty soft touch textures. I personally think it's a unique design. It's definitely not the most premium feeling smartphone ever, but it does feel unique to the touch and this sage, green color, just looks magnificent. This color makes the chrome power button and the Google logo on the back stand out, letting everyone around you know that this phone was built by google. Something else I really like about this design is the compact form factor.

The pixel 5 is certainly a tiny device, and it's not for everyone. A lot of consumers have been asking for a bigger XL version of the pixel 5, but for myself personally, I value convenience and portability over a bigger form factor, so this size is just fine for me, let's take a second to talk about some issues for a second I've noticed two things about this device that really bothered me. First off, Google is marketing the pixel 5 as having dual stereo speakers. Well, truth be told this top speaker is essentially useless to the best of my knowledge, google, placing a speaker under the display, hasn't been done before and while I do applaud the effort, this ain't it, the sound coming from the top speakers, are hollow and very tinny. I barely use wireless earbuds.

I always rely on my phone's speakers when watching content and taking phone calls so just be warned if you do buy the pixel 5. This phone has terrible sounding speakers. I mean absolutely terrible. The second thing I noticed is rather strange. The pixel 5 has weaker and worse sounding haptics than the Pixel 4a, which is kind of weird considering this is google's top of the line pixel device for 2020.

It doesn't make sense for Google to change the haptic motors from the foray to the pixel 5. My friend Adam, and I have some theories about this theory number one is: google, is using a bigger 4, 000 William battery on a smaller compact device, so the positioning of where google placed the motors may not be ideal to give off a strong enough vibration. The second theory is that the pixel 5 is built from aluminum. This may cause the vibrations to sound out of whack and weaker, keep in mind. These are just theories so who really knows? What's up with the haptics on the pixel 5.

Quickly before we do continue, we are on the road to 10 000 subscribers. That is absolutely insane. If you are enjoying my content, and you want to stay tuned for my pixel 5 review, then please do me a favor and leave a like on this video and do consider subscribing to the channel for more content. Just like this, the pixel 5 is rocking a 6 inch OLED display with a resolution of 1080x2340 for a PPI of 432. This display is pretty good.

I wouldn't call this the best display on the market or even a display, that's worthy of competing with Samsung flagships, but it's good enough to get the job done, although I do find the display's brightness to be lacking in outdoor conditions, the display's peak brightness maxes out at 475 nits. If you don't use adaptive brightness like I do in comparison, the iPhone 11's brightness goes as high as 652 nits and the galaxy s20. Only fans edition goes as high as 679 nits, but if you do use adaptive brightness, this display can max out at 699 nits. Now you might be asking RJ. Why don't you use adapted brightness while I personally don't use adapter brightness on any phone? I just don't like the way it adapts to my surrounding environment.

I always find the brightness to be either way too high or way too low. So the first thing that I do on any phone I use is turn off adaptive brightness. The pixel 5 has an 86 screen to body ratio. It's not the highest number by any means, but it's good enough, where the bezels don't intrude when consuming content, and the best part is. This is a 90 hertz panel that does support HDR.

I have been using the pixel 5 case list, and I've even placed it in my pockets with keys and coins, and so far there isn't a scratch on it. So the gorilla glass 6 is putting in work, but I don't recommend you guys trying this at home. I do, though, have to address an issue with the display. There have been multiple reports out there stating that there is a visible gap between the display and the body of the phone. Fortunately, I haven't noticed anything like that on my pixel 5, but Google did come out and state that this is a normal part of your pixel 5 and therefore not something to be concerned about.

I highly doubt that this is a normal part of the design. If your device did come with this gap, I highly recommend you guys return the phone and get a new one. The pixel 5 comes with 8 gigabytes of ram and the mid-range snapdragon 765g kip set, and I was honestly kind of concerned about the performance, but I do know, google run stock android, and I've never had any performance issues with any pixels in the past. So I'm happy to report that with the pixel 5, this phone is as smooth as ever. You still get that stock android experience, and you know that this is a Google phone with no bloatware, no extra unnecessary features and overall, just a very smooth phone in an era where companies such as OnePlus are moving away from the stock.

Android experience it's nice to see google embrace stock android and give users a taste of what android is supposed to run like. If you do play a lot of games on your phone, there are definitely better options out there. I've tried playing asphalt, 9 on this device and while the game is playable, it's a much smoother experience on the OnePlus 8 pro, which actually has the power to max this 120 hertz display all while running, demanding titles. Battery life is a very interesting topic when it comes to the pixel 5. Pixel phones have a reputation for struggling in the battery department.

I've been using this phone for five days now, and I have to say this is the best battery life I've gotten out of a phone in 2020. The pixel 5 is packing a 4080 William hour battery and I believe the size of the battery combined with the compact form factor and google software optimization is able to deliver stellar battery life. I kid you not. On a 4g network, I've been averaging close to nine and a half hours of screen on time. This is unheard of for a pixel device, let alone any phone in 2020.

This can easily be a two-day battery device. I'm getting these screen on times with 90hz, refresh rate turned to always on. What also seems to be happening is the more that I use this phone. The adaptive battery system learns my habits and intelligently regulates power. Draw from my apps that I use the most so as crazy as this sounds.

The screen on time seems to be improving as the days go on. I have been super impressed with the battery life and I hope google is able to carry this forward in future pixel devices. I have kept you guys waiting long enough. Let's talk about the cameras. The pixel 5 features a dual lens camera system, with a 12.2 megapixel primary camera and a 60 megapixel ultra-wide angle lens. The telephoto of last year is gone, and this sucks for someone like myself, who uses a telephoto more frequently than an ultra-wide, but I do understand.

Most people were begging, google for an ultra-wide lens, and they did deliver using ordinary hardware and extraordinary software. Google is still able to deliver top tier flagship quality pictures. Now, when you compare these images next to the iPhone 12 Pro, it's a pretty close-knit race keep in mind. Throughout this comparison, the pixel 5 is 300 cheaper than the iPhone 12 Pro, and this camera comparison is just so close, but yeah that has been a very long first impressions video. I wanted to keep it as short as possible, but there was so much to talk about if you guys want to see my full review make sure you do subscribe to the channel, and please do leave a like on this video.

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