Google Pixel In 2020! (Still Worth It?) (Review) By Simple Alpaca

What's up everyone welcome back to the channel, as you can see, bro I need to start doing more. Android phones, I've been talking so much about iPhones, and today we're talking about none other than honestly. One of my favorite phone lines ever created I know they're kind of an Iraqi space right now, but the Google Pixel line that kind of stemmed from the nexus line are one of my favorite android phone line. Ups ever, and it was kind of a blessing when google actually reached out to me and actually like wanted to send me a phone which is kind of weird because, like I used to use their phones before, I even cut them for free kind of a weird flux. I understand, but we're going to be talking about the original Google Pixel, and this thing, if you guys know, came out right after the Nexus, 6p and I thought. The Nexus 6p was probably one of like the best phones at the time and I thought it looked so cool.

But then it had those huge issues that you know, people really kind of look down upon the 6p rightfully so, but the Google Pixel kind of picked it up from there, and this is a classic case of software over hardware. Okay, because, this thing, I'll be honest, I hate to say it, but it's you know pretty apparent. This thing is not the best looking thing in the world, especially in today's standards, but it still has a lot of going for it, which is kind of funny to say this thing literally looks like a phone that, like a demo phone in a way like it's just supposed to be like a perfect software on a phone, that's just like temporarily in a phone like that. That's the best way I can put out, or you know, but this is the smaller Google Pixel we're covering the pixel excel later on, and this thing came on in 2016 in October, so this year it will be turning four years old. So that's pretty crazy.

It doesn't even feel like it's four years old on the front you can see. We have a five-inch AMOLED display, and it's 1080p, and I actually think it's a pretty good panel I, don't think it's like a bad panel at all like it's actually pretty decent I would still say, like the Galaxy series phone I came on. A 2016 is better than this, like this Galaxy S7. That definitely has a better looking screen than this, but I think it's pretty good for what it is and what it brought, so I kind of want to leave it there. It's pretty average, but it's its not bad.

However, what I will say is that the surrounding area of the phone and that's what kind of gives it the know the appearance that it might not be as good as it is because you know it's kind of like having like a really amazing like a meal or something like that or like amazing dinner. But it looks awful I, don't know, explain it, but the bezel around the display is just not the best looking thing for this phone: it has a 69% screen of body ratio which is so crazy, there's so much bezel on this thing and there's really no need for the bezel at all, like there's no home buttons. There's no front-facing speakers like there's really no reason to have this much bezel high. So that's probably the worst thing about this phone I've had the black one I've had the white one I've had many versions of this Google picks I've had so many Google pixels I have kind of stemmed down to the black one I kind of like this one more. If you like the white one, you've got that ability as well.

It looks like the Moto G 2. If you guys remember that phone, it literally looks just like that. One, what's really cool is we have USB type-c on this phone as well as a headphone jack. So that's awesome on the back. You have like this kind of glass back on the top third of it and then the rest is just like this aluminum build.

You have a fingerprint sensor on the back as well, which is really cool, as well as a single camera setup. Furthermore, you know, there's no multiple cameras, but I'll talk about the cameras in a second so to kind of just solve the whole entire body. Obviously the worst thing about it is the way it looks, but the best thing about it is what's inside, so at this time in 2016 phones still had a little of bezel on it. So it's not the worst thing ever, so I totally understand, but nowadays, you know when we have phones that are like so bicyclist. They have very little bezel on them.

Looking at a phone like this, it just does not make this thing. Look like the best thing ever so that kind of covers it up in terms of the outside. Hopefully you guys followed me with that. If I didn't confuse any of you now hitting only software, this is probably the best thing about this phone and the thing that actually surprises me quite a bit. This thing started off with the Android 7.1 you get, we are able to upgraded to Android 10 point o, which is just Q I. Guess it didn't want to do anything more desert names and, that's probably like I, said the best thing about it.

We are able to get the latest and greatest version of Android on this thing and that's a testament. Google and just you know, Android in general Google has been very, very nice into supporting their pixel line, which is awesome and to think I got all of Android 7. It got all the Android 8, it got all of Android 9, and it's going to get all over Android 10. That's pretty insane meant to be honest, and sadly, though, it's probably stopping at Android 10 I, don't think it's going to go any further than that, but it's completely ok. By the way, my voice is kind of hoarse, because I have, but in terms of software you're going to be set even after it's done being supported by stock because here's the thing this thing has so many people using it even now and there's such a huge development community behind it that there's going to be a ton of people having support for this thing, I mean, first, it's the first of its lineup, it's the first Google Pixel.

But on top of that, it's the know the bread and butter of the rest of the pixel line, its stock Android, there's not too many bells and whistles with it, which is a good thing and a bad thing, and because of that, because there's such a huge demand for this phone still, people are going to be developing for this phone, like crazy people are still developing ROMs for, like the Nexus 4 and like the Nexus, 6, and phones like that. So you know I'm kind of happy to say that, so this phone without a doubt, will definitely still suffice. It doesn't think you're going to get it, and it's going to be outdated or anything like that. It's probably going to get security updates here and there as well so in terms of software you're going to be said, so don't even worry about it. Now, moving on to the performance side of things, this thing started off with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 1.

You know it didn't start off with it. It still has a pod comes Snapdragon 820, one chipset has quad-core CPU and Arena 530 GPU, and there were two different models of the Google Pixel, a 32 and 128 gigabyte model and both those models had 4 gigabytes of RAM. Now what I'll tell you are what that about? Do not pick up a 32 gigabyte phone in 2020. Don't even I would be kind of hesitant to pick up a 64 gigabyte variant as well. My 11 pro is 64, and I really haven't had too many issues with it, but to kind of be, you know, on the safe side, try to get more than 64 if you can, but definitely do not get a 32 gigabyte phone now, but in terms of performance.

This is what I'll tell you I think this phone is still a very good performing phone for the price age and the timeframe it was released. You know, and it wasn't trying to be like the best performing phone at the time. But the sad thing- and the scary thing is- is that this phone has the same amount of RAM as Schuylkill pixel 3 Excel, which just came out last year or in 2018. So the RAM side I mean I, don't know I. It doesn't really require a lot of background processes and everything to run this UI its stock Android.

There's not a lot of things going on in the background, so in terms of you opening, apps and closing apps and keeping them in the background it's kind of hit or miss there's been some. You know people who have had issues with that specific grant management side, but it's 4 gigabytes. If Google put like a much bigger amount of RAM in it, tomatoes ends I think that would have been really cool, and they would have had a huge success on their hands. I mean is a success, regardless performance isn't bad or anything. It's just it's just a little choppy here and there it's a little slow, which is expected.

You know it came out in 2016, but compared to other phones that came out in 2016 like the Galaxy S7. This phone is not that bad I think it has more in tune with like the iPhone sevens and a way to. But if you think about it, the iPhone 7s have had huge problems as well with their whole reboot and audio I see issues. The cool pixel has been pretty decent. There's really hasn't been many like crazy drama with this phone since it's been released besides the screen issue, I think but other than that performance wise.

It's its perfect. Still. You know, and I attribute that a lot to the UI and the whole entire interface being stuck, and what I will say is that the Galaxy S7 I think had four gigabytes RAM. It probably had three, but the Galaxy S8 had four gigabytes of RAM. So in terms of that, that was a time frame.

These phones being released now we're having phones with like eight gigabytes of RAM, so I feel like the RAM, would be the only issue on this phone other than that performance. Really isn't that bad? You know it's pretty much what you would think and what you would expect out of a phone like this, so in terms of performance I think it's definitely good for this phone and the price and everything. So that's definitely a good thing. Now. Moving on to the camera side of things, this thing has a single twelve point: three megapixel camera on the back.

You have a single Titan megapixel front facing camera. What I can tell you about that back camera? Are you know you can shoot 4k videos at up to 30 frames per second 1080p at the 120 and I. Do think, overall, this camera quality is still pretty good, you're able to do a lot with it. The quality is good. The video quality is pretty decent.

The audio quality is not that really that good, which is the biggest downside of this thing, but the thing that I always tell people at this time in frame- and it has a lot to do with all these older phones that have been coming out. It's not necessarily the quality of the photos or the videos. It has a lot more to do with the actual hardware of these cameras. So there's only a single camera set up. It doesn't have a telephoto lens or an ultra-wide sensor and going into 20/20.

That is something that a lot of phones to have a lot of phones have at least one additional camera sensor and I feel like if you don't have a one, either a telephone or an ultra-wide, you're kind of letting yourself go, and you're kind of not future proofing yourself in a way- and that's probably the biggest downside. You know I hate to say like that, but the quality and everything is kind of you. It's definitely the main thing. There's all these other little things that are on top of that we have to kind of watch out for now so I want to tell you are in terms of the overall quality I think the quality is great for the phone for the price and everything it was very like praised for the camera quality, but I do think the one thing that's a limiting. It is the hardware itself, so it's not a horrible thing, I'm, not saying it's the worst thing ever, but that is something that you might see yourself kind of you know saying here and there, if you look at all these other people who are doing like crazy things with their cameras- and you only have a single camera that might make you feel away.

So that's pretty much if I don't want to go too deep into it. Now, ending it off with the battery life. This thing has a two thousand seven hundred and seventy million power battery and I think it's a pretty good battery life. You know for the time being of this phone. However, this battery has degraded a little.

It's not a crazy amount, but it has degraded at the end of the day and I do think. It's probably I like 85% or 90% of what it used to be, which is actually not bad. So I'll tell you, the battery life is pretty average at the end of the day. It's not horrible. It's not bad, it's not great either.

So it's like in the middle. You will probably have to charge it by the end of the day, though, because it is kind of like a smaller sized battery, but this phone doesn't require the most amount of power to run. On top of that, it doesn't have a human like a screen to power either, so I think battery life is pretty average. Its stand by time is not really that great for some reason, but I think at the end of the day, it'll probably get you through a day, but you'll probably be pushing it towards ends up at least on my specific unit. So, to kind of sum up this video and to answer the question: is the Google Pixel, the original one still worth it in 2020? This is how I would tell you I think this phone.

If you have to go this far deep into it, I think this phone is probably still worth it. I think it still has quite a bit of you know a life left in it and there's a lot of going for it too software is there it stocks software, so you don't have to ROM it or anything to keep it stock. You have pretty decent performance. You have a pretty decent camera, you're lacking some things, but I think this phone is a pretty basic phone at the end of the day. What I will say, though, is that if you can spend a little more money, I would probably tell you to at least go for a Google, pixel, ? or Google Pixel ? Excel, probably the Google Pixel -.

That would be a little of a better phone and that one is at least getting an extra version of Android on top of the Google Pixel. So I'd probably recommend you going that way. I will be having a video soon talking about the Google Pixel ?, so keep it locked down on the channel. So you don't miss that, but if you want to find the cheapest cool pix or Google, so ? eBay is probably your best bet, but I will find the cheapest ones on Amazon and lay it down in the description below. So you guys can get it from there, and I'll support the channel at the same time.

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