Pixel 5 One Month Later - Best Pixel Ever By JSL Review

What is going on everyone Jason here, and today we're talking once again about the beloved Google Pixel 5. Now it's November, which means all the major phones have officially been released and, despite 2020 being a pretty sucky year. Overall, it's been a pretty good one for smartphones and in this weird world that I occupy, where I get a ton of hands-on time with the most popular devices out there. Oddly enough, I find myself regularly gravitating back towards Google's the latest flagship. It's been the fun that's most often in my pocket. Next to the other one, I'm testing out and one month later, I'm 100 convinced that the pixel 5 is the best pixel ever made now before we jump into this review.

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I was actually invited to a call a few weeks back with the folks at Google that designed this phone, and they made it clear that they did a ton of research on what consumers want in a smartphone and armed with those results, google put together the pixel 5 with the goal to meet as many of those as possible, so take the size. For instance, the dimensions of the pixel 5 really hits that sweet spot in terms of having a phone. That's super comfortable to hold and operate with one hand and honestly, it's kind of refreshing as the bigger is better trend for smartphones is kind of getting old, and when I personally asked why Google didn't make a XL version of the five they said it was because their research showed that a majority of consumers would not find it as enjoyable now truth be told. I still would have loved to have seen an Excel version of this phone, but I do commend google's discipline in sticking with their approach. Now.

The company also knew that, although consumers may find a compact phone more practical, they had to be really careful. It didn't come at the cost of an immersive user experience, so this is the first pixel device, that's equipped with an edge-to-edge display, finally giving it a screen to body ratio, that's up to par with 20 20 standards and Google didn't cheap out either it's a beautiful OLED panel that can get really bright. The colors come off vibrant. You don't get any weird blue off-angle discoloration, like the displays. Google has tried to use in the past, and it has a small, uniform bezel that ensures you don't get any accidental screen touches but doesn't get in the way of content consumption, and it's a perfect marriage with the phone's size, as it really gives you the best of both worlds.

You get a portable easy to carry around device. That also gives you six inches of screen real estate for your viewing pleasure now. The icing on the cake here is the 90 hertz variable refresh rate, which gives this large screen that buttery smooth feel when navigating around apps and I get it an edge-to-edge OLED display with a high refresh rate, isn't exactly groundbreaking design elements here and frankly, it's almost the new standard, but it's clear that Google put a lot of thought into the integration of the display and the size of the phone and the more I use it. The more I do find it enjoyable now. This is all packaged together in this new recycled, aluminum body.

That I'll admit at first. I wasn't sure if I liked or not, it doesn't feel like what you'd expect it to feel like when you think aluminum, because it has this coating on it. I said at one point it felt like cardboard, but after one month of using this phone, I think a better way to describe it is that it feels like some kind of stone surface, and I have to say it's unexpectedly grown on me and I want to make it clear it's not because this looks and feels like something. Furthermore, I would call a major eye pleaser. It's really not going to win any awards for best looking phone anytime soon, but I think a major reason why I keep grabbing the pixel 5 off my desk when I'm going somewhere is because how rugged it is.

This is the one phone that I've used this year, where I feel confident about not using a case, and it's surprisingly freeing. I love being able to throw this in and out of my pockets without having to worry about dings and scratches or shattering the back panel, and it truly lives up to that utility. First mindset that went into this phone's design and again google didn't skimp out on the things that matter. You still get an ip68 water and dust resistance, certification and the pixel 5 can take advantage of wireless charging and even though some may call it a step backward, we have a return of the fingerprint reader on the back of the phone now. I really think that this was a smart move.

It's a tested and reliable piece of hardware that works really well, and it allows for that way better screen to body ratio. We talked about earlier, and it keeps the cost down, as this isn't bleeding edge advanced technology anymore. Now it isn't all perfect, and I have to say that the speakers on this phone are pretty meh, particularly the one that's embedded in the display itself. It's super tinny and not nearly as loud as the speaker firing out of the rear of the phone and even though it does technically provide stereo sound. The quality is not that great.

Now. Speakers may not be the biggest deal, but no doubt one of the biggest question marks around quality is tied to a major component with this phone and that's google's decision to use the snapdragon 765g processor. Now, when I asked google why they decided to go with the mid-tier chip as opposed to the fastest ones available today to them, it all came back to what made the most sense to the end user. They were confident that the 765g would be able to comfortably handle all the things that you can do with the pixel 5, especially with the pretty generous, eight gigabytes of ram, while also making sure it helps deliver in other key areas like battery life and look so far. I have to say that it's living up to that promise.

I've had zero issues with the pixel 5's performance, and I've been pushing it pretty hard with a lot of gaming recently, and it's been totally fine and man. Furthermore, I've been extremely impressed with the battery life on this phone, something I was concerned about. Considering that battery issues plagued last year's pixel 4. , I can easily get through a full day on the pixel 5, even when playing a ton of mobile Call of Duty and this phone is the standby battery king out of all the android phones tested this year. Now, yes, you will get a stutter with the image processing when taking photos, as there is no longer a dedicated image processing chip on this phone.

After a month of using the pixel 5, I can say that it'll only bother you if you concentrate on it, I would assume most people aren't going to care that it takes a few seconds for the image to render in your album after the shutter button is hit, and that's especially true, because the quality of the image you get is phenomenal, and it almost makes waiting for it to process kind of fun. The pixel 5 continues to be the best android phone when it comes to image quality and could make a good argument for best cameras on a phone overall pictures come off. Sharp colors are vibrant. You get that classic contrast, look that has a cooler temperature and the dynamic range is perfect plus. We finally have the ultra-wide angle lens that we all wanted last year, and I've already found that I use it way more than I did the telephoto that was on the 4 and the color reproduction to match.

The primary camera is well executed. The front facing camera is also superb, full transparency. I had some issues with it at first because for some reason, my pixel 5 out of the box had the face retouching feature turned on to full blast, which google said should have been off by default and no lie. I was getting some pretty heavily processed selfies, which did concern me, but after realizing what was going on, I went into the settings and turned it off, and the quality was immediately better way more natural than what I was getting before and no doubt some of the best selfies coming out of any camera right now. My major issue with the camera quality is more concern around.

What's next for the pixel, to put it candidly, not much has changed with the way google goes about their cameras ever since it debuted the pixel 2 that leapfrogged all the competition and, though that don't fix it, unless it's broken philosophy can maybe last up to now it's no secret that the competition has caught up quickly, and I do worry that Google may be too complacent in this area and if that's the case, I really do feel as though it may put at risk what I consider to be the major draw for most consumers to the pixel lineup. That being said, the pixel 5 really does come together to be an outstanding package. It does so many things really well and what I would say really locks in. For me. The opinion that this is the best pixel ever made is the price tag.

Probably the smartest thing google did was not try and make this phone compete with tier 1 flagships a lesson they may have learned the hard way with last year's way, overpriced. Pixel 4. This phone targets value shoppers wanting a great user experience that are going to be ok with certain concessions to get one at that price and the pixel 5 really does deliver, and it does so in a way where most of the concessions are not even going to be noticed by most consumers. This phone will give you the best android experience, a fantastic form factor, class-leading battery life and arguably the best cameras available today, with all that, will people really care that the phone doesn't have the 865g processor or a stainless steel frame? Probably not okay, that's about it! For this review on the Google Pixel 5. Again, don't forget to leave me a thumbs up if you guys found it useful.

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