Pixel smartphone camera review: At the top | DxOMark
With an overall DxOMark Mobile score of 89, pixel, the latest Google smartphone, is the highest-rated smartphone camera we have ever tested. Its image quality scores are impressive across the board, but it is particularly strong in providing a very high level of detail from its 12.3MP camera, with relatively low levels of noise for every tested lighting condition. It also provides accurate exposures with very good contrast and white balance, as w…
It looks like Google is making a run at the iPhone, which has always has a superior camera due to its better imaging sensor and algorithm, and to a lesser extent Samsung's latest offerings.
We'll have to wait for real world test from end users but this looks super promising.
If this phone is trying to make a run at the iPhone, it's doing a poor job… No water resistance and no stereo speakers is a MAJOR hardware inferiority. I'm totally let down by this phone.
I've never really understood the water resistance thing. I've had so many devices near a pool and never once had an issue. I've used phones in the rain… no issue. I have ~$1,000 laptops that I don't expect my laptop to be water resistant because it's a freaking $1000 device… don't get it wet.
The speaker I do kinda get – but I don't really listen to music on my phone so it's not that big a deal to me.
Allow me to counter your aversion to the water resistance feature: The Nexus 5x (last years smaller Google phone) is so hydrophobic that sweat alone can ruin the screen. The steam from a shower ruined my girlfriends phone – the water indicator was not triggered, but the backlight was totally ruined.
Normally it wouldn't have much of a connection to this phone, but considering this was a Google Nexus phone from less than a year ago, there's a very real concern here with the pixel.
I just don't understand why Google cheaped out on this one… adding a liquipel layer is an extra cost, but it seems well worth it, especially since Apple included water resistance in their latest iPhone.
I currently use a 5x as my daily driver. It's been in the bathroom with me when I've showered (as has my nvidia shield, my old Note, my old OnePlus… no issues on any of them either). I've also used the 5x in the rain… no issues. It wasn't like it was a torrential downpour but it's been in use while it was raining out and has never had a problem. I also live in the Midwest where we have insane humidity, I sweat (a lot – damn genes I got from my dads side of the family), and it's never been an issue either.
+Paul Spoerry Yeah, my girlfriends lasted about 9 months before the back-light encountered the problem. The problem is pretty wide-spread if you google it. It could be that only certain units have the issue, and you may have a good one (or, alternatively, some people may just be getting duds.) Suffice it to say it's nice to know a phone is water resistant so you don't have to worry about this sort of thing. Looking at the smartphones on the market today, it's definitely a standard that Google is ignoring, and I think that's a mistake that's going to cost them. Flagship phones from the most influential companies (Samsung, Apple, Motorola, Sony, etc.) are water resistant these days. It may not be a deal-breaker for everyone, but it's a deal-breaker for many.
Agreed. I think it's certainly a YMMV scenario; it's why I stated it as, "I've never really understood the water resistance thing." All the way back to the old school Palm devices I never had an issue needing water resistance. I get that it's a feature that is becoming a standard and could be a turnoff for some… just one I've never really understood.
And to be fair… I DO have a newer 5X that I got when I switched to Google Fi (soon to be replaced by a Pixel XL) so if time is an issue for it to occur then I might not have hit it. Like I said I've sweat all over this thing, used it in light rain, etc. and no issues yet. So either they resolved it in newer devices or I've not run out the clock on when that would start.