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It's that time once again... I'm switching to the Google Pixel 3 XL as my next daily driver smartphone. Google Pixel 3 XL review coming soon.
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Ah
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So, the time has come. I have used the iPhone XS Max for an extended period of time
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You guys probably caught the recent video where I broke down that entire experience
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This phone here in front of me is a good phone. I need to get that out of the way
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And it was quite an experience. The good, the bad, and the ugly, I covered it all
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It covered it all and it required an extended usage scenario in order to uncover all that
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But now, today it's all about the latest competitor in the smartphone space, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL
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The one in front of me here is the XL. It's just the hottest phone right now
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I mean, it just came out full transparency. I have personally used almost every version
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of Google phone leading up to this one. Lou here and I'm very excited to bring to you
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some beautiful visuals as well as detailed specs on the latest Nexus devices that Google is set
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to launch this holiday season. It's always an area of interest for me to see
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hey, what is Google doing? Now this phone has been surprisingly polarizing
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because of this unusual layout at the top, this notch layout. Maybe it's the two eyeballs
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maybe it's the little robot mouth in the middle. It's brought up a lot of conversation
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Obviously there's more to this device than the notch. There's a camera unit, there's an OLED display
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there a Snapdragon processor some stereo speakers and so on and so forth There way more to evaluate than just that Notch now for some of you that might be a deal breaker for some of you might look at that and just say no
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Not possible, but I did show you that you can kind of hide it
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I did make a formal request in my previous video for a certain type of notch no notch
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Implementation you can keep your screen real estate up there if I have it blacked out for a little bit of symmetry
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Nonetheless, the Pixel is interesting for many reasons. It's interesting because it's Google's play, and Google is that brand that's responsible for Android
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They are the shepherds of Android. The features that they highlight here, the hardware that they select
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it all kind of acts as an indication for where Android may eventually end up
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And for that reason, I've always been compelled to use and abuse the various Pixel devices
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devices. Some of the problems I've had with other Android manufacturers and the various skins that
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they put on their devices is that they sometimes stunt some of the stuff that Google is doing
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themselves. And of course, Google's employing super high-end engineers, much like Apple is
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to work exclusively on this software, on this OS, on this unadulterated version. A synergy of
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software and hardware selected by the group responsible for both. There can be improvements
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But you must also admit that in some cases some of these brands they do the opposite
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They might actually remove some of the usability or some of the intuitiveness that native in this version Vanilla stock from Google Android now I did do an unboxing of this device the speakers may be the best I heard definitely the best
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I've heard recently the display it seems maybe a touch better than the previous version
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I have to withhold my entire review. I do have to use this thing
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We've added wireless charging which is a big deal for me It's something that I really missed on the previous version
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There is no headphone jack the headphone jack did not make a comeback back but I think the thing you guys are gonna wonder about the most throughout this experience
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of using this device is the camera. I mean the camera has become this very important aspect
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maybe the most important aspect of smartphones recently especially at the flagship level. Can
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this camera stack up to the camera on the 10s max or can it go a step further? Can it do a step
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better? This wide angle selfie lens is kind of promising to me. The wide angle selfie makes it
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less of a selfie and more of a groupie. The cameras are what you're going to be interested in so I
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expect to test them extensively. I'm amazed every day at the caliber of photos that are coming out
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of smartphones right now. You youngsters, you don't know. You didn't see the pixelated garbage that I
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was forced to grow up with. Multitasking via gestures now. I gotta see if I like that. And then the last
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thing, we gotta talk about Notch City. How much will it bug me? What will the eventual implementation
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of the notch hide be I will likely go with the developer option hiding the notch at least you have some symmetry to it We see does the forehead and chin does it bother me Or can I live Can I really live This is something that I wish every manufacturer with a notch at least gave you an option for
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I'm not telling you to love or hate the notch. I'm just asking for options
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More options equals better equals good for you, for me, for us
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Without further ado, let's do the thing we do. Switch over to another phone exclusively with the main SIM card
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And for an extended period of time, oh my goodness, it's always nerve-wracking
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You just get into the groove with one particular smartphone and it's on to the next
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Because you guys need to know. The world needs to know what is happening in the smartphone marketplace
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What is hot? What is not? And most importantly, above all else, as I insert this SIM card
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What is worth your hard-earned cash? It's real. Boom. Ping. Bang. There it is
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Pixel 3 XL. Sim card in. I got a first-party case for it as well
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Look at that. Little fabric texture. Cost to performance ratio. It deserves discussion
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There's so much happening at various price points within the smartphone marketplace
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It's very exciting. This is a global discussion. Should the Pixel cost what it costs
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Or would you be better off spending your cash elsewhere? I'm going to go find out
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Then I'm going to tell you. So let me go do that. I'm going to go use this smartphone
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Pixel 3 XL. I have switched
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