Google Pixel 8 series

[Alyeska]

Is it just me or i'm unable to set my own photos on pixel 8 pro to fit nicely even after rescaling the images? It kept auto zoom in and i'm unable to zoom out at all it's frustrating!!!

 

[elvintay07]

How is this compared to S24 and S24 ultra?

 

[joesph]

used to use samsung and was a fan

 

[FrostWurm]

How is this compared to S24 and S24 ultra?

You can see the Youtube links in the posts above that have made this comparison

I haven't used the S24 ultra much (only used my friend's phone to take pics to compare), so I can only comment on the pics.

I find that the colour of the pics taken by the Pixel 8 Pro are more accurate, especially in nature settings like forests, mountains, etc (where I took pics to compare). The S24 ultra gives off a slightly warmer/darkish undertone to the pics that sometimes appears a bit odd to me. Several other friends made the same observation when I asked them to compare the pics taken.

But no doubt the S24 ultra camera has other advantages compared to the Pixel 8 Pro camera; you can just watch the youtube vids and decide for yourself.

 

[elvintay07]

used to use samsung and was a fan

Now?

 

[elvintay07]

Just wondering whether Google will release a new phone and chip every year? Actually i think Google can be more involved in this hardware + software thing like Apple.

 

[limmk]

Can you spot the Pixel 8 Pro?

 

[joesph]

Now?

google phone

 

[joesph]

Just wondering whether Google will release a new phone and chip every year? Actually i think Google can be more involved in this hardware + software thing like Apple.

they not using qualcomm snapdragon still

 

[elvintay07]

google phone

Which version? You think they are better than Samsung?

 

[elvintay07]

they not using qualcomm snapdragon still

Not sure why but perhaps due to low vol hence Qualcomm don’t want to make for them. I think Google superior software may compensate the hardware shortfall. I don’t know but based on what I have seen from iPhone, can tell specs is not everything

 

[joesph]

Which version? You think they are better than Samsung?

p7p. prefer their android

 

[Yongkit]

P8 pro 128gb with voucher $919

 

[Loser]

Charging very slow ah! Already slow to begin with now slower! Who else using third party PPS/PD charger?

When charging it keeps throttling/cycling between charging/discharging especially between 0%-80+%, once hit 90% and above then no problem because charging is automatically slowed down. Noticed this since March update.

Reddit can find some threads about the same problem:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/s/DbZl6gvrYg

 

[omelet]

Charging very slow ah! Already slow to begin with now slower! Who else using third party PPS/PD charger?

When charging it keeps throttling/cycling between charging/discharging especially between 0%-80+%, once hit 90% and above then no problem because charging is automatically slowed down. Noticed this since March update.

Reddit can find some threads about the same problem:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/s/DbZl6gvrYg

Yeah, same to have this strange issue with third party charger randomly. Happens on my Samsung 45W charger and Belkin 65W charger. Bought the Google 30W charger(Samsung charger went dead after 2 years) to try out and seem to work fine.

 

[Loser]

Yeah, same to have this strange issue with third party charger randomly. Happens on my Samsung 45W charger and Belkin 65W charger. Bought the Google 30W charger(Samsung charger went dead after 2 years) to try out and seem to work fine.

Thanks for your input.

No reason for third party PPS/PD chargers to not work, especially when it was working well before March update... I tried anker/Samsung/prolink all the same start/stop/start/stop. Using 5A cable from ugreen so isn't cable issue, max amp also not close to 5A anyway.

My AOD very busy keep refreshing to reflect the throttling no need to scare burn in.

 

[omelet]

Thanks for your input.

No reason for third party PPS/PD chargers to not work, especially when it was working well before March update... I tried anker/Samsung/prolink all the same start/stop/start/stop. Using 100W cable from ugreen so isn't cable issue.

My AOD very busy keep refreshing to reflect the throttling no need to scare burn in.

Agree, shouldn't have any reason to not work. The same chargers that had issue with P8P works fine with every other devices. Only the Google chargers has been working consistently.

 

[limmk]

 

[limmk]

THE REAL REASON GOOGLE KEEPS CHANGING THE PIXEL CAMERA BAR​

Lais Borges/Inverse; Photograph by Raymond Wong

Not too long ago, smartphones had more personality. An iPhone with a home button looked distinct from a BlackBerry with a keyboard; an HTC might have used metal instead of the plastic in a Motorola; Samsung phones flaunted their curved glass edges while OnePlus devices touted pop-selfie cameras.

You used to be able to identify what phone everyone used just because they all had so much character. Nowadays, phones mostly all look the same. With the exception of phones that fold or flip, they’re turning into iPhone clones.
The last easy way to distinguish phones in the wild is by their rear camera setup. How many lenses does a phone have? Do they sit on a platter or a bar? Are the lenses vertically or horizontally aligned? The best way, for example, to tell the difference between a Galaxy S24+ and iPhone 15 Pro is to look at the camera arrangement — three cameras in a triangle for the iPhone, a vertical row of three for the Galaxy. The next biggest difference is one of them has an Apple emblazoned on the back.

When I visited Google’s highly secured Pixel CMF (Colors, Materials, and Finish) and Industrial Design lab last month to talk with the head of Pixel cameras, Isaac Reynolds, I also took a little detour to chat with Claude Zellweger, Director of Industrial Design (aka the guy in charge of designing new Pixel hardware).

“It’s natural for people to anthropomorphize the products.”

“No, it was architecture,” Zellweger tells Inverse, when I ask whether the Pixel 8’s prominent “camera bar” was inspired by Daft Punk’s helmets or R2-D2, two pop culture icons that reviewers and consumers always seem to reference as potential source material. “It’s natural for people to anthropomorphize the products. We’re wired that way as humans to see faces and things like that.”

For my visit, Google brought out every single Pixel (from the original to the current 8 Pro) and I could see seven years of smartphone design laid out in front of me, all at once. It was revealing how much the upgrades to the camera (arguably the most important feature on phones nowadays) facilitated the changes in design. Google has refreshed the Pixel’s design language every time a new camera has been added, which might have kept things fresh back when there was more phone differentiation, but the camera bar is now a recognizable design element that makes a Pixel a Pixel. What direction will Google take the Pixel hardware in now that it’s at the beginning of injecting generative AI into its phones? Zellweger gives Inverse a tease on what’s to come.

HARDWARE IS NO HOBBY​

Claude Zellweger, Google’s Director of Industrial Design, is in charge of developing the look and feel of new Pixel hardware.
PHOTOGRAPH BY RAYMOND WONG

Zellweger has been at Google since 2016. Prior to arriving at the Mountain View, California-based technology titan, Zellweger was a creative director at HTC, where he worked on the Vive VR headsets. He joined Google to do industrial design for Google’s ill-fated Daydream headsets and then moved over to the Pixel hardware team.

When we meet in the atrium of the Pixel design lab (a discrete-looking building that requires high-security clearance), Zellweger’s tall Swiss frame towers over me. But he’s an easy-going guy who lets his goofiness hang out every once in a while. We talk about how the natural light gleaming from the overhead glass and the earthy tones of the furniture keep everyone in the lab invigorated and inspired, and where and what he and his team draw from to design Google hardware. Our focus is on the Pixel phones, but Zellweger reminds me that all of Google’s hardware (Pixel phones, tablets, smartwatches, wireless earbuds, Chromebooks, Nest smart home products, etc.) are designed so that they not only work together, but look cohesive.

“There are a ton of eyes on us including the CEO [Sundar Pichai] who cares about having a really well thought-out and deeply integrated experience, and there is a pressure in the sense that we need to be successful as a company,” Zellweger says. “Making hardware went from a hobby to becoming a critical element for the Google business.”

“Making hardware went from a hobby to becoming a critical element for the Google business.”

Pichai’s involvement in the Pixel wasn’t always a given. Just four years ago, when Google launched the Pixel 4a, a mid-range phone that was entirely forgettable, it seemed as though the company was done with smartphone innovation. But then a year later, Google released the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, marking the start of what has been a three-year run of high-end phones, with custom Google-designed Tensor silicon and packages that compete head-on with iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones with gorgeous designs, versatile cameras, top-notch displays, and big batteries, but that also leap ahead of them in terms of AI features.

“[Pichai] loves design. He actually has great insights. He will comment on color, ergonomics, on things like that. But at the end of the day, it’s [Rick Osterloh, Senior Vice President of Devices & Services at Google] hardware organization.” (After my trip, Osterloh was promoted from leading only Google hardware to also overseeing Android and Chrome services.)

You can read the full interview here:
// inverse

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[Loser]

Spotted not one, but two Pixel

Priest remove my picture!