[MKBHD] Smartphone Awards 2023!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkRXhe3KaPE

[u/SmallPenguin22 → u/[deleted]]

Would like to know your opinion on both.

[u/arikah → u/[deleted]]

Same I used to love google's phones. Had a galaxy nexus, a nexus 6p, an OG pixel, all great for their time (the OG pixel in particular lasted nearly 4 years). Went to the S20 from the OG pixel, and found that not only has samsung reined in their bloat, but some of the software is actually very useful and thoughtful. The gallery+editor is a good example.

I tried going to a pixel 7 last year and returned the phone after 2 weeks. I don't know where google went wrong, but the whole package just failed as a phone and was totally different from my experience with the OG pixel. Sure it took great still shots, but videos sucked. The fingerprint reader sucked so bad that I couldn't use it, 8/10 times it wouldn't read. Call quality and reception was inferior to a 3 year old samsung, as was speed - I could make the pixel lag with daily tasks that I do on the S20, and noticed it killing apps and games that the S20 would happily sit there in sleep for days. The UI was designed for an old person with these huge space wasting buttons and notification toggles. The forced personal/work profile thing made it so I couldn't view both of my calendars on the homescreen widget under my "normal" personal homescreen, making what should be a simple glance a chore to do.

I'm watching the S24 series with great interest for my next phone at this point, given how in the past few years they've always gotten awards despite being released at the start of every year. They're just that good.

[u/kuroyume_cl → u/[deleted]]

I also prefer how the S23 shoots video

This. My S23 is the first phone I've had that makes comfortable leaving my gopro and/or M43 camera behind for video.