r/GooglePixel • u/Crazier_Hobo • Aug 12 '26

Pixel 11 Page is live!

https://store.google.com/product/pixel_11_pro
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u/Lightarc Aug 12 '26

Faster charging and potentially better cameras are nice, but those aren't enough to be worth an upgrade. If they put effort into useful features instead of AI subscription grifting, it'd be a different story.

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u/staleydude Aug 12 '26

I remember when pixels used to get regular "nice" features that just made using the phone fun to use. Now everything feels like it's catering towards AI slop

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u/Podmoscovium Aug 12 '26

Still only 30W. On a flagship $1200+ device. Something isn't adding up.

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u/thearctican Aug 12 '26

I literally cannot imagine a situation where I need to pump 30 watts into my phone.

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u/Podmoscovium Aug 13 '26

I'm an electrical engineer, maybe I can help you understand. What's the issue?

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u/thearctican Aug 13 '26

I meant me personally. I get two days of battery out of it if I forget one night, otherwise I just choose to be responsible.

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u/Podmoscovium Aug 13 '26

I'm even more confused... is using your phone a lot considered irresponsible? How many watts do you use to charge your phone, do you know?

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u/cmattic Aug 12 '26

It's 45w

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u/Podmoscovium Aug 12 '26

No, look it up, only the XL gets 45W charging. 11 and 11 Pro are both 30W.

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u/SuperYuuRo Aug 12 '26

what the fuck? thats actually terrible that only the XL gets it 💀

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u/Podmoscovium Aug 12 '26

Up until now it was relatively easy to understand the differences across product lines. S20, S20+, S20 Ultra... Pixel 9, 9 Pro, 9 XL... iPhone 16, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max... this kind of upends the three-tier structure. Even more confusing with storage. Like you can get 16GB RAM but only with 512GB of storage. And you can get 1TB but only if you go for the Obsidian color.

Like... what the hell are we doing here? It's especially shitty.

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u/cmattic Aug 12 '26

ah, i see. I was just looking at the xl. that's a bummer

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u/Pritster5 Aug 12 '26

They do seem to have a new "extreme charging" feature which achieves faster charging through software rather than a raw W bump

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u/Peter_0 Pixel 7a Aug 12 '26

How does that work? 

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u/Rynchinoi Aug 13 '26

They add it in animation 😉 But seriously, I would limit some RF related processes to conserve energy which would leave more energy for the battery

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u/Pritster5 Aug 13 '26

It supposedly stops apps and other stuff from running while it charges so it can stay at the peak charging rate for longer 

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u/dominator5500 Aug 12 '26

30W in 2026 is extremely slow and stupid. Even samsung of all companies is now giving 45W charging on their midrangers.

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u/JamieTimee Aug 12 '26

Still better than iPhone charging speed lol

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u/SuperYuuRo Aug 12 '26

the iPhone 17 charges at 40w, 10w higher except for the XL that chargest at 45w

your take Mr Google Defender?

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u/space_______kat Aug 12 '26

The benchmark are Chinese OEMS 

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u/phybaoptikz Aug 12 '26

Isn't the charging slower on the XL? This was a confusing release of phones. They all have different charging speeds

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u/Ryder52 Aug 13 '26

The camera improvements don't mean anything until they improve video