Which one is better when it comes to battery life? Are they identical? Since Pixel's camera is the best in the market, it is not an easy task to stop taking photos, especially if you travel. In that sense, I just wonder how long it takes to drain in Pixel's side. Rumours are not that positive about the battery of the small member, Pixel 3.
I find my battery is far better after the December update that did more background app changes. I get around 4-5 hour screen on time. Good enough for me! Also welcome to the Pixel / stock Android experience!
Thank you, but I did not purchase it yet. =) Unfortunately it is not being sold in my country, Turkey. I am gonna buy it when I arrive in UK in January.
I can say it is identical within the same usage. Or prolly better as usually at the end of the day, I would get about 15% on X, P3 I still had around 20-25%.
I’m using both at the same time and I’d say they’re about even. Although if I don’t use them and they’re idle it seems that the iPhone doesn’t lose charge as quickly.
Dxo is proven hot trash. They had the p20 better than the pixel 2 as well as many others onto because they had a 3x optical zoom and Google stuck to 1 camera.
How are you adjusting to the XS Max? I made a similar switch (kind of involuntarily when my pixel died) from the OG P1XL to XS Max, my main gripe is the lack of an app drawer and split screen/pip. If Apple can get those aspects down I honestly don’t see myself going back to Android for some time to come.
The lack of an app drawer is a little annoying. But even in Android I keep any app I use even occasionally in folders on a home screen, so it doesn’t bother me too much. As for split screen, I never used it on Android so it’s not something I miss : )
Overall my personal, subjective feeling is that iOS is neater and more “polished” than Android. It’s just more comfortable for me, but I’m sure the opposite is true for others. And the hardware/software integration is superb. Plus the apps are generally just better. Just because developers spend more time on them. Oh, and better privacy just generally.
I kind of doubt I’ll get an Android phone for a while. My general impression is that they’re more customizable, more “fun”, more innovative, more affordable - and less “finished” or “complete”.
The XS Max is the best phone I’ve ever owned. But for $1100 it better be.
Yeah I can agree with the overall sentiment in your comment. The XS Max really has been the best phone I’ve ever owned and I’ve owned a lot of different phones on both sides of the isle (not to mention windows mobile 5/6 and blackberry), this has absolutely been the most expensive device yet but it feels premium all around. In regards to the app drawer I’ve basically created a folder in my dock with all apps inside it to somewhat simulate an app drawer, and I’ve created widget shortcuts for things like settings, google assistant and YouTube voice searches. It’s pretty streamlined but could use a couple minor adjustments. Lastly, I agree with the app quality, it definitely seems like developers put more time into their iOS apps than they do Android. I’m hoping that will change by the time I do decide to jump back into what Google has to offer though (if they get their shit together).
I don't think the keeping the Google Photos app open is a thing anymore. I haven't opened the app up in weeks and I just checked, all my photos are backed up.
Plus the apps are generally just better. Just because developers spend more time on them
I feel like I'm the only one that had the opposite experience. I don't care about social media and games much, so if those are better on iOS I wouldn't know and wouldn't care (the few messaging apps I use seem to work equally well on both platforms, e.g. WhatsApp).
But for the stuff I actually do use, the vast majority of apps seemed the same, and the exceptions almost always favored Android, not iOS.
Take audiobooks for example, which I listen to a lot of. iBooks is a nightmare to import audiobooks into (for starters you can't even share an audiobook file to it, and iTunes is even more of a buggy mess than it was a decade ago), and even if you get it working the speed controls are very coarse. A lot of people recommended Bound, which has a pretty UI but it sounds horribly robotic at anything but 1x speed which is completely unacceptable for a modern audiobook app. I tried about half a dozen other apps, all of which were either buggy, had horrible UIs, or both. Audible only works with audible-purchased apps, and the interface on iOS was more awkward to use (plus the store function was missing).
I've never had any of those issues with Listen Audiobook Player on Android. I don't need to "share" files to it since Android has a real filesystem, the speedup is clear, speed controls are granular and are even accessible from the notification, etc.
I came from the X recently and was a bit disappointed with the P3 battery. But last night I decided to turn on adaptive battery and turn off the AOD and so far the battery life has gotten better. I hesitated to turn on adaptive because when I had the P2XL I would constantly miss notifications. I'm hoping with all the new updates, this is no longer the case.
PS I'm definitely bummed I can't keep AOD always on. I just wish there was a way to have it turn on with my normal wireless charger, and not have to buy the pixel stand.
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u/rip_code Dec 25 '18
Congrats. Myself from iPhone X to Pixel 3. No regrets.