Difference between revisions of "Google Pixel 2XL"

Latest revision as of 14:55, 6 October 2023

Random rants about my previous smartphone. See Google Pixel 6a for the current one.

It is running Android 9.0, it is pretty much a mainstream-device, not hacked (no intention of doing so as long as the warranty lasts and/or Google provides decent software updates) so there will be no hard-to-find secrets on this page.

Things I like

Large
Fast
Very good software updates support.

Things I don't like

It has no card-slot
Quite overpriced
Some of the unneccessary apps can't be uninstalled (Google *cough* Photos *cough*)
Somewhat slippery surface
Android (and Android apps in general) feel like an excuse to spam people with advertisements and nag-screens. WTF? Even paid apps sometimes still show adverts or start being anoying by asking for Play-store ratings etc.
The camera apps internal picture-preview seems to depend on some Google-crap and does not work, if most of that has been replaced by alternatives.
Charger has an USB-C plug. So not useable with standard cables, which come with an large USB jack on one end.
Support for transferring apps, settings and data between an old and the new phone is a bad joke. At least you only have to do it once.
Google stopped all support for the device in October of 2020.

Things which might have prevented me from buying the phone had I known them before

None so far.

Verdict

Nice so far.

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	It is running Android 9.0, it is pretty much a mainstream-device, not hacked (no intention of doing so as long as the warranty lasts and/or Google provides decent software updates) so there will be no hard-to-find secrets on this page.		It is running Android 9.0, it is pretty much a mainstream-device, not hacked (no intention of doing so as long as the warranty lasts and/or Google provides decent software updates) so there will be no hard-to-find secrets on this page.