Advice for buying a smartphone! - Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers

Hi everyone I would like to buy a smartphone i hesitate between huawei p20 pro and pixel 3 thanks:fingers-crossed:

samlis said:
Hi everyone I would like to buy a smartphone i hesitate between huawei p20 pro and pixel 3 thanks:fingers-crossed:
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Hi,
I just got a Pixel3 from a p10, which was not a bad device. The fact is that security updates and os versions are pushed with some significant delay.
So far, I'm totally satisfied with the P3.
Hope this helps...

MajaronM said:
Hi,
I just got a Pixel3 from a p10, which was not a bad device. The fact is that security updates and os versions are pushed with some significant delay.
So far, I'm totally satisfied with the P3.
Hope this helps...
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Thank you very much and the battery life is well it's a full day with normal use

samlis said:
Thank you very much and the battery life is well it's a full day with normal use
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Depends on what's your normal use... Fist week, with battery optimizer on, battery might seem weak... After a couple of days, it seems to stand longer... Full day of use fir me... Couple of sms a day, Spotify 5-6 hours, not much gaming and news reading... I'll check SOT and give you feedback later...

MajaronM said:
Depends on what's your normal use... Fist week, with battery optimizer on, battery might seem weak... After a couple of days, it seems to stand longer... Full day of use fir me... Couple of sms a day, Spotify 5-6 hours, not much gaming and news reading... I'll check SOT and give you feedback later...
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OK thanks, I'm waiting for your return:good:

samlis said:
OK thanks, I'm waiting for your return:good:
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I have about 2h45 SOT with 35% power left on battery. It might not look astounding, but it's OK with the use I do of the phone...

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how is battery life in this phone?

was thinking to trade my htc one x for this phone but I wanted to know how is battery life?
Battery will drain out quickly when you do lots of things and specially when playing games.
Take 5 hours for a fully change.
If you leave only gsm can keep for 5 days open.
If you play with it can last only hours of a single day.
Depence on your needs.
LEFTKOYL said:
Battery will drain out quickly when you do lots of things and specially when playing games.
Take 5 hours for a fully change.
If you leave only gsm can keep for 5 days open.
If you play with it can last only hours of a single day.
Depence on your needs.
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thanks for replying. that does not sound bad actually. anything you do not like about the phone? i did some search but there is not much feedback in this forum about the phone...
Underground_XI said:
thanks for replying. that does not sound bad actually. anything you do not like about the phone? i did some search but there is not much feedback in this forum about the phone...
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Hi there, i did a review of this phone a few weeks back here: http://initekuk.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/review-of-the-windows-phone-8x-by-htc/
i found the only problems to be no expandable storage and the power button placement. In my opinion it would be better placed on the side as it was sometimes a reach to press it; i got used to this though, just my opinion.
the phone is good. the battery life is very good as long as you aren't doing anything like bluetooth/wifi/gps on all the time...it will keep for days without a charge and even while playing pandora, you get hours out of it.
the only bad thing I found with it was the expandable storage, there isn't any....really nothing else....lack of cases I guess, most of them will come from the U.K....the nice ones anyways.
HTC series not bad
Underground_XI said:
was thinking to trade my htc one x for this phone but I wanted to know how is battery life?
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HTC series not bad, But the battery life isn't so great, here some info about htc-one-x you can compare to: goo.gl/ZZb9tl

Nexus 5 Battery

Guys, before buying, just wanted to know how is it going with such battery? Is it enough for 1-2 days of not heavy use?
MMrrTT said:
Guys, before buying, just wanted to know how is it going with such battery? Is it enough for 1-2 days of not heavy use?
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No smartphone can last longer than a full day with heavy use, not even the Note 3 bro. Just charge it at night when you sleep so its 100% when you get up.
MMrrTT said:
Guys, before buying, just wanted to know how is it going with such battery? Is it enough for 1-2 days of not heavy use?
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Key words in your post are "not heavy use" and in that case yes it should be good for at least 1 day of use and probably even 2 days for truly light use.
You might want to wait awhile before asking that question. If you take what people say about battery life on a device they have only had for less than a day, you will be pretty disappointed with the results. Android takes time to 'settle' in.
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Battery Drain

First of all. I truly hate the battery drain threads, as I never had issues with it before.
I've had all pixels xl, and most of the nexus phones.
With the pixel line, I had never been so happy with battery, specially pixel 2 xl. Battery would last 1.5 to 2 days for me (I am very conservative in usage)
However, with the 3 xl, at the end of the day yesterday, I had 39%> This was a day I did not use the phone except for 10 sms, quick stock checks, 2 emails, no phone calls, 15 minutes of music with bt headphones in the metro.
Last night, I put it in safe mode, charged it. TODAY, I took away from the charger at 6am, checked emails, back in the pocket. At 8 am, I had 90%.
Removed from safe mode at 8 am. Checked some messages, spoke for 10 minutes over the phone, checked emails and stocks. It is now 9:20am and my battery is at 80%
Not good. I am really disappointed.
Could I have a defective unit? Am I spoiled with my excellent pixel 2 xl? I did see one youtuber complaining about his battery.
I am afraid mine is defective. If not, I want to go back to the pixel 2 xl.
If you have yours, and had a pixel 2 xl, please let me know how you feel about it please!
Thanks
UPDATE 12/17/18: Nothing really changed much. Pixel 3 XL is horrible with the battery when compared to Pixel 2 XL. What a disappointment in this phone, all over the place. Battery, Buggy, Notch, Audio Recording, Video Recording, Face Unlock, Gestures, etc. What a waste of hard earned money. Of all Pixels and Nexus, this is together with the Nexus 6, the most I have been disappointed.
I truly love these phones, what they represent and all, but after years with the 'google phones', it might be time to try something else.... seriously.... with this phone, the fact that I still did not receive a $50 credit from google, and all these $300 discounts, with free pixel wireless charger and pixel earphones, after 2 months from launch, it makes me extremely disappointed of being an early adopter. Next year I am definitely waiting until January, after reading all reviews and trying it out first before I buy, or just getting a different brand phone.
I am very disappointed this time around.
Hmm I haven't noticed that yet on mine. So far the standby drain has been pretty solid. I haven't had a lot of time to test it obviously, but so far it isn't standing out as an issue for me yet.
largeselection said:
Hmm I haven't noticed that yet on mine. So far the standby drain has been pretty solid. I haven't had a lot of time to test it obviously, but so far it isn't standing out as an issue for me yet.
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Hopefully I will have more responses like yours. If I do I will just exchange the phone with a new one. My unit is really draining fast. From my original post to now, with standby and NO USE of the phone, I am down 2% to 78% (I am using a desktop with the forum).
Thank you.
karikian said:
Hopefully I will have more responses like yours. If I do I will just exchange the phone with a new one. My unit is really draining fast. From my original post to now, with standby and NO USE of the phone, I am down 2% to 78% (I am using a desktop with the forum).
Thank you.
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Before you exchange it, you might try conditioning the battery. Use it until it dies, fully charge it, use it again until it dies, and then one more cycle. If you .are still observing issues after that, then definitely return it.
I only suggest this as conditioning the battery is likely easier than an RMA.
wtharp2 said:
Before you exchange it, you might try conditioning the battery. Use it until it dies, fully charge it, use it again until it dies, and then one more cycle. If you .are still observing issues after that, then definitely return it.
I only suggest this as conditioning the battery is likely easier than an RMA.
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I just spoke to customer service. They told me to factory reset and try again. When I mentioned that it got ward when setting up the phone, they even offered a device replacement, but I told them I am willing to try the factory re-set. I will try this and then your suggestion, kill 2 birds with the same shot.
I am so disappointed, really am... but alright, let's try this again!!!
karikian said:
I just spoke to customer service. They told me to factory reset and try again. When I mentioned that it got ward when setting up the phone, they even offered a device replacement, but I told them I am willing to try the factory re-set. I will try this and then your suggestion, kill 2 birds with the same shot.
I am so disappointed, really am... but alright, let's try this again!!!
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Sounds defective to me. 2nd day of having it I got 8 hours screen on time and it went 18 hours before needing a charge. Good luck though...I'm honestly super impressed with this phone and want everyone to have the same experience!
TheBobMiller said:
Sounds defective to me. 2nd day of having it I got 8 hours screen on time and it went 18 hours before needing a charge. Good luck though...I'm honestly super impressed with this phone and want everyone to have the same experience!
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Thats what I got on my second charge. I got more on Pixel 2XL in the beginning of course.
TheBobMiller said:
Sounds defective to me. 2nd day of having it I got 8 hours screen on time and it went 18 hours before needing a charge. Good luck though...I'm honestly super impressed with this phone and want everyone to have the same experience!
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When did you turn on the battery saver? From the beginning? At the end?
I did reset to factory, now am waiting for it to fully drain and will try again tomorrow... let's see how it goes...
Thank you!!
karikian said:
When did you turn on the battery saver? From the beginning? At the end?
I did reset to factory, now am waiting for it to fully drain and will try again tomorrow... let's see how it goes...
Thank you!!
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Battery saver automatically came on at 15%. I was actually shocked that I got that much SO time with it. Haven't gotten quite that again but close.
TheBobMiller said:
Battery saver automatically came on at 15%. I was actually shocked that I got that much SO time with it. Haven't gotten quite that again but close.
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Thanks. I did recycle the battery, did the factory reset, etc, still having issues. Google is shipping me a new phone Hopefully that will help.
I did see some videos on youtube of people complaining about the battery life, also notice an article that shows that Pixel 2 XL lasts about 1:20 hours more than the 3 XL. Pretty disappointing...
https://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Pixel-3-vs-Pixel-3-XL-battery-life_id110162
But still, mine is performing way worse than that. Let's see what the new phone will give me... Thank you!
Restricting Pixel Ambient Service from running in the background helped a little for me and I haven't noticed it interfering with anything yet. Ambient Display seems like it uses more battery on the 3 XL than on my old 2 XL. I didn't even know you could restrict the Pixel Ambient Service but you can. I also don't use Adaptive Battery because it doesn't make a difference in battery for me.
westside80 said:
Restricting Pixel Ambient Service from running in the background helped a little for me and I haven't noticed it interfering with anything yet. Ambient Display seems like it uses more battery on the 3 XL than on my old 2 XL. I didn't even know you could restrict the Pixel Ambient Service but you can. I also don't use Adaptive Battery because it doesn't make a difference in battery for me.
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I will try that.
I had a definitive test today, while I wait for my new phone.
From 9 AM, and fully charged phones, I got the following after 4 hours and 30 minutes:
PIXEL 2 XL: 96%
PIXEL 3 XL: 73%
VERY disappointing... Thumbs down to my new phone...
karikian said:
I will try that.
I had a definitive test today, while I wait for my new phone.
From 9 AM, and fully charged phones, I got the following after 4 hours and 30 minutes:
PIXEL 2 XL: 96%
PIXEL 3 XL: 73%
VERY disappointing... Thumbs down to my new phone...
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Wow...that's significantly different!!! I've had SOT of 2:55 today and have 35% left? I honestly expected better battery life than my old s7 edge...
awilson1818 said:
Wow...that's significantly different!!! I've had SOT of 2:55 today and have 35% left? I honestly expected better battery life than my old s7 edge...
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Exactly my point... the new phone should really have better battery life...
If my replacement behaves the same way, I will have to wait with my 2 XL for another year...
karikian said:
I will try that.
I had a definitive test today, while I wait for my new phone.
From 9 AM, and fully charged phones, I got the following after 4 hours and 30 minutes:
PIXEL 2 XL: 96%
PIXEL 3 XL: 73%
VERY disappointing... Thumbs down to my new phone...
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This almost sounds like an Adaptive Battery issue. After a week of playing with this device, it has picked up on my habits and the battery performance started getting better over time.
Im getting 0.8%/hr standby and 10%/hr screen on. Is that OK?
Seiga said:
This almost sounds like an Adaptive Battery issue. After a week of playing with this device, it has picked up on my habits and the battery performance started getting better over time.
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I've had it for 6 days as well
lollyjay said:
Im getting 0.8%/hr standby and 10%/hr screen on. Is that OK?
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The great kernel developer known as Flar2 once told me that if your active drain is under 12% and your idle drain is under 1%....your doing good. :good:
Badger50 said:
The great kernel developer known as Flar2 once told me that if your active drain is under 12% and your idle drain is under 1%....your doing good. :good:
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Thanks. That's good to know. I really respect flar2.
Badger50 said:
The great kernel developer known as Flar2 once told me that if your active drain is under 12% and your idle drain is under 1%....your doing good. :good:
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My active drain is 11.8 and my standby is 1.8. The AOD is definitely using more battery on the 3 XL than it did on the 2 XL. I wish I still had my 2 XL so I could test them side by side.
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Battery & camera

Guys i have seen many reviews but no one will suggest me better then real user
I m on mate 20 pro quit bored
Planning to buy op7 pro it's just 5k (256gb ) selling my mate 20p
I m okay with camera downgrade
But how much better op camera got better?
Most importantly how's battery life i mean will it ever reach 7 hrs of sot with 90hz 1080p
BATTERY BIG BIG FACTOR FOR ME
PLEASSEEEEE HELP ME
Yes Camera is fine,Even Better with Gcam especially if you root. Battery easily lasts a day for me & I must mention I have a moderate to heavy usage
RISHI RAJ said:
Yes Camera is fine,Even Better with Gcam especially if you root. Battery easily lasts a day for me & I must mention I have a moderate to heavy usage
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Sot if i ask?
shunil.scorpio01 said:
Sot if i ask?
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Normally somewhere around 7-8 hours for me. Close to 9 at some occasions. Not a gamer though. Mobile data always enabled, display on 90hz, resolution at1080 . First smartphone ever that I do not have to charge every day!
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Normally somewhere around 7-8 hours for me. Close to 9 at some occasions. Not a gamer though. Mobile data always enabled, display on 90hz, resolution at1080 . First smartphone ever that I do not have to charge every day!
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Really men battery that good? Battery is big FACTOR for me any day
shunil.scorpio01 said:
Really men battery that good? Battery is big FACTOR for me any day
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Yes, for me it is. I came from a 3 years old HTC10, with a battery that had only ~70% capacity left, where I had 2.5-3hours of SOT. I had to charge the damn thing twice per day...
If you haven't already checked this thread I recommend that you do:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/review/screen-time-t3924448/page11
shunil.scorpio01 said:
Really men battery that good? Battery is big FACTOR for me any day
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For me as a heavy social media user (Whatsapp, snapchat, Instagram, etc) the battery is normally between 4 and 5 hours sot. So if you don't use those battery heavy apps I could imagine 7 hours.
I'm on 90hz and 1440p.
Battery has been very good with normal usage and not a concern of mine.
Lol battery you shouldn't be worrying about at all
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Is it normal for the phone to heat?

Hello, I just purchased my Xperia 5 II but I'm having some issues, such as battery drain and overheating. If I'm using my phone for an hour let's say with the 120hz mode on, the phone will heat at 40 degrees, and I don't know if it's normal or not...Also, in order to fix the battery drain, I need to disable 5G
yes it's normal specially if your phone has glass back cover since glass is not good heat conductor ...
ineedroot69 said:
yes it's normal specially if your phone has glass back cover since glass is not good heat conductor ...
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Thanks, but it's a little bit weird cause on my ex p30 pro didn't happened this..
robi101012981 said:
Thanks, but it's a little bit weird cause on my ex p30 pro didn't happened this..
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antutu has this "battery and cpu temp benchmark" compare them side to side
visit this site https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_5_ii-reviews-10396.php and below it you see "review" search for the keyword "heat" and found 20 reviews so it look like your not the only one experiencing this
ineedroot69 said:
visit this site https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_5_ii-reviews-10396.php and below it you see "review" search for the keyword "heat" and found 20 reviews so it look like your not the only one experiencing this
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OK, so basically Sony seems like scammed us with this phone... OK, this is not good
robi101012981 said:
OK, so basically Sony seems like scammed us with this phone... OK, this is not good
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did you just to Android 11?? they say you lost 6% battery on Android 11 while on Android 10 4% for 8hours overnight
ineedroot69 said:
did you just to Android 11?? they say you lost 6% battery on Android 11 while on Android 10 4%
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yep, android 11. right now I have 42% of battery life, and 4.5h SOT, so I think I'm fine until now...

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