Google Pixel 8 Pro - Unlocked Android Smartphone with Telephoto Lens and Super Actua Display - 24-Hour Battery - Bay - 128 GB

I’ve been a very long time iPhone user - since the iPhone 5 era! - and a few months ago I grew tired of it all. The Pixel series of devices is the perfect antidote - performant enough for everything I want to do with amazing long term software support and great photography capabilities. Personally, I don’t game or use a bunch of AI on my phone but from what I heard in general the Pixels are not the best for gaming but really great at the AI stuff (especially if you use Gemini). Initially I tried a Pixel 9a, and it was great, but it felt just as unwieldily as an iPhone. But once I got my hands on the Pixel 8 it was sheer perfection! Despite not being that much smaller, it fits perfectly in my hands and is a joy to hold thanks to the curved sides. Thanks to the size and shape I have little fear of dropping it. Battery life is good - I charge it about every 3 days, but take that with a grain of salt as I’m also a comparatively light user in terms of actual screen-on time. I mostly make calls, listen to music, and will sometimes send a few text messages. A big deal in getting one of these for me is that it is not only carrier unlocked, but also boot loader unlocked. So, I’m currently running GrapheneOS on it. And another big win is that replacement parts are easy to find and affordable, so making it last it’s entire supported lifespan shouldn’t be hard at all :) I absolutely love it and couldn’t recommend it enough to anyone looking for a well made, long term supported phone with plenty of software and repairability options.

First off, I confess to being a Pixel 4a fanatic. To my mind, it is the single best Android phone ever, given the price point, sleek dimensions, and durability. After four years of use, my darling Barely Blue 4a was still going strong. If it were up to me, I would have continued to use it until it would run no more. Alas, as with all things business nowadays, it has a usable lifespan that is shorter than its little-phoone-that-could heart. Google stopped providing security updates for it in August 2023, and I will not wade into the hatchet job the company effected from afar on Pixel 4a users through a forced battery software retool in January 2025. Luckily for me, my 4a was not among the Impacted Devices that imploded after Google's sneaky move. Still, the battery had already degraded, and the battery "fix" meant that it lost power sooner. My 4a is still fine as a backup phone, and I will use it that way going forward. In any case, I had purchased this Pixel 8 over the holidays, after being unimpressed by the Pixel 9 series phones at the significantly higher pricetag. No phone will rival the 4a in my heart (though perhaps the Pixel 5 was close enough), but this is now the most compact feature-laden phone I could find. The Pixel 8a is quite close, and I nearly chose that, but the 8 has significant upgrades that made it worthwhile, particularly as I actually paid less for it than sale prices on the 8a. The Pixel 8 has a sharp screen, snappy performance, and on the tweaks I care about, without any of the pricey additions that do not matter to me. Certainly the screen is brighter, the processor a tad faster, and the battery a bit beefier on the 9 series, but not enough to distract me from my wallet's contentment with the 8's pricetag. The fingerprint reader is a disappointment, particularly coming from the effortless 4a back-of-the-phone version, but again, not worth several hundred dollars more to me for the upgrade. This phone has guaranteed security updates through fall of 2030, smooth scrolling, all the great Pixel camera perks and none of the silly gimmicks. Although the 9a is just around the corner, I am quite content to sit with my Pixel 8 until someone wises up to the niche of folks who want a small (as in 4a size) phone with many but not all of the bells and whistles, or until I give up and purchase another phone with enough to offer to make it worth my while.

I really like just about everything about this phone. The screen is large and high resolution with a sharp image. It takes great pictures and has more options than I need. Being a Pixel, it always gets the latest Android version and doesn't have extra bloatware. I love using Google Lens on it to translate foreign language text. It can cast the screen to any device that supports it, and likewise for playing music. The processor is powerful enough to run graphics-intensive games, but it gets quite warm in the process. The only issue I've run into is when I tried to connect an external monitor via USB-C, it only worked in screen copy mode and not desktop mode like you can on a Samsung device (using DeX). Android 15 has it partly implemented, so I'm hoping it will be fixed in the next update.

(4/5) After about 2 days of using, the best features of the Google Pixel 8 are: 1: One of the best cameras in the market. On top of being a great camera, any imperfections in photos are fixed by Google's AI software. 2: Amazing screen brightness & quality. The new OLED screen resolution and quality overall is one of the best I've seen in androids, definitely up there with the newest Galaxy S models. It can get very bright when you need it to and very dark. 3: The design/durability. Google is well known for their unique phone designs, and the Pixel 8 is no exception. Anybody looking at the phone will know it's a Pixel. The back is also scratch resistant and can handle major falls. An added plus on top of its 7 year software updates! Where it falls short: 1: It's G3 Tensor chip. Google has recently started developing their own phone chips, and the processing power in the G3 is good for a $600 phone. However, it unfortunately falls short of other flagship Samsung or Apple phones. It also tends to heat up a bit, but that's an added plus in winter time :) 2: It's battery life. The battery is decent, lasting about 7 - 8 hours of heavy use, but is again outraced by Samsung. Overall, the phone is perfect in its camera quality, durability/design, and new OLED screen. However, it falls behind in its battery and G3 powering chip. Fixing these 2 issues would make it the perfect phone!

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Google perfect with vanilla android & features but built and hardware not that good but standard not lasting for long although updates for the device will 7 years. Camera on Pro models are from another planet can not be compared with today flagship

Everything was simple to set up and many things transferred over from my old LG phone. Just passwords and logins had to be looked up and re-entered. Lots of storage and performance is good so far. The camera is the standout but organizing your photos is a chore. Everything is uploaded to Google photos and it's layout is obnoxious. Only 3 weeks later I've finally found where the hard copies are stored on the phone so finally I can manage them a bit better. Another small thing that will be annoying down the line is the display. You need to unlock your phone to see the battery life %. It's ok now since a full charge last 1.3 days but in the future when the battery starts to weaken or when travelling, it's going to be annoying to have to unlock the phone each time I want to check the exact % of battery remaining. Overall, I'll probably stick with the Pixel in the future since the competition now is either corrupt/low quality, not to be trusted or overpriced Apple.

Battery is overheating when used in simple tasks Slow transition between apps Overheating during charging Overpriced in regard to specification