Google Pixel 8 Pro - Real Day In The Life Review (Battery & Camera Test) 

Maybe thats what it is, every review i see people complaining about how it has no bass or whatever....but in fact the pixel 8 pro has been the best for me bass wise out of any phone ive ever used.

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Right, that bit using the phone as a hotspot with poor service on top of it will destroy any phone's battery. My P8P isn't the battery king but it's more than adequate for a full day and has never really gotten less than 5 and a half hours SOT even with extreme use

​@@adamplacker2323I have started to get 6-7 hours of sot with the pixel 8 pro

And selected News headlines (you can actually edit it, so you get the channels you want to listen to) 👌

Interesting I didn’t know that I’ll be sure to move them ☺️

My town kind of looks like a ski resort with the weather lately 🎿

Great video and review! But yeah, as soon as I noticed that, I was like, dude.. no.. haha never put fragrances on the bathroom nor the car. Great tip!

@enriquelizarraga430 The car?

​@@MattRobbthere are people who also leave fragrances in the car but that's almost as harmful as leaving it in the bathroom. Quick question, are you using the Pixel 8 Pro daily?

The S23 ultra and the iPhone have good standby but if I leave my pixel over night it wipes out like 30% which is annoying. I imagine it’s due to now playing being on always listening so I’ll have to try turn it off and see if it makes a difference.

They gotta fix that stutter when switching lenses it’s actually the worst I’ve seen from any phone.

Thank you so much glad you’re enjoying the phone too!

Thanks so much for the comment 🙏🏻☺️

I can but it’s been out of stock a while so idk if it’s discontinued. www2.hm.com/en_asia1/productpage.0925656002.html

@@MattRobb thanks mate, cheers 🥂

Honestly it gets a lot of hate but I play cod mobile on this phone no problem and overall seems snappy. It gets a little warmer than my iPhone but I haven't noticed any sluggish performance yet.

They are both smooth when scrolling and liking posts but when posting photos and especially videos to either a story or your profile the quality is hit pretty bad on android in general. Also there isnt anywhere near as much customisation when making a story on android compared with on the iPhone. People always ask me why I go back to the iPhone and as a content creator quality of posts is really important to me as it’s my job. If this doesn’t apply to you, I would say it’s definitely good enough for the every person to post and share with friends

@@MattRobb ooo that may be a miss for me. I’m a media student and I always post on stories. I really want this phone as my main phone but if I always fall back to my iPhone to do my main job then it may be a problem. What about battery life-battery charging? How is it?

@greentea0956 Battery life is similar to the iPhone maybe slightly not as good but mainly because the screen goes much brighter on the pixel. I personally like the screen on the pixel better. Charging is also faster on the pixel plus you have reverse wireless charging so you can charge your earphones on the back of your phone.

@@MattRobb last question, promise: have you honestly been using this phone regularly ever since you got it? If so, has it been deteriorating? people say pixels have a history of getting worse over time (battery life, performance, etc.)

The official Google silicon case in bay blue. It’s really nice and almost looks like I don’t have a case on due to it matching the pixel aesthetic

They can't support the phone for 7yrs if they don't use their own soc.

@@JorgieTV01 then hope for the next iteration or processor from samsung branded exynos on a pixel device

True but I always have really poor signal everywhere in the UK. (I have EE)

Tensor vs Snapdragon

@thomasconway95 I actually did a video recently of a device half the price with a snapdragon 8 gen 2 chip which is crazy. Snapdragon is definitely a better benchmark score but in every day use I haven’t noticed any bad performance

@@MattRobb seems to me Tensor's specific weakness is cell radio and related activities. We're lucky in the UK it doesn't get that warm so we're less affected by the overheating. I really enjoy your day in the life videos. Waiting for my 4a to die so I can pick up a 7a.

@thomasconway95 I noticed a lot of people from hot countries commented saying either signal was trash or it overheats and you’re right in the UK I haven’t experience either

I used it for the shot of Big Bens bell going off. I mentioned I turned on the video enhancement feature but it only updated and popped up for me near the end of the night. It gradually has been rolling out and the option wasn’t there earlier on in my day.

I have it auto switch between door and light depending on the time of day. Brightness I max out permanently

Do you use auto brightness or prefer keeping brightness @100% all time?

@optimisticIntrovert in the train it was auto and not maxed out. Out and about it was 100% because it was bright out

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I live in Ambleside the Lake District

Thank you 🙏🏻

Honestly just comes to preference, I've been with Samsung since galaxy note 4 ,this year finally tried something else. Got the pixel fold. Way better pictures and less bugs already has AI. Better Samsung in my experience. #Teampixel

Mine does the clicks noise too, I’m pretty sure it’s to do with the OIS in the camera system

@@MattRobb Oh okay. Great! Thanks 👍

​​@@MattRobbyes it surely is the camera, same "issue" on my pixel 7 pro

What about battery ?

Im English born grew up in Scotland and have worked for an American company a while plus I grew up at an international boarding school. Now am about to move to Canada so it’s a mix for sure.

But glad you like the content dude!

@@MattRobb That's awesome. No wonder. And you have a new subscriber.

Yes mine sounds the same

Totally normal, as I guess it may be the ois of the camera rattling.

That Bay Blue tho😍🩵

Same hands down it's the natural bokeh and crispiness that does it for me

I have a photography page on Instagram check it out I'll follow you back - instagram.com/mattrobb.photo/

I’ve been daily driving it for a month now 🤷🏻‍♂️

I recently switched to Pixel 8 Pro from iPhone and I'm incredibly satisfied! For a more powerhouse experience of course Samsung S23 would be a good choice but keep in mind that Pixel's camera is excellent and since it's Google's own device, Android gets updates FIRST before any other Android device. I'm really into the Pixel's AI features, which are it's key selling point as well.

@@jinvid thanks buddy.

S23 or S24 ( Snapdragon version 😅)

If you’re going for the iPhone, be prepared to take a few months to really adapt (and potentially frustratingly so cuz that was me). Just like switching to a different computer system altogether, it’s going to take some time adjusting to how the iPhone works. You’ll criticize it at first for its inefficient placement of things and it’s way of functioning, then you get used to it and find ways to navigate faster, then you realize that the extra steps aren’t really a big deal (like $100 to a millionaire in a good way)… and then you finally pick up where the iPhone truly shines. This gets facilitated faster if you also join the Apple ecosystem, but that’s something you pick up over time if you choose to do so. If you’re into video recording, the main drawback is the floating orbs from any light source at night. Updates are relatively frequent. The nice thing is you don’t have to wait your turn for your update because all iPhones within 5 years get the same update at once. My 14 pro and my parents’ 12 pro max get the same update pretty much on the same day. This includes security updates and feature updates. The final thing (especially as someone who came from Android): you learn to stop caring about who got such features first or that Apple tries to sound like they have something never seen before. You just focus instead of what you got. Then you look back and see all these Apple and Android fanboys who argue or criticize things on a superficial level, calling each other isheep or fandroids as shallow “children” who haven’t matured yet to truly understand both sides at a deeper level. People will say that Apple is an extremely closed system where you don’t have much control over it like limited customizations. My suggestion is to think of it as one less thing to bother worrying about since it’ll be taken care of. It’s like understanding how your employee works and adapting to their work ethic to bring out the best in them while achieving the goal together, then letting it do its job while you focus on something else. Like a good supervisor. Or better yet, imagine it was someone you’re in a relationship with: you adapt to their quirks and adjust to how your partner does things. Android beats iPhone here if you prefer to have Android be an extension of yourself by having it adapt to you and setting it up exactly how you want it to look and function (Tony Stark’s AI assistant Jarvis in the Iron Man movies). iPhone will be more like adapting to a person since you can’t exactly force someone to change who they are (Tony Stark’s love interest, Pepper Potts in the Iron Man movies). With all that said, I myself am switching to Android because I want to explore how far Android has come along since 2018. I’m just stuck between getting the p8p or waiting for the s24u from Samsung 🤔 because it will need to have reliable connectivity (and I’m reading that p8p has some issues there with suburban areas due to a weak modem.

@@SilenMonser Thanks buddy for your wonderful reply and for giving so much of your time.😊😊

I was using the maps a lot to find my way around and I took lots of videos and photos 🤷🏻

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For sure especially making this video and filming a lot on the phone burns the battery

I charge mine overnight yeah. Most phones have adaptive charging so it will stop charging at 80% and charge the remaining amount one the early morning before you wake up

I tried my card after I took the video and it still didn’t work 🤷🏻‍♂️

Huh?

Love it!

Okay I woke up at 8am but then had to film the shot of me waking up so took a little bit longer. Other than the the whole rest of the video was in the moment but obviously I can’t magic a camera to film me wake up 🤣

@@MattRobb Fair enough I just expected that to be somewhere in the first few comments 😂

Before and after is a must! It’s so gross to eat food after waking up with a bad taste in your mouth….

The one with the train in the back? That was a loud shot tbf

I am running a tech channel tbf

Lol sometimes

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Haha nope

It seems like fandroids will eventually foam at the mouth if they can't mention the iphone at least once a day 💀

Not every android even flagships too they're just better in some areas not overall i use both android and iPhone

I have this phone and take business trips within the US regularly. Battery lasts 7 hours on normal use. Great camera and excellent software. I even play my graphic heavy games on it on high settings, and not once did it get hot or stutter. I will continue to recommend this phone. Best phone of the year.

I love this phone and would recommend it to everyone. To each of their own.

I am sorry you can't recommend the pixel 8, I have the 8 Pro and I don't have any problems at all with the modem. Don't Know what your problem is.

Modem is fine. It might be your carrier the one with the issues. P8pro here and zero issues. The cellular signal actually improved compared to the p7 I had.

If your signal is weak the phone needs to work harder to find a good signal so battery will drain faster it might be better to switch to lte instead of 5g till you know your in a good 5g spot