What is a Google Phone?!? Reviewing Every Pixel/Nexus Ever! 

Ah, the good ol Nexus 6P.... Memories.

The OnePlus line would be absolutely fascinating. They’ve had such a bizarre history, it would be really fun to see a retrospective from you. I actually bought a OnePlus One based on your review! It was a toss up between it and the Nexus 5, and to this day I still feel the One was the better choice at the time.

Honestly the rounded square build of the Nexus 5 is the peak of smartphone aesthetics. No other phone will ever compare - I loved mine and the customizable notification light!

I'm changing personally from the Pixel 2XL, over to the Pixel 6. And I think I'm happy with how these last two phones have turned out. The Pixel 2XL has endured so long and held up so well. The only thing that's diminished at all with this device was the battery. If it wasn't for the battery's life slowly fading away, I'd probably have kept it some time longer. But I think this transition to the Pixel 6 will be keeping me going for a great time over all.

Love these. I've owned the Nexus One and Nexus 4, and Pixels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Hype to see them all back to back to back like this!

I'd love to see the story of HTC - a manufacturer that had quite a lot of success in the "Android" world and released one of the best smartphones ever "HTC One", but for some reason they got lost

seeing footage of older phones makes me weirdly nostalgic and reminds me of the time I owned it, and what I was up to in life when I got it. owned the nexus 4, nexus 6, pixel 1, pixel 3, pixel 4a 5g, and now the pixel 7 pro.

The Nexus 5 was my first smartphone and I loved it, used it for 4 years. Then I got the Note 8, and after 5 years I'm finally going to upgrade to a Pixel 7. I'm super excited!

Can't believe I spent half an hour watching what is essentially a phone documentary. Great job!

Shout to HTC. Look back at their flagship line up. People forget how important HTC has been to current smartphones. A lot of what you see today, HTC tried first. Not always great attempts but definitely a company that had flagships which made a huge impact on the industry.

Dynamight Presentation!!! A lot of researchn went into this video, and it was delivered in a relaxing way as if you were in my living rooim and I was asking you questions about google phones. Not only that but you managed to answer guestions I have had about Google phones that no one was able to answer. Pretty much anyone on YT can give out information, but your delivery and confident voice left no doubt that you knew your stuff and there was no need to question the verasity of anything you said. Seriously enjoyed your video!

I used to love flashing roms and kernels too. But somehow over time a lot of the features and capabilities that made modding attractive, ended up getting added into stock android . Which made the whole process redundant. Other than getting unofficial software updates. There became less and less reasons to do it

Marques when you said you’ll make a video reviewing every single Android/Pixel/Nexus phone you did not dissapoint with this one

Would love to see a “The Birth and Death of LG”, had many friends that gave their phones a try and they never really ended up sticking with them. Wondering what finally took them out of the game.

I cannot imagine how much effort has gone into making this video, a big thumbs up for putting in all the efforts. Keep it up

I love your videos. I can't ever seem to get enough. You and unbox therapy are my 2 favorites.

The story of Sony Ericsson, the Walkman phone were fantastic. And Nokia incredible innovators with massive market share, made the smallest phone I ever owned and now have transitioned into obscurity.

Nexus 4 was my first Google phone. It was the best Android experience ever!

Great content to watch.I had the g1 and nexus 5,5x and 6 loved them phones.Watching this on my pixel 3a still going strong after 2 half years

Thanks for the review, you're really helping people get more in-depth into the tech world.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1820">30:20</a> Marques unconsciously wiping dust off that camera bump😅 Great docu-review! It's great to see how far Google and Android have come, sometimes that's hard to see when all you hold in your hand is the latest and greatest.

One of the most underrated phones was the Pixel 3. The awkward choices that Google made for the Pixel 3 XL really overshadowed what a slam dunk the Pixel 3 was. It had everything you could possibly want in a phone at the time. Dual front facing stereo speakers, two selfie cameras, regular and ultra wide, a single perfect main camera, and probably the best thing about it, it was the last phone to have a standard bezel. No notch, no hole punch, just a normal damn screen.

Your awesome bro! I love this type of content. A galaxy S/Note line up video would be fantastic, also a line up of all the features we expect in a smartphone today and who started the trend or even old features voice to text, hands free, track ball, physical keyboard, the list goes on.

I loved my Nexus 6p. Unfortunately the screen went all blue one day for a second and then completely bricked. Couldn’t start it up afterward or do anything with it. I was so sad. Great phone but nobody knew what happened to it.

Honestly, the pixel 6 is my favorite phone ever made. THE VISOR IS RAD

Pixel 2 will always be iconic. Timeless design.

Great story! Thanks for all the work you did on this!

Great review! One thing worth mentioning - Pixel 5 was a game changer for me due to a 90 Hz screen + an ultrawide camera 📷

I now have the Pixel 6. I'm incredibly happy. The best phone I ever owned was the Pixel 3a though. What a device for its time.

The nexus 4 was an absolutely gorgeous phone, I wanted one so badly but was too young at the time. Stunning design, and the snapdragon S4 pro in it was an absolute beast for the time. Definitely the one that got away for me in terms of phones. Never wanted a phone so much. Hell, even now.

@MKBHD this is one of the best videos one can ever make about the history of Nexus and Pixel. Simply loved it

Man i love thes videos, they bring back so many memories beeing 23 now just about experiencing the whole lineup. Remembering watching your vids. Love it

One correction. The nexus 4 technically did have LTE hardware, however they never opened up the use to it in the software. You could do it yourself (which I did) and then have LTE.

I for one would be very interested in a deep dive into Sony’s line of flagships over time. I remember how well received the Xperia Z3 was at the time and how they slowly started doing worse and worse after that. Also how their naming scheme completely went off the rails 😂 If not that, HTC would also be very interesting, cause they genuinely tried for a while, but we all remember the U Ultra 😂

Hey man, I never comment on videos but I love the trip down memory lane on this one and the conclusion. Good piece

Hi Marques. Ive seen your content for so long and love it. I dont know why, but i do. I think its the way you talk, present information and mostly, all these years of grinding (Like nexus vids you made before) makes me proud to call myself a follower of mr Brownlee. Thank you!

I would love to see the history of Nokia. From the Cityman in the 80s, to the notorious 3310 up until the end as Microsoft phones 📱

I used to be a huge Nexus fan. Owned every one of them until Google decided to change it to Pixel and stop selling in my contry

Wow. What a throwback. I had the Nexus 6, and on the day it arrived it turned on, softbricked, and I spent hours trying to fix it. In recovery mode it said there was no operating system on the phone whatsoever. Good old days.

I had the T-Mobile G1 AND the g2 as my first smartphones! I absolutely loved both of them

Absolutely would love to see a Galaxy S video! Especially the weirdness with the S1 and S2 and how carriers in the US still required "unique" phones with different styles and names. The Galaxy S3 was the first really HUGE Android phone that was unified in name and branding and design, something that truly stood up to iPhone.

I’d love to see a series like this for HTC. I know they aren’t really around anymore and their last flagship was released in 2018 but they have been so influential with phones like the HD2, the M8 and so many others. I just think it would be really fun to see how they evolved over time.

I wanted the orange pixel with the matte glass so bad but already had best of the best phone at the time. But the looks made me want it. I have a pixel 6 now and really like it a lot. All I want is for Google to bring back nostalgic things like the colors buttons and things of that nature. Google pixel 6 and 7 are great though.

I have had quite a few android phones, from the G1 to my Pixel 6 Pro. The two that I loved the most were the Nexus 6P and the Pixel 2 XL. The Nexus 6 by Motorola was also one of my favorites.

The Nexus 6P blew my mind at the time. Was one of the best phones I ever had. It felt so high quality with all the metal and the fingerprintreader was awesome. Also you can't beat stock android.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="111">1:51</a> Oh, wow. I wasn't expecting to see myself here, lol. Thanks for including me!

Thank you. I was feeling down but you made me feel a little better.

This thorough review, full of historical information as well as specific specs of each single Google phone has to be praised. Watching it as I anxiously wait for my Pixel to arrive tomorrow!

There is no getting around the fact the Marques is very good at what he does.

Imagine doing this with EVERY SINGLE Samsung phone and the video would be like 2 hours long.

This was heart warming to say the least. The nostalgia throughout the ENTIRE video was on another level haha :) this made an amazing end to a bad day, thank you

thank you for the review!

Fantastic video, very nostalgic. I feel like OnePlus story has been covered in various capacities already in recent videos (e.g. "What happened to OnePlus"). A history of Samsung especially with the awful TouchWiz to the great One UI would be very interesting.

Nexuses ? Nexii ? i remember those questions back then 🤣 nostalgic

I like how he did a video reviewing every iphone and great video man :]

Thank you for making this video!

What a crazy & definitely overlooked period of smartphone history, THANK YOU

"The cheap phone with good pictures", exactly why I got Pixel 4a- I absolutely love it and my next phone will probably be another Pixel, not necessarily an 'a' series next time.

MKBHD's video about Google phones was informative and entertaining. I learned a lot about the different Pixel and Nexus phones, and I appreciated his honesty about the pros and cons of each phone.

This video is nostalgia incarnate for this young phone geek. It's been a fun ride seeing this tech evolve.

Considering the last pixels (a versions) have been so good, you should totally make a video on what old phones we can still use in 2021. It will not only help sell those old phones but will encourage recycling…

My nexus 4 was my first Google phone. I remember all the ROMS, launchers, overclocking, XDADevelopers apps… Man it was a collection of memories

You just brought back so many old memories with Nexus series

I remember getting the Nexus 6P around Christmas time when I was in South Dakota. Oh, the memories with that one…

Loved this history of the Google phones. When I first started making enough to purchase a higher end phone, I got the Pixel 2xl because of the camera reviews. I am a photographer and thought the Pixel would make a good scouting camera. Basically to take quick and dirty shots to test lighting and how the frame could look with my DSLR. But I quickly realized that the camera could very easily stand on it's own in many environments and especially in lower lighting scenarios. I immediately fell in love with the Pixel 2xl. Skip forward a year or so and I switched to the Samsung Note 9. I loved it for what it was as a tool for my photog buisness. But I had grown so used to the stock Android experience and updates and camera and having Google Photo's so easily integrated that I ended up switching back to the 2xl. Then I upgraded to the 3xl. Hated the notch, but did get used to it eventually. Then I upgraded to the Pixel 4xl. I love this phone!!! I have been shopping around for a new phone because I shattered the screen. I thought about another Samsung Note series phone. But nope... I found a used Pixel 4xl on a reputable used tech site (I use them for almost all tech purchases) and just bought it to replace my shattered one. I looked at reviews all over the interwebs and it seemed the 5 series phones were more of a downgrade. That's why I stuck with the 4xl. I love this phone and hopefully in the future I will be able to get the 6! As a veteran on a small budget from the VA I cannot afford the price of a new pixel. So I will just look stary eyed at all the 6 reviews and vids here on YT and dream of the day I can maybe find a used one on the tech site I mentioned earlier. I guess all that rambling is just to say how much I love the Google phones. If anyone is questioning whether they should get one or not, I would definitely reccomend one!!!

I looovved that trackball with customized colors for different notifications ✅

I love the production quality of these videos

Great video. Had the OG Pixel XL and then the 3XL which I'm still on, still great pictures. Would have gone to 5a, but never launched in UK. May upgrade to 6 soon.

Would love to see a video on the windows phone line! So much to unpack there. I’d really like to have a better understanding of why they couldn’t get it to take off. It was honestly a very stable OS and a great pairing to what Nokia was doing at the time.

I love my normal 5, its basically a pixel 3 with a fullscreen display and MUCH larger battery, which is all I wanted.

Good work Marques 🔥🔥🔥☝️

I love that I could stretch out my screen on my Google Pixel 6 Pro, and still be able to see all that I need to see when I'm on MKBHD RU-vid channel👍

I bought a Pixel 1 XL because of your review of it. It was my first time ever experiencing stock Android and also having a competent camera from a phone. I was so blown away by that phone, so I must really thank you for your suggestion. My current 3a XL is incredible as well, but damn did the original Pixel make an impression on me. The best phone I've ever had.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="184">3:04</a> MKBHD: "There was no headphone jack so you needed an ADAPTER for this proprietary mini USB port to plug in headphones" Me: Oh what a horrible ide- *oh wait*

The first ever "Oh, Wow!" Experience i had with a phone was with the Nexus S. Then the Nexus 4 and then the Nexus 5. Those are still some of my favorite phones to this day.

The best comparison ever made with enthusiasm. And make me young again. Thanx for this trip

I absolutely loved my Nexus 4. I love the sparkly glass back so much I had to get a bumper case that was clear in the back. The screen was a little small but crystal clear and perfectly adequate for the time.

I had that "CRT turning off" effect on my lock screen for YEARS. One of those defining features that was like oh yeah, I can customize my phone. Because at the time, iPhone was TERRIBLE for customization, ringtones, live wallpapers, widgets and pretty much everything else android had over IOS.

Your Nexus 5 review was when I subbed. That caused me to buy the Nexus 5. I commented that your review was the reason I bought the Nexus 5 and you responded to my comment. I've been listening ever since.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="94">1:34</a> I come home after school and check your channel every day. I love you bro

Marques' next video: *Reviewing every phone ever made*

That’s another level review 💪

The panda on the Pixel 2 is my personal favorite smartphone color configuration of all time. Something about it just makes me smile.

I really really liked the Google Pixel 2 XL. I got astrophotography working. I didn’t mind the blue shift. I used it for years before switching to iPhone 11.

The reason as to why google included the trackball in the first few phones were because they were actually afraid that apple would sue them for using multi-touch as apple claimed they patented it. The trackball served as an alternative to touchscreen in case apple forced them to disable the touch function.

You should do the history of mobile phones :) From that 2 kgs brick to that tiny Panasonic G series and back to bricks.

I've always loved those phones. My first smartphone was the nexus 4. I also had the nexus 6P, Pixel 3 and now I'm on the Pixel 7 Pro

I had the nexus 6p back in the day. It was really ahead of its time, one of the best phones ever made.

Nexus 6P was the greatest phone I've ever owned. This statement is coming from someone who always buys 2+ flagship phone every year (iPhone & Android) since the iPhone 4 & Note 2. Nothing has topped that out of the world experience ( compared to what was available on the market at that time). Now everything is very tiny incremental upgrade.

That shot where you cycled through the phones in chronological order was awesome! So satisfying! I love watching your videos because the cinematography and audio are so good. I appreciate the effort you put into making these videos so polished. I would be interested in seeing some more videos about how you make your videos.

I bought a Google Pixel 3 as a budget phone in 2020. I'm a college student and this phone filled my needs for a phone and the camera and software are just such a bonus for me!

Thanks for this video. Excellently broken down.

The Nexus 6 was easily one of my most favorite phones I've owned and even people who weren't tech enthusiasts loved the phone. One dude told me "Bro, that's a badass looking phone."

I always considered the Moto X to be a "google phone." It felt like an early attempt to make what the pixel is today. A phone that runs google's version of skinned stock android. It felt different than what Samsung did with its skins. My wife's Samsung phones with Touchwiz always seemed to have unnessisary changes vs stock android that didn't improve functionality and often felt unintuitive when I had to help her with her phone.

The Nexus 5 was my first actual smartphone, and it served me throughthe tail end of high school and all through college. The clean OS leaves the phone still feeling snappy. It lives on as the controller and screen for my 3d printer

Damn, I worked for T-M-Mobile when we launched the G1. That was a cool phone with the full keyboard and touchscreen. Thanks for showing it, as I have not seen one since I had one. Great channel and videos.

I love the Nexus 5 to this day, espescially the red one. The Qi charging paired with the metal pucks in the back made it easy to mount it in a car.

I remember how jealous I was off that beastly first 1ghz chip in the first nexus. Android in the first days was so much fun to be a part of. Arguing which phone is better on forums, watching comparisons and speed tests on your new Android to confirm you made the right choice... Sigh I miss those days

Great video! Feel like you should have included the HTC Magic. The HTC Dream/G1 was also called Android Dev Phone 1, but after that and before Nexus One there was HTC Magic which was also Android Dev Phone 2...

I've owned the Nexus 7 Tablet, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7, Pixel, Pixel 2 XL, and I'm currently looking at upgrading to either the 4 XL, or more likely the 5. I've always stayed a few years behind because I don't have a need for the latest.