Meanwhile, the Galaxy S22 weighs a mere 168g, more than 10g lighter than the 179g Pixel 6a. The Galaxy S22 measures 146 x 70.6 x 7.6mm, while the Pixel 6a measures in at 152.2 x 71.8 x 8.9mm. The Galaxy S22, meanwhile, comes in Phantom Black, White, Pink Gold, Green, Graphite, Sky Blue, Violet, and Cream though precise availability depends on region.ĭespite having the same-sized display (as we’ll go on to discuss), the Samsung Galaxy S22 is a much smaller phone than the Google Pixel 6a. We honestly feel Google should have left them out entirely.Talking of which, the Pixel 6a offers just three color options: Chalk, Charcoal, and Sage. The audio quality is far worse than what you get on the EarPods and way behind the bundled earphones offered by Samsung, LG and HTC. Unfortunately, the audio quality is almost laughably bad. The speaker design is similar to the EarPods but the cable can be made to move through the ear buds and adjust fit so they don't fall off. The phone does come with a pair of wired USB-C earphones. You also don't want to lose it as finding a replacement may not be easy, or cheap. The sound from the adapter is good enough and we appreciate Google providing it at all but it's just one more thing to carry around with you or remember where you kept. ![]() It does get very, very loud, though, and although it doesn't sound particularly good at maximum volume, you have the option, if you really want to annoy people around you.Īs for headphone audio, the phone has no headphone jack but comes with a USB-C adapter. The vocals are very upfront, which makes them sound a bit harsh and the sound isn't as balanced as that from the 2018 iPhones. The audio quality from the speakers is good but not the best we have heard. And the phone vibrates at all volume levels, so turning down the sound is not an option. Even if it's someone talking in a YouTube video, the vibrations from the phone get fatiguing very quickly and makes you want to put the phone down as soon as possible. The issue is that the phone vibrates way too much and this makes it very tiring to hold the phone with the audio playing. Secondly, the speakers cause the entire body of the phone to vibrate. When you hold the phone sideways it sounds like the left speaker is blocked or damaged as the difference in volume levels is quite severe. First of all, the speakers are unbalanced, with the speaker inside the notch outputting noticeably less sound than the one inside the chin. The speakers on the Pixel 3 XL sound good and get loud, but there are a couple of issues. The Pixel 3 XL has a set of stereo speakers that is at least partially responsible for the big notch and chin on the phone. This was an issue with the previous Pixel 2 as well and it's disappointing to see this hasn't been fixed yet, considering Google actively markets the AR features in the Pixel Camera app. The heating gets particularly bad when using the AR effects that come pre-installed in the Camera app, and the phone gets so hot that it can no longer maintain its performance and the video starts dropping frames. Normally, it's not particularly warm but it can heat up fairly quickly while using certain applications. The Pixel 3 XL also has a tendency to run a little hot. And free cloud backup is not a solution Google may offer unlimited backups for photos and videos from the phone's camera but one could have other files on the device - such as lossless music - that can take up a ton of storage. The competition is offering up to 512GB these days and some companies like Samsung even support microSD expansion that's not available on the Pixel phones. We are also not sure why Google limited the storage to just 64GB and 128GB options. You don't even necessarily need to take a picture just open the Camera app and watch the apps kill themselves in the background. Switch on the camera and even the last used app often gets flushed from memory. Opening the Camera app in particular acts as a clear all button for all apps in memory. You can keep 4-5 apps open in the background before the phone runs out of memory and starts shutting them down. The phone has a hard time keeping applications open in the background. The 4GB RAM, in this case, is a major bottleneck. ![]() However, some specs do have a very direct effect on performance. ![]() ![]() The UI is lag-free and silky smooth throughout. The performance on the Pixel 3 XL is really good due in no small part to the software optimizations done by Google. Specs don't necessarily tell the whole story. Google also made the decision to ship the Pixel 3 XL with only 4GB of memory and even the storage options top out at 128GB. Instead of running at 2.8GHz on the performance cores and 1.8GHz on the efficiency cores, the 845 inside the Pixel 3 XL runs at 2.5GHz and 1.6GHz, respectively. The Pixel 3 XL runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset that has been underclocked slightly.
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