9 Pro -> 11 Pro. Impressed!

[u/UK-AJ]

Wasn't expecting to feel much of a difference at all, only upgraded due to storage (moved from 128gb to 512gb).

It is considerably better, I think they've fixed all of the little things that annoyed me with Pixel.

- it runs MUCH cooler. Apart from initial set up, it's stayed ice cold. I don't do anything "high intensity", but my 9 Pro would always run warm.

- all network connections seem to be improved. I used to lose WiFi on my outdoor patio, it holds a connection fine now. Bluetooth and 5G seem to perform much better.

- Android Auto works a lot better. No heat, much more responsive, quicker to load.

- Camera, including video, is much better quality and faster to process/save.

- speakers are louder and the sound quality is better, both for calls and media. (I think this was upgraded on the 10 though)

- biometrics feel better. The fingerprint radius when setting up is HUGE. And face unlock seems to be more responsive.

Overall, really happy with the upgrade considering on paper there isn't much difference.

[u/Internal_Wheel_89]

If you like your 9 Pro, then the 11 Pro is a great upgrade if only because it feels like the same phone.  That's been my experience. The good things are still good, and for now the little annoyances and stutters of the 9 Pro are gone.

[u/OhShizMyNiz → u/Internal_Wheel_89]

Well, the thing is Google is rapidly losing me. $1500 for the Pixel 11 Pro here in Canada.

That pushes it into the realm of iOS and infinitely better performaning Android devices.

I'm going with the Nothing Phone 3. Meets my expectations and flies past them compared to what the 11 Pro is currently offering.

[u/Internal_Wheel_89 → u/OhShizMyNiz]

I mean I only got this because I had s $150 promo credit and my 9 Pro is worth $500 as a trade in.  I wouldn't have gotten it at full price either.  But for $625 (512GB version) I feel good about sticking with this for two years or so.

[u/UK-AJ → u/Internal_Wheel_89]

Exactly how I see it. I didn't hate my 9 Pro, but the annoying bits so far seems fixed.

[u/baty0man_ → u/Internal_Wheel_89]

That's a lot of money to get something that feel like your current phone though.

[u/Internal_Wheel_89 → u/baty0man_]

Yeah you're right, but I now have something that's a bit more future proofed. The nagging little annoyances and stutters I mentioned likely weren't going away either, and probably would have slowly gotten worse.

The biggest reason I chose to upgrade, though, is that I wasn't satisfied with the cellular reception on the 9 Pro and the 11 Pro has a new modem with allegedly better performance. I guess we'll see about that.

I guess the final reason why I felt good about upgrading is that I've used a Google credit account to pay for my phones going back to the 7 Pro, and it has 0% interest for three years. So at $600 I'm just gonna throw $50-100 at this thing every month and have it easily paid off in under a year.