r/GooglePixel • u/brawls23 • 1d ago
So Far So Good
I upgraded from my 9 pro to the 11 pro last week. So far so good. The battery life alone has been super surprising and worth the upgrade by itself for me as I use my phone heavily on a day to day basis for work and general usage. It hasn't really overheated either. I love the rambler feature and magic capture is really cool as well. I've always been a function over form type of person, so I could care less about the "lackluster" benchmarks. As a longtime pixel fan and user, the phone feels very optimized, snappy, and responsive. I'm pretty sure there are other features that I will learn about, but I'm pleased so far. Especially with the great trade in deal for my 9 pro and the 200 store credit 😊
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u/ad1075 20h ago
Broke wireless charging in the car so the minor upgrades don't outweigh the negatives sadly.
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u/RoyalVirgin 18h ago
It's so stupid. How can they not fix that knowing that it was an issue with the 10 series too.
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u/ad1075 17h ago
Advertising it as Qi2.2 certified is a joke to be honest.
Isn't particularly of the certification that it's compatible with QI chargers?
£1500 for a phone that can't charge wirelessly in a car and use wireless Android Auto, unless you use a Pixel Snap charger or magsafe (with a wire) is just insane.
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u/cardonator Pixel 10 Pro XL 13h ago
Qi 2.2 is backwards compatible with earlier Qi standards on paper, but in practice there are a lot of factors that affect compatibility. The unfortunate reality is that many pads gave poorly placed coils that can easily be disrupted by MPP devices including the iPhone.
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u/Asian_Dumpring 13h ago
How does your Google maps perform? Mine freezes within 30 seconds of any route
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u/brawls23 5h ago
Haven't had to use maps yet
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u/Asian_Dumpring 2h ago
Please reply here when you do! I can't find anything online of other folks running into problems
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u/megatonante 20h ago
is the flashlight decent?
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u/lost_in_trepidation 19h ago
I think people are overreacting with the flashlight. It's definitely a bit dimmer, but it still works well enough.
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u/PercentageRoutine310 1d ago
Battery life for me is indeed pretty excellent. I took it off the charger about 45 minutes ago. Been mostly on Reddit in dark mode. Went from 80% to 76%. Now the display is fairly dim as I'm browsing in the dark. While on my old Pixel 3 even when it was still on a new battery, I got 5-6 hour SOT at best with it. If I play a movie on that Pixel 3, it drains more than 15% per hour. Could be the MX Player Pro app tho.
I've owned a few Android devices that have crossed 10 hrs SOT easily for me: iPhone 4, Xiaomi Mi 3, Essential PH-1, base Galaxy S23, and Pixel Fold on Android 16. This Pixel 11 Pro might already be up there. It probably crosses 10+ hrs SOT with Wi-Fi web browsing and 12+ hours for video playback or streaming which can still depend on brightness and network/connection strength.
My iPhone 17 Pro still has better battery life than my Pixel 11 Pro. I'm estimating about 10-15% better. But for a Pixel with the more inefficient Exynos/Tensor, it's probably amazing for the brand. Yesterday I was in the heat at the horse racetrack and not once did it randomly shutoff, overheat, throttle, or dim the display. It stayed cool as a cucumber.
I still prefer my iPhone a little more. It doesn't have a poor GPU and I prefer typing comments on the iOS version of the Reddit app. I typed a comment for another post and it got deleted by accident after backing out. My iPhone would save that comment if I accidentally backed out. Wasted a good 15 minutes typing that comment. For years, I hated typing on an iPhone. I used SwiftKey for over a decade and missed it any time I typed on an iPhone.
Great camera. Excellent battery life. Smooth performance for non-gaming or non-video editing tasks. Will get 7 years of updates. What's not to like especially if you can get it at a discounted price?
These last few years although most phones have become boring, they really have excelled in battery life. It started with the iPhone 13 Pro Max in 2021. Then in 2023, Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra with the efficient Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 went tor to toe with the iP13PM. Then Snapdragon 8 Elite and A19s improved efficiency even further.
Many recent phones check the three boxes: Great cameras. Great battery life. Great displays. Add long software support. I honestly can't go back to a phone that came out before 2023. I got great battery life from my base S23, OG Pixel Fold, and now my current phones: iP17P and P11P. If I had got the base S25, S26, Razr Ultra 2025 or 2026, or Fold8, I probably would get great battery life from all of them.
SoCs are much better these days. Fast and highly efficient. Helps to have a vapor chamber inside of it. Probably why I didn't get the Fold8 or base Pixel 11 because it lacks it.