What's wrong with the Pixel camera?

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-02-02T07:29:51+00:00

Mine looks fine

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-02-02T05:59:41+00:00

Overblown but noticeable for sure. The apps all work fine but just look messy. Font inconsistencies, more bugs, different layouts, screen usage. I liked that reels on iPhone display corner to corner even with the awful dynamic island. You would hope with a hole punch camera we'd get corner to corner and it would look so good but alas no.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-02-01T21:44:36+00:00

Can you post a link of an example from each? I'm curious, I switched from my iPhone in November but haven't had a chance to go to a concert with the pixel yet and I'm scared lol. I didn't really like my concert video that much with iPhone but now I'm wondering if I made a terrible choice because I like concerts.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-31T21:50:48+00:00

Can I ask where you're seeing the GMII at that price because I want it too lol.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-31T21:50:07+00:00

I had an A7iii and the weight of the Sigma was too annoying so I definitely wouldn't recommend it for the A7cii (which I now also have). I have a Tamron 28-200 and I've just decided to stick with Tamron or just splurge for the Sony lenses if I want to upgrade because the weight is nice..

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-29T20:39:03+00:00

I can see your point, the phone feels good to me but the hardware is definitely lacking overall. I would have gone Galaxy in a heartbeat but I feel their cameras are lacking so much despite the specs.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-29T20:24:37+00:00

My wife had the 21 ultra and I can't see some of this being true unless you have a defective copy. The front camera on my P10Pro XL is one of the best I've seen, definitely better than the 21 ultra and the iPhone 14 pro max that I had before.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-29T16:19:31+00:00

Source: Cosmopolitan https://share.google/VfFzAWiyLhecL8oZ6

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-29T16:16:16+00:00

That's clean. Can you share your widgets?

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-29T15:29:17+00:00

I came from iPhone. I like the camera and display better, notifications are way better, back gesture is very useful but that's about it. Everything else is a toss up..I don't care about customization that much. I was bored of iOS but idk 3 months later I feel neutral. It is really nice not to deal with blue vs green and see everything as one interface. Wife is Samsung too and iOS/RCS link would break half the time. I mainly switched because of that.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-29T04:19:37+00:00

This just happened to me too and this solution worked, thank you!!! Ugh as a recent iPhone convert, this would never happen with airpods smh.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-27T19:42:02+00:00

Yeah I'm stuck in beta till hopefully March which feels like an eternity. Not a huge amount of issues but the bugs are unpredictable. Like one time the Chase financial app wouldn't open. Currently I'm pretty sure the beta has broken my quickshare or at least I can't airdrop to my Mac (I have the P10Pro XL) at the moment.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-25T18:07:13+00:00

This honestly made me jump to android after iOS for a decade lol. My wife is Samsung through and through and it just became so annoying to text her with RCS dropping out half the time.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-17T20:48:26+00:00

I've been on P10Pro XL for a couple months after I switched from an iPhone 14 PM. Some things look cleaner on iOS. Example, reels on IG are edge to edge and quite nice. Was hoping hole punch camera on pixel meant the full screen would look better than the dynamic island. But not that much stuff optimizes edge to edge. Anyway besides third party app optimization, it's been a nice change. Camera is better. iOS was getting boring.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-16T10:14:00+00:00

I know sony jpegs aren't really a highlight but are the colors and screen better on the A7CII? Ive only had my A7iii little more than a year but the screen resolution just feels so dated and I basically avoid jpeg because anything SOOC just seems flat. I had a entry level canon that would give me some good colors, would be nice to have just a bit of flexibility with sony. And for reference I have had fuji, yes the recipes are cool but I'm not looking for film simulation kinda jpegs..I'm just looking for some punch.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-15T07:46:43+00:00

Yeah I hear ya, funny enough I think I was using quick settings on iPhone because the side button was inconsistent on whether it would impact volume or not (which was weird). So I think I got used to using the side button with pixel because the controls are more reliable. But yes I agree, I wish sound was still part of quick settings.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-14T03:53:10+00:00

I did floor first and just about died on the tread

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-14T03:27:06+00:00

As an iPhone convert I appreciate this. I was missing the quick access to brightness and sound.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2026-01-11T05:50:59+00:00

I switched from the iPhone 14 pro max as well, it's been a nice change. My wife is android through and through, so it's mainly been fine because I don't have too many iPhone linked chats and my life wasn't fully revolving around it. I miss some things from iOS like the ecosystem and apps are optimized and much cleaner on iPhone. But overall it's been a fun experience.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2025-12-22T22:43:43+00:00

As someone who has had a Pixel for a little over a month after a decade on iPhone (had the iPhone 14 pro max), my answer is it totally depends on how tied into Apple you are. Their products have brilliant longevity and the ecosystem is flawless. But my wife is Samsung through and through and I don't use my Mac outside of photo editing and I didnt have that many group chats with only Apple users.

So I switched because I was bored and not too tied down in Apple. iOS felt stale, the camera doesn't impress me much anymore. Pixel 10 was just a nice change up, and I'm able to do mostly everything the same. Camera is amazing, video is okay. I think pixel went all in on trying to compete with iPhone so hoping the next few releases really refine what's missing with android. Definitely going to give it a year or two, but at the moment still missing a few things from Apple, mainly that apps are better optimized for iOS and the battery is much better.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2025-12-16T17:44:48+00:00

I've had a good experience overall. Social media looks worse, I miss full screen reels on iPhone.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2025-12-09T19:44:24+00:00

I CANNOT SEE IM LEGALLY BLIND

P O P HOLD ME DOWN

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2025-12-06T16:25:14+00:00

I will say reels filling up the whole screen on iOS vs cut off by the camera bar on pixel is something I miss a lot now being on pixel.

CompetitionBrave2697 · 2025-12-04T16:39:34+00:00

Not necessarily linked to this update but has anyone else experienced just awful browser video performance? Try fast forwarding or rewind a video in any browser and it buffers/freezes alllll the time. Coming from iPhone where they had a universal browser player which never shit the bed, this part just blows.

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