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A lot of phones don't receive updates for that long, why is it held against this particular phone? People recommend phones all the time that never got an update after that.
It's not the end of the world when you stop getting OS updates. I'm not gonna pay $500 more to get a newer phone that will be supported for a year longer.
64gb sucks (current pixel 3a xl owner). Don't waste your time unless you don't plan on taking photos
Very easy to have any phone automatically upload to Google Photos and remove the photo from the phone. You can still view access all your photos via the Google Photo app.
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In regards to the 3 XL - Awesome phone when working properly. Compared to my 2 XL, it runs noticeably faster, takes significantly better pictures and overall feels more like a premium product. BUT beware there are known issues. My wife's 3 XL began having Wifi/ Bluetooth issues (shut off randomly, with only temporary fixes as far as I can find) and pics taken with the back camera are now extremely blurry. You can find threads about these sort of issues on Reddit as well as Google support forums.
We ran into these issues about a year and a half into owning the phone so were out of warranty by the time it became unbearable. My Pixel 2 XL, on the other hand, is running strong. My launch device had a freak accident (charging port burnt out) and was replaced right before the end of warranty. This second device has had zero issues. With that said, I would upgrade to a Pixel 3XL at this price if there were no chances of the above issues, or if there were reliable and affordable fixes.
Not worth it. This stops receiving updates in December of this year.
Will haveto agree because it comes down to hit or miss with Verizon with being bootloader unlocked...apparently its hit or miss if before booting up and putting att sim in it can boot as google editions pixel and then in the rooting community you can recieve updates to higher android os ...some official some not
I went with the Not-Pink from Woot last month or so. Absolutely love then small compact phone and it's camera. Battery is just about average, even below-average if I use the camera too much in a single day or browse too many apps. Though the small battery does charge very quickly.
Bought this as I had a 3a XL which battery started to suck because I used a crappy 3rd party fast charger which seemed to mess the battery up but otherwise that phone was pretty nice outside of being slightly laggy on some apps.
In my experience Pixels have the best fingerprint sensors and getting the regular XL over the A version should help with some of the lagginess I experienced on the A version as well as having IP68 water resistance.
64gb sucks (current pixel 3a xl owner). Don't waste your time unless you don't plan on taking photos
I have had 128 and 64 Pixels. The only time I feel crammed in the 64gb is if I have a lot of downloaded music. The Pixel is constantly uploading photos at full resolution and wifi is close enough that I never itch for space due to photos.
What does that mean. Does it mean in three years I won't be able to use it? How long would this phone last?
I'm still using my first gen Pixel #1 just fine. Only the battery is not holding up for more than a day but not a deal breaker enough to upgrade. He just means he thinks the phones not worth it because he probably has never had a older phone and doesn't realize that you will be able to use it pretty much until it physically breaks.
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A lot of phones don't receive updates for that long, why is it held against this particular phone? People recommend phones all the time that never got an update after that.
It's not the end of the world when you stop getting OS updates. I'm not gonna pay $500 more to get a newer phone that will be supported for a year longer.
No expandable storage 🤔
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We ran into these issues about a year and a half into owning the phone so were out of warranty by the time it became unbearable. My Pixel 2 XL, on the other hand, is running strong. My launch device had a freak accident (charging port burnt out) and was replaced right before the end of warranty. This second device has had zero issues. With that said, I would upgrade to a Pixel 3XL at this price if there were no chances of the above issues, or if there were reliable and affordable fixes.
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In my experience Pixels have the best fingerprint sensors and getting the regular XL over the A version should help with some of the lagginess I experienced on the A version as well as having IP68 water resistance.
I like the g power battery capacity. But I feel its slightly under powered.
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EDIT: does not work on Verizon unlocked
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