Long story short, I did have the iPhone 6S, when iOS 11 came out, it couldn't cope. I traded this phone in and got the Huawei p10 lite. This was just a replacement to get me to the end of my contract in February 2018.
I have been a BIG apple product fan for the last few years. I LOVED my iPhone 6s and was gutted when it packed up on me. I know I personally have never gotten on with Samsung phones. I break things too easily, and Samsung phones seem to have a lot you can do on it, which means there it a lot of things I can break! So February was coming up, and I had no idea what phone I wanted to get. There was NO way I could afford the iPhone 8 or iPhone X on contract! And for the sanity of everyone else around me, Samsung wasn't an option.
My boyfriend thankfully works in a high street phone shop. He got the Google pixel 2 XL and well that's when I realised how GREAT this phone is.
I'm big on phone cameras. This is one of the most important part of the phone for me. The GP (Google pixel for short) has an 8mp front facing camera and a 12mp rear camera. Now you're probably thinking "well so does most phones, what is so special about that?" WELL let the images speak for themselves. Here are the original pictures taken on my GP (no edit on snapseed. straight from Google Photos)
The last two are push focused. I taped onto the image I wanted to focus (eg the Nintendo Switch control, or the plant) and it blurs the background! This makes for some interesting photos! Another great thing is, that you can take thousands of photos and it wont interfere with your storage because it all backs up to Google Photos! I've been using Google Photos since roughly 2016, and I have used 0.27GB of 15GB!!! If for some reason you have filled all that up, they do 100GB for I think its £16 a year! That is some great price! Once your pictures are backed up to Google Photos, it then asks if you'd like to free up space on your phone. This is their way of keeping the storage down!
The GP2 runs on android and is currently on android Oreo (8.0) which to this date (March 2018) is the most current operating system.
I've had this phone, coming up a month now and I haven't come across any problems. I've had no apps crash on me, turn off or anything that can sometimes happen.
The battery is amazing. You can do a full day without needing it to charge, and that is without power saving mode on. Although in the advert I saw it says "charge your phone in 15 mins" I haven't personally figured out how to do that, it might just be a GP XL thing, or I'm just being a numpty!
But using the Google Charger that comes with iit does charge pretty quick! I would say roughly an hour n half maybe. (could be less, never really timed it)
The only downfall I have, which is a downfall more on myself than the phone, is that there is no separate headphone jack. It's all done via the USB C port. The phone comes with a USB C to headphone jack cable, but I tend to forget this.
Fun fact, I forgot my headphones one day, went into Poundland, got myself a cheap pair of headphones, went to plug them in and went "oh yeah". COMPLETETLY forgot there was no jack,
This is a simple thing though, either remember the cable OR buy some wireless or Bluetooth headphones.
Something I have learnt the hard way as well is, if you do plan on getting this phone, don't cheap out and get a cheap screen protector from Ebay. I wasn't going to pay £20 for a screen protector. Got a cheap one on Ebay and it didn't even fit the screen! And it turns out a lot of the cheap ones are like this. Because of this, I got the £20 glass protector, and I am happy with it, its a sturdy protector that doesn't effect the screens brightness like some of them do. (Link to the one I got)
Google Assist is pretty cool too. You can set it up so all you have to do is say "ok google" and even if your phone is locked, it will start up the assist. You can even ask google to unlock your phone for you too! The connection between the Google Phone and the Google home is really good. I have the Google home Mini and it connects almost instantly when it comes to broadcasting from the phone to the mini. Although I don't use the mini all too often, it is a great device to stream your music from your phone.
I find this phone 5" of amazing technology and would recommend this phone to anyone who wants a "change" or doesn't know what they're looking for. This phone is a perfect all round phone.
If you have any more questions about this phone, or would like anymore information about it, please feel free to message me in the comments, or contact me on my social media! I will be more than willing to help!
Until next time guys.
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