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Google Pixel 11 early review (2 days): Switching to Android after nearly staying with iOS for nearly one decade!!!
Hey y'all,
So awhile back I made a post where I announced that I'm switching to android after spending a near decade on iOS (my previous phone was iPhone 14). So, here is my point wise early 2 days review for Google Pixel 11, as some of the guys challenged me that I won’t last 2-3 days with this phone. (This will be a long one)
1. In Hand Feel: The inhand feel of this device uncannily reminds me of an iPhone 16/17, especially from the sides and the slightly curved back. Its like that Google deliberately made this to attract iPhone users, but hey I aint complaining, it feels really sturdy, rock solid and very premium to hold this device. To some extent like Google's own take on iPhone.
2. Operating Software: So, i know this topic is hot cake of a debate on its own. But I'm going to say this without giving a damn about how the user reading this might feel....Android is the undefeated King of the Operating Software and I regret not trying android earlier. The OS on this thing is super duper majesticly customisable. Oh my gawdddddddd, the things I can do with the customisation including the level of depthness of each thing which you can change under the settings (i know that this is all surface level stuff, but hey its been only 2 days since I made the switch, so pls bear with me). This is so freaking good. Now prior to using this device I had a conception for android that "They are slow and bloated to hell", but man I was so wrong. Changing a phone is a big decision and that too while trying a brand which has its own very niche audience is equivalent to making a risky investment in a small cap stocks, either you win big or lose a lifetime. And I'm so glad that I did my research before I made the switch, I'm so glad to say this that I did not make a mistake when I went with Android.
PS - After reading the comments I did my further research and decided to go with stock android (i know that Pixel UI is not stock android, but hey its closest to being one).
3. Camera: This is one area where I have mixed feeling, the camera on this device are super great, but coming from the iPhone they somehow feel a bit different, like something that I'm not so accustomed to see. In any regard, I aint saying that they arent equally good as an iPhone, but one place where I can see the difference has to be the video. This takes utmost honesty to say this......iPhones have the upper hand when it comes down to the video department.
4. Battery: This is the most grey area when it comes to owning Pixel, while most of the users said that the Pixel have a terrible battery.......however, in my personal use case scenario........I did not face the issue. So, my answer needs a bit of context:
My day starts at 5 in the morning, so my pixel is charged at 100% at 5'o clock in the morning. I hit the gym, listen to some music, track workouts on lyfta app. I listen to music for like 3-4hrs per day...yuppp I'm an audiophile in that regards. Then i do some pretty basic stuff which most of us do, phone calls, whatsapp, text messages, draft some mails and then few vc's here and there, then do some general stuff with gemini, and no I do not play games on my mobile device. My daily life does not involve hardware intensive task. So, after unplugging from the charger at 5'o clock and ending my day around 11'o clock.....I'm still left with 25% battery. So, I'll let you be the judge on that!!!!
PS - Unlike other users, my device did not throttle a single bit, and also not to mention the very common complaint from Pixel owners, "the device throttles when you use it on mobile data".....well I can say this that my device did not even get warm when using on mobile data, Google did a fabulous job when it switched to Mediatek modems for the Pixel 11 series.
5. Gaming: As mentioned above I do not play games, so I cannot comment on this aspect of the device.
Ending Note: I suggest that if you are one of those guys who
Hey y'all,
So awhile back I made a post where I announced that I'm switching to android after spending a near decade on iOS (my previous phone was iPhone 14). So, here is my point wise early 2 days review for Google Pixel 11, as some of the guys challenged me that I won’t last 2-3 days with this phone. (This will be a long one)
1. In Hand Feel: The inhand feel of this device uncannily reminds me of an iPhone 16/17, especially from the sides and the slightly curved back. Its like that Google deliberately made this to attract iPhone users, but hey I aint complaining, it feels really sturdy, rock solid and very premium to hold this device. To some extent like Google's own take on iPhone.
2. Operating Software: So, i know this topic is hot cake of a debate on its own. But I'm going to say this without giving a damn about how the user reading this might feel....Android is the undefeated King of the Operating Software and I regret not trying android earlier. The OS on this thing is super duper majesticly customisable. Oh my gawdddddddd, the things I can do with the customisation including the level of depthness of each thing which you can change under the settings (i know that this is all surface level stuff, but hey its been only 2 days since I made the switch, so pls bear with me). This is so freaking good. Now prior to using this device I had a conception for android that "They are slow and bloated to hell", but man I was so wrong. Changing a phone is a big decision and that too while trying a brand which has its own very niche audience is equivalent to making a risky investment in a small cap stocks, either you win big or lose a lifetime. And I'm so glad that I did my research before I made the switch, I'm so glad to say this that I did not make a mistake when I went with Android.
PS - After reading the comments I did my further research and decided to go with stock android (i know that Pixel UI is not stock android, but hey its closest to being one).
3. Camera: This is one area where I have mixed feeling, the camera on this device are super great, but coming from the iPhone they somehow feel a bit different, like something that I'm not so accustomed to see. In any regard, I aint saying that they arent equally good as an iPhone, but one place where I can see the difference has to be the video. This takes utmost honesty to say this......iPhones have the upper hand when it comes down to the video department.
4. Battery: This is the most grey area when it comes to owning Pixel, while most of the users said that the Pixel have a terrible battery.......however, in my personal use case scenario........I did not face the issue. So, my answer needs a bit of context:
My day starts at 5 in the morning, so my pixel is charged at 100% at 5'o clock in the morning. I hit the gym, listen to some music, track workouts on lyfta app. I listen to music for like 3-4hrs per day...yuppp I'm an audiophile in that regards. Then i do some pretty basic stuff which most of us do, phone calls, whatsapp, text messages, draft some mails and then few vc's here and there, then do some general stuff with gemini, and no I do not play games on my mobile device. My daily life does not involve hardware intensive task. So, after unplugging from the charger at 5'o clock and ending my day around 11'o clock.....I'm still left with 25% battery. So, I'll let you be the judge on that!!!!
PS - Unlike other users, my device did not throttle a single bit, and also not to mention the very common complaint from Pixel owners, "the device throttles when you use it on mobile data".....well I can say this that my device did not even get warm when using on mobile data, Google did a fabulous job when it switched to Mediatek modems for the Pixel 11 series.
5. Gaming: As mentioned above I do not play games, so I cannot comment on this aspect of the device.
Ending Note: I suggest that if you are one of those guys who
