hey guys it's max from axe set today we're gonna be doing a comparison
between the brand new pixel 3a XL and the iPhone 10 R we'll be taking a look
at the build quality and design the LCD displays we're gonna do a speaker
comparison and check out the performance if you want to check that out make sure
you guys stick around first off thank you to Google for sending this to us as
part of Team pixel we definitely appreciate it
let's get this thing unboxed and jump right into it okay so first impressions
feel in the hand it's interesting you can definitely tell it's plastic it
feels kind of lightweight I don't know how light it is or how
heavy it is compared to the iPhone 10 or maybe we'll put it right above here but
it does feel light and this little texture feels kind of similar to the
glass texture that they have on the standard pixel 3 but then of course when
you touch the top part and especially the sides you could definitely tell that
it's plastic now along with this phone in the box we did not get any headphones
Nikon 10 R does include headphones but we do have an 18 watt charger that is
crazy compared to the 5 watt that comes even with the $1100 iPhone 10 s max
that's definitely awesome that Google is shipping a proper charger even with a
$400 phone with that said when I hold both of these in my hands there's no
doubt about it that the iPhone 10 R feels much more premium given that it
has glass back and aluminum sides with that glass back we also have wireless
charging and we also have waterproofing both those things are missing with the
pixel 3/8 keep in mind that if you're gonna be using a case the plastic build
quality doesn't matter at all because you won't feel it so here I have the
fabric case of the Google also sent along with it and it does feel pretty
nice in the hands and then even though I have the black phone I still get the
little off coloured button with the case comparing the size they are actually
very similar the width is basically the same the thickness is also basically the
same but the pixel 3a XL is taller because it does have the chin and a
little forehead just like the flash if we also have a fingerprint scanner on
the back so let's set this thing up and see how fast it is
so it's not as fast as a galaxy s 10 II but it's definitely not a slouch and I
think a part of it might be the animation of what kind of fading in I
would probably have to say that the pixel three might be slightly faster
they're close since Google decided to stick with OLED for its budget devices
we have this always-on display which I definitely appreciate being able to see
the time and some notifications without having to turn on the device of course
Typhon 10r uses an LCD display so that is not possible let's jump to the home
page and compare the displays the iPhone 10 RS 6.1 inches compared to six with a
three Axl but if we set the display side-by-side the iPhones is just
slightly taller because we have these little extra kind of bunny ears or
whatever you want to call them showing us some information but the pixel
display is actually slightly wider because as thinner bezels let's compare
the brightness I have auto brightness shut off on both and I maxed them out
and they look very similar to me at least at a perfect angle the white
balance also looks almost identical but that is with true tone turned on if I go
ahead and shut off true tone now we can see that the iPhones LCD screen is much
cooler letting our camera sensor decide Vadim is saying that the iPhone is
brighter I have these maxed out and if you look from our side camera angle
you'll see how much dimmer the iPhone is now let's compare the display quality of
a really nice YouTube video open right here looking at these two there's
literally no comparison as far as the displays you can definitely tell the
difference in sharpness and detail in how punchy the colors are and with
brightness as well so both these are playing by 1080p video but of course the
pixel has a much higher pixel density and it really shows off here and one
very interesting thing is that the pixel 3a is showing up as HDR that's weird
because in the comparison tool google lists the pixel 3 the flagships is HDR
but they don't put HDR for these phones so the pixel clearly has the better
display but one area where it really falls behind is the processor and the
graphics the iPhone 10 R has Apple's flagship a 12 Bionic processor whereas
the pixel 3a devices have the stop track 670 which is a mid-range processor here
in Geekbench 4 you can tell the iPhones multi-core score is basically double and
the single core score is about triple testing an two to the overall score is
basically double same with the CPU score and looking at graphics back when 10 RS
graphics is more than twice as high and when we ran the test you could see that
the iPhone is perfectly smooth but the pixel 3 is super choppy so if you're
gonna be playing games the iPhone is definitely the better choice as far as
battery life both of these are gonna be quite good the iPhone 10 R has a low res
display which helps with battery life but the battery is about 29 50 milliamp
hours compared to 3700 with a pixel 3/8 XL but with that one benefit with the
pixel 3a is that you get that 18 watt fast charger so if you are low on
battery life you can quickly charge up this one also has 4 gigabytes of RAM
just like the pixel 3 compared to 3 gigabytes but Android is not as
efficient and the pixel 3 had some issues where older apps would shut down
even turning off your music when you wanted to take a picture Google has to
dress some of those with software but I'll just have to wait and see I will be
doing a full review of this phone so if you guys want to check that out and see
how it is after I've used it for about a week go ahead and hit that subscribe
button and enable those notifications now it's time for a speaker comparison
we know that the iPhones sound pretty good and the pixel 3 sounded fantastic
with their dual speakers but with the pixel 3 a google got rid of the dual
front-facing we still have stereo but one of them is now bottom firing just
like the iPhones let's go ahead and compare them
[Music] [Music]
[Music] so that was definitely unexpected the
iPhone has kind of louder myths whereas the pixel 3a has more kind of dynamic
range especially in the highs the high notes really stand out and there's a lot
of separation between little electronic sounds or the instruments there so I if
I have to choose one I probably would choose the pixel but it's very very
close you guys let me know in the comment section which one you think
sounded better to you finally let's finish off by comparing the cameras both
of these have a single camera on the back and on the front so the pixel 3 no
longer has the dual cameras but if we compare these selfies you could see how
much wider the selfie camera is on the pixel and here's some side-by-side shots
with the rear cameras both are fantastic and it's really up to you which one you
prefer I generally like the colors and contrast from the iPhone photos but one
difference that you can't dispute is that the pixel will take portrait shots
of just about anything compared to the iPhone 10 art which only takes portrait
photos of people the pixel also has the nitesite feature which takes amazing
photos in practically no light at all but if you're a video shooter the iPhone
performs much better compared to the pixel phones so overall I'm very
impressed with a pixel three eight and three axl Google is doing a genius move
by giving us such a nice phone with a great display and with that same camera
from its pixel three for just $400 or 480 dollars I think this is gonna sell
very well I think reps at all of these local carriers are gonna be really
pushing this phone it's gonna give Google a nice heads up now the iPhone
does have some areas that it really performs better than the pixel of course
if you want us you're gonna have to go with an iPhone but if you're an Android
user this thing is such a great value if you guys want to see twelve features
that are missing out of the pixel 3a phones compared to the flagship pixel
threes click that little video over there if you guys want to see our
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and I'll see you in the next video where as the iPhone is limited to just humans
I'll say that again