what's happening everyone my name is Alex and welcome back in today's video we are comparing
the brand new pixel 8 to the Samsung Galaxy s23 now these two devices are priced quite
similarly of course depending on the market where you buy these devices the s23 could be
a bit more expensive or the pixela could be a bit more expensive but overall they're priced
similarly and if you're looking for a smaller Android device well these two phones are kind
of your only option so which one is the better buy for your needs well we definitely going to
find find out in today's video Let's Start by checking out what comes in the box with both
devices and we'll move on from that all right so both devices come in fairly small boxes and there
is no surprise here inside the Box you're not going to find much so you basically find a cable
in both boxes and then in the box of the pixel 8 you do get an adapter from a USBC to a usba I'm
assuming that including that adapter so you can transfer your um information from your older phone
to the pixel phone phone easier but aside from that we don't get much so you're going to have
to buy your own charger for both devices and we're moving on with our comparison and we are starting
with the screens on both devices and I guess we can start with the pixel here so the pixel here
gets a somewhat larger screen so this is a 6.2 in OLED screen that has a 1080p resolution and
a refresh rate of 120 HZ now the brightness on this screen is 1,400 nits with a peak brightness
of 2,000 nits and the screen on the pixel 8 is also covered by Gorilla Glass victus moving on
to the screen on the Samsung Galaxy s23 well this one is slightly smaller so here we have
a 6.1 in AMOLED screen that of course has a 1080p resolution a refresh rate of 120 HZ but
the brightness on this screen is 1,200 needs with a peak brightness of 1750 so basically the screen
on the pixel 8 here is brighter so if you're using the phone a lot Outdoors you're basically going to
see the screen of the pixel 8 better Outdoors the screen on the s23 here is covered by Gorilla Glass
victas 2 so basically somewhat better protection draw protection on the screen of the s23 overall
I don't think you can go wrong with either device but I do prefer the brighter screen that we get on
the pixel 8 and since we are talking about glass well the backs on both devices are made out of
glass so we have Gorilla Glass victus on the pixel 8 here and Gorilla Glass vict to on the Samsung
Galaxy s23 the frames on both devices are also made out of metal so both devices do feel premium
whenever you're holding them in your hand too bad that we have to use cases on these phones because
they are beautiful without a case so both devices do look quite good in my opinion so I think it's
just a matter of personal preference both devices also have an UND screen fingerprint scanner and I
feel that the the fingerprint scanner does work quite good on both devices so for that I would
really say that we actually have a difference both devices also get a speaker at the top and
a speaker at the bottom and next I'm also going to play a short recording just so you can see and
basically here which one has the better speaker so the s23 or the pixel 8 so let me play that for
you
so it sounds to me that the pixel 8 here has the deeper sound but the Samsung Galaxy s23
has the louder sound I'm not sure which is the better choice but maybe the s23 since it does
get slightly louder next we are talking about batteries inside these two devices and of course
charging the pixel 8 here has a 4575 mAh battery where on the Samsung Galaxy s23 we get a 3900 mAh
battery so of course we have a larger battery in the pixel 8 so you're definitely going to
get better battery life from the pixel 8 now both devices support fast charge I mean if we can call
this fast charging so on the pixel 8 here we get 27 W fast charging where on the Samsung Galaxy
s23 we get 25 W fast charging both devices also support wireless charging once again the pixel
is slightly faster so 18 watt wireless charging versus 15 wat wireless charging and both devices
also support reverse charging so you could charge other devices from the backs of these two phones
and since we're talking about charging that brings us to today's video sponsor which is Anchor Nano
the anchor nano power bank that I want to show you today is this one right here this is one of my
favorite Power banks that I currently own so first of all this is pretty small so you can easily fit
this in any backpack any pocket or anything like that and it also has a 10,000 Mah hour capacity
so that means that you're going to be able to charge most phones about two or three times
the output from this power bank is also 30 WS so you can charge the iPhone 50 pro at the maximum
charging speed that the iPhone can take you can basically do the same with the Samsung Galaxy
s23 and of course with the pixel 8 since we're talking about the pixel 8 and the Galaxy s23 the
power bank also has a small display on the front here we have a little button at the top there and
the display will show you how much battery you have and how long till the battery pack actually
runs out of power if you're charging this it will show you how long till the battery pack
is full full so very useful having that little display on the front of the power bank there as
well aside from the USBC cable that's built in that you can basically use with pretty much any
device we also have another USBC Port there and a usba a port so you can use those to charge other
devices at the same time as well this power bank also features smart temperature monitoring so it
will keep your devices safe and cool whenever they're charging from this power bank as always
I leave some links in the videos description so you can check this out thanks anchor Nano
for sponsoring this video and let's go back to our pixel 8 and of course the Samsung Galaxy s23 now
the biggest difference that we have between these two phones has to do the processor inside them
so on the pixel 8 here inside the pixel 8 here we get the Google tensor G3 where inside the Samsung
Galaxy s23 here we get the Snapdragon 8 gen2 so if we open the n22 Benchmark on both of them you
will see a massive difference for that result so we have 1.4 million versus 700,000 so basically
the s23 here is about twice faster than um this the pixel 8 here now of course that performance
you're not going to notice for day-to-day tasks but if you do start playing some more intensive
games or if you do some video editing of course you will notice a difference for performance from
the Samsung Galaxy s23 and these are the speeds that we get for the internal storage now keep in
mind that my Samsung Galaxy s23 has 256 gigs of internal storage and this version of this
device gets upgraded internal storage so that's why the massive difference um for um the internal
storage speeds here if I would have had the lower version the 128 gig version we' probably
get similar speeds for that so performance- wise yes there will be a massive difference between
the Samsung Galaxy s23 and the pixel 8 here next we are moving on to cameras and we are starting
with the rear cameras so here we have a bit of a difference mostly because the Samsung Galaxy s23
has an extra camera so that's a telephoto lens that we are basically missing from the pixel 8
the pixel 8 Pro does get a telephoto lens but not the pixel 8 so we have a 50 megapixel main camera
on the pixel 8 and a 50 megapix main camera on the s23 so next I want to show you some pictures that
I took with both devices now I do have daytime pictures I didn't take any nighttime pictures
and if you guys want a full camera comparison between these two devices leave a comment down
below if we get about 20 30 comments asking for a full camera comparison I will definitely do a
full camera comparison between these two devices so the pictures that you're basically seeing on
your screen right now or taking on auto mode with both devices I used the main cameras I used Ultra
wide cameras once again we have a 12 megapixel ultra white camera on the s23 and the 12 megapixel
Ultra wide camera on the Google pixel 8 as well so you can see pictures I took with both devices I've
also included a few pictures that I took with the front facing cameras just so you can see how the
devices perform for those front facing cameras as well now for video capabilities the Samsung
Galaxy s23 here can record in 8k where the pixel 8 cannot do 8K however I personally don't record
in 8k ever and I do recording 4K 30 or 4K 60 and I also have a short um 4K 30 frames per second
recording between these two devices just so you get an idea how they both do for video recordings
so let me play that short recording for you and I will be right back all right we have a quick
video sample between the pixel 8 and of course the Samsung Galaxy S1 23 for this recording I'm
doing 4K at 30 frames per second and using the main cameras on the back of both devices both
devices could also do 4K at 60 and of course with the Samsung Galaxy s23 we can also record
in 8k something that we cannot do with the pixel as you can see for yourself I am walking so this
way you can see how both devices would perform for video stabilization I'm actually going to
stop here we'll pan on left I guess just for a bit so kind of towards the Sun so we can see how both
devices do under those um conditions then we'll pan back right and we're going to go up the stairs
here and in here I guess and again here we are going to stop we're going to pan left
slowly and back right so this is how both devices would record to the main
cameras if you're recording in 4k at 30 frames per
second so what do you guys think about the sample pictures and videos from these two devices do you
prefer the ones that I took with the pixel 8 or the ones that I took with the Samsung Galaxy s23
definitely leave a comment down below and let me know and as I said earlier if you do want a
full camera comparison between these two phones more video samples different resolutions and so
on leave a comment down below and if we have enough comments asking for it I will make a
dedicated camera comparison as for the overall experience with these two devices I guess it
really comes down to your personal preference if you do prefer stock Android even though I
do find that stock Android doesn't typically have all the options that you would get from
a Samsung device so the UI on the Samsung device I find that it is a bit more advanced let's call
it not even Advanced but it does have more options it does have more features I find
that the software on the pixel even though it is very fast very smooth it doesn't offer the same
options that you get with a Samsung device so it really depends what you're used to if you're
used to something simpler the purest form of Android basically you're going to love the
pixel 8 here even though the score on this one on The n22 Benchmark it's only about 700,000 the
phone actually performs really really smooth for anything that you're going to do on it if if you
want a few more features maybe you will prefer the Samsung Galaxy s23 here so what do you guys think
about these two devices would you buy the pixel 8 or the Samsung Galaxy s23 definitely leave a
comment and let me know your thoughts thanks for watching and I'll see you guys in the next one