today we'll be going through the unboxing in first impressions of the
pixel 4 and the pixel 4 XL and that's coming up right after this if you
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followed by the bowel so yesterday I received my team pixel package from
Google containing the Google pixel for in the oh so orange color and the Google
pixel for excel in the clearly white apologies for not uploading the video
yesterday but I wanted to spend 24 hours with the devices before my first
impressions video and of course I'll do a full review after using them for
longer as well as the phones if we open up the bottom drawer we get the retail
packaging up for both phones along with some goodies from Google we've got three
fortune cookies here that tell you about features of the phone there were four
but I've already eaten one next we've got a leaflet 10 things about your pixel
4 and this just gives us some highlighted features of the phone next
we've got Andy star map and this is of course to highlight their
astrophotography mode apparently they've named a star after me and provided me a
map of where I can find it it does also say that the phone is
required to be placed on a flat surface or tripod for this mode but we'll cover
that in the in-depth review next we have some pixel branded pop sockets
that stick to your phone and act as a stand and finally we get some stickers
inside the retail packaging and we get the usual stuff we expect from a pixel
we get the sim removal tool with a manual and documentation we then get a
USB power brick which is of course an 18 watt fast charger for the pixel we get a
USB c2 USBC cable and finally a USB a 2 USBC adapter that can be used to
transfer all of your data from your old phone however some may be disappointed
here at the lack of headphones or even a USB c to 3.5mm headphone adapter now when
it comes to the phones I think both of them look great Google have gone for a
redesign this year and they've decided to go with a square camera module to
hold an additional camera and of course that they've kept the bezel up top that
most other companies are working at remove
there is a reason for this of course is the bezel holds multiple sensors but
we'll be covering that shortly when it comes to the rear on both these color
variants we actually have a glass back with a matte finish this is a great move
from Google is it keeps the back of your phone fingerprint free and I really like
the look of both of these colors they've kept the accent power button and we
actually have an orange power button on both color variants although the clearly
white is a darker shade of orange and when it comes to picking your model what
there are only a few differences between the two the hardware and cameras are
exactly the same and the main differences are as follows of course the
size is the main difference the pixel 4 has a smaller 5.7 inch display with
a resolution of 20 to 80 by 1080 and this gives it 444 pixels per inch
whereas the pixel 4 XL has a larger 6.3 inch display with a resolution of
3040 by 1440 and this gives it 537 pixels per inch both phones support HDR
and have 90 Hertz displays the only other difference is of course their
battery capacity the smaller pixel four has a capacity of 2800 milliamp hours
whereas the pixel 4 XL has a larger capacity of 3700 or 2800 it may seem
relatively small they're generally good at optimization but I'll cover the
battery life when doing my full in-depth reviews so if we take a look at the
device it's of course running Android 10 out of the box the 90 Hertz display
really does make everything look and feel so much smoother the phone also
dynamically changes between 60 and 90 Hertz to save battery when 90 Hertz
isn't required this is another function of the additional sensors as it
supposedly will drop to 60 Hertz if you're not looking at the device when it
comes to general use in even gaming the 90 Hertz display makes for a much more
pleasant experience the brightness and colors of the display are great and it's
easy to see why the device could display mates highest possible score they also
have the always-on feature but of course if this can be disabled if you don't
want it the phones are powered by the Snapdragon
855 and come with six gigabytes of RAM so plenty of power for applications in
gaming all other manufacturers are putting huge amounts of RAM in their
phone Google tends to keep things more conserved Google have also upgraded to
the pixel neural cour for image processing and in my current testing
it's working incredibly well when taking videos you can see the HDR on screen
when processing images it's done almost instantaneously and just makes for a
much better experience overall when it comes to the cameras that the pixel have
gone with the dual camera set up on the rear this time round and that consists
of a 12 point two megapixel main sensor with an aperture of f11 7 and optical
image stabilization this is paired with a 16 megapixel telephoto with an
aperture of f28 for optical image stabilization and 2 times optical zoom
but unfortunately there's no wide-angle lenses on the pixel falls on the front
we've got an 8 megapixel wide-angle lens with an aperture of f28 oh along with
the additional radar and sensors packed into the bezel for secure 3d face unlock
and motion sense the pixels have always been known for great photography and
I've done some camera testing which has given some great results in both night
and day and this was just by pointing and shooting without changing any
settings they've also got an improved night mode along with astrophotography
mode but I'll be covering these in my full review all these camera samples
were taken in the standard camera mode and not using night mode another great
feature of the pixels camera is the ability to change brightness and shadows
before taking the picture meaning it you can compose the perfect shot
unfortunately one thing that has been removed is the unlimited backup of
Google photos saved at full resolution now we'll take a look at the video so
this is the pixel 4 XL rear camera it's 4k at 30 frames
the second with image stabilization of course I have to wait till I get on the
computer to see how that comes out unfortunately with the four that they
don't do 4k at 60 frames a second it will have a look at on the computer and
see what it looks like so the rear camera is taking good video at 4k with
some good stabilization and the microphone also seems to be doing pretty
well some will be disappointed with the lack of 60 frames a second but Google
have always had a tendency to focus on the photography aspect more than the
video now of course one of the main features is all of the sensors packed
into the bezel including the radar is the first phone with a radar and the
radar allows it to know when you're near meaning it can power up the display when
you approach it and power down when you walk away and this of course does help
with battery life something I really like is that it knows when you're
reaching for the phone as soon as you start reaching towards it the phone is
ready for face unlock meaning we don't have to press the power button and we
simply pick up the phone and start using it instantly Google says that this is
also the fastest secure face unlock of course there's no fingerprint scanner on
either of these phones so it's great that the face unlock is working so well
and of course we also have the new air gestures using the radar so this is for
tasks such as changing tracks on Spotify you wave your hand over the phone to
change track you can also wave your hand over the phone to silence your alarm and
even interact with live wallpapers now I'm not too sold on this idea yet
however I did find silence in the alarm feature very useful this morning and
what we've seen this feature before with the radar it is working so much better
we also have new features in Google assistant and it's now able to
understand context and continue with tasks without the need to keep saying
hey Google for example if you search for something you can then ask for further
detail without having to repeat the hey Google command or even tell it what you
were talking about hey Google search for Will Smith
now show me his Instagram hey Google show my photos from last week
now the ones with buildings we also have the new pixel audio recording and this
can transcribe voice to text in real time you can then search on anything
that was said and it will locate that within the audio and this is all
completed without the need for any data this is the test to see if Google can
correctly transcribe at the audio I'm speaking into text and will then do a
search to see if we can find the text so overall Google have taken a different
approach than most others here and given us some more practical features what
many won't be a fan of the bezel I can honestly say in my 24 hours of using it
I've grown to like it the radar is proving more useful than I expected and
overall a good phone with some useful features now of course it's not going to
be to everyone's tastes and I'll cover a lot more in my full reviews but the
pixel 4 starts at $799 or 669 pounds was the 4 XL starts at $899 or 829 pounds so
they are priced lower than some other phones out there but at the same time
these prices are for the 64 gigabyte base variant so we'll continue to use
these phones heavily for the next couple of weeks before I cover them in full
detail but as always I'd like to know your thoughts in the comments what do
you think of these pixel phones who are there is waiting to get one and has
anyone actually pre-ordered one yet but thanks for watching the video if you
liked it smash a thumbs up if you didn't hit that thumbs down twice and I'll see
you guys in the next one