Google is running a heck of a deal on trade-ins. So I'm ready to switch!

My two choices are the 7 and 7 Pro.

I currently use an iPhone 12 and it's fine, just tired.

Only things I notice are camera quality and more RAM....

Any major reasons to consider the extra $200+ for the pro model?

My local Best Buy had the 7 and 7 Pro on display. I was able to spend some time checking them out. Here are my thoughts and things to note. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to help. For comparison I cannot comment on how they compare to the 6 and 6 Pro in terms of camera and performance, considering I only had my 4 XL on me. I was unable to test anything battery, or unlocking wise.

Design/Hardware

Both devices are nice, and feel premium. I was a tad underwhelmed though, because they seem very similar to the 6 & 6 Pro devices. The size of the 7 feels perfect, and I much prefer the flat display. The 7 Pro curved sides have been reduced from the 6 Pro last year so that's a good improvement. The Obsidian/black model was the only one on display. It picks up a lot of fingerprints, and feels like the same finish as the 6 series. I'll be curious how the Snow and Hazel colors compare. The 7 camera bar and side rails are matte, which I prefer. The 7 Pros looks nicer, but it's glossy which isn't for me.

Display

Both devices are very bright. For the limited time I spent, I couldn't notice a quick difference between the 120 hz and 90 hz screens.

Camera

The 7 Pro selfie cam gives you a wider angle than the 7. The back camera can zoom in much further. On the 6 Pro I had owned, I often had issues with low light on the selfie camera. The processing would make you look like a water color painting. I'm a tad worried that the 7 and 7 Pro is using the same selfie camera, and will have the same issue. I could only test this in the store, so I do not know forsure how selfie photos will look in bad lighting situations. But from what I was able to capture, the selfies did not seem super sharp. I'd expect in sun light they will look very good as they have in the past. For the Macro Focus mode, I was unable to figure out how to use that on the 7 Pro. There wasn't anything obvious that said Macro in the camera app. I thought by focusing on something up close with the ultrawide lens would allow me to do that, but no help there. One thing I did notice as an upgrade from the 6 Pro to the 7 Pro, was on the 6 Pro as you zoom in on a subject, you could really notice when the camera switched from the main lens to the telephoto. On the 7 Pro, the switching of the lens is a lot more smooth, and less noticeable.

Conclusion The Pixel 7 ultimately is the better value. I'm someone who really cares about the camera specs, but for the 7 Pro you're essentially paying $300 for a telephoto lens, more RAM, and a larger battery. So if those matter to you, and you don't mind the 6.7 in display, then go for the Pro.

Something I'm also realizing with Pixels, is that unless you're upgrading to a device with major hardware upgrades, you're going to have a very similar experiences, since the software is so consistent and we all get software upgrades. I'd imagine iPhone users have similar experiences. If you want something that really feels new, then I'm starting to realize you're better off switching OS's or manufacturers.

What I'll be most curious from reviews are, do the overheating issues still exist, how's the battery, how's the face unlock compared to the Pixel 4, and has the fingerprint scanner improved at all.

My phone history includes:

• ^{Droid Bionic}

• ^{Samsung Galaxy s3}

• ^{Samsung Galaxy Note 4}

• ^{Samsung Galaxy Note 7 [RIP]}

• ^{Samsung Galaxy s7 Edge}

• ^{Google Pixel 2 XL}

• ^{Google Pixel 4 XL}

• ^{Google Pixel 5a}

• ^{Google Pixel 6 Pro}

• ^{Google Pixel 4 XL [returned-the-6-pro]}

I really am not sure what to get because the 300 dollars diffrence is quite huge so just how good is the screen quality diffrence ?

just wondering about the battery life and if the bezels are really noticeable

im fine with the 90 hz instead of 120 hz btw

3 months in and I just couldn't get used to the size of the Pro. I loved the phone, but I didn't use the telephoto lens once. So I guess the only thing I'm going to lose is some battery?

This is the third time I tried to use a larger phone (and longest I stuck with it) but I guess I just can't.

I love the thing, but at least the base 7 is basically the same thing.

Anyone else do similar?

Hello I want a new phone, and I'm considering trying out a pixel for the first time. I have heard about a lot of issues, so I am a little scared (battery life, overheating, display discoloration, exploding camera glass...). I wanted to ask you are these issues perhaps more or less common on either of these models? Or am I juts as likely to experience them in the Pixel 7 as I am to do so in Pixel 7 Pro?

Finally, I wanna hear your opinions - is it truly worth it at the moment or are there better alternatives? I was very excited to get the pixel but I really wanna avoid heaving to deal with warranty and customer service for weeks...

With $699 and $899 being the leaked price of the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, there is a lot of talk about the now reduced $200 price gap, and some people are saying the $300 price gap between the 7 and 7 Pro was never justified. This is what I am going to discuss.

Let's look at the upgrades the 7 Pro has over the vanilla 7.

• Larger screen (6.7")
• Higher resolution (1440p)
• Higher refresh rate (120 Hz)
• Higher brightness (1500 nits)
• LTPO display
• Curved screen.
• Flexible OLED panel.
• More RAM (12 GB)
• Bigger battery (5000 mAh)
• Faster charging (23W)
• mmWave 5G.
• UWB connectivity.
• Additional camera (48MP 5x telephoto)
• Better ultrawide camera (wider angle with Autofocus)

Now that's a long list of upgrades, and all these contribute to increasing the BoM (Bill of Materials) aka the raw hardware cost of the phone. It's apparent that the $300 price difference is well deserved.

Why then is there an argument that $300 difference was not deserved?

Because some of these differences are subtle ones that people don't take notice of. Things like mmWave 5G, LTPO, Flexible OLED, UWB connectivity.

Especially the mmWave 5G, LTPO and Flexible OLED are very expensive upgrades. These 3 features alone would warrant a $100 increase to the MSRP. Yet to the end user it would hardly make a difference.

Even the techies here don't really talk about them. If you ask why get the 7 Pro over the 7, the most cited reasons are larger screen, larger battery, 12 GB RAM and Telephoto camera.

So it is clear why there is a sentiment that the $300 price difference was unjustified.

Edit: Some people are saying curved screens and bigger size are not an upgrade. However I must clarify that by 'upgrade' I mean features that add to the BoM (Bill of Materials). So a bigger phone certainly costs more to make and a curved screen more than a flat one.

I am thinking to buy pixel 7 in the recent coming sale but having confusion to buy pixel 7 or the pro version. the screen quality and size doesn't matter to me. what matters is the camera quality. is 7 pro telephoto lens a real deal? or other camera are also better then the the pixel 7 ?

f want to unsderderstand real world experience

I want to love this phone. I was excited about getting the Pixel 6 Pro but after the lackluster reviews I decided to hold off for the next iteration. After seeing all the rave reviews about the Pixel 7 Pro, I decided to go all in and trade in my Oneplus 8T for it.

I am incredibly disappointed. There's only two things the Pixel 7 Pro does better than my last phone which was released two years earlier. Software/Stock Android experience, and the camera. The absolute worst part is I figured I just had a lemon of a phone, so I did a warranty trade in. And the new phone is only marginally better than my first one.

Software/Android: This is an absolute win for the Pixel 7 Pro. I had a 120Hz screen before as well, but the Pixel 7 Pro has no noticeable stuttering and animations are quick and wonderful. I much prefer stock Android over any companies skin for it because it just runs so much better.

Camera: The camera takes wonderful pictures. There's really no contest between the two and to say there is would be disingenuous.

Battery: I was under the impression this would not be the greatest, but it would at least be decent. The battery life is honestly only marginally worse so it's not a big deal. However, the charging on this phone is abysmal. 23 Watts? I'm a relatively heavy phone user, so I usually have to charge my phone once a day. However, needing to babysit my phone to make sure it's not getting too hot while it charges from 20-90% over an entire hour is pretty bad. I'm aware my OnePlus 8T had extremely fast charging, but 23 Watts is hardly fast these days. Which brings me to my next point.

Heat Issues: I have never ever used a phone that has heating issues like this one. It's beyond bad. I constantly have to keep an eye on my phones heat. Once again, I've already replaced it once because the heat problems on the first one were even worse. My phone almost overheats using the standard 30W charger Google provides. The battery temp gets to 108+ while charging. My OnePlus never even got close to that and it was charging 3 times faster. AND I could use my phone while it charged. That's absolutely out of the question with the Pixel or it will absolutely overheat, so if I need to charge my phone while using it, I now have to use an even slower charger. I've been trying to play Old School Runescape but my phone gets extremely warm during that too. This is a game that can run on most phones made after 2014. I understand it's not a gaming phone but getting that warm while doing things that phones years ago could also do with no issues is baffling. And somehow, the heating issues with the new phone are actually getting worse the longer I use it.

I want to like this phone. I bought the thing because I thought I would. I've done all the things that are supposed to fix this. Factory reset and don't copy anything over. Turn off 5G. Lower the screen resolution. Warranty replacement of the phone. Nothing works. At this point I don't know what to believe other than Google has absolutely no idea how to cool a phone. I'm gonna guess that's why they didn't have their phone charge faster, because if they did, it would literally burn itself to death.

I just don't understand how much the community and everyone loves this phone, but maybe I'm doing everything wrong. I've spent hours looking online for reasons these things are happening to me because I want to like my phone. I'm stuck with it for the next two years anyway because of trade in credit, but I can't help but wish I'd never swapped.

I currently own a Samsung S20fe, have been considering a Google Pixel 7 Pro for an upgrade (tossing between s23+)

Those with the phone, did you regret your purchase? I'm a pretty basic phone user, not tech savvy at all. I've seen a few posts about p7p having bugs/issues, are they still happening or have they been fixed?

The only important details to me are a good camera, decent battery life, longevity, ultimately working with no issues.

Any thoughts to consider? Thanks!

How can these kinds of articles already exist?
Phone is a little about a month (2) old since it came out?

No one is checking on the validity of this articles?

Example: w ww.cnet.com/tech/mobile/should-you-still-buy-the-google-pixel-7-pro-in-2023/

"Little" infuriating...

What's irking me is the 2023, like this phone is already so old.

Edit: edited the link so it's not clickable, not to give it more random innocent views, thanks for the hint. (It's not the only page/article like this.)

I’m currently considering making the switch to a Google Pixel 7 Pro and would love to get your insights on its performance in 2024. Due to some financial constraints, I’m planning to sell my iPhone and the Pixel 7 Pro seems like a great option. From what I’ve gathered, the Pixel 7 Pro was a hit in 2023 and it continues to be praised for its value and camera capabilities1. It’s also been noted that the phone is still an excellent choice, especially given its reduced price2. However, I’m curious about the real-world experiences from long-term users. How has the Pixel 7 Pro held up over time? Are there any issues I should be aware of? Any feedback on its battery life, camera performance, and overall user experience would be greatly appreciated.

Hey All,

I've been holding onto my 2019 Pixel 3a for the longest time and it's finally sputtering out (it's been well-loved). Most of the time I've used it for amateur photography / family video recording and I'm looking for the next Pixel phone that can fill the same role, but with cleaner photos & video capture, more storage capacity and same or improved UX/UI experience.

My price range caps out at $600-$650, but I'm having a hard time deciding between the Pixel 7, 7a or Pixel 7 Pro. What would you suggest and what's your experience as a user? I've been reading mixed reports on other subreddits about 7's bugging out and becoming unusable.

TIA!

So the Pixel 7/7 Pro have been out roughly a month now, how do all of you feel about the phone?

Only cons folks

I got the Pixel 6 Pro last year and I was lucky enough not too have the major bugs others had. My Pixel 6 Pro still sucked however with battery life, heat and connectivity. I traded in my Pixel 6 Pro to get the 7 Pro, and wow! Night and day difference. Feels better in the hand, doesn't heat up like the 6 Pro and connectivity is awesome. The phone feels super smooth, the fingerprint sensor is fast and face unlock works! IDC if it's not Face ID, I don't need all that.

Definitely recommend! Forget the stain the 6 Pro left.