![]() I ended up tweeting about it and some of my friends in the tech community ended up experiencing the same issue, which was definitely odd. It almost got to a point where it started randomly skipping songs without my knowledge, and I was super frustrated. I was at the gym one day, had the phone on the bench, and I wanted to skip a track because I wanted to listen to something different, and the thing just refused to do so even after waving at it multiple times. However, it started eventually giving up on me and that was super frustrating. I extensively used this feature when I got my hands on the Pixel 4 XL, especially when I was in the kitchen cutting vegetables, it was super convenient when I just wanted to skip music tracks. Overall, I think it’s fair to say that the Pixel 4 might not be for the ultimate power user.Īnd now let’s talk about the gimmicks, things like motion sense and face unlock. At the end of those days I’m left with over 50% of battery left on the Pixel 4 XL, which I can’t really complain about that. Now that’s my heavy use case scenario, but on a regular work day I spend the majority of my time editing a video or filming here in the studio, so not constantly using to my smartphone. But as soon as I enabled that forced 90Hz option, my screen-on time just dropped by an hour, which is a lot. on a heavy day, browsing through mail, Twitter, Instagram, playing music or Bluetooth, using GPS, just the typical stuff. You see before I forced 90Hz, I was getting over six hours of screen on time. After this it’s been a flawless experience so far, but has that affected battery life? Yeah, by a lot actually. Now Google did roll out a patch later addressing this issue, but I just ended up forcing 90Hz on the display through the developer options. However, early adopters started reporting that as soon as you lower the brightness below 75% the screen caps at 60Hz, regardless of what you do. You see by default the phone dynamically switches between 60Hz and 90Hz depending on the type of content being displayed, this happens in order to extend battery life. Now let’s talk about that variable refresh rate and the huge fiasco behind that. ![]() It certainly complements one hand usage, and you don’t get that distortion when you’re watching something in landscape mode. Also I’m glad that this has a flat display versus curved like some other Android flagships out there. Maybe it’s my OCD, but it just looks odd. I’m also not a huge fan of the rounded corners around the display since the status bar up top doesn’t really line up with the corners. ![]() However, I do wish it was brighter compared to the competition, especially from Apple and Samsung. I really enjoyed watching videos and editing photos for Instagram. Seriously, this is one of the best displays I’ve seen on a smartphone. The screen spans across 6.3″ and it’s really sharp and color accurate. Quick disclaimer, I’ve been using the Pixel 4 XL as my daily driver instead of the smaller Pixel 4, because it has a bigger battery and the size is just perfect for my hands. I’m going to start with the display, because to me it’s an important factor of a smartphone, and the Pixel 4’s display is a welcome upgrade from my Pixel 3. ![]()
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