The Google Pixel 8 is now on sale and shipping and we have a hands-on of the compact phone and its bigger counterpart. But while we're working on the full review, we thought we'd do a quick unboxing as well. The Pixel 8 ships with a USB-C to USB-A adapter and a USB-C cable. Google doesn't include a charger in the box and if you want to get the official 30W unit, it will cost you €29. We have the Pixel 8 in Hazel, though it's more of a concrete or oil paint grey color. It's an interesting shade that makes us think of the M Brooklyn Grey Metallic paint job on the new BMW 3...
The Google Pixel 8 is now on sale and shipping and we have a hands-on of the compact phone and its bigger counterpart. But while we're working on the full review, we thought we'd do a quick unboxing as well. The Pixel 8 ships with a USB-C to USB-A adapter and a USB-C cable. Google doesn't include a charger in the box and if you want to get the official 30W unit, it will cost you €29. We have the Pixel 8 in Hazel, though it's more of a concrete or oil paint grey color. It's an interesting shade that makes us think of the M Brooklyn Grey Metallic paint job on the new BMW 3...
We already got a first look of both the Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, but now we'll focus on an unboxing and a quick look at the Pixel 8 Pro next to the Pixel 8 and the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Unsurprisingly, the Pixel 8 Pro ships without a charger in the box - you get a USB-C to USB-A adapter and a USB-C cable. We got the Bay colorway - it's a nice shade of blue. Pixel phones have been a breath of fresh air in terms of phone colors these past few years, and the Pixel 8 Pro is another step in the right direction. The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro changed a few things over their predecessors. For...
At the beginning of the week, we showed you a video that was all about drop and scratch testing Google's latest and greatest, the Pixel 8 Pro. And today we're back with a slightly different kind of 'durability testing', this time from JerryRigEverything. As usual with Zach's videos, there's a screen scratch test with no unexpected results. Then the metal frame is scratch tested, and is found to indeed be made out of metal. The display gets a permanent burn mark after being subjected to an open flame for about 17 seconds, and then it's on to the main event. The bend test. Perhaps...
At the beginning of the week, we showed you a video that was all about drop and scratch testing Google's latest and greatest, the Pixel 8 Pro. And today we're back with a slightly different kind of 'durability testing', this time from JerryRigEverything. As usual with Zach's videos, there's a screen scratch test with no unexpected results. Then the metal frame is scratch tested, and is found to indeed be made out of metal. The display gets a permanent burn mark after being subjected to an open flame for about 17 seconds, and then it's on to the main event. The bend test. Perhaps...
Google teamed up with Samsung once again to build the Tensor G3, the chipset that powers the new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. It comes out of Samsung’s 4nm foundries and features a 9-core CPU (1x Cortex-X3 + 4x A715 + 4x A510) and an ARM Mali-G715 GPU. Google hasn’t revealed specifics about this GPU, but it seems to have 7 compute units, the same as last year’s Tensor G2 (that one was a Mali-G710). How efficient is this GPU? Golden Reviewer has run some tests to find out. Starting with 3DMark Wildlife Extreme, the chipsets are rated based on score divided by average power (so higher is...
Google teamed up with Samsung once again to build the Tensor G3, the chipset that powers the new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. It comes out of Samsung’s 4nm foundries and features a 9-core CPU (1x Cortex-X3 + 4x A715 + 4x A510) and an ARM Mali-G715 GPU. Google hasn’t revealed specifics about this GPU, but it seems to have 7 compute units, the same as last year’s Tensor G2 (that one was a Mali-G710). How efficient is this GPU? Golden Reviewer has run some tests to find out. Starting with 3DMark Wildlife Extreme, the chipsets are rated based on score divided by average power (so higher is...
Google has just launched its latest flagship smartphones, the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, but of course there will be a third member in the family too - the more affordable, mid-range, Pixel 8a. This is expected to be released in the next few months, and today it's been leaked in all its glory in some CAD-based renders. The design language is, very unsurprisingly, incredibly similar to what we've seen in the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, down to the very rounded corners - as it should be, we might add, since all three of these devices share most of their name. The camera 'visor' is...