The Google Pixel7 is a great smartphone, but is every Pixel 7 alike? We see if this matters in out review.
Google Pixel 7 MSRP $599.00 Score Details DT Recommended Product “The Google Pixel 7's superb camera, long battery life, and great software experience are a winning combination — and the reasonable price makes it hard to resist.” Pros Cons You need to have confidence in your smartphone. I’m confident in my Google Pixel 7, as it has done almost everything I asked of it and sometimes even exceeded my expectations.
There is one build quality thing that bothers me. At the bottom of the phone, the glass rear panel meets the chassis smoothly, with no obvious change when you run your finger over the join. Do the same on the top and the sides, and there’s a small lip that also varies in severity on either side of the device. It’s not a massive problem, but once you notice it, you always notice it.
Google Pixel 7 camera There are two cameras on the back of the Pixel 7, a 50-megapixel f/1.9 aperture main camera with optical image stabilization and laser autofocus, plus a 12MP f/2.2 wide-angle camera with a modest 114-degree field-of-view. Video reaches 4K resolution at up to 60 frames per second and it supports 10-bit HDR. On the front is a 10.8MP f/2.2 aperture selfie camera.
Dig into the editing suite, and there are plenty of options to change your images, with many features relying on Google’s A.I., such as the ability to change the tone and look of the sky. The new Unblur tool sometimes works really well, but other times either unpleasantly smooths everything out, or seems to rearrange facial features in a rather terrifying way. Both the Long Exposure and Action Pan modes seen on the Pixel 6 series return too.
While calls and network connection have been faultless, the Pixel 7’s Wi-Fi range seems to be quite short, or at least shorter than the iPhone 14 Pro and Google Pixel 5 that have sat alongside it over the past week. It has regularly dropped the Wi-Fi connection when the other two phones still show several bars of reception. I’ve also noticed covering the top-left corner of the phone can affect Wi-Fi connectivity.
What about charging? You don’t get a charger in the box, but the phone supports USB Power Delivery 3.0 and is claimed to charge up to 50% in 30 minutes. A full charge takes a lot longer than this, and using a compatible USB Type-C charger takes nearly two hours if you go from zero percent. This isn’t good when many other companies are introducing fast charging, such as the OnePlus 10 Pro and the OnePlus 10T.
This is quite different from how Android 13 performed on Joe’s Pixel 7 Pro, and this may mean your own experience will differ as well — and this doesn’t inspire confidence. It hasn’t been perfect on my phone either, but the annoyances are minor. Scrolling through Google Discover and Twitter can be quite “muddy” and not as smooth as using powerful phones like the Galaxy Z Flip 4 or the iPhone 14 Pro. And the YouTube app does have some occasional audio problems.
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