Squeaks, cracks and fades

Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL turned out to be many drawbacks: Forbes

In the second half of October, sales of new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL Corporation Google began. Journalists wrote about phones that cost from $ 650/850, positive reviews , but buyers faced a number of problems - in particular, on the burnout of the elements on the screen of the senior model. Because of this, The Verge even temporarily shot the Pixel 2 XL rating . Journalist Gordon Kelly wrote on Forbes about the five main problems that new phones from Google are faced with. Medusa briefly retells his theses.

1. Dull colors

The screen of the senior model - Pixel 2 XL - is calibrated according to the SRGB standard, while competitors support standards with a wider color spectrum. As a result, the picture on the phone from Google looks dull - even compared to the smaller Pixel 2 (these models used different types of displays - Poled in the eldest and Amoled in the youngest).

The problem is that the picture that you edit on the Pixel 2 XL will look oversaturated on most other phones.

The author of the text notes that the Google phones camera shoots very well-he especially liked to look at the photos on the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 screen. But hardly anyone will buy one phone in order to shoot and the other to consider photos,

Google is going to fix the problem programmatically - the update of the phone should allow you to switch the color profiles of the screen.

2. The angles of the review

Another drawback of the Google Pixel 2 XL screen is if you look at it at an angle, the image acquires a blue hue. Gordon Kelly admits that this is not very scary-in most cases we look directly at the screen-but if you show photos on your phone more on your phone, he may not see what you expected.

3. Fighting of the image

After the release of the Pixel 2 XL, several complaints appeared that the image on the screen quickly burns out - in those areas where the same picture was shown for a long time (for example, control elements at the bottom of the screen), traces remain from this picture (for example, when you watch a video deployed to a full screen).

Typically, burnout of the OLED screens of phones is observed at least a few months of use, while with the Pixel 2 XL this has become happened a few days after the purchase.

Not all Pixel 2 XL owners are faced with the screen of the screen (Kelly, for example, did not happen). Representatives of Google have yet reported that the company is actively investigating reports about this problem.

4. Strange sounds

Pixel 2 owners may also have troubles - the speakers of both the youngest and older model sometimes make clicks and a thin squeak. One of the users faced with this was recorded by audio:

Some owners write that Google offered them a phone replacement; Others argue that you can get rid of strange sounds by turning off the NFC in the settings.

5. Strength

The video blogger JerryrigeeVrything, who studies the resistance of the phones, experienced Pixel 2 - at first he scratched his screen, cut the button with a knife and scraped the paint from the rear cover. And then he tried to bend the phone - and he immediately cracked.

Jerryrigeevenrything drew attention to the fact that an antenna has been laid along the side face of Pixel 2 - and this makes the already fragile side of the phone even less strong.

Pixel 2 XL does not have such a problem. Pixel 2 owners are advised to wear a phone in a case and do not put it in the back pocket of the trousers.