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I find it hard to believe we’ve had ten generations of Pixel already. The event for the original Pixel in October 2016 is still vivid in my mind — I’d never been as excited for a phone as I was in that moment, and I haven’t felt that excitement since, either. As enamored by the Pixel as I was, I stopped using Pixels for over six years, and with good reason. The Pixel 10 Pro, though, is the phone I’ve been waiting for Google to make.
Is the Pixel 10 Pro finally Google’s perfect phone? 918 votes Yes 61 % No 39 %
What went wrong
If I used to be so excited about the Pixel, you may wonder when and why that stopped. Well, by the time the Pixel 3 arrived, the honeymoon period had ended. My time with the early Pixels was plagued with defective phones and issues I’d grown tired of. My Pixel XL, 2 XL, and 3 XL all had to be swapped on warranty at least three times, and the Pixel 3 XL made things worse by being a frustrating device even when it was working as intended.
While I loved my time with Samsung's flagships, I always hoped a Pixel would be good enough someday.
Pixels today might not lead the pack based on a spec sheet, but it was far more noticeable back then. The Pixel 3 XL only had 4GB of RAM, and it clearly needed more. Every time I opened the camera app while playing music, either the camera app or my music player would crash — usually both. Unlike older Pixels, which felt smooth and fast for at least a few months before slowing down, the Pixel 3 XL always felt stuttery. I’d overlooked the flaws of Pixels’ past because of the benefits of the software and camera experience, but I couldn’t do that anymore. I returned my Pixel 3 XL for a Galaxy S10 Plus, and while I loved my time with Samsung’s flagships, I always hoped a Pixel would be good enough someday.
The Pixel 10 Pro is what I’ve been waiting for
Joe Maring / Android Authority
Pixels don’t dominate spec comparisons now any more than they used to, but the lack of some cutting-edge specs isn’t the compromise it once was. Tensor G5 isn’t in the same league as a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 or Apple’s A19 Pro, but that doesn’t mean it offers a bad experience. Gaming isn’t something I usually do on mobile, and if it is, I play text-based choose-your-own-adventure style games, something G5 can easily handle.
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