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Posted by RP

- September 20, 2021, 10:39:25

The information in this article regarding PWM on the Pixel 4XL is only SLIGHTLY correct! The earliest production units of this phone did indeed only have PWM below 62% brightness. However, and later production units and replacement displays have PWM at ALL brightness levels! Also, the speakers on this phone are terrible in terms of reliability! I use the speakers for music only once in a blue moon while in bed if I need a song to shut down my brain, and thus listen at a low level. When using navigation, the volume is higher at around 70%. My original phone with the PWM at lower levels only, had horrible distortion occur in both speakers, and of course phone calls with the earpiece and very distorted navigation directions. I had the phone service, and just the replacement of both speakers did not resolve the distortion issue. So the repair shop thought the motherboard should be replaced, and since I wanted to keep the phone a very long time, he installed a new battery and display. Well, the new display now had PWM at all levels. The motherboard change did resolve the speaker distortion issue. I begged the technician to install my old screen back in since it hadn't been shipped out yet, and he refused. I went through Google and had to jump through a lot of hoops, but eventually they sent me a brand new phone sealed in its box (not a refurb.). Well, this phone has PWM at all levels, so I look at the screen as little as possible. But now, the earpiece/speaker is starting to distort although my volume level on phone calls is only about 60%. Based on the first phone, the bottom speaker which handles ring and all other notification sounds and navigation direction will not be far behind in crapping out. The Pixel 6 looks way to expensive and I'm not trusting the Pixel hardware any longer. I don't know what to do at this point as I'm not a rich person who can constantly upgrade/update my phone.

Posted by Achilles 300

- August 02, 2020, 13:33:11

I'm a little bit confused in terms of your camera evaluation. You have written in your summery the pixel 4 xl has got a very good cameras. I your table the camera reached just 67% which is actually a very bad result. I don't understand really the logic of these figures.

Very good 75-78% like in othe nootbookcheck reviews.

Or is the camera just midrange and google got a bonus because of the name.

Posted by XVX

- May 03, 2020, 10:37:17

I am surprised by the colour accuracy of this Pixel 4 XL, and wonder if the author got a defective unit. Nevertheless, thank you for this review!

Posted by sachin

- April 22, 2020, 12:00:34

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Posted by sh

- April 16, 2020, 19:09:21

Wow, excellent work! I thank you for all the effort!

Posted by redhavn

- April 16, 2020, 10:38:02

Why didn't you use the different color profiles to test color accuracy?

Posted by Redaktion

- April 15, 2020, 18:26:07

Google offers the Pixel 4 also in an XL version, whose size allows for a more powerful battery. Not only is the battery capacity sufficient to run the larger display, but it also improves on the overall endurance of the smartphone.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Google-Pixel-4-XL-Smartphone-Review-Longer-battery-life-thanks-to-a-larger-battery.461486.0.html