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Google’s Pixel 5 — 6 months later
Time flies when you are in perpetual lockdown. Well, that’s what I keep telling myself!
Leaving politics aside it’s been an interesting shift in how technology is being used during our confinement. One of my purchases was investing further into the Google ecosystem with the Pixel 5 (alongside the Google Nest WiFi mesh system but more on that in another post).
I went to the Pixel 5 from an iPhone 11 Pro — my first dip into the Apple realm of handsets for many years — mainly due to — well — how boring the iPhone is. Several Nexus handsets and a Pixel 3a (excellent by the way) I decided I wanted a change — well in the end I didn’t!
Anyway my thoughts on the Pixel 5.
YouTube reviewers and tech enthusiasts will immediately point out the outdated processor in the P5, the Snapdragon 765G, but fail to mention that a user will not notice any lag or stuttering. In fact, in my real-world use, I could not tell any drawback against the 11 Pro. Why is this? Simply put Android 11. The P5 is buttery smooth to coin a phrase normally reserved for the Apple line up.
My one and only gripe against the experience of using the P5, which is a mark against Google’s decision on the processor, relates to image processing speed. On occasion, strangely not every time, there would be a lag in processing an image. I can only assume this might be due to the settings for that particular image? Either way for me it is only a mild inconvenience.
Whilst we are on the subject of the camera….
Just as good as ever really — see below.
Even video capture is much better than previous Pixel phones — not Apple standard — but much better.
The phone itself is really very nice to use. The screen size is edge to edge and fits perfectly in my hand at 6 inches and boy is this thing light. I guess this is due to the recycled aluminium body but you don’t know this is in your pocket.
The display is bright and gorgeous to look at with colours popping and blacks deep…
