It is Android phones, such as Android-the creators think they should be. And it is terribly easy to get carried away when it’s Google’s own products, which offers up to dance.

There is also extremely much, it is really well thought out here – well, apart from that, you officially can’t buy the series in Denmark. Ugh!

Pixel 3 XL, which is the latest model in the Pixel series, is thus marked by a finish and a detailed focus, we rarely see from competitors. Not even from the very best.

the Phone is nicely built, feels solid and is good in the hand. It is not among the most spectacular in its design – it is actually quite boring. Our version has a white back panel that switches between a blank field at the top and a matte box that covers the rest. A green låsetaste and a black front is, what else can be said about the design.

And that is with good reason, divided on the design choices. In contrast to most other OLED phones, there is no way to hide this mark in Pixels 3 XL.

But when it comes to the phone’s innards and the completely pure Android menus, then all of the sudden floating. The menus are velvety and responds quickly. Any touch on the screen is emphasized by an immediate response as well as a small vibration in the phone. If you have the sound effects turned on, there will also be a muted whimper in the speakers, which should not bother many around you.

the Use of the Pixel 3 XL provides you with other words, an immediate feeling of quality, which I almost never experienced with some of its competitors, whether it is Samsung, Apple or Huawei.

Photo: Finn Jarle Kvalheim, Tech.no

Very good during use

It has a very good tone, and if you are watching movies or using your cell phone as an alarm clock, the stereo speakers produce a very good and loud sound.

It has the swipe menus, but several of the competitors are doing it better by consistently having swipe as a method. With Pixel 3 XL, you must deal with a special shortcut on the screen, even though you have turned off the swipe to.

Pixel 3 XL also has klemmefunktionen, known from HTC’s top models, even though the solution is limited to be able to arouse the Google Assistant. At least until you download the software, so you can make your own settings of the function.

The main Pixel 3 XL offers is the camera’s single lens on the back. It makes it immediately even more crazy to pay the solid Danish price of up to 8000 kroner. Both the Huawei and Samsung to equip their most expensive phones with significantly more lenses than Pixel 3 XL.

Photo: Finn Jarle Kvalheim, Tech.no

A terrific camera

and Google use the single Pixel 3 lens in the best possible way. For example, here is a smart natmodus, similar to huawei’s and pulls strong up in the ranking.

the Function works a little as though that there is a camera tripod built into the software. It gives you permission to shake the hand, even when you take pictures, which is exposed for a longer time in the dark. The phone finds yourself out of it, so you don’t get blurry pictures out of the effort.

the Photos are also more detailed than the ones you get from almost any other phone except Huawei P20 Pro and Mate 20 Pro.

In the daytime means similar ‘magic’, both the HDR images and the portrait images are extremely good. It takes a moment, after the picture is taken before you see the effect, but in the meantime, the phone has worked hard to make the picture as good as possible.

It is rare, I find phones that actually reproduces it, I have taken a picture of in so good a way. The pictures are a little measured, but characterized by very accurate color reproduction. The differences are usually not so clear as here, and where Huaweis night felt like a quantum leap compared to the aftenfotografering, so changing the HDR+ feature in the Pixel 3 XL too dagfotografier.

Not cheap in Denmark

but you must continue to pay an overcharge, which always applies to phones sold in Denmark.

You must also live with the fact that Google does not sell the phone at home, which means that the model is parallel imported and does not have the same service organization available, which if you buy a Huawei or Apple phone.

The minimum edition cost from 6500 crowns, while the main framework is almost 8000 dollars at the cheapest resellers. It is a lot of money, but the phone also has hard good qualities, as it can be difficult to put a ‘real’ price.

Behind the Google Pixel 3 XL

Size: 15,8 x 7,67 x 0,79 cm

Weight: 184 grams

Display: a 6.3 inch, P-OLED, Gorilla Glass 5, 2960 x 1440 pixels

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, eight cores (8 x Cryo 835), Adreno 630 GPU, 4 GB of RAM

Storage: 64/128 GB, no space for microSD card

Operating system: Android 9

main camera: 12 MP, f/1.8, OiS, Dual Pixels, the ‘Night Mode’

Selfiekamera: 8 MP f/1.8 + 8 MP f/2.2 ultra wide

Battery: 3430 mAh

Price: from 6500 crowns

Google Android

the Phone is great to use and has a single camera that matches the Huaweis threefold camera. Despite its rather basic design, it is easy to be able to love this model – perhaps especially in the two-toned white/black Clearly White variant.

But you must then buy the phone? So besides the camera you can get the same hardware in other cheaper models. But you appreciate the value of frequent updates of pure Android and a velvety user experience, the phone can still be a good buy for you.

Pixel 3 XL is a great phone with a high price. Photo: Finn Jarle Kvalheim, Tech.no

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Nokia 7 Plus also has pure Android from Google and is a part of Android One programme. It has weaker hardware, but does it well anyway, since the software does not require much. It has a large and beautiful display wrapped in a metal, which makes the phone both delicious to look at and more durable. The battery is larger than the Pixel 3 XL and keeps a little longer, but the camera is not so good, and Nokia 7 Plus tolerate nor water. But it is significantly cheaper. Nokia 7 Plus is set to 2020 dollars.

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huawei’s two latest top models has really made a difference in the mobile market. They were the first to use software that lets you take pictures, which is exposed long in the dark. And in the Mate 20 Pro you have also the wide – angle and zoomkameraer as useful features. In normal daylight viewing the pictures is not so natural, as they are from Pixel 3 XL, but here it is also very much about taste. Mate 20 Pro has the 3D camera, face recognition, a reader for fingerprint built-in screen and a large battery. Huawei’s colorful exterior has also given the mobile design is a new life, after several years with the black rectangles as normal. Set to 6300 dollars.

Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/Ritzau Scanpix

When the iPhone end up in the same category as Pixel phone, so it’s all about the quality that Apple offers. It’s also about being willing to pay for the best user experience. the iPhone Xs Max is very which Pixel 3 XL, just with a different graphics on the screen. The user experience is just so fast and efficient, and most details are thought of. When it comes to the camera must iPhone models fight hard against both the Pixel 3 XL and the Mate 20 the Pro, but Apple also has its advantages when, for example, apply portrætoptagelser. Face ID feel more modern than the use of fingerprint and Face ID not available in the Pixel 3 XL. The model is set to 9000 dollars.

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