We'll start with the best part of the Pixel 4: the back. Camera-Pretty much the same as the Pixel 3.Motion Sense with Project Soli-Not at all what was promised.Face unlock-Slow, unreliable, and frustrating.The Pixel 4's terrible value proposition.So, when can we have the Nexus line back? This year, Google turned in a weak, timid update to its flagship smartphone, and I'm not sure who to recommend this to at $800 or $900. The Pixel 4 isn't bad in a vacuum, but the rest of Google's Android competition gets better every year, while Google stands still. The camera sensor is the same as last year, and the big new software feature, astrophotography mode, is also available on older Pixel devices and the much cheaper Pixel 3a. The strongest feature of the Pixel line-the camera-hasn't really gotten better, either. It seems like Google just cut too many corners this year. The new additions like face unlock and Motion Sense just don't work well.

The phone falls down on a lot of the basics, like battery life, storage speed, design, and more.

The company saddled the phone with an ultra-premium price tag, but the Pixel 4 can't compete with ultra-premium phones. This year, Google seems like it is really trying to find something unique to offer, with new features like the Google-developed 'Motion Sense' radar gesture system, face unlock, a 90Hz display, the next-gen Google Assistant, and a new astrophotography mode.Īt the prices Google is asking, though, the Pixel 4 is hard to recommend. The Pixel 4 arrived on the market as one of the most leaked, most talked about smartphones of 2019.

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