What is a Google Phone?!? Reviewing Every Pixel/Nexus Ever!
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Reviewing every Google phone ever made!
0:00 What is a Google Phone?
1:06 The G1/Dream
3:30 Nexus One
5:35 Nexus S
7:00 Galaxy Nexus
8:40 Nexus 4
9:51 Nexus 5
12:00 Nexus 6
14:33 Nexus 5X
15:03 Nexus 6P
16:04 Google Pixel
18:16 Pixel 2
20:09 Pixel 3
21:30 Pixel 3a
22:44 Pixel 4
24:14 Pixel 4a
26:00 Pixel 5
27:24 Pixel 5A
28:03 Pixel 6
30:33 What is a Google Phone?!
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Ah, the good ol Nexus 6P.... Memories.
Your video bending the 6p like a piece of cardboard is forever ingrained in my mind
I was wanting to say this when I heard nexus 6p....didn’t fair to well to your test 😬
memories the 6P deffinitely wanted to forget, you monster!
@jerryRigEverything Hope you didn't break it
Imagine having nostalgia, couldn’t be me! 😢
The OnePlus line would be absolutely fascinating. They’ve had such a bizarre history, it would be really fun to see a retrospective from you. I actually bought a OnePlus One based on your review! It was a toss up between it and the Nexus 5, and to this day I still feel the One was the better choice at the time.
I too i would like to see oneplus history, I too i bought 3T because I saw ur videos and am still using it today.. 😀
One would be all time favorite
I too bought OnePlus 7 by watching @MKBHD review!
OnePlus are shit show of a company and don't deserve a penny, there you go
@@kbeightyseven1783 they certainly used to deserve my money, but I agree they have totally lost their way.
Honestly the rounded square build of the Nexus 5 is the peak of smartphone aesthetics. No other phone will ever compare - I loved mine and the customizable notification light!
YES I AGREE
I'm changing personally from the Pixel 2XL, over to the Pixel 6. And I think I'm happy with how these last two phones have turned out. The Pixel 2XL has endured so long and held up so well. The only thing that's diminished at all with this device was the battery. If it wasn't for the battery's life slowly fading away, I'd probably have kept it some time longer. But I think this transition to the Pixel 6 will be keeping me going for a great time over all.
I recently got the battery replaced on my Pixel 2 XL... Still going strong.
I think it's a great decision to shift to pixel 6 I have it and it's keeping very till now and I hope it will another 4 years
Love these. I've owned the Nexus One and Nexus 4, and Pixels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Hype to see them all back to back to back like this!
i owned a few too.. like 4 or 5 of their phones starting with the G1 actually. and i recall being excited each time a new one was released. super dope seeing them lined up like this
Damn you own alot
I'm thinking about getting the six but I have heard the battery life is kinda crappy. What do you think?
@@HypnoticOoze22 battery life is great
This video is made for guys like you... nostalgia just hit you like a truck..
Nexus 4 was my first Google phone. It was the best Android experience ever!
Mine too! Switched from the iPhone 4s, which was my first smartphone.
Mine was the Nexus 5
@@theBnoJ I really wanted a nexus 5…never ended up getting one, though.
@@eamonob84 I had really wanted a Nexus 4, but couldn't find it and had to wait for the 5
Same!!! Then nexus5... But out of all nexus... I love 6p the most
seeing footage of older phones makes me weirdly nostalgic and reminds me of the time I owned it, and what I was up to in life when I got it. owned the nexus 4, nexus 6, pixel 1, pixel 3, pixel 4a 5g, and now the pixel 7 pro.
My pre-teen years I wanted the nexus 5 and nexus tablet. I remember putting both on my Christmas wish list 😭. Just was enamored by it.
The Nexus 5 was my first smartphone and I loved it, used it for 4 years. Then I got the Note 8, and after 5 years I'm finally going to upgrade to a Pixel 7. I'm super excited!
Can't believe I spent half an hour watching what is essentially a phone documentary. Great job!
to be honest! And it didn't even feel like half an hour. Was so immeresed into the content
That's the beauty of a well produced video and a presenter that knows what he/she is doing. Anything can be interesting if it's packaged in the right way.
I just fell a sleep in my chair
I'd love to see the story of HTC - a manufacturer that had quite a lot of success in the "Android" world and released one of the best smartphones ever "HTC One", but for some reason they got lost
The design , touch and feel of HTC phones was amazing.
COLD FUSION has a good run down
I also would love that. Will always have a soft spot for HTC. My first true smart phone was an HTC Desire (which I had two of, one got stolen) and to this day, like 4 or 5 different phones later, I don't think any other got close. Well, now that I'm typing this, maybe the Motorola Moto X (my first phone with AOD) was also pretty good, but the Desire was way more sexy. I also had one more HTC phone after the Desire (can't remember the naming right now) and loved it as well. I even loved the HTC skin on top of Android on that phone.
HTC One X and Sensation were amazing at the time
@@Raviatiion One X, yes, that's the one.
Dynamight Presentation!!! A lot of researchn went into this video, and it was delivered in a relaxing way as if you were in my living rooim and I was asking you questions about google phones. Not only that but you managed to answer guestions I have had about Google phones that no one was able to answer. Pretty much anyone on YT can give out information, but your delivery and confident voice left no doubt that you knew your stuff and there was no need to question the verasity of anything you said. Seriously enjoyed your video!
I cannot imagine how much effort has gone into making this video, a big thumbs up for putting in all the efforts. Keep it up
Shout to HTC. Look back at their flagship line up. People forget how important HTC has been to current smartphones. A lot of what you see today, HTC tried first. Not always great attempts but definitely a company that had flagships which made a huge impact on the industry.
I had the Pixel 1 manufactured by HTC. That phone looked just as good after a year as it did the day I got it and I never used a screen protector and barely a case.
Agreed
may she RIP
Best speakers on a phone period
Have an m8 still.
Marques when you said you’ll make a video reviewing every single Android/Pixel/Nexus phone you did not dissapoint with this one
Great content to watch.I had the g1 and nexus 5,5x and 6 loved them phones.Watching this on my pixel 3a still going strong after 2 half years
I used to love flashing roms and kernels too. But somehow over time a lot of the features and capabilities that made modding attractive, ended up getting added into stock android . Which made the whole process redundant. Other than getting unofficial software updates. There became less and less reasons to do it
It's still fun to flash android 13 on an s8 plus for example :D there's a guy maintaining it and releasing almost bi weekly updates which is very impressive
The story of Sony Ericsson, the Walkman phone were fantastic. And Nokia incredible innovators with massive market share, made the smallest phone I ever owned and now have transitioned into obscurity.
Same
Nokia dying was all because of their own stubbornness. They completely refused to let go of their own ancient Symbian OS when the rest of the world was starting to embrace Android and iOS, and they kept releasing flagship nokia phones with Symbian OS with extremely limited functionality compared to their rivals. Then, when they finally started to let go of Symbian they made a completely letal (for them) deal with Microsoft to sell ONLY Windows Phone / Mobile OS. Nokia Lumia and stuff. Windows Phone flopped, and so did nokia. Nowadays nokia is again selling Android phones, with almost no skin (almost stock android) and good updates but they are all so "meh" phones and the brand is so forgotten that they are really struggling to sell any phones at all. I still see their phones being sold, but I very much prefer to buy a Samsung, Xiaomi or iPhone than a nokia. Basic smartphones, basic Android skin, that's all people can think of nokia nowadays. It's sad, but we can say they killed themselves in the Symbian OS days and refusing Android.
I still have my w810i as backup in a drawer - with those funny extra speakers ofc xD
@ I tend to suggest Nokia phones, when you can't get anything else for the budget. A relative earlier this year picked up a Nokia, for less than £200, where you're literally not going to get anything better. It's getting updates, and doing what they need. What more could you ask for, in that price range. I find that if you go below the Nokia range, all you'll get is a waste of money and resources.
Sony is huge on audiophile market and they made some pretty nice other IoT as well.
Would love to see a “The Birth and Death of LG”, had many friends that gave their phones a try and they never really ended up sticking with them. Wondering what finally took them out of the game.
LG wouldn’t just stick to something. They were constantly trying to make quirky features, and didn’t focus on anything important
The wing was a great concept and could have been big if it was a company that people actually knew about
He made that video long ago buddy
recently sold my s20 fe and went back to my lg g8. Still really enjoying it. Wish they didn't stop.
HTC too could be interesting
Thanks for the review, you're really helping people get more in-depth into the tech world.
Great review! One thing worth mentioning - Pixel 5 was a game changer for me due to a 90 Hz screen + an ultrawide camera 📷
1:51 Oh, wow. I wasn't expecting to see myself here, lol. Thanks for including me!
Oh wow, fancy seeing you here!
Honestly, the pixel 6 is my favorite phone ever made. THE VISOR IS RAD
But what about the Samsung 21 Ultra?
@@amagicalbear9929 sleeps under the iPhone 13 pro max
The visor is back 🥲
Comment for future video “Honestly, the pixel 7 is my favourite phone ever made”
Yeah, the square camera module is stupid looking.
Your awesome bro! I love this type of content. A galaxy S/Note line up video would be fantastic, also a line up of all the features we expect in a smartphone today and who started the trend or even old features voice to text, hands free, track ball, physical keyboard, the list goes on.
@MKBHD this is one of the best videos one can ever make about the history of Nexus and Pixel. Simply loved it
30:20 Marques unconsciously wiping dust off that camera bump😅 Great docu-review! It's great to see how far Google and Android have come, sometimes that's hard to see when all you hold in your hand is the latest and greatest.
Wow close observation
I now have the Pixel 6. I'm incredibly happy. The best phone I ever owned was the Pixel 3a though. What a device for its time.
I'm still using the Pixel 3a right now and it's the best smartphone I've ever used. I want to get a Pixel 6 sometime, but for now this 3a is working just fine.
Me too but I think the 3a and 5 were much better..
I have to disagree on the 3a being good. The best pixel I've used was the 2 XL. My 3a XL has had way more problems. In fact right now my assistant barely works (on Android 12) and I just don't feel like resetting my phone. The phone app has been quite buggy for me lately as well
@@vincef886 I have the 4a I love the phone and it works great
Just broke my pixel 3a, and got the pixel 5a 👍
I love your videos. I can't ever seem to get enough. You and unbox therapy are my 2 favorites.
I have had quite a few android phones, from the G1 to my Pixel 6 Pro. The two that I loved the most were the Nexus 6P and the Pixel 2 XL. The Nexus 6 by Motorola was also one of my favorites.
Pixel 2 will always be iconic. Timeless design.
Definitely! Missing the bright button!
Had one and it was amazing.
Nexuses ? Nexii ? i remember those questions back then 🤣 nostalgic
Hai bang Fazli! 👋
This thorough review, full of historical information as well as specific specs of each single Google phone has to be praised. Watching it as I anxiously wait for my Pixel to arrive tomorrow!
Man i love thes videos, they bring back so many memories beeing 23 now just about experiencing the whole lineup. Remembering watching your vids. Love it
I looovved that trackball with customized colors for different notifications ✅
I miss the colored notification LED. Made it really easy to see if my phone was done charging or not
The nexus 4 was an absolutely gorgeous phone, I wanted one so badly but was too young at the time. Stunning design, and the snapdragon S4 pro in it was an absolute beast for the time. Definitely the one that got away for me in terms of phones. Never wanted a phone so much. Hell, even now.
Owned one on day one. What a beast.
It was my first smartphone and yes I got it because of MKBHD... Sadly I broke it a year later and proceeded to purchase a new Nexus 5 also due to MKBHD😄
the good old days of when flashing custom roms was fun
I LOVED my Nexus 4. Just a beautiful phone. It was sturdy too, I dropped it about 30 feet onto concrete in it's standard "side bumper" case it came with. It was 100% fine not even a scratch. I did eventually break the front screen when I dropped it directly into a small rock, but I replaced the screen/digitizer myself for pretty cheap. Custom roms and random Tasker automaton stuff.... What good times.
Same for me! But I wanted the pixel 6 pretty damn bad & luckily got one before they sold out
I wanted the orange pixel with the matte glass so bad but already had best of the best phone at the time. But the looks made me want it. I have a pixel 6 now and really like it a lot. All I want is for Google to bring back nostalgic things like the colors buttons and things of that nature. Google pixel 6 and 7 are great though.
Great story! Thanks for all the work you did on this!
One of the most underrated phones was the Pixel 3. The awkward choices that Google made for the Pixel 3 XL really overshadowed what a slam dunk the Pixel 3 was. It had everything you could possibly want in a phone at the time. Dual front facing stereo speakers, two selfie cameras, regular and ultra wide, a single perfect main camera, and probably the best thing about it, it was the last phone to have a standard bezel. No notch, no hole punch, just a normal damn screen.
except for a good battery
and a the perfect size imo
I personally just downloaded an app to hide the notch on the xl, making the notification bar area black to hide it, so the notch was really a non issue for me.
Hello everyone, Can I get Android 11 or 12 in Pixel 3 XL in India if I purchase in 2021/2022? Kindly respond. Love and Respect from India.☺️
@@avinashgupta6106 My pixel 3 has android 12 so yeah you should have the update.
The Nexus 6P blew my mind at the time. Was one of the best phones I ever had. It felt so high quality with all the metal and the fingerprintreader was awesome. Also you can't beat stock android.
One UI is pretty great too apart from the bloat (which you can delete) imo.
lol pixels dont have stock android anymore. there are some pixel exclusive features now
nexus 5
Man I felt the same way at the time. I loved that phone. I remember the camera being stellar as well. Until one day it went into that boot cycle thing and was basically bricked. The same thing happened to my daughters as well
@@sinuslebastian6366 as someone who has existed on samsung phones for about 10 years, I recently tried out a pixel 4 for a while and man the UI is so much better than oneui its crazy how big the difference really is
I loved my Nexus 6p. Unfortunately the screen went all blue one day for a second and then completely bricked. Couldn’t start it up afterward or do anything with it. I was so sad. Great phone but nobody knew what happened to it.
Hey man, I never comment on videos but I love the trip down memory lane on this one and the conclusion. Good piece
One correction. The nexus 4 technically did have LTE hardware, however they never opened up the use to it in the software. You could do it yourself (which I did) and then have LTE.
Oh my goodness, that’s very weird that they would limit it like that, and also very cool you did that!
@@shelbyvontrapp I found it odd myself. I can’t take credit for figuring out how to do it. I just followed the instructions I found at the time from XDA forums.
I also used a Snapdragon 615 phone which had 4G support on launch but not voLTE. Mods and custom ROMs fixed that.
The included chips had LTE but they didn't build in the "necessary" signal amplifier. Which ironically IMO made it a better experience because it got noticeably better battery life when on LTE, coupled with an undervolt that prevented throttling made it get incredible battery life/performance at the time. IMO the best Google phone that ever came out for it's time
In Canada it actually came enabled with LTE. It was a big deal here as it had some of the fastest speeds on a mobile device up here.
I for one would be very interested in a deep dive into Sony’s line of flagships over time. I remember how well received the Xperia Z3 was at the time and how they slowly started doing worse and worse after that. Also how their naming scheme completely went off the rails 😂 If not that, HTC would also be very interesting, cause they genuinely tried for a while, but we all remember the U Ultra 😂
Ooh
Flagships every six months was stupid idea. But I love what they are doing with '1' and '5' series.
Agreed! I had the Z2 and it was honestly one of my favorite phone of all time.
Yes please
A classmate of mine had a Z3 and it felt in my hands like holding diamonds. Such an excellent build quality!
Wow. What a throwback. I had the Nexus 6, and on the day it arrived it turned on, softbricked, and I spent hours trying to fix it. In recovery mode it said there was no operating system on the phone whatsoever. Good old days.
I had the T-Mobile G1 AND the g2 as my first smartphones! I absolutely loved both of them
I used to be a huge Nexus fan. Owned every one of them until Google decided to change it to Pixel and stop selling in my contry
Same i hate Google for not including pixel 6 in my countries and many other
Feel you bro, my country are the same
Exactly, i adored my Nexus 5x and BAMMM!new pixel’s out but not available in my country
What phone do you have now?
@@alexisaguirre6349 Note 20 ultra. It's pretty good but I'd still probably get a Pixel 6 Pro if I could
Absolutely would love to see a Galaxy S video! Especially the weirdness with the S1 and S2 and how carriers in the US still required "unique" phones with different styles and names. The Galaxy S3 was the first really HUGE Android phone that was unified in name and branding and design, something that truly stood up to iPhone.
The S3 was my first Samsung phone. It was perfect until the inner LCD cracked with the digitizer, outer glass and the remainder of the phone remaining perfect. Somehow though I I was told it was damaged. It may have been, but to engineer an outer glass and rear cover that can allow damage to components underneath them before they fail isn't an acceptable engineering principle. So, that was my last Samsung phone. C'mon Brandon
I had forgotten about those unique names. I remember the S2 “Skyrocket”
Imagine galaxy phones. Would be a 24 hr long video
I had the sprint galaxy s ii epic. Finding cases for your phone used to be a pain in the ass
@Marques ➕➀➇ 0 5 ➅➂❸⓿❽➂❶ u really think people r gonna believe u??? 🤣
Thank you. I was feeling down but you made me feel a little better.
Great video. Had the OG Pixel XL and then the 3XL which I'm still on, still great pictures. Would have gone to 5a, but never launched in UK. May upgrade to 6 soon.
I’d love to see a series like this for HTC. I know they aren’t really around anymore and their last flagship was released in 2018 but they have been so influential with phones like the HD2, the M8 and so many others. I just think it would be really fun to see how they evolved over time.
I loved my M8, those front-facing speakers were so much better than anything I've in my phones since! Sadly it started having issues with the SIM tray, and then I eventually replaced it with a Samsung S7.
I loved all of my HTC phones. I had the HTC Evo 4G LTE, HTC Evo 3D, M7, M8, One Max, M9, M10, and M11. Then jumped ship for the Pixel 4. Really just followed the HTC team that Google purchased later. I think a look at the high end HTC phones or US HTC phones over the years would be super awesome!
The One M7 was remembered by me as the first phone I picked up and thought to myself "Damn this is premium". I still have a couple of M8 models in my collection of loved phones that still power up.
Yeah HTC would be very interesting. Them and Sony Ericsson definitely took the most risks and gave us the wilder phones too, back in times when smartphones weren't all similar slabs of glass and metal.
Lmaoooo stupid ass company how they had such a lead and turned into nobody
I would love to see the history of Nokia. From the Cityman in the 80s, to the notorious 3310 up until the end as Microsoft phones 📱
One of the greatest and biggest mobile companies ever.
they are still making Android phones my man
@@luanrosa3022 You're right! Totally forgot they're making android phones again. Albeit immemorable ones!
I have a Microsoft phone but it does not work 😅
@@luanrosa3022 well they are being manufactured under HMD, not Nokia that sold to Microsoft
Hi Marques. Ive seen your content for so long and love it. I dont know why, but i do. I think its the way you talk, present information and mostly, all these years of grinding (Like nexus vids you made before) makes me proud to call myself a follower of mr Brownlee. Thank you!
MKBHD's video about Google phones was informative and entertaining. I learned a lot about the different Pixel and Nexus phones, and I appreciated his honesty about the pros and cons of each phone.
That’s another level review 💪
@Handi Indian comments ruin the KZhead.
No it isnt a review...It is a whole movie
Wow look who that is. The indian who flexs his costumers iphones on KZhead shorts. 🤡 i know you only cuz youtube doesn’t have a “not interested“ button for shorts yet but i skip you always.
Fantastic video, very nostalgic. I feel like OnePlus story has been covered in various capacities already in recent videos (e.g. "What happened to OnePlus"). A history of Samsung especially with the awful TouchWiz to the great One UI would be very interesting.
Goodness, Marquez would probably take around a whole season of Retro tech just trying to cover all the Galaxy devices lol.
This was heart warming to say the least. The nostalgia throughout the ENTIRE video was on another level haha :) this made an amazing end to a bad day, thank you
I remember getting the Nexus 6P around Christmas time when I was in South Dakota. Oh, the memories with that one…
There is no getting around the fact the Marques is very good at what he does.
True
You should do the history of mobile phones :) From that 2 kgs brick to that tiny Panasonic G series and back to bricks.
Keep up those great uploads!
get out
@@theglowcloud2215 go away incel
Very bad replace service
@@xoxoxo5286 you come across as a yikes ngl
I like how he did a video reviewing every iphone and great video man :]
thank you for the review!
Considering the last pixels (a versions) have been so good, you should totally make a video on what old phones we can still use in 2021. It will not only help sell those old phones but will encourage recycling…
Pixels are crap after 3 software updates. Just look at the number of issues Pixel 3 users are facing after updating to Android 11
@@sylvianblade75 lol my 64gb pixel 3 has like 12gb just needed for the update to Android 12
A channel called 91 Tech pretty much does this exact thing, it’s one of main focuses of the channel.
@@sylvianblade75 I heard A12 fixes shitton of stuff for pretty much every issues that exist on A11 and not just on Pixel as well
100%
What a crazy & definitely overlooked period of smartphone history, THANK YOU
I really really liked the Google Pixel 2 XL. I got astrophotography working. I didn’t mind the blue shift. I used it for years before switching to iPhone 11.
Great video! Feel like you should have included the HTC Magic. The HTC Dream/G1 was also called Android Dev Phone 1, but after that and before Nexus One there was HTC Magic which was also Android Dev Phone 2...
My nexus 4 was my first Google phone. I remember all the ROMS, launchers, overclocking, XDADevelopers apps… Man it was a collection of memories
Imagine doing this with EVERY SINGLE Samsung phone and the video would be like 2 hours long.
Well, he wouldn't do that. He'd just the flagship phone and all it's versions.
Only S and Note series. It would be like 20 phones
Note 9 last greatest note phone S10 plus the last greatest Samsung phone
@@bigmaxcc agree s10 plus was an innovative device in my opinion the later generation (s20/1) are also good but its just.... kinda similar
Only 2hrs?
This video is nostalgia incarnate for this young phone geek. It's been a fun ride seeing this tech evolve.
Thank you for making this video!
3:04 MKBHD: "There was no headphone jack so you needed an ADAPTER for this proprietary mini USB port to plug in headphones" Me: Oh what a horrible ide- *oh wait*
"The cheap phone with good pictures", exactly why I got Pixel 4a- I absolutely love it and my next phone will probably be another Pixel, not necessarily an 'a' series next time.
Damn, I worked for T-M-Mobile when we launched the G1. That was a cool phone with the full keyboard and touchscreen. Thanks for showing it, as I have not seen one since I had one. Great channel and videos.
the Nexus 4 actually had an LTE modem in it. I went through a walkthrough on XDA Developers and enabled it. It was much faster than the HSPA+ the Nexus 4 had in stock form, but the phone would get insanely hot to the touch when LTE was enabled and you were running speed tests
I bought a Pixel 1 XL because of your review of it. It was my first time ever experiencing stock Android and also having a competent camera from a phone. I was so blown away by that phone, so I must really thank you for your suggestion. My current 3a XL is incredible as well, but damn did the original Pixel make an impression on me. The best phone I've ever had.
If you're still running a pixel 3A it might be worth the upgrade to the 6 or 6a to get the complete Google experience and to get the upgraded camera sensor.
@@Caiphex Indeed, it is about that time that I could upgrade if I wanted. I'm hoping the 6a's appearance is a little toned down from the 6. Not really a fan of that camera bar.
I love my normal 5, its basically a pixel 3 with a fullscreen display and MUCH larger battery, which is all I wanted.
I always loved the design of the Pixel 5 but everyone else seemed to think it was boring.
Pixel 5 and 3(& 3a) were the only good looking Pixels. Rest is abomination.
Your Nexus 5 review was when I subbed. That caused me to buy the Nexus 5. I commented that your review was the reason I bought the Nexus 5 and you responded to my comment. I've been listening ever since.
The first ever "Oh, Wow!" Experience i had with a phone was with the Nexus S. Then the Nexus 4 and then the Nexus 5. Those are still some of my favorite phones to this day.
Would love to see a video on the windows phone line! So much to unpack there. I’d really like to have a better understanding of why they couldn’t get it to take off. It was honestly a very stable OS and a great pairing to what Nokia was doing at the time.
That would be interesting to learn about.
Same. There was such a variety of hardware at the beginning - constrained by Microsoft's requirements but trying to think outside the box anyway. I feel like the later phones never really got highlighted in the way the peak Nokia devices did, so it would be interesting to look at them as the conclusion of that line.
The simplest explanation for why the OS didn’t take off was poor app support, but I’d assume there was secondary issues I’m not too educated on
My first smartphone ever was a Windows phone, and it was honesty pretty solid back in like... 2010 i think? Ive always wondered why they never took off. Wish there was a way to find out ;)
My guess would be app support. Had a Nokia 920 for a year and was absolutely blow away at how good the camera was and how good it performed in general. But what made me switch to android was the lack of apps I wanted/needed to use.
Loved this history of the Google phones. When I first started making enough to purchase a higher end phone, I got the Pixel 2xl because of the camera reviews. I am a photographer and thought the Pixel would make a good scouting camera. Basically to take quick and dirty shots to test lighting and how the frame could look with my DSLR. But I quickly realized that the camera could very easily stand on it's own in many environments and especially in lower lighting scenarios. I immediately fell in love with the Pixel 2xl. Skip forward a year or so and I switched to the Samsung Note 9. I loved it for what it was as a tool for my photog buisness. But I had grown so used to the stock Android experience and updates and camera and having Google Photo's so easily integrated that I ended up switching back to the 2xl. Then I upgraded to the 3xl. Hated the notch, but did get used to it eventually. Then I upgraded to the Pixel 4xl. I love this phone!!! I have been shopping around for a new phone because I shattered the screen. I thought about another Samsung Note series phone. But nope... I found a used Pixel 4xl on a reputable used tech site (I use them for almost all tech purchases) and just bought it to replace my shattered one. I looked at reviews all over the interwebs and it seemed the 5 series phones were more of a downgrade. That's why I stuck with the 4xl. I love this phone and hopefully in the future I will be able to get the 6! As a veteran on a small budget from the VA I cannot afford the price of a new pixel. So I will just look stary eyed at all the 6 reviews and vids here on YT and dream of the day I can maybe find a used one on the tech site I mentioned earlier. I guess all that rambling is just to say how much I love the Google phones. If anyone is questioning whether they should get one or not, I would definitely reccomend one!!!
can you share the " tech site" ?
@@tarekmohammedi291 Please
I've been a Google phone user since getting a Nexus 5 in 2013. I then moved up to the Pixel 2 in 2017 and the Pixel 5 exactly one year ago.
I love my 4xl. Even love the Soli radar and the front facing ID scan, amazing phone
Nah. Get a proper dslr with premium lense.
Hey Marques, great series! Maybe you could do one for all the HTC phones / LG phones, since they are all discontinued now?
I love that I could stretch out my screen on my Google Pixel 6 Pro, and still be able to see all that I need to see when I'm on MKBHD KZhead channel👍
Marques' next video: *Reviewing every phone ever made*
@Joe if anyone would do it, it would be MKBHD or Mrwhosetheboss
@Joe two of the best right now. And Micheal Fisher! I hope to be on their level one day with my reviews! 😤
@@TechDove Your video is really good, never let your hope down, one day you will become a well known tech reviewer for sure
Don't read my name!";"+$!_-
@@Deepak-gt9wd hey thanks! I appreciate that! It's alot of hard work and I absolutely love doing it :)
Nexus 6P was the greatest phone I've ever owned. This statement is coming from someone who always buys 2+ flagship phone every year (iPhone & Android) since the iPhone 4 & Note 2. Nothing has topped that out of the world experience ( compared to what was available on the market at that time). Now everything is very tiny incremental upgrade.
6P definitely was the best at that time, I've used mine till break the display (2,5y later)... So sad that couldn't fix it because didn't have spare parts in Brazil
I would have fonder memories of mine if it didn't go Bootloop City on me on a trip to Japan.
Agreed. I've been using two (2) Nexus 6Ps since 2016: 1 for work and 1 for personal use. I loved the phones so much I changed the batteries in them and brought them back to life again. Unfortunately, I had to finally retired my personal 6P last week due to the NAND flash wearing out (made great use of the camera!). I decided to buy a new Pixel 3 XL as a replacement, as it's the last Pixel phone with a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. The 3XL is decent, but I still prefer the 6P. I still have my work 6P going strong and have no plans to ditch it.
Funny. It's the only phone I resold immediately because it was just too big for me. I couldn't adjust to the size.
The fact that his 6p still turns on is a minor miracle. There was a class action suite based on ts battery failures. mine still sits on a display shelf in the study.
I had a Nexus 5 back in the day. I have been on a pixel 4a since its release. I am clumsy and most phones last me 12 months before they are damaged, but this pixel 4a has been remarkable. Features are great. Love its navigational and browsing features. Not convinced to upgrade yet, as it still serves me well.
I remember that you used the nexii reference when you were reviewing the 5x and 6p back in the day
Love these. I'm in the market for a new phone and the Pixel is on top of my shortlist
I hate how it's not available in several countries. Big SAD.
Pixel 6!!!
Don't do it if you value your sanity. Cuz the battery life will make you lose it.
@@sinjary the Pixel 5a actually has incredible battery life. It's why I bought that instead of the 6
@@ExDementia666 yes the 5a is great but you lose on other things such as the processing power but yeah other than that i really think it's a better choice overall cuz i and most KZheadrs don't see the difference in the camera quality which google advertised a lot.
I love the Nexus 5 to this day, espescially the red one. The Qi charging paired with the metal pucks in the back made it easy to mount it in a car.
I've always loved those phones. My first smartphone was the nexus 4. I also had the nexus 6P, Pixel 3 and now I'm on the Pixel 7 Pro
Had the Nexus 6. By far my favorite phone I have ever had. Loved the huge screen (at the time lol)
I had that "CRT turning off" effect on my lock screen for YEARS. One of those defining features that was like oh yeah, I can customize my phone. Because at the time, iPhone was TERRIBLE for customization, ringtones, live wallpapers, widgets and pretty much everything else android had over IOS.
Can we do that on an iPhone lock screen??? Please reply. I'd really love to try that out
@@arjunnkrishna no, android only. And it's only old versions of Android
@@cbob213 hmm. It's a really cool effect.
haha i still have it in my custom , it is first thing i look for in a new customrom
Still have it on custom roms
I absolutely loved my Nexus 4. I love the sparkly glass back so much I had to get a bumper case that was clear in the back. The screen was a little small but crystal clear and perfectly adequate for the time.
and that build quality, oh my god, I still remember the feel of cold glass and metal in my hand, just a solid peace of phone, not to mention then state of the art software, I bought it when Kitkat arrived, it was my first smartphone and to this day it's still the best one
@@Scorpione4 Also, the first phone that google gave the version of lollipop was the nexus 4. Samsung users have waited a long time to meet the lollipop version.
I had a Nexus 4, and then a Nexus 6, which saw me all the way through to my current Pixel 4 Pro. All pretty good phones.
Im definitely looking back with rose colored glasses but as a teenager who was super into tech I absolutely adored my Nexus 5x. I was able to pick one up on sale for about 220$ about 6 months after it came out which was an incredible deal, compared to other phones for that price it was the best and it wasnt even close. I was also upgrading from a first gen moto g so it was a pretty significant upgrade. I honestly kinda miss 5 inch phones and I loved the form factor of the 5x. It was the first time I owned a phone that I couldnt complain about. It just worked and worked well. Ive had plenty of decent enough phones since then but that one was the one that set the standard for what using a smart phone should feel like for me.
That shot where you cycled through the phones in chronological order was awesome! So satisfying! I love watching your videos because the cinematography and audio are so good. I appreciate the effort you put into making these videos so polished. I would be interested in seeing some more videos about how you make your videos.
That was sick. Definitely stood out to me, too.
I always considered the Moto X to be a "google phone." It felt like an early attempt to make what the pixel is today. A phone that runs google's version of skinned stock android. It felt different than what Samsung did with its skins. My wife's Samsung phones with Touchwiz always seemed to have unnessisary changes vs stock android that didn't improve functionality and often felt unintuitive when I had to help her with her phone.
Yeah, I also consider the first two Moto X and G phones to be Google phones. The second gen X and G were the first non-Nexus devices to ship the Google Now Launcher, which arrived in an OTA update.
Agreed! I think a big reason for this is that Motorola was owned by Google during the Moto x era. A lot of what current phones use as standard were present in the Moto x. The "okay Google" and always on display were pioneered by Motorola with the Moto x and Google has incorporated it into all their stuff after that.
I have moto edge 20 and it feels pretty googly
I agree with you guys. I loved that phone so much!
I considered the 5th generation moto x, disgustingly named the "2015 moto x pure/style edition", to be a refinement of the nexus 6. Owning that phone was truly amazing, until about a year and a half later when I realized that Motorola had no intentions of updating the software like google did. Regardless, the specs were even better than the nexus 6 and the software was still clean as a whistle like the nexus phone.
Watched this on my Pixel 7 Pro - my first Pixel after being a Galaxy diehard since the S3. This was cool to see the history and your review of the 7 was instrumental in me joining team Pixel and very happy with that decision
I'm about to leave the Galaxy... galaxy for the first time ever for a Pixel 7 as well. Been saying I'm going to give the Pixel a try since the first one and thanks to a ridiculous sale price I made my escape. Should be here the day after tomorrow. Feels like a divorce or something.
1:34 I come home after school and check your channel every day. I love you bro
The Nexus 6 was easily one of my most favorite phones I've owned and even people who weren't tech enthusiasts loved the phone. One dude told me "Bro, that's a badass looking phone."
Favourite phone I've owned by far. Slowly died a death due to the firmware issue where cores were shut off when battery dropped below 50%. Then one day it dropped out of my pocket as I shut the car door and I crushed it. Gutted!
@@Joshimitsu91 sucks. My Nexus 6p got stolen. I still miss the camera. 💔
The reason as to why google included the trackball in the first few phones were because they were actually afraid that apple would sue them for using multi-touch as apple claimed they patented it. The trackball served as an alternative to touchscreen in case apple forced them to disable the touch function.
Typical Apple move....Can't beat them, sue them.
@@simplelife4213 they copied apple wtf? you don't want someone to copy your homework and get away with it right?
@@simplelife4213 that’s what every company does, blame capitalism.
@@seananlinjunxi868 I like how people with little understanding of economics use the "blame capitalism" line in everyday conversation now.
@@alh06 he’s not wrong tho. Every company does that
You just brought back so many old memories with Nexus series
Thanks for this video. Excellently broken down.