I Tried The Pixel 9 Pro (Pros, Cons, & A Camera Test)

In this video, I share my initial thoughts on the Pixel 9 Pro after using it for a little while. There is a lot to love about the cameras and the features, but the design will be polarizing.

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[MikeOBrienMedia]

Correction: ***1 Year with Gemini Advanced, not 2. Oops

[TheBQ]

The temperature sensor is really handy with small kids. Being able to take their temperature on the fly and having timestamped logs of past reads has been so useful when speaking with doctors over the phone.

[IkesTechTalk]

My wife loves to screenshot funny memes and pictures but always forget the site she took them at. This could be useful for her since it allows you to go back to where you took the screenshot

[keithchai]

can reviewer stop taking videos of green lands and sky for test. Come on normal users usually care more on group photos and human skin tone are the hardest to make it right. compare more on portrait, selfies, group photos rather than saying "the tree has great dynamic range".

[Ubugome]

I dunno what's going on with people's eyes, but the Pixel 9 phones look NOTHING like an iPhone, especially from the back. The front of the Pixel 9 phones looks like a typical Android phone, and their camera bar clearly looks nothing like the stove eye design of the cameras on the iPhone 14s and 15s. I think people are trying to make a dumb excuse to say that Google is now trying to copy Apple.

[Tyler_ThaTruth]

I always hated apple for it and ima hate google for it too, 128gb should no longer be the standard or it should at least 899 for just 128gb of storage

[LightningNavigator]

Looks like an iPhone is such a bizzare criticism when all phones basically look the same these days tbh. Main difference in the designs are the roundedness of the corners and the design of the camera bump these days

[Hyper]

Normally I watch hardware previews and reviews on hardware on Dave2D or MKBHD videos, but this time you were my first and until now only review on the new pixels.

In-depth but not too much, great work as always!

[endorwitch]

been waiting for YOUR review cause i know i'll get a good breakdown

[iksytko]

This was a great review!!
Can you do a more Extensive camera and especially video review and comparison between Iphone and Samsung? I would like to see video boost include it as well!

[JanMachovec]

I don't know how people want boxy sides on their phone and say "it feels nice". These people should tell carmakers why they don't start steering wheels like this so it would feel better to use them lol
This is obivously a bad move and the fact they copied this from iPhone is sad. These phones just feel much worse that Pixel 5 for example with smooth edges. That phone handles much better.

[Alzeau_Maiti]

You are becoming my favorite phone reviewer, so glad I subscribed to your channel!

[Twin.motors]

Crazy how some reviews are clearly paid for.

How can you claim the transitions between lenses was smooth ? It was very janky

[levipb]

The front facing camera is still giving that dark look unlike the rest of the competition. Makes it look sad

[hienho]

If they can fix the battery life and the antenna then it will be an upgrade to me

[MrCarloxherrera]

Also, the weather app here in Australia is really inaccurate.

[adrianwolff]

Probably on the most beautiful phone in a while and most practical camera bar and symmetrical display.

[emcdonald]

Google should have made the Tensor chip more powerful due to 7 years of software updates and gave the Pixel 9 Series larger and faster storage capacities at these prices.

[Harikrishnanxlrb]

Hey mike! great review. Just a small suggestion. Next time whenever u review an android flagship please try to include a social media test. most people choose iphones over android because of the inconsistency when it comes to using an android device for posting content on social media. especially instagram stories and snapchat. i only know that google and samsung has the instagram api that is optimized for its own devices to perform better than other android devices. Uhmm so in case u review another device in the future please look into social media performances too. Cheers !

[glassman]

Love your videos! Could you compare the pixel 9 pro to the s24?