Pixel 7 vs Pixel 7 Pro // Three Months Later!

The Pixel 7 and 7 Pro have been out and available for over three months, so I thought it was time to put them up against each other in a head-to-head comparison.

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Time-stamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - Software and Performance
02:23 - Fingerprint Sensor + Face Unlock
02:51 - Design
03:53 - Display
05:14 - Haptics
06:00 - Battery
06:53 - Cameras
08:33 - Final Thoughts

[manthe]

"Only $300 difference" - My bro I'm glad you're living comfortably, but I need those "only" $300.

[pill]

Imagine if Google made the Pixel 7 Pro with the size of the 7, that would be perfect

[Rican]

You're incorrect about one thing. The Pixel 7 pro automatically comes with 12GB of ram regardless of which storage option you choose.

[UnkemptBushell]

Would always be the smaller option for me. I wish the Pixel 7 was smaller still.

[m.e.p.r]

I'm regularly getting a day and a half battery life on the Pixel 7, used between 3-5hrs per day, phone/video calls, mixed media and light gaming. It's very subjective and very much depends on how you use your phone and how often. This guy is a fringe/heavy user (doesn't even specify his average screen on time during the video). If you assume his screen on time is really high (5-8hrs per day), that would put him in the 80th to 90th percentile of users.

[blitzdelivery]

Pixel 7 pro 10/10. Used S22 Ultra, used many OnePlus phones, just never used an iPhone. However I don't think any phone on the market beats the Pixel 7 Pro. Camera is absolutely gorgeous, HDR is amazing, the zoom is phenomenal.

[topmech]

Software updates recently have helped the Pixel 7...fingerprint sensor seems to be a little better, the auto brightness is better too at least on mine. I have it running nova 7 as well and the phone is fast and snappy. No real problems except for that Fingerprint sensor.

[Whatmobiledeal]

The massive price difference is eye opening. Not sure the extra stuff on the Pro is worth $300 more 😮

[BobSince]

On Pixel 7 here. Missing the size of my Pixel 5 and wouldn't even mind an even smaller Pixel 👌🏻

[EliHank]

Went with the regular Pixel 7. Absolutely in love with this phone. Thought I'd hate the size coming from a 4a but I got accustomed to it almost immediately. Only gripe with the phone would be the optical fingerprint scanner which has been pretty bad and inconsistent thus far

[glutentaco]

Been awhile since Ive watched one of your videos. You still have the best b roll footage. Much love.

[techwithizzy]

That Nova setup made me badly want a HOMESCREEN tutorial Sam ! Hope you will do it .

Amazing video as always, your content quality and videography is in another level 🔥.
We can't get our eyes out from it until the end ❣️

[aqibrashid]

Your quality of videos is litt..that is the reason i subscribed 🥰

[omix]

I got the 7 Pro, and I cannot be happier. I really enjoy the telephoto lens and I use it everyday.

[valeriyten]

I just got myself a Pixel 7 Pro one week ago. So far the experience is really-really good. I just noticed few bugs that some might be interested to hear before buying:
- There is a slight animation stutter/lag when unlocking with fingerprints from the not awaken display, when your AOD turns on and you unlock device from this state. I found a workaround for that. In developer settings there is an option 'Animator duration scale' if you set it to 0.5x lag is gone.
- There are sometimes inconsistency with swiping motion, when scrolling feeds for example, same finger swipe will sometimes give either very fast scroll or will scroll few inches. Doesn't happen very often, but when it does it's kinda annoying. Tried changing different settings, results are the same. Multiple topics on different forums confirm that this problem is widespread. No workaround still. Hope next update will fix it.
- Inconsistency with back gestures left and right. When trying to go back you have to swipe all the way from the edge, like almost touching metal. If you go all the way from the edge, it works consistently. But if you try to swipe back few mm away from the edge it will sometimes work, sometimes it will just scroll your app horizontally or will do any default swiping action your current app is set to. Came from OnePlus 7 Pro with same curved display and had no similar problems with that. I guess there is a need to increase range of swiping detection

Battery charging is slow compared to other flagships. It is good for a battery in a long term tho. Could be better if charging speeds would be on Iphone level at least.

Othen than that great phone, very fast, outstanding camera, video is doing good too, not Iphone levels good, but gets the job done.

[andreseriliano]

I can't help but notice, that the cameras on both models look like the Dynamic Island, heheh

[pokuspilatus]

Thanks for the very nice overview!! I recently got the P7, a bit reluctantly as I had to give up my S9 which I really liked. The new Google eco environment takes a while to get used to (and I still miss Samsung email). I decided for the 7 and not the pro because of the size. I must say that looking at the telelens I wished I also had that. In terms of battery life, the P7 is doing much better than the S9. Today I have been shooting a lot of pictures, put the phone on battery saving and came in the hotel with a bit more than 50%, the editing in Instagram however did eat up so much that I am now at 5%.. On other days I sometimes had 1, 5 days to 2 days, without battery saving turned on. So yes, a bit better battery would be nice. I did not hear you about the AI in the P7 or P7pro. I thing that sometimes the AI is working a bit too hard for the pictures. You can restore things a bit afterwards by increasing sharpening and details, but I wished that Google also had a option for turning on AI only 20% or 50%, so maybe for the future... What is your experiencer in this area? Yet, now after 2 weeks I am quite satisfied with the P7 though.

[Grayson_Baker]

Have a 7 Pro now. First thing I did was put a vinyl cover over the camera bump for protection and a super protective case over it. Messing about with Nova Launcher now. Wish there was an SD Card Slot.

[rakeshvaddepalli]

I feel bad watching these videos in 2x speed, they're so well-made!

[johnlow]

2 months later with the P7p. It's a damn good phone. A sticker / cover is needed for the camera bar =)