In 2010, Google released its first smartphone<\/a>, the Nexus One built by HTC<\/a> Corp., which was intended not as a multimillion-unit-selling iPhone rival but as a modest example of what a good Android<\/a> phone could and should be. A decade later with the Pixel 5, designed by the HTC team that Google since acquired, the Alphabet Inc<\/a>. unit seems to be returning to its original philosophy.
The Pixel 5 is an assembly of established technologies topped off with 5G wireless connectivity and an important reduction in price to $699. Bowing out of the premium-tier race with Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. after four Pixel generations, Google also did away with its XL model and refocused on the strengths of its devices<\/a>: good cameras, utilitarian design and reliable software updates.
Settling on a 6-inch display as its only size option, Google runs against the grain of bigger-is-better that pervades the mobile industry, with even Apple recently launching its biggest iPhone yet with a 6.7-inch Max model. The search giant takes two other steps back in time: it brought back the fingerprint sensor on the Pixel 5’s rear and moved to an aluminum enclosure amid a sea of all-glass smartphones. In testing, however, the Pixel 5 proved each of those to be an upgrade in daily use.
Being smaller than the typical Android device, the Pixel is easier to handle and fit into a pocket. Its textured rear finish provides more grip and durability than glass and, in the “Sorta Sage” colour, is entirely averse to finger smudging. Google has managed to retain wireless charging on this phone even with the return to a metal casing and it has also significantly upgraded its battery size. Though unlikely to have been a coronavirus-inspired design choice, the replacement of face authentication as the biometric ID standard also fixes one of the pain points of using mobile phones in the era of face masks.
Google has adopted an iPhone-like strategy in picking the particular specs it cares to emphasize with its device - but its choices haven’t all been for the better. The Pixel 5 doesn’t have Qualcomm<\/a> Inc.’s top-tier processor, which manifests itself in occasional slowdowns when activating the camera or reviewing photos. Google has also removed its dedicated image-processing silicon in the new phone, adding some small delay to processing times.
The addition of 5G may prove meaningful when those networks, and services that take advantage of them, are built out. But faster wireless coverage is for now spotty at best all over the world.
Pervasive Pixel issues remain. Bluetooth connectivity problems showed up in testing, Google still lags the competition in terms of camera hardware -- it added an ultrawide lens this year, but took away the telephoto zoom lens it adopted last year -- and its display technology isn’t pushing any boundaries. Its former key advantage of unequaled camera performance was quashed by last year’s iPhone 11.
Google guarantees Android updates for the Pixel 5 through October 2023. That three-year pledge - uncommon among Android vendors - is augmented by Google supporting its older devices with features from new ones where it can.
The premise underpinning Google’s Pixel 5 appears to be one of good-enough technology. The phone delivers no great surprises or disappointments and doesn’t pretend to challenge the mobile industry paradigm. Taken together with this year’s Pixel 4a duo, Google’s most affordable entries in the range, it signals a company more concerned with price and everyday utility than performance accolades and tech novelties.
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2010年,Google发布了它的第一个智能手机Nexus One建造的宏达电Corp .),目的是不作为multimillion-unit-selling iPhone的竞争对手但温和的一个好例子安卓电话可以也应该。十年后的像素5,由宏达国际设计团队以来,Google收购了,字母公司。单位似乎回到原来的哲学。
像素5是一个组装的技术超过了5 g无线连接和一个重要的价格降低到699美元。鞠躬的premium-tier种族与苹果公司(Apple inc .)和三星电子(Samsung Electronics co .)四个像素代后,谷歌也背离了其XL模式,重新的优势设备好相机、功利主义的设计和可靠的软件更新。
在6英寸的显示器作为其惟一的大小选择,谷歌违背的特色渗透到手机行业,甚至与最大苹果最近推出的iPhone 6.7英寸的最大模型。这家搜索巨头在时间需要两个步骤:它带回来的指纹传感器像素5后,搬到一个铝外壳的海洋中全玻璃的智能手机。在测试中,然而,像素5证明这些升级在日常使用。
在像素小于典型的Android设备,更容易处理和放入口袋。其变形后比玻璃和完成提供了更多的控制和耐用性,“可以说是圣人”的颜色,是完全反对手指弄脏。谷歌已经设法保留对这款手机无线充电即使回到一个金属套管及其电池的尺寸也大幅升级。虽然不太可能一直coronavirus-inspired设计选择,更换脸认证作为生物识别ID标准也修复的难点之一使用手机时代的口罩。
谷歌采用了一个类似iphone的策略在选择特定规格在乎强调其设备,但它没有被更好的选择。像素5没有高通Inc .)顶级处理器,它表现为偶尔的减速当激活摄像机或审查照片。谷歌也删除其专用图像处理硅在新的手机,添加一些小型拖延处理时间。
添加5 g可能有意义,当这些网络,利用和服务,是建立。但目前更快的无线覆盖的世界各地。
普遍的像素问题依然存在。蓝牙连接问题出现在测试,谷歌仍然落后于竞争的摄像头硬件,它添加了一个今年ultrawide镜头,但拿走去年采用长焦变焦镜头,其显示技术并没有让任何边界。昔日无敌的相机性能的关键优势建立去年iPhone 11。
谷歌Android的更新保证像素5 2023年10月通过。,三年的承诺——少见在Android厂商——由谷歌支持增强旧设备与新的特性。
前提支撑谷歌5像素似乎是足够好的技术之一。电话提供任何伟大的惊喜或失望和不假装挑战手机行业范式。结合今年的像素4两,谷歌最负担得起的范围中的条目,它标志着公司更关心价格和日常实用性能赞誉和技术新颖之处。
2010年,Google发布了它的第一个智能手机Nexus One建造的宏达电Corp .),目的是不作为multimillion-unit-selling iPhone的竞争对手但温和的一个好例子安卓电话可以也应该。十年后的像素5,由宏达国际设计团队以来,Google收购了,字母公司。单位似乎回到原来的哲学。
像素5是一个组装的技术超过了5 g无线连接和一个重要的价格降低到699美元。鞠躬的premium-tier种族与苹果公司(Apple inc .)和三星电子(Samsung Electronics co .)四个像素代后,谷歌也背离了其XL模式,重新的优势设备好相机、功利主义的设计和可靠的软件更新。
在6英寸的显示器作为其惟一的大小选择,谷歌违背的特色渗透到手机行业,甚至与最大苹果最近推出的iPhone 6.7英寸的最大模型。这家搜索巨头在时间需要两个步骤:它带回来的指纹传感器像素5后,搬到一个铝外壳的海洋中全玻璃的智能手机。在测试中,然而,像素5证明这些升级在日常使用。
在像素小于典型的Android设备,更容易处理和放入口袋。其变形后比玻璃和完成提供了更多的控制和耐用性,“可以说是圣人”的颜色,是完全反对手指弄脏。谷歌已经设法保留对这款手机无线充电即使回到一个金属套管及其电池的尺寸也大幅升级。虽然不太可能一直coronavirus-inspired设计选择,更换脸认证作为生物识别ID标准也修复的难点之一使用手机时代的口罩。
谷歌采用了一个类似iphone的策略在选择特定规格在乎强调其设备,但它没有被更好的选择。像素5没有高通Inc .)顶级处理器,它表现为偶尔的减速当激活摄像机或审查照片。谷歌也删除其专用图像处理硅在新的手机,添加一些小型拖延处理时间。
添加5 g可能有意义,当这些网络,利用和服务,是建立。但目前更快的无线覆盖的世界各地。
普遍的像素问题依然存在。蓝牙连接问题出现在测试,谷歌仍然落后于竞争的摄像头硬件,它添加了一个今年ultrawide镜头,但拿走去年采用长焦变焦镜头,其显示技术并没有让任何边界。昔日无敌的相机性能的关键优势建立去年iPhone 11。
谷歌Android的更新保证像素5 2023年10月通过。,三年的承诺——少见在Android厂商——由谷歌支持增强旧设备与新的特性。
前提支撑谷歌5像素似乎是足够好的技术之一。电话提供任何伟大的惊喜或失望和不假装挑战手机行业范式。结合今年的像素4两,谷歌最负担得起的范围中的条目,它标志着公司更关心价格和日常实用性能赞誉和技术新颖之处。
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