Speaker 1: Samsung versus the Pixel. What's going on? I'm Richdmiro. This
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Speaker 2: Hi, Rich, I'm Marianna from Redlands and I have a
Speaker 2: question regarding the Samsung and the Google Pixel too. I
Speaker 2: need to get a new phone because my regular Pixel died,
Speaker 2: and I want to know which phone do you think
Speaker 2: would be better to go with. I do like the Pixel,
Speaker 2: I like the phone, I like the apps, I like
Speaker 2: everything about it.
Speaker 1: And you're wondering if you should jump to the Samsung.
Speaker 1: Is that what you're saying?
Speaker 2: Yeah, if I should go with the Samsung. I do
Speaker 2: take a lot of pictures, so I'm not sure which
Speaker 2: camera would be better or which phone would be better
Speaker 2: for me.
Speaker 1: Which Samsung model are you thinking of? The Note nine? Okay,
Speaker 1: so here's the deal. I absolutely adore the Pixel. I
Speaker 1: think that. I mean, let me tell you, let me
Speaker 1: ask you. I mean your pictures that you're taking when
Speaker 1: you upload them to Facebook and share them and show people.
Speaker 1: Are they not just wowed by what you're capturing?
Speaker 2: They're amazed that I can take them.
Speaker 1: Right, I agree. Every time my mom has a Pixel
Speaker 1: and I convinced her to get that, and I'm telling you,
Speaker 1: she takes pictures and they blow away every other picture
Speaker 1: I see posted to Facebook. They just look amazing because
Speaker 1: you can't take a bad picture with this device, right right,
Speaker 1: So here's my advice. You have the original pixel, not
Speaker 1: the Pixel two, right right.
Speaker 2: I have the Pixel five point one. But the battery
Speaker 2: is draining and an alarming rate since the upgrade to
Speaker 2: Google nine.
Speaker 1: Yeah, the the Android nine pie, and don't forget you know.
Speaker 1: The good news about the Pixel and Google and the
Speaker 1: way they do their software is that, yes, you just
Speaker 1: got that initial software release, but Google updates their software
Speaker 1: every single month, which is good news. So, yes, there's
Speaker 1: some issues with battery drain, and people have said there's
Speaker 1: been issues with charging, but Google has been very responsive
Speaker 1: with that device in getting your software updated. So even
Speaker 1: though you're having issues right now, you may not have
Speaker 1: those in the next week or so or a month
Speaker 1: or so, I should say. But with that said, the
Speaker 1: Pixel two has been out for almost a year now.
Speaker 1: The thing is the Pixel three is coming out in October,
Speaker 1: so the question really is this is twofold. Do you
Speaker 1: want to wait for the Pixel three and get that
Speaker 1: device or do you want to jump on board with
Speaker 1: a Note nine. I'll be honest, I think overall you're
Speaker 1: gonna get better pictures out of the Pixel than the Note. Now.
Speaker 1: The difference is the Note I think is a better
Speaker 1: overall device. It offers more, It has a better screen,
Speaker 1: it has the it has the headphone jack, which I
Speaker 1: know you haven't had for a long time, so maybe
Speaker 1: you're over that. It has, you know, just little software
Speaker 1: touches that Samsung ad in that are kind of nice
Speaker 1: that the Pixel doesn't have. I love the Pixel, but
Speaker 1: to me, the Pixel is kind of a one trick pony.
Speaker 1: And what that one trick is that it takes amazing pictures.
Speaker 1: After that, it's kind of boring. And I'm not knocking it.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying that the Samsung, if you got that,
Speaker 1: would have a lot more to explore. I do think
Speaker 1: you're gonna take better pictures overall with the Pixel. And
Speaker 1: the question is do you want to go with the
Speaker 1: Pixel two or the Pixel three. I'd say go with
Speaker 1: the Pixel three. Just because the Pixel two has been
Speaker 1: out for a year. I've been using that and with
Speaker 1: the nine it's fast and it's snappy, but it's still
Speaker 1: showing its age. Because here's the thing. Phones do not
Speaker 1: slow down. What slows down is the software on them
Speaker 1: gets so much more advanced that it's requesting more resources
Speaker 1: of the device that it just can't handle as it
Speaker 1: gets older.
Speaker 2: Interesting, do you have any hints about what maybe the
Speaker 2: Pixel three it's gonna offer.
Speaker 1: You know, to be honest, what I'm seeing in all
Speaker 1: the leaks and the rumors is that it is going
Speaker 1: to be identical to what you have. I don't think
Speaker 1: we're going to have an amazing new feature on it.
Speaker 1: I think the camera's going to be improved a little bit,
Speaker 1: but it's really tough to improve the camera. Even from
Speaker 1: the Pixel to the Pixel two, I'm not sure the
Speaker 1: camera was that much better. I mean, it's just it's
Speaker 1: still pretty darn good, and I think it really is
Speaker 1: the best camera out there. So I don't think you're
Speaker 1: going to see something that's crazy different on the Pixel
Speaker 1: three versus the two. We may be surprised, but every
Speaker 1: leak I've seen looks like it's just an evolution of
Speaker 1: the pixel, which, you know, my only question, my only
Speaker 1: hope is that they make it easier to hold in
Speaker 1: your hand, because I feel like it's a it was
Speaker 1: a little blocky for my taste.
Speaker 2: It feels that way for me too. But I like
Speaker 2: the Google App Store. I like all the apps I'm
Speaker 2: able to get, and I'm wondering if I'll be able
Speaker 2: to get all of the apps that I like if
Speaker 2: I do happen to switch to the Samsung nine.
Speaker 1: You'll get most of the apps. It's just the software different,
Speaker 1: you know. The software that runs on the phone is
Speaker 1: a little bit different because it's made by Samsung and
Speaker 1: it's on top of Google. So I mean, i'd say,
Speaker 1: if you're loving your pixel and you're perfectly happy with it,
Speaker 1: I would just stick with Pixel because unless there's a
Speaker 1: feature that you wanted out of the Samsung, there's not
Speaker 1: really a reason to move over to the Samsung's. That's
Speaker 1: kind of the bottom line there.
Speaker 2: Well, I thank you for giving me a lot to
Speaker 2: think about it. I'm gonna probably end up sticking with
Speaker 2: my pixel because I really do like it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And if the thing is, if your pixel that
Speaker 1: you have right now, if it's getting too slow and
Speaker 1: you feel like it's getting kind of a little bit wonky.
Speaker 1: If you're up for the challenge, you got to spend
Speaker 1: a Saturday. You can make sure everything's backed up and
Speaker 1: then format your phone back to what's called a factory reset,
Speaker 1: and then you could reinstall all your apps again. I
Speaker 1: know it's a big job, but it would make your
Speaker 1: phone probably perform a little bit better because think about it,
Speaker 1: you've been using this device now for two years. Just
Speaker 1: like anything, it builds up a little bit of gunk
Speaker 1: in there, and it does slow things down as you
Speaker 1: update it. So that's something to think about. Marianne, thanks
Speaker 1: so much for calling. I appreciate the call. If you
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