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Customer Review
Reviewed in Canada on December 3, 2023
So I bought this phone a week ago and everything about the smartphone is as smooth as butter from navigating through the software to playing any games you want with it, it can run all without any problems, the camera is also very very good on this phone it takes very well detailed shots(i have compared it to my friends 13 pro max and the 8pro just completely obliterates it, but that's a 2 yr old flagship so I was expecting a big gap but the cameras on the 8 pro are just wow). The most important selling point for this phone were the many AI heavy features and editing tools that we were getting with this smartphone and even though some features still need to come after a software update this phone already has more features than everyone else in the market(from using call screening and magic eraser I can say that the software experience of this device is second to none).
Now, if Amazon let me give a 4.5 star review I would give this phone just that, even though this phone has everything top notch going for it, I can still experience some software bugs in the UI (it doesn't make a ton of difference because it happens very randomly and goes away with just one press of the power button) the screen today morning when i woke up just kept on blacking out and the keyboard was acting weird but I restarted the phone and it went away, most of the software bugs in this phone are related to "hey Google" or Google assistant (or that's what I feel) as most of the times i experience a bug in the phone "hey Google" automatically turns off and you'll need to turn it back on to use voice command again.
Bugs- I made a section to talk about this as some of them could be a bit trouble some for a few people but something worth mentioning here is that these will be fixed later in a software update so it's not that worrying but still,
1.jittery scrolling- the phone lags a bit in some apps(Instagram,reddit, etc i can't remember them all) and the jitter isn't really that much concerning though it barely jitters it feels more like a network issue than a phone jitter tbh.
2.black screen-this did not happen to me but I've seen people talk about it
3.camera shadow bug- sometimes the camera just starts acting weird and makes the shadows look weird(it's like it can't properly process in some dark settings)
4.battery draining faster while using 5g-this might be concerning for a few but it's not terrible (the battery doesn't just go from 24hrs to 8) but the battery is drastically reduced, when I leave for University I always have a full battery charge and when I come back it's reduced to just 40% for 6hrs of minor usage, it makes the battery go from very good to just average and Idk why that happens maybe it's just the 5g technology but it's kinda weird for a phone to go almost 1.5 days on wifi but just 10-12 hrs on 5g.
Honestly, if you'll take my word this is a very very good smartphone and I'm thoroughly enjoying using it, some of the AI features on this phone are very useful like being able to set up your Google assistant routine when u wake up or being able to translate at will with just one voice command(it's masterfully crafted) and so much more, everything about this phone feels polished from the design to the look to the display (my god the display on this phone is just...😩) but by far the most impressive thing about this phone is its software experience/UI, its silky smooth with everything connecting together in such a fluid way that it's just very satisfying to use(even more so than ios imo)
Now, if Amazon let me give a 4.5 star review I would give this phone just that, even though this phone has everything top notch going for it, I can still experience some software bugs in the UI (it doesn't make a ton of difference because it happens very randomly and goes away with just one press of the power button) the screen today morning when i woke up just kept on blacking out and the keyboard was acting weird but I restarted the phone and it went away, most of the software bugs in this phone are related to "hey Google" or Google assistant (or that's what I feel) as most of the times i experience a bug in the phone "hey Google" automatically turns off and you'll need to turn it back on to use voice command again.
Bugs- I made a section to talk about this as some of them could be a bit trouble some for a few people but something worth mentioning here is that these will be fixed later in a software update so it's not that worrying but still,
1.jittery scrolling- the phone lags a bit in some apps(Instagram,reddit, etc i can't remember them all) and the jitter isn't really that much concerning though it barely jitters it feels more like a network issue than a phone jitter tbh.
2.black screen-this did not happen to me but I've seen people talk about it
3.camera shadow bug- sometimes the camera just starts acting weird and makes the shadows look weird(it's like it can't properly process in some dark settings)
4.battery draining faster while using 5g-this might be concerning for a few but it's not terrible (the battery doesn't just go from 24hrs to 8) but the battery is drastically reduced, when I leave for University I always have a full battery charge and when I come back it's reduced to just 40% for 6hrs of minor usage, it makes the battery go from very good to just average and Idk why that happens maybe it's just the 5g technology but it's kinda weird for a phone to go almost 1.5 days on wifi but just 10-12 hrs on 5g.
Honestly, if you'll take my word this is a very very good smartphone and I'm thoroughly enjoying using it, some of the AI features on this phone are very useful like being able to set up your Google assistant routine when u wake up or being able to translate at will with just one voice command(it's masterfully crafted) and so much more, everything about this phone feels polished from the design to the look to the display (my god the display on this phone is just...😩) but by far the most impressive thing about this phone is its software experience/UI, its silky smooth with everything connecting together in such a fluid way that it's just very satisfying to use(even more so than ios imo)
