It’s been a few months now since Google introduced the Pixel 5 – Unfortunately we didn’t fairly get to a well timed evaluate of the machine on account of different necessary trade protection. Today I needed to revisit the cellphone in a briefer format evaluate, revisiting some necessary features of the cellphone resembling efficiency, battery life, and add a couple of feedback in regards to the digicam capabilities.
The Pixel 5 is a change of tactic for Google, with the corporate opting to go the route of a lower-cost “premium” or excessive mid-range part configuration, quite than establishing the Pixel 5 as an all-out flagship cellphone. Given the corporate’s product launch cadence through the years, all the time releasing new telephones in the direction of the top of the 12 months, simply across the nook of the spring next-gen releases. This schedule had all the time been a drawback for Pixel flagships, so perhaps Google’s change of technique right here to go for the mid-range is a extra wise method.
| 2020 Google Pixels | ||||
| Pixel 4a | Pixel 4a (5G) | Pixel 5 | ||
| SoC | Snapdragon 730G
2x CA76 @ 2.2GHz Adreno 618 |
Snapdragon 765G
1x CA76 @ 2.4GHz Adreno 620 |
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| DRAM | 6GB LPDDR4X | 8GB LPDDR4X | ||
| Storage | 128GB UFS 2.1 | 128GB | 128GB | |
| Display | 5.81″ OLED 2340 x 1080 (19.5:9)
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6.2″ OLED 2340 x 1080 (19.5:9)
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6.0″ OLED 2340 x 1080 (19.5:9) 90Hz |
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| Size | Height | 144.Zero mm | 153.9 mm | 144.7 mm |
| Width | 69.four mm | 74.Zero mm | 70.four mm | |
| Depth | 8.2 mm | 8.2 mm | 8.Zero mm | |
| Weight | 143 grams | 168g (sub-6) 171g (mmWave) |
151g | |
| Battery Capacity | 3140mAh (typical)
18W Fast Charging |
3885mAh (typical)
18W Fast Charging |
4080mAh (typical)
18W Fast Charging |
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| Wireless Charging | – | – | Yes | |
| Rear Cameras | ||||
| Main | 12.2MP 1.4µm Dual Pixel PDAF f/1.7 77° lens with OIS |
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| Telephoto | – | – | – | |
| Wide | – | 16MP 1.0µm
f/2.2 107° |
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| Extra | – | – | – | |
| Front Camera | 8MP 1.12µm f/2.0 84° lens; mounted focus |
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| I/O | USB-C 3.5mm headphone jack |
USB-C | ||
| Wireless (native) | 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi Bluetooth 5.Zero LE + NFC |
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| Cellular | Snapdragon LTE Integrated X15 (LTE Category 12/5) |
Snapdragon 5G Integrated X52 (LTE Category 18/13) (5G NR Sub-6 + mmWave*) *excludes non-mmWave mannequin of 4a(5G) |
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| Other Features | Dual Speakers | Dual Speakers | Dual Speakers IP68 Rating |
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| Dual-SIM | 1x nanoSIM + eSIM | |||
| Launch Price | $349 / 349£ / 349€ |
$499 / £499 / €499 $599* (mmWave) |
$699* / £599 / €629 |
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Starting off with the SoC, as we’ve mentioned it over the previous couple of months, the large distinction for the brand new Pixel 5 is that it comes with a “premium” vary Snapdragon 765 chipset from Qualcomm, quite than utilizing the up to date Snapdragon 865 flagship SoC. This is undoubtedly a cost-cutting measure for Google to have the ability to obtain this new value level of $699 / €629.
The SoC ought to nonetheless be lots efficiency for every-day usages due to the 2 Cortex-A76 large cores, with certainly one of them clocking as much as 2.4GHz and the opposite one at 2.2GHz, nonetheless it’s nonetheless going to be a notable downgrade in comparison with the flagship SoCs which make use of each newer CPU cores in addition to clocking them larger. The SoC’s Adreno 620 GPU can also be going to be a key issue within the common efficiency of the Pixel 5, making some large gaming efficiency compromises that we’ll cowl in additional element within the GPU part.
Google dons the Pixel 5 with 8GB of LPDDR4X reminiscence and a singular storage possibility of 128GB, with none expandable storage.
The Pixel 5’s entrance design adopts the same uniform bezel design launched with the lower-cost Pixel 4a, and is a departure from the chin and brow model of…
