I've been checking out the Pixel 8 and the 8
Pro for the last few weeks now and the biggest
thing I'm hung up about is the pricing.
300 bucks between the two of them.
So to me it makes me wonder how much more
you going to get out of the Pixel 8 Pro.
You're paying that much. Let's find out.
So let's start off with their design.
Obviously the Pixel 8 Pro is larger than the Pixel
8 and the other difference here is that I do
like the matte finish.
The matte glass finish of the Pixel 8 Pro just
has a cleaner look grip your in hand versus the
glossy look of the Pixel Eight.
Another thing about the back here,
the camera humps. You have a triple camera here with
the Pixel 8 Pro and then you have a Dual
Pixel one here.
And last thing here is the temperature sensor.
It's exclusive to the Pixel 8 Pro only,
and for me, I think it's more of a novel
feature.
It's great. You could take the temperature of an object
and then down the road you'll be able to take
your own temperature.
But to me, I don't use it all that much.
I just find it impractical for a phone.
Next up, let me talk about their displays.
We have a 6.2 inch actual display in the Pixel
eight.
It reaches
1349 nits in our testing,
and then the Pixel 8 Pro has the slightly larger
6.7 inch Super actual display and they got it even
a brighter
1526 nits. So if you're going to be using it
outside,
you can have more clarity with the Pixel 8 Pro.
But besides that, they're fantastic displays.
They have wide viewing angles and they're pretty punchy with
their collar tones.
One of my favorite parts about these phones are their
cameras.
So you have a dual camera arrangement in the Pixel,
which is A50 megapixel main camera paired with A12 megapixel
ultra wide.
But if you want more utility,
you'd want to go with the Pixel A Pro because
of its triple camera arrangement and that consists of A50
megapixel main camera,
48 megapixel ultra wide and a 48 megapixel telephoto that
gives you five times optical zoom.
The other cool thing I love about these Pixel phones
that they share the same Google AI assisted experiences with
their cameras.
So take for example Best Take,
which allows you to take the best shot no matter
where people are looking.
You have things like audio Magic Erasers,
so you can remove any background noise from your videos.
And then there's also Magic Editor,
which is basically like having a Photoshop editor in your
pocket.
One of the biggest advantages for the Pixel 8 Pros?
Obviously the telephoto zoom. You're not going to get that
with the Pixel 8,
and at five times optical zoom,
that just gives you a little bit more room when
you want to punch into something.
And then there are two exclusive features you're going to
get with the Pixel 8 Pro that you're not going
to get with the Pixel 8.
The first one being Pro Controls.
It's basically manual controls for photos,
so it gives you the ability to adjust the shutter
speed,
the ISO, the white balance,
the focus, all great tools to enhance your photos.
And the second one being Video Boost,
which is a feature that'll come later on,
will basically enhance your video footage so you get better
quality and better results out of them.
Powering both phones, you have the Tensor G3 chip,
You have 8 gigabytes of RAM in the Pixel 8,
get a little bit more in the Pixel 8 Pro
at 12 gigabytes of RAM.
But honestly, we didn't see a whole lot difference between
the performances.
We ran a bunch of different benchmark tests and they
were pretty much consistent across the board.
You would think that the Pixel 8 Pro being the
larger phones to get a lot longer battery life,
but that's not really the case after we tested it
out.
So it has a
5050 milliamp hour battery versus
4575 milliamp hour battery in the Pixel 8.
In our battery benchmark test,
the Pixel eight got 9 hours and 50 minutes versus
10 hours and 3 minutes.
So that's barely a whole lot difference.
Over on the recharge time though,
it's kind of the same.
They're not a whole lot different.
You do get 27 Watt charging with the Pixel 8
versus the slightly faster 30 Watt one in the Pixel
8 Pro.
But in all honesty, after 30 minutes we got
60% charge out of this phone and then this was
at
59%
and there you go. That's how they stack up against
one another.
So what are you really still getting out of the
Pixel 8 Pro by paying 300 bucks more?
Well, you get that five times optical zoom lens,
You get those two exclusive camera features,
Pro controls, video boost, longer battery life,
brighter display, and I guess temperature sensor if that's something
you want to use.
But for me, since I shoot a lot of photos,
a lot of videos, I still find a lot of
utility out of a triple camera system like this.
So I think it's worth it.
And that's it for this video.
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