Hey everyone,

I’ve watched and read basically every single review and thread about the new model. After using it myself, I have to say: this phone is getting an unfair amount of hate. I read all the negative reports about battery life and performance, but my real-world experience tells a completely different story.

My old device used to overheat constantly. Sometimes it got so hot it literally felt like a hand warmer. My new one? It hasn't overheated a single time. The only time it got even remotely "warm" was when I was using navigation while streaming music at the same time and even then, it was just very slightly warm. Let’s be real here: other flagships get warm during intensive tasks too. My friend has a recent fruit-branded flagship, and that thing got just as hot as my old phone.

Here is my detailed breakdown after upgrading:

📱 Display

• Premium Feel: The screen simply feels more premium, and the glass surface itself feels like higher quality when typing and swiping.
• Brightness & Colors: The upgraded brightness is the very first thing you notice. On top of that, the colors look significantly better and more vibrant compared to the previous model.

⚙️ CPU & Modem

• Performance & Speed: The performance is excellent and more than enough for anything you throw at it. The jump to the new storage standard makes a massive, very noticeable difference in daily snappiness.
• Connectivity: Signal strength and cellular reception are much better.
• Thermals: The combination of the large vapor chamber, the improved modem, and the architecture completely fixes the old thermal issues I mentioned above. It runs incredibly cool.

📷 Camera

• Speed: Even though it uses similar sensor hardware, the shutter speed is much faster. This is especially noticeable when shooting in the full 50MP mode. Faster shutter speeds also mean significantly fewer blurry photos.
• Image Quality: The color tuning is a bit warmer now, which perfectly fixes those occasionally washed-out photos the old model used to produce.
• Zoom: The 10x mix looks slightly cleaner and better optimized.

🔋 Battery Life

• Active Use: I used to get terrible battery life before. With this new model, right from the very first day before the system could even optimize anything, the active usage time has been incredible and easily lasted through the day.
• Multi-Day Performance: Right now, I am well into my second day of normal usage, and the battery is still halfway full. I am easily on track to get two full days of use out of this device. The passive drain when the phone is just sitting on the desk is completely fixed.
• My Routine: I don't try to save power at all. I constantly use maps, navigation, messaging apps, checking social feeds, and taking pictures.

🎧 Miscellaneous (Haptics, Speakers & Daily Life)

• Haptics/Vibration: The vibration motor feels different compared to the previous model. Personally, I wouldn't say it's better, just different. The older one felt a bit less "hollow," but the new one still gives you a top-tier premium haptic feedback experience. For me, it's almost on the same level as an iPhone (though I still miss 3D Touch).
• Speakers: They are improved and sound better, but they are still not quite on the same level as Samsung or iPhone flagships. To be honest, I don’t use the speakers that much anyway because I have a small baby at home, so my phone is permanently on mute/vibrate haha.

I managed to get the phone through a deal for around 560 bucks included original case, pixel ring, stream 4k worth 100eur and getting the pixel buds 2 pro for effectively 70eur. What i am trying to say is, if you got a deal in your country for 600-700 eur max, get it.

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Feel free to ask me anything, I'm open to all questions!

Why does my Pixel 10Pro XL need 3 hours to charge from 20%?!

This is ridiculously frustrating! Anyone else experiencing this? How to resolve it?

Edit: it seems that because of the following I'm getting this terrible experience:

1. Adaptive charging is on, I set it off to test.
2. The original pixel case is a heat trapper because of the polycarbonate and microfiber. I removed it while charging to test as well.
3. My hotspot is currently always on, because my wifi is down. Switching it off to test

Will update you with how it goes. And thanks to you all!

I recently switched from a Pixel 7 Pro to a Galaxy S26 Ultra, but I actually prefer many of the photos from my old Pixel.

The Pixel handled HDR much better (especially around bright windows), greens looked more natural, and skin tones looked more realistic.

I'm thinking about switching back, but I've read that the Pixel 10 Pro produces more saturated colors than previous Pixel phones.

For those who have used both: does the Pixel 10 Pro still have the natural Pixel look, or has Google moved closer to Samsung's style with more saturated colors and heavier processing? I'm mainly interested in HDR, skin tones, and overall color accuracy.

So the pixel 10 Pro 256 GB is like 750€ which is quite expensive. But if it holds up for 5-7 yrs, I think it is a good Investment. Thing is: will it still be useable after 5+ yrs of use? It has enough RAM to be futureproof, but Tensor G5 is already for somethings underpowered and the battery does get quite hot...

What do you guys think about the real world longevity of this phone?

I'm trying 45 w. Charges fast. Not sure if 20 min faster is worth the heat I am getting, from the 45w, that I don't get with my 20w.

Is 30 w probably the safe middle ground?

Hi,

i narrowed it down between these two.

same price.

cameras are important for me.

used samsung in the past.

currently on iphone 15.

what would you pick????

thanks!

i want to prevent someone opening the control panel and turning off my internet in case I lose my phone is there a way to make the control panel inaccessible on the lock screen?

Switching from an iPhone 14, was my first one from iPhone 8c, after 3 years I finally give up on it and am excited to get back to Android.

Picked it up for £640 on Amazon Prime Day and has since gone back up to £750 so hoping it’s a great buy.

Is there anything I need to do while setting up to make the experience smoother?

Same price. I want to keep this phone for 6yrs. What do you guys think is the safer option? (700€)

Hi everyone,

I had ordered a 256gb Pixel 10 pro in Obsidian a few weeks ago because the screen on my pixel 7 pro broke and I am facing a very strange delivery issue.

It was supposed to be first delivered between 24th and 26th of June. Then between 26th and 29th June.

Then between 29th and 1st of July.

Now the Google store shows me a delivery date of January 19 to January 22nd 2027!

Has anyone else who recently bought the phone experienced the same issue?

It's really very annoying!

When i am using my phone when it is laying down, the top of the screen stops responding to touch. For example if i am on chrome, and try to open the searchbar, it doesnt work. I can pull down the notifications and it works normally so it is not a hardware issue.

It is so frustrating because when I am playing in can't use any of the buttons on the top of the screen.

Am i the only one?

Yesterday I was messing around with my google pixel 10 pro xl and I saw a funny language I selected it and restarted and my phone was completely gone, It was on a screen that was the little loading icon but the wallpaper was not the one I set it was the default one and it was glitching up and down, safe mode did not work, I tried to use ADB to flash new software but not it is stuck at a G with no visible sign of progress.

This is my daily driver so I need it fixed I have 100+GB of photos and videos I would not like to loose and google photos backup is not on

Edit:

I ended up resetting the phone and device backup saved my ass,

I did end up losing all of my photos but my texts and settings were intact! never using developer mode again

lesson learned.

Si dice que es de 42 megapíxeles la cámara frontal porque la información de las fotos sale que son de 10 MP