Weekly poll results: the Pixel 5 faces an uphill battle, the Pixel 4a 5G headed for disappointment
Last week’s poll shows that there is not much enthusiasm for the two latest Google phones. The reasons why are pretty varied, though some did find things to love about the new models.
First, let’s get this out of the way – Google’s limited distribution network means that even if you want one, Pixels just might not be available in your country. This has been the case for years and Google has shown little desire to fix the situation.
The most popular option in the poll suggests that the 2020 Pixels are not worth your money. The most common reason is just that – money. The Pixel 5 is just too expensive for many (more so in the US where mmWave support drives up the price).
You can buy a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE for that kind of money and those who reject the FE over its size point to the Sony Xperia 5 II (though that one is a good deal more expensive). There’s also the new iPhone coming next week, that should cost around the same as the Google phone.
Weekly poll results: the Pixel 5 faces an uphill battle, the Pixel 4a 5G headed for disappointment
Most voters in the poll think Google's 2020 offerings are not worth the money. The Pixel 5 (and even the vanilla 4a) do have some fans, though.m.gsmarena.com
Yeah I saw on some benchmarks even the normal 4a scored more than the 5 with the 4a 5G having the largest score.Google Pixel 5's chipset is actually even slower than we initially thought
Google's flagships have usually had a tad less performance than their direct rivals, with the first gen using a down-clocked Snapdragon 821, while the Pixel 4 generation missed on the plus version of the Snapdragon 855 and used the original version. This year the Pixel 5took things further by going for the mid-range Snapdragon 765G and it turns out that's not even the entire story. It turns out that the chipset actually doesn't deliver nearly as much processing power as its 765 peers.
During our review, we actually requested another Google Pixel 5 phone as we suspected the first unit was faulty. However, the second unit only came to confirm our findings. Here's the just of it.
In single-core CPU tests, the Snapdragon 765G inside the Google Pixel 5 seems to be doing just fine, delivering the performance we expected it to. But when its multi-core scores and GPU test are way behind. In fact, it's much closer to the Snapdragon 710 in terms of raw performance.
We also decided to rule out thermal throttling as the issue because, so we tried cooling the device while running benchmarks, but that made no difference whatsoever.
Google Pixel 5's SD765G chipset is a serious underperformer
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Basically a plastic phone with a metal frame
Ordered one on Amazon, should arrive next week.
I'm thinking about getting one. I'm hoping the $459.00 deal is still around next week. I'd be interested to hear about your experience with it when it arrives.
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