The Official "I got my Pixel 2 / Pixel 2 XL" Thread

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It looks promising from this post here..
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While I don't have the XL, I just threw on a pair of Polarized glasses and checked my regular Pix2, Galaxy S5, Turbo, and Zenpad tablet. Both AMOLED devices worked great in both portrait and landscape. The LCD panels suffered as I rotated the device.

I think its an inherent difference between the two display technologies.


Funny side story - Several years ago as flat panel computer monitors were coming in their own, we outfitted our hydrographic survey boat with a pair of very nice (and expensive at the time) flat panels. Well I had one young survey technician come in complaining that WE had to buy new monitors because the ones on the boat didn't work with HER sunglasses. :rolleyes:
 

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To be honest, I work in a home office with a tower less than 1/2 mile away. So yea signal has been strong...but EVERYTHING is strong here.

On Saturday I'll in a more rural part of town and will be the real acid test.


Waiting to hear your results and those of others. I live very rural and work is sketchy so strong reception is a major concern of mine. I remember reading people having reception issues with the first Pixel.


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@bkdodger @radon222 can you guys test with non-polarized glasses too thanks

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Late, but rockin the Black 2XL 128g since day 1. On 8.1. Love everything about this phone.
 

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Yeah a bit of a pain but no biggie reentering passwords.. BTW have you noticed radios seem to be solid on this device... I had exceptional coverage on my commute today. It was even better than my Motorola Z Play.. Or any recent phone I've used..

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I'm coming from the Nexus 6, and the new radios are unbelievable. I couldn't hold 4G at a window in my building, now I never lose connection even in the middle of the building. Not sure what they did but it's heaven.
 

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I'm going to be using the little transfer adapter in the box to set up my phone. Curious to see if it ends up being faster.
 
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I'm going to be using the little transfer adapter in the box to set up my phone. Curious to see if it ends up being faster.
I used the adapter that came with my OG Pixel XL to transfer from my V20. Made setup a breeze.

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Outside of transferring your call and messaging logs I really didn't see it different than using the standard setup.



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Looking forward to receiving my 2XL this week. It's scheduled to ship tomorrow, and arrive Tuesday or Wednesday.

Funny thing is, my Nexus 6 just received the 7.1.1 update. Must know that a change is imminent.
 
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