I recently picked up the Google Pixel 8 Unlocked Obsidian from Best Buy on February 26, 2025, and I wanted to share my experience. Design: The phone has a sleek, compact design that feels great in hand. Display: The 120Hz OLED screen is bright and vibrant, making everything look fantastic. Camera: The AI-powered camera is amazing with features like Best Take and Magic Editor. It performs well in all lighting conditions. Performance: The Tensor G3 chip ensures smooth performance for everyday tasks. It’s not the fastest, but it gets the job done. Battery: The improved battery life lasts me a full day. Software: Google promises seven years of updates, which is a big plus. Price: i got it for a $399 value, and its features make it worth it. Overall, the Pixel 8 is a great midrange phone with excellent camera features and long-term support.

Pros: Fantastic display and cameras. Smaller size is nice in a sea of mega phones. Physical design is very sleek. Call screening and other similar Pixel features are invaluable. Officially-sanctioned repair parts and guides are available on ifixit.com. Cons: Average battery life. Occasional performance issues and bugs. More susceptible to heat than Snapdragon phones, causing reduced performance and slower charging in the summer months. Conclusion: A great phone for Google-philes, mobile photographers, and/or tech enthusiasts who like to repair their own devices. Not for those who need rock solid battery life or the highest performance available.

Notification shade follows dark mode setting, but the quick settings do not. It gives a disconnected feel to the interface when part of it does not react to a system-wide setting. The quick setting toggles are comically large. The thing that irritates me the most about apples control center is that the wifi and bluetooth do not actually toggle off wifi and bluetooth, which is by design i know. It keeps everything apple running smoothly “like magic”. But i know when one thing or anothe needs wifi, but google takes this a step further in the wrong direction and combines wifi and cellular toggles into one just called “internet”. You have to tap to open another pop up menu, then toggle wifi off/on. In the settings app, its just confusing. It seems like every android device has their own unique issue with android auto. oneplus would connect but give an error saying there are no compatible apps, but if you unplug then plug back in it would be fine, samsung liked to completely glitch out the screen visually, google will just disconnect entirely and at random. And ive been using the same USB C cable with my iphone 15 pro so its not the cable, carplay does not fail like this (it irritates me in other ways but thats another review). one issue im not sure is the phone or the network but i tried scheduling support calls on a slow day and it goes straight to voicemail. Ive checked that all spam blocking settings are off but i watched a voicemail and missed call pop up with the phone never ringing. I called myself from another phone and it rang, i dont know what happened there. Otherwise, and for somebody who doesnt nitpick, its a great phone. Smooth, plenty of neat features to play with, cameras are top tier. Maybe i just like samsungs OneUI, i really enjoyed the last version of touchwiz before they scrapped it and switched to OneUI but this latest version is pretty polished, its getting better as it goes where apple seems to be going straight off a cliff with intent and googles ok for now but theyre watching apple fail thinking “that looks like fun we should try it”.

Phone is wonderful! the picture quality is great and the phone operates very smoothly. there is no problem. the battery life is kind of good. doesn't give you whole day but it's quite manageable. I love pixel 8. this was an open box product. however there was no problem with this phone. really love it

Every works well so, only had the phone a few weeks. Long battery life, smaller than the pixel 7 which i like and takes amazing photos. Tried the face switching feature and was really happy with it, super cool to get that good photo you're always trying for. Wish I could ha e gotten the blue color but all out at my Best Buy.