Customer Ratings & Reviews

Very good phone was super easy to set up. I'm in love

Great phone, best price when ordered. No issues so far.

A very handy phone. Very smooth. Pixel never disappoints.

Good device and good product. I liked it thanks alot

We needed a smaller replacement phone and decided to grab the new Pixel 8 that just came out. Unboxing and setting up; The phone comes in a Pixel logoed box, nicely cradled inside and along with a USB C power cord, USB A to C converter, sim extractor and pamphlet. Power adapters not being included is pretty much the norm, but you can use your old one or buy one during purchase. The phone itself is compact compared to either the Flip4 or the S23 Ultra we already have, and it’s much easier to hold onto compared to the Ultra “major winner there”. So, size and portability, if that’s important to you then this is about the sweet spot for a phone size. The build is nice and solid, with the back and front being covered with Gorilla Glass Victus “I still put a screen protector and case on”. The back is gloss black on this one, looks really classy but does fingerprint up a lot, then again I put my phones in a case on day one. Setting up is simple and if you have another Android phone transferring/copying everything over is super simple and either done by cable “Phone to Phone” or over Wi-Fi while connected to the same network. We use T-Mobile as our wireless carrier as I’ve found them to have the best coverage “and price” for our area. Other than that, and charging. Setting up is simple, I didn’t use face unlock but do set up the fingerprint reader which is accurate most of the time and is backlit so you can see it light up the tip of your finger when reading. Using: With 128gb on this model that’s plenty of storage room for me, even having around 500 mp3s on it didn’t make that big of a difference. I also download offline maps from Google Maps, so I don’t have to be connected to my carrier to have the maps updated, and I still have plenty of room for a lot more music and pictures/videos. I really don’t play games on phones so I won’t be benchmarking the gaming performance. I had no issues with signal strength at all and tested speeds against the S23 Ultra in many locations, and every test was close enough to not really matter, both are fast and almost exact in speeds on 5G. The cameras are pretty impressive, the S23U still “in my opinion takes better pictures but that phone is almost double the price so that’s not a fair comparison. Next to the Flip4, the Pixel 8 takes much better pictures. I tried out the night shot and that worked out really well. There’s a spot I go by during my evening neighborhood walks that is a large very dark unlit corner of the community. It’s so dark you can barely make out the large tree at night which is about 75’ away. The night shot picture of that corner easily shows the tree “amazing” and a lot of detail of the gravel drainage area around it. You can even see a few of my shadows being cast from the porch lights of the houses across the street “pretty amazing”. I also tried out the new Unblur function as I had taken a picture of a large Colorado River Toad that happen to be in the path. I was disappointed that it came out a little blurry “enough to where I didn’t want to share the picture. After using the unblur function in the photo editor it completely took away the blur and made the picture perfectly clear, “simply amazing it could do that”. Conclusion: The new Pixel 8 is a typical Pixel phone, it’s well built, plenty fast with Googles new processor, and just the right size for anyone looking for a more compact phone that’s not “too” small. The screen is very bright and easy to read in sunlight with very accurate colors from what we could tell. The cameras are a nice surprise and the unblurring function works better than I thought it would. The GPS accuracy really surprised me, it was averaging 5’ in accuracy compared to 12’ of the S23U, it didn’t see more satellites the S23U did, but it used more for its triangulation calculations apparently. The battery life was spectacular “for what we used it for”, a few calls, mapping, texts and mainly taking photos and the battery lasted 3 days without turning it off at all, Impressive. I used my multifunction charging station and it was pulling 12w from it, so not too bad for wireless charging, leaving it on there overnight will easily give it a full charge by morning. In all, if you are looking for a quality phone that is in a lower price bracket that doesn’t break the bank then the new Pixel 8 is one to take a good look at.

so far - so good. I can make and receive calls - send texts and messages. I know it will do more stuff but I am an old lady - and don't understand fancy. I don't know why brown dots appear and don't seem to mean anything.

Very laggy and full of bugs not really a good phone. Get the pro instead

I traded in an iPhone 13 mini and some cash for this Pixel. I thought I was getting a better phone by it being newer and from google. Well, I was wrong. I got the phone with the bubbles underneath the screen. A well known problem Google and major tech reviewers have dismissed. The phone’s display was laggier too, I believe because the pixel’s OS is always lagging and struggling to be fluid. I sent an email to google and they tried to let me know that the bubbles underneath the screen were not covered by the warranty, I had to write a second email so they would re consider their opinion, and they agreed to send me a new replacement. Now I’m debating wether or not I should keep it. Pixel OS is not reliable. I lost major data once, when there was a bug affecting pixels with more than one user. I always use two users since I use dual sims for separate accounts. The camera is not what it use to be. Pixel 3 was the perfect pixel, the pixel 8 definitely doesn’t feel it is 5 generations ahead. It is even slower or at least that is how it feels. Battery life is mediocre at best. Sometimes might be good, sometimes might drain way faster. Not a reliable phone. Stay away if you are paying full prize or trading anything newer from an iPhone 11.

Nice form and function. Good for this the like it one handed. Can't beat the price. And oh the extended security service is a above and beyond the competition.

This phone fits my needs perfectly. The best buy employee that I had was so very helpful in getting me set up and explaining everything. Hi

It is in so excellent conditions that it feels like im using new phone not even open box

It is a really good phone and it was so nice buy it they help me picking between the colors.

5 stars great fast and reliable. Google produces the best phones in my opinion and my pixel 8 is no exception.

Great phone I've had almost every model of the pixel and this is the best one yet

As a digital creator, having a phone with a high quality camera and good battery life is integral to my workflow. After using the Pixel 7 for a year, I decided I wanted to give the Pixel 8 a try. This is now my third Pixel phone with the new Tensor processor and the Pixel 8 has the smallest build yet, which pairs nicely with my small hands. The transition from the Pixel 7 to the Pixel 8 went smoothly, albeit timely. I appreciate that the layout of all my apps & home page matches my old phone so I could just transfer and continue using a device that I’m already familiar with. I received this phone just in time to take it to Disney World in Florida. I love capturing media at theme parks and events so I was excited to get nice photos of my trip. I’ve never met a Pixel phone camera I didn’t like, given good lighting conditions. Lighting is everything! If the environment is low light, the Pixel 8 has the potential to do well if it’s placed propped up or on a mount. I use the camera app and Google Photos a lot, so the main thing I wanted to see was an improved camera. The phone’s UI is visually very similar to my previous two Pixels, so I want to focus on the camera performance. CAMERA APP The camera app is pretty user friendly. The latest update has its differences, but the UI is not hard to get used to. I LOVE Portrait Mode, especially for photos of my dog. So many modes to choose from, yet the regular Photo mode does a great job of quickly capturing moments. Night Sight really does capture low-light photos with a lot of dimension, but of course, always remain as still as possible as it can take a few seconds. You can even adjust Brightness, Shadows, and White Balance right in camera, instead of changing those settings in post. I’d say the Camera app is in my top 5 apps used on this phone overall. REAR CAMERA The Pixel 8 rear camera features its new .5x 12MP ultrawide camera capabilities. Wider than what its predecessor could achieve, the field of view gets up to 125.8 degrees in comparison to the Pixel 7’s 114 degree field of view (.7x 12MP). Of course, when you’re using the ultrawide camera, you lose the higher quality of the main camera which on the Pixel 8 has a f/1.68 aperture, an improvement on the f/1.85 aperture on the Pixel 7. Main camera features like the 82 degree field of view, the sensor size, and the Super Res Zoom (8x) are identical to the previous version. Looking into the specs more, I would have liked to try the Pixel 8 Pro, so if you’re wanting more from the rear camera, I’d check out the Pixel 8 Pro for the high quality ultrawide and telephoto lenses. My favorite upgrade to the rear camera is the macro (close-up) capabilities. The Pixel 7 will warn you “back up to improve focus”, but the Pixel 8 invites you in and auto-switches to macro mode when you’re close enough to a subject. I love taking pictures of my food and I’m excited to take closeups with this new setting. FRONT CAMERA The front camera still has .7x wide like its predecessor but the ultrawide field of view of the Pixel 8 is 95 degrees, an improvement on 92.8 degrees. The Pixel 8 has a 10.5 MP Dual PD selfie camera, while the Pixel 7 has 10.8 MP. If I’m being honest, I was really hoping for a bigger improvement on the front camera. It’s just so much more convenient to use. It’s still a decent camera and I’m happy to have it. GOOGLE PHOTOS EDITING The edit function in Google photos offers some great options for those who want a comprehensive edit from the suggestions, which I think are awesome. It also caters to users who like to edit with even more precision like altering brightness, highlight/shadows, contrast, etc. The Magic Eraser is one of my favorite editing tools that makes it easy to remove certain parts of a photo, otherwise I’d have to access the photo on desktop to Photoshop it, and that’s a whole process that I can bypass if the edit is simple enough. The Magic Eraser will automatically make removal suggestions, and I use them about half the time. I’m blown away by the Magic Editor. I am able to select subjects and adjust their size to make them bigger and fit better in a photo. I am so grateful at how simple it is to do this on mobile. The process to do this on a desktop would easily take 10x longer. The Sky tool is pretty neat too. I used the Sky presets for some of my Disney castle pictures and I feel like I got some good options, which I’ll share in the photos attached to this review. I get plenty of use out of a lot of the editing features. Even something as simple as the crop tool is super helpful to get different aspect ratios and leveling adjustments. Although I never really found the unblur tool to be super useful for the photos I tried it with, I get a lot of use out of other editing tools and features. PROS I love the customization on this phone. I am able to have multiple apps running at once and any normal use is met with an acceptable amount of battery loss. The key here is “normal use”. I love that this phone is small, it fits in my pockets and in my bags neatly. I think the camera on this phone is incredible and I’m happy to use it for future events and outings. I like the spam filters for phone calls and messages - it’s so helpful to be able to use Google Assistant to screen calls. I dodge so much spam this way. CONS I find that Pixel phones can get a little hot at times. Granted, I do have to go in and make sure I’ve closed my apps, but sometimes it just gets too hot to the touch. It tends to heat up if it’s on my dashboard as well, so I can’t always use it for maps if the phone gets too hot in the car (despite AC). This might be a weird one but, the fingerprint light is too bright. It was too bright on the last two phones and at this point, I won’t expect this to change moving forward. ALL IN ALL I will likely keep coming back to Pixel phones and would recommend this phone to techies, novices, and everyone in between. Photos Editing is so much more fun when you have tons of settings to adjust and filters to choose from.

I purchased this phone for my dad really excellent phone case

Great phone, love the color, and the new call screening feature

Will never buy a Google phone or a cell phone from Best Buy again!!! Bought as a Christmas present for my wife during black friday sales. Web site advertises extended return policy during holiday. Phone screen did not work correctly when we activated it after Christmas. Tried to get refund from Best Buy but they refuse to take it back. Have sent in to Google to get repaired but came back in same condition. Google refused to refund purchase price says I have to go back to Best Buy. Been over a month phone still not fixed. I strongly recommend avoiding both companies.

I really liked this phone but I've only had it for 7 months and it's started to break. The screen periodically turns green and pixelated making it impossible to use. To turn it off our restart it I cannot just press a button but have to navigate through a settings menu which makes trying to fix it even more difficult. I followed the repair instructions provided by Google and the issue persists. I have always kept it in a protective case and it has sustained no damaged. It was a great phone, but I'm extremely disappointed that something so expensive is designed to break so quickly.

The Google Pixel 8 is the latest sub-flagship smartphone from Google, and the third iteration in the modern series of Pixel phones that use the Google-designed Tensor processor. The combination of those processor smarts and software finesse has never been better, and Google has really dialed in the fit and finish of its phones this year. The big headline for me with the Pixel 8 is the new 50-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization. In my testing, Pixel 8 photos look far superior to those I can take with my Pixel 7 Pro from last year. Simply put, I have never seen smartphone photos that look this good. They are sharper, brighter, with more dynamic range and detail than any other smartphone camera I've used. See my attached pictures for examples. And the photography fun doesn't stop when you click the shutter button. New for the Pixel 8 series is Google's Best Take feature, which uses the camera to take a burst of photos and allows you to choose the best facial expressions from all the different shots, composing group photos that look great, every time. Another new feature is Magic Editor, which uses cloud-based AI to help you do amazing things with Pixel photos. You can remove people and objects, rearrange things, increase the size of certain components in the shot, and Google AI intelligently fills in the background. The things you can do with Pixel 8's camera are astounding, and Pixel 8 Pro can do even more (more on that later). There are many other top reasons to choose Pixel 8, including: • Google's version of Android, which is clean and perfectly integrated with other Google services. • AI features, like call screening, live translate, and new AI wallpapers that put you in (some) control over what gets displayed behind your icons. • The new version of Face Unlock, which uses just the front-facing camera to do a very secure scan of your facial features and can be set to skip the lock screen and get you right to work after you glance at the phone. • Pixel 8 is an excellent small phone for people who love small phones. It's light and easy to use with one hand. • The matte aluminum metal frame is really nice, and the power and volume buttons are perfectly clicky. • The Pixel's rear camera bar keeps the phone from wobbling when lying on a table and provides a perfect place to rest your finger. • The new 120Hz 1080p "Actua" display is super color accurate gets very bright. • The Pixel 8 series comes with 7 years of operating system and security updates. One very important thing to point out is that Pixel phones in general may be the best phones for kids. Google's Family Link app is incredibly useful and usable piece of software, and lets you set app and web permissions with an amazing level of granularity. Furthermore, with Pixel, you know you're getting the latest security updates to keep the phone up to date and less susceptible to hacking. You can get a Pixel 8 for yourself now and know that it will be ready for your kid to use in a year or two, and they can keep using for years after with security and O/S updates. Things to know if you already have an older Pixel phone: • Pixel 8 is an iterative upgrade. The main camera lens is way better, the Tensor 3 is a bit faster and more capable, and the 8-series exclusive features are really neat. Other than that, older Pixels are fine, and still get many of the great features of Android 14. • Trade-in values for older Pixel phones were decent at launch, but quickly fell to pretty low, so consider your options when it comes to dealing with your old phone. • The new setup process is a breeze, and as long as you have a recent backup, you can restore all your apps, SMS, MMS, and even your Authenticator account, all without your old phone nearby. If you don't yet have a Pixel phone, get ready for the best version of Android, with lots and lots of Google's best ideas and AI expertise baked in. Also get ready for the best smartphone camera and editing tools. Finally, get ready to fall in love with Pixel. There are also some drawbacks here: • The Pixel 8 has the same processor as the Pixel 8 Pro, but gets fewer software features because Google wants to differentiate its top flagship product. I hope Google will amend this in a software update in the next 6 months or so (around when the Pixel 8a launches would be nice). • The Pixel 8 doesn't do an amazing job with memory management, and despite its 8 GB of RAM, it aggressively closes background apps. In my experience, this happened to Pokemon Go when I tried to take a few photos. Google needs to improve this in a future update • When used all day, battery life is just average. However, Google's Battery Saver and Extreme Battery Saver features work well if you need to keep your phone going with a depleted battery. • The fingerprint reader is under the screen, and uses a bright light to visually match your fingerprint. I love it and have never had a problem using it, but some people report that it doesn't work very well for them. I have heard that people with drier skin can sometimes have problems.