{"id":3560,"date":"2020-10-28T17:44:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T08:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2024-02-18T21:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T12:10:33","slug":"review-google-pixel5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/en\/review-google-pixel5\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Pixel 5 hands-on review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>    <div class=\"say left\">\n      <p class=\"faceicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/img_5ed4d800ef7f5.png\" width=\"110\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n      <div class=\"chatting\"><div class=\"sc\">\nWhat about the Google Pixel 5? A device that could actually work?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<p>Hi, I\u2019m Takafu.<\/p>\n<p>The Google Pixel5 looked good in terms of specs and design, and<br \/>\nI was extremely curious about the fact that this is a Google-manufactured smartphone that develops <strong>Android<\/strong> above all else, so I bought it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/EB700AD0-E32F-4971-8BEC-B952CD63A646_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"EB700AD0-E 32F-4971-8BEC-B952CD63A646_1_105_c\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I bought this one as a sub terminal.<br \/>\nIt was such a good device that it was a waste of a sub-device that I&#8217;d like to write an article about my impressions of it.<\/p>\n<h2>Why did you buy it? <\/h2>\n<p>I usually use an iPhone X.<br \/>\n<strong>It is convenient to have an Android device for app development<\/strong>, so I decided to have Android as a sub device.<\/p>\n<p>I have been using the HUAWEI P20 lite as a sub-device for that device until now.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/16031006941239.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The HUAWEI P20 lite was used for about two years, but it was slow to run <span class=\"red\"><strong>only because it was a low-spec device<\/strong><\/span>, wasn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>It was like a specs for the price.<\/p>\n<p>When I was using iPhone X, I could not stand the sluggishness to the extent that it is a sub terminal, so I decided to replace it with the announcement of Pixel5.<\/p>\n<p>Because Pixel5 CPU is a Snapdragon 765G, <strong>in terms of specs<\/strong> the position of a middle-end device, it is the case that<br \/>\nI was a little apprehensive about replacing it for a crunchy operation, but<\/p>\n<p>I bought it with the faint hope that it would be reasonably crisp since the memory was a threatening 8GB.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, my fears were betrayed in a good way \ud83d\ude06.<\/p>\n<h2>What about the Pixel 5&#8217;s 5G support? <\/h2>\n<p>As it turns out, the 5G areas of each carrier are not yet nearly as widespread as they should be.<br \/>\n<strong>It&#8217;s not an exaggeration to say that 5G is almost unusable as of October 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I tweeted the following about 5G areas on the three major carriers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>5G finally available on iPhone 12! I thought I&#8217;d like to know what&#8217;s going on, but the 5G status of each company is not at all.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll put up the 5G status sketch and links for each company.<\/p>\n<p>docomo\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cD8SglXw6E\">https:\/\/t.co\/cD8SglXw6E<\/a><br \/>\nau\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WPm87w0gyy\">https:\/\/t.co\/WPm87w0gyy<\/a><br \/>\nsoftbank\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DGbwdE6wN8\">https:\/\/t.co\/DGbwdE6wN8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If so, though, I&#8217;m an iPhone X and I&#8217;ll be replacing it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tbu7JsDq0C\">pic.twitter.com\/Tbu7JsDq0C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Suzuki Takafumi @ Engineer Blogger (@kahoo365) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kahoo365\/status\/1316223326369411072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"> October 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As you can see on the map, it&#8217;s not very popular at all.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, I&#8217;m using the budget SIM Y!mobile for my mobile line.<\/p>\n<p>Although Y!mobile doesn&#8217;t have the same speed as the three major carriers (docomo\/au\/softbank), it&#8217;s a sub-brand of softbank, so it&#8217;s fast enough for my needs. The monthly rate is also cheap.<\/p>\n<p>What makes me happy about Y!mobile is that you can easily add a dedicated data line with the contract called &#8220;Share Plan&#8221;.<br \/>\nWith the Smart Phone Plan L, you can add up to 3 data-only child lines per month for free.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s a great match for people like me who use sub devices like Android and cellular versions of the iPad.<\/p>\n<p>This time, I only had to replace the SIM card of the Y!mobile share plan on the Pixel 5 with the old device.<\/p>\n<h2>I inserted a Y!mobile SIM card into the Pixel5! <\/h2>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I inserted a Y!mobile SIM card into it.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1E10312A-23BF-4B9D-9956-85261803A4E6_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"1E10312A- 23BF-4B9D-9956-85261803A4E6_1_105_c\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/16031043749437-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I inserted the Y!mobile SIM card, <strong>I was able to use it without any additional settings, just inserting it<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a SIM-free device!<\/p>\n<p>And the download speed is 32Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s a speed you can afford.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/16031045037495.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>I liked this part of the Pixel 5<\/h2>\n<p>Here I will introduce what I personally think are the best points of the Pixel 5.<\/p>\n<h3>Everything works smoothly<\/h3>\n<p>.<br \/>\nI bought it because I was fed up with the HUAWEI P20 lite&#8217;s chunky feel, as mentioned above.<br \/>\nThe Pixel 5 runs pretty crisp overall!<\/p>\n<p>We measured the benchmark and compared it to the HUAWEI P20 lite.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"sng-box box20\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/35D7B98B-8199-4898-A7E4-2CC86E5659A4_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"35D7B98B- 8199-4898-A7E4-2CC86E5659A4_1_105_c\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">3.7 times more single-core than the P20 lite! <\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the P20 lite, it feels like it&#8217;s sluggish, even when flicking text in and out.<br \/>\n<strong>Pixel 5 gives the impression that even the flick of a letter is snappy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>It&#8217;s quite comfortable. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We had some concerns with the Snapdragon 765G CPU, but the Snapdragon 765G is perfectly comfortable for normal use.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video comparison between the P20 lite and the Pixel 5 with a sliding Yahoo top page.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8a5DeiX9W0?playsinline=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\" allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The P20 lite isn&#8217;t completely on top of it and it&#8217;s crunchy, but the Pixel 5 is great at tracking the slime.<\/p>\n<h3>Just the right weight<\/h3>\n<p>The P20 lite felt like it was too light to be dropped, but this weight on the Pixel 5 is exactly the right weight.<\/p>\n<p>The nominal value is 151g, but the actual measurement was 148g.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ED349059-F0C4-4AA5-84F4-FB28E4310D64_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"ED349059-F 0C4-4AA5-84F4-FB28E4310D64_1_105_c\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think this weight of around 150g is still the most comfortable for me.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"sng-box box20\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FA38A49F-41E1-4505-A684-C03847D6631E_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"FA38A49F- 41E1-4505-A684-C03847D6631E_1_105_c\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">If I were an adult male, I&#8217;d love the feeling of being able to fit it all in my hand and operate it with only one hand.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s nice and thin.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"sng-box box20\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/16D8B60F-8928-4A7F-95E2-3D3A1A3900EB_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"16D8B60F- 8928-4A7F-95E2-95E2-3D3A1A3900EB_1_105_c\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Thinness is 8 mm. <\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3>The back button is gone! There was a way to go back to the old 3 buttons.<\/h3>\n<p>The familiar &#8220;back button, home button, and app switch button&#8221; in Android are gone, and by default, the<\/p>\n<p>Back to action \u2192 Swipe from left to right<br \/>\nBack to Home\u2192Swipe up from the bottom<br \/>\nSwitch apps \u2192 Swipe up from bottom to top to stop your finger.<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly the same as the iPhone. This is exactly the same as the iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>I thought &#8220;Wow, it&#8217;s just like the iPhone, so it&#8217;s easy&#8221; but it was still hard to use on Android.<\/p>\n<p>However, I was able to turn this back on in settings.<\/p>\n<p>Go to Settings app, go to &#8220;System&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;Gestures&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;System Navigation&#8221; and select &#8220;3 button navigation&#8221;.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/16030915821903.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Android is still the way to go!<\/p>\n<h3>We can share batteries! <\/h3>\n<p>Using the phone itself as a wireless charger is this technology that provides battery power, but it seems to have quite a few opportunities to be used.<\/p>\n<p>I can charge my iPhone X normally.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3682-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3682\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was able to power the AirPods Pro.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/B6775732-97F7-48B9-9148-06239F779C7E_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"B6775732- 97F7-48B9-9148-09148-06239F779C7E_1_105_c\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It will be useful in an emergency.<\/p>\n<h3>I can charge wirelessly! <\/h3>\n<p>The Pixel5 supports wireless charging.<\/p>\n<p>The Pixel 4a (5G), which was released at the same time, doesn&#8217;t come with wireless charging, so I&#8217;m wondering if this difference is significant.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use the following link to get a link to the Pixel5: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3SGr73z\">Anker PowerWave 10 Stand<\/a>&#8221; and was able to charge it right away.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/67CFF003-59F2-4F7A-87DE-7FCF12418793_1_102_o.jpeg\" alt=\"67CFF003- 59F2-4F7A-87DE-7FCF12418793_1_102_o\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kahoo.blog\/review-anker-power-wave-10-stand\/\">[Ranking #1] Anker PowerWave 10 Stand is the best iPhone\/Android wireless charging! <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>As they say, camera shots in the dark are beautiful! <\/h3>\n<p>The Pixel is beautiful in the dark, so I&#8217;ll upload a gallery of images, including night photography photos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-3560-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kahoo.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/PXL_20201020_115555846-scaled.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3508&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;PXL_20201020_115555846&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;\\u591c\\u9593\\u3067\\u3082\\u304f\\u3063\\u304d\\u308a\\uff01&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kahoo.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/PXL_20201020_115428196-scaled.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3509&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;PXL_20201020_115428196&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;\\u591c\\u306e\\u7167\\u660e\\u3082\\u9bae\\u3084\\u304b&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kahoo.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/PXL_20201020_115308590-scaled.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3510&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;PXL_20201020_115308590&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;\\u661f\\u7a7a\\u3082\\u30ad\\u30ec\\u30a4\\u306b\\u64ae\\u308c\\u305d\\u3046&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kahoo.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/PXL_20201020_063401952-scaled.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3511&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;PXL_20201020_063401952&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;\\u663c\\u9593\\u304c\\u30ad\\u30ec\\u30a4\\u306f\\u5f53\\u305f\\u308a\\u524d\\u3067\\u3059\\u306d&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kahoo.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/PXL_20201020_063359903-scaled.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3512&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;PXL_20201020_063359903&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;\\u30ba\\u30fc\\u30e0\\u64ae\\u5f71\\u3082\\u304a\\uff4b&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kahoo.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/PXL_20201020_063225503-scaled.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3513&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;PXL_20201020_063225503&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;\\u5343\\u8449\\u770c\\u67cf\\u306e\\u8449\\u30ad\\u30e3\\u30f3\\u30d1\\u30b9\\u99c5&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kahoo.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/PXL_20201020_063123735-scaled.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3514&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;PXL_20201020_063123735&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;\\u5efa\\u7269\\u304c\\u7f8e\\u3057\\u3044\\u3068\\u3044\\u3046\\u306e\\u3082\\u3042\\u308b&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kahoo.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/PXL_20201020_063608234.MP_.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3515&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;PXL_20201020_063608234.MP&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;\\u30aa\\u30b7\\u30e3\\u30ec\\u306a\\u30de\\u30f3\\u30b7\\u30e7\\u30f3\\u3084&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n<p>At night, it seems that the image was processed by software to create a picture, because it took a few seconds to complete the shooting, instead of taking a quick snapshot.<\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>I found that the Google Pixel 5 is a crisper device than I thought it would be.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I&#8217;d like to reflect on this article.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"sng-box box32\"><div class=\"box-title\">What is GooglePixel5<\/div><div class=\"box-content\">\n<div class=\"list-raw\">\n<ul>\n<li>5G-enabled phones, but 5G is hardly available as of 2020<\/li>\n<li>The quality of the phone is generally well-balanced as a smartphone. Even with a middle-grade CPU, it&#8217;s perfectly fine<\/li>\n<li>Wireless charging, battery sharing, and other features come in handy! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>I found out that this is a phone that is a good choice.<\/p>\n<p>This is a device that I can honestly recommend.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it from the field!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I\u2019m Takafu. 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