# Pixel 3 / 3 XL : Review embargo lifted **URL:** \ **Category:** Tech & Gaming\ **Created:** [15 October 2018 16:56 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539 "2018-10-15T16:56:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![simonb](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/simonb/32/78198_2.png) [@simonb](https://community.monzo.com/u/simonb)\ **Post date:** [15 October 2018 16:56 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/1 "2018-10-15T16:56:39Z")
Reviews should start coming in thick and fast! > **[Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL review: the best camera gets a better phone](https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/15/17973484/google-pixel-3-xl-review-camera-features-screen-battery-price-photos)** > > Taking it up a notch ---
**Author:** ![simonb](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/simonb/32/78198_2.png) [@simonb](https://community.monzo.com/u/simonb)\ **Post date:** [15 October 2018 19:14 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/2 "2018-10-15T19:14:51Z")
> Google is at the top of its game when it comes to hardware. While hardware may only be a queer little sideline for the company, it has never rolled out better devices. This phone is amazing. The operating system is amazing. There are a few apps on the iPhone that I wish this Pixel 3 had (FaceTime, for example) but **overall I strongly prefer this device to the new iPhone** > **[The Google Pixel 3 Is A Very Good Phone. But Maybe Phones Have Gone Too Far.](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mathonan/google-pixel-3-review-android)** > > We are captives to our phones, they are having a deleterious effect on society, and no one is coming to help us. On the upside, this is a great phone. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBeldam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/chrisbeldam/32/69477_2.png) [@ChrisBeldam](https://community.monzo.com/u/ChrisBeldam)\ **Post date:** [15 October 2018 19:44 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/3 "2018-10-15T19:44:24Z")
The few reviews I’ve seen are generally positive although not about the notch! I do agree with the majority of reviews I’ve seen though, not worth the upgrade for pixel 2 xl owners unless you really want to have the “newest” phone ---
**Author:** ![adztaylor](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/adztaylor/32/109979_2.png) [@adztaylor](https://community.monzo.com/u/adztaylor)\ **Post date:** [15 October 2018 19:46 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/4 "2018-10-15T19:46:20Z")
An A+ rating from display mate, I guess LG has learned a thing or two from last year. ---
**Author:** ![ianlyon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/ianlyon/32/54211_2.png) [@ianlyon](https://community.monzo.com/u/ianlyon)\ **Post date:** [15 October 2018 19:51 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/5 "2018-10-15T19:51:07Z")
I’m really, really tempted by this. It looks like an excellent phone. But I’m just _so_ deep in the Apple ecosystem right now. I had the Pixel 2 XL for quite a while and just never found myself using it as much as I’d have liked to since it was such a hassle to switch…maybe next year 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![anon68113556](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@anon68113556](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon68113556)\ **Post date:** [15 October 2018 23:14 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/6 "2018-10-15T23:14:12Z")
I’d really like to go for a Pixel, but I’ve got a Motorola that has a 5.7 inch screen - and so I feel quite comfortable with that screen size. I don’t fancy going for the 3XL because of the notch, so that leaves the 3 which has a screen size of 5.5 inches. I guess going down from 5.7 to 5.5 is hardly anything, right? And there’s always the Pixel 2XL which is cheaper and isn’t much bigger than 5.7 (it’s a 6 inch screen, I believe?). Hmm, decisions… ---
**Author:** ![brandscill](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/brandscill/32/10153_2.png) [@brandscill](https://community.monzo.com/u/brandscill)\ **Post date:** [16 October 2018 02:43 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/7 "2018-10-16T02:43:49Z")
Very much in the same camp as you. The hardware polish isn’t _quite_ there for me to switch just yet. I I currently have a 6S+ and next year will be when I upgrade so we’ll see, it could be the case I switch. ---
**Author:** ![Marky\_S](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/marky_s/32/38963_2.png) [@Marky\_S](https://community.monzo.com/u/Marky_S)\ **Post date:** [16 October 2018 09:32 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/8 "2018-10-16T09:32:45Z")
I’ve seen that the Google pixel had a dongle that transfers files over from iOS to the pixel. I wondered if you have done that? or isn’t as good as it sounds? ---
**Author:** ![ismet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/ismet/32/433_2.png) [@ismet](https://community.monzo.com/u/ismet)\ **Post date:** [16 October 2018 09:38 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/9 "2018-10-16T09:38:28Z")
im currently using a Samsnug Galaxy 6+ Edge and an iPhone 7, seriously considering getting the XL to replace the Samsung… ---
**Author:** ![ianlyon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/ianlyon/32/54211_2.png) [@ianlyon](https://community.monzo.com/u/ianlyon)\ **Post date:** [16 October 2018 09:56 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/10 "2018-10-16T09:56:21Z")
> [@Marky\_S](#): > > I’ve seen that the Google pixel had a dongle that transfers files over from iOS to the pixel. I wondered if you have done that? or isn’t as good as it sounds? It does! But for me, iMessage and a few other services are a _big_ lock in to iOS - as much as I wish they weren’t 😬 ---
**Author:** ![anon10738219](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@anon10738219](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon10738219)\ **Post date:** [16 October 2018 15:18 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/11 "2018-10-16T15:18:14Z")
May have to give this one try, last few android phones have all been Samsungs but would good to go ‘proper’ Android and try a google phone. ---
**Author:** ![phildawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@phildawson](https://community.monzo.com/u/phildawson)\ **Post date:** [17 October 2018 15:38 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/12 "2018-10-17T15:38:50Z")
I’m looking forward to Pixel 4 with the underscreen camera and underscreen fingerprint like the Mi 8 / Oppo R17 and Vivo phones already have. Get rid of any notch/chin nonsense. - [https://www.vivo.com/en/products/v11](https://www.vivo.com/en/products/v11) - [https://www.oppo.com/en/smartphone-r17/](https://www.oppo.com/en/smartphone-r17/) - [https://www.mi.com/en/mi8/](https://www.mi.com/en/mi8/) ---
**Author:** ![Pipefish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Pipefish](https://community.monzo.com/u/Pipefish)\ **Post date:** [17 October 2018 16:24 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/pixel-3-3-xl-review-embargo-lifted/49539/13 "2018-10-17T16:24:28Z")
I read an ifixit article this morning saying they’re Samsung screens (in the XL at least). Google now manufacture the phones ‘themselves’. (Foxcon - same as Apple/iphones)