Last year I had set up a bit of a change. I'd been such a Pixel guy for so long that I was so entrenched in their ecosystem (something I used to give iFolks the gears over) so I tried to swap over to the OnePlus ecosystem for a while. I eventually reverted back to Pixel for reasons. Then when I knew it was time for the Pixel 10 coming in, I realized I hadn't tried the same comparison with the more recent (it was the OnePlus 12 and Pixel 8); so I revisited the test.
OnePlus 13 vs. Pixel 9 Pro
Now, here's the set up, I'd swap phones, watches (OnePlus Watch 2 vs. Pixel Watch 2), earbuds (OnePlus Buds Pro 2 vs. PixelBuds Pro 2). I still was using the OnePlus Pad 2 -- but that's been my daily tablet, always.
I don't want to beat the topic to death or overly nitpick at how one thing does it or not. I just want to give a second perspective from a Pixel guy using another ecosystem.
Long story short; it's possible, 100% it's possible and I could have stayed, but there are just some things that my routine has gotten used to that it's more comfortable for me to have swapped back.
But, let's take a look. What were some of the things I noticed about the OnePlus system:
- Phone
- Battery
- the conversation can almost start and end with this. The 13 has, by far, the best, longest lasting battery out there. I could use the device all day, and forget to charge it overnight and it'd still be 50% by morning. That's insane -- you know how much concern I have over battery, so this test took me a bit to 'get over'
- beyond lasting forever, SuperVOOC or AirVOOC are fast, you don't realize how fast until even at 50% I'd put it on the AirVOOC stand and 30 minutes was all it needed.
- Software features
- Sometimes when you'd swipe down on, say Facebook Messenger, instead of getting just the little spot for you to reply, you'd get a whole mini floating window; neat, but sometimes a little more intrusive than what you wanted; and I couldn't really figure out what makes it do it one way or the other
- The 'smart tray' where you can 'slide out' a list of app for easy access; I do like it. I use it on the tablet all the time (especially for aps that aren't 'tablet friendly'), but I find on the phone I use it less.
- Performance
- Not a hiccup in the road -- and with 512GB of storage space, I'm never gonna worry about space
- Text messages
- for some reason it wasn't 'verified' to send RCS, so I'd do that process over and over. Turns out there's some "Google verifier" that I'd never seen before; turned it off and it worked instantly. Never had that problem with any other device before.
- Camera
- It's good, but I do think the Pixel is better
- Watch
- Battery
- Again... OnePlus has the battery magic and it lasts days. No more worry if it's going to make the end of the day.
- Services
- Google Fit just never 'connected' (tho' I think this a problem with Fit being a nearly forgotten service of Google) - a seven though I had steps registered, had Health Connect connected just always said 0 ... always.
- Notifications
- It has this thing with Gmail where I'll delete the message on the watch. An dit'll be a few seconds before it goes away. Enough where you'd like be able to scroll back up a bit and wonder if you have to hit delete again (did I hit it the first time?) and then it goes away. It's kind of a bit of a nuisance. Sometimes it doesn't delete.
- Ear Buds
- Sound
- It was okay, wouldn't say it's better, wouldn't say it's worse
- Interface
- Just do not like the 'pinch' method
- Tablet
- Only thing I can think of here (as the Pixel Tablet barely compares) is that now using a OP phone with the tablet I can make use of the NFC tag to mirror. Tho' that seems to be a little hit or miss if I'm mirroring the screen or just the app in a window. Not as super intuitive as I would have liked so I didn't really use it all that often
Again, these aren't meant to be a 'nitpick' more of a "this is what I found odd, based on my use case with a Pixel".
Anything you've noticed?
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