Pixel 10

I've been running GrapheneOS for 7 months now and I'm not going back. When I bought my Pixel 10 last year, I wasn't actually planning on trying Graphene for a while....until I noticed Google had force bundled a 'Wicked For Good' movie promo theme with the latest security update.

The Librem 5 would be eliminated by the additional requirements of: "I want a CPU that isn't crap while being expensive" "I don't want to pay full flagship prices for sub flagship performance" Adding my own experience: the battery life is also atrocious[0] and simply running a software update on a completely stock librem 5[1] managed to send it into an infinite boot loop that I was only able to recover from by flashing the factory image. [0] Sitting on a shelf, with the screen off, not connected to cellular networks, not being used at all except to check the battery % periodically throughout the day: I got 11 hours of battery life. My pixel 10 has been operating under the same conditions for 4 days and is still at 71% battery life (I'm intentionally draining it down to 50% for long term storage while I wait for the bootloader to unlock in 2 years). [...] No software had been installed, no accounts had been set up, it had never actually been used as a phone. [...]

Day 267 of 365PhotoADay Another photo of the waterfalls at Cascade Springs Utah. I've been using the longexposure setting on the Pixel 10 phone to get the shots as I didn't have my tripod with me. [...]

I got a Pixel 10, installed GrapheneOS. [...]

Yeah I lost my phone some months ago. [...] Now I bought an iPad that stays at home and has all the apps. [...] Also frees me up to experiment a bit more on the Phone side (just got a Pixel 10 with GrapheneOS), although, so far it all just works (with Google Services of course). [...]

It freezes a Pixel 10 on Chrome, Webviews and Brave..! I tried several webview-based browsers, Chrome, and Brave, with them the phone completely freezes (except that the audio keeps going for a bit). I tested webview browsers because by chance the first place I ran it on was Telegram's internal browser (on which the phone does freeze). [...] If someone wants to try, keep in mind that to force restart a Pixel you have to press the power button for 30 seconds (during which you might break out in a cold sweat).

There was a period in time, few years ago, when I was going back and forth between Firefox and Chrome, driven by alternate paranoia about privacy vs performance. [...] Only blip was the one month I was on Pixel 10- turns out they have special hardware optimization for Chrome that cripples Firefox on Pixel 10 otherwise. [...]

Pixel 10 was so bad I had to trade it in after using for a month. [...] This was my first Google device after Nexus days and I was bitterly disappointed with weird performance bugs and battery drain issues. The software does little to make up for the issues. The replacement I got is a Motorola razr ultra folding phone.. [...]

Hijacking this comment because of this line that reminded me of something: "There is a crazy amount of image processing going on behind the scenes in each smartphone" I bought the Pixel 10 because it said it had great zooming capabilities. [...] Basically it takes a very blurred photo and then tries to reconstruct it with AI. [...]

[...] Bought a Pixel 10. [...] But it was filled with ads for “Wicked” which had me looking at my phone with a sneer on my face I couldn't erase - as if someone had smeared feces all over it and threw it on my bed. [...] Now my phone feels like a simple Linux (Void/Arch) PC. [...]

Mine's been mostly fine. Second hand Pixel 10 (previous 2nd hand 8a) and I am extremely happy with an excellent phone. No problems like you've had.

Well, I don't know what it looks like in Apple Wallet, because I use Google Wallet, but for the same reason I'm struggling to imagine the problem because there the cards are pretty large – maybe ⅔ real card size on my Pixel 10 – and in a carousel at the top. So you can see clearly which one the active one is, and just swipe between them if it's not the one you want. Easier than my physical wallet tbh, where they're behind each other, which I say begrudgingly because I've long held out, only starting to use the app a couple of weeks ago.

[...] I'm typing this on an iPhone and my pixel 10 graphene is just to my left. [...] Battery life remains very good. [...]

I've had my Pixel 10 since October and I genuinely love it. [...] The awesome camera, great, bright screen, incredible haptics, and I love Pixel snap. [...]

Been using the 9 pro fold since release, never hit an slow downs, runs a dream and the cameras have been great. I'll be getting an upgrade in the autumn when the 11's are released

I have a pixel 10 I really like it it's all about the software it really is I don't think pixel owners or a lot of people are spect nerds like YouTube bloggers most people just want a phone take some photos on their vacation read their Facebook Instagram and that's about it

Base install of Graphene on Pixel 10 is pretty close to dumb-phone (I speak from experience). Just get the APKs of Signal and Google Cam (or just use Graphene's cam app, it's not bad, supposedly). Pixel 10 has 3 camera, wide/normal/tele. [...]

[...] I've had iphones for many years and they are great but from the day I tried a pixel phone I realised it was right for me and I enjoyed using one more than an iPhone. [...] There is no cue to me in CV laiming my phone has the highest anttu score in history , it will not influence my buying decision. [...] Reliability, userebility, and value for money is what I look for. [...]

My phone died a few weeks ago -- now that the Pixel 11 is out, I managed to pick up a Pixel 10 for extremely cheap ($200), and immediately replaced the OS with GrapheneOS. It's a bit of a pain at first, but it means a totally AI-free (and Google-free, if you want) phone

I've been using GrapheneOS on my Pixel 10 since January. It's amazing how much smoother everything is without all of Google's nonsense, and I like having the confidence knowing that I'm not being tracked when I tell something not to. I don't think I can ever go back to a "stock" android experience.

My main phone is the 9xl pro and my second phone for the gym music and videos is the 10xl pro. Both phones are beautiful and having two logged into my google account works very well with numbers and email, photos, google home etc. when the 11 comes out I plan to swap the 9 for that.

I just got a pixel 10 and traded my iPhone 15 Pro for it. [...] Music and audio sounds way better through headphones or paired to your vehicles stereo. [...]

[...] Myself on the other hand, the only reason i bought pixel 10 is because of the telephoto. I had my kid represents the school in a hockey game, but my phone was lacking zoom capabilities at the time. With pixel 10, i could record his game this year. [...]

I know Google didn't go hard on this 10 the way they should've, it's still a very nice phone that'll make a great companion for at least 5 years before it ever slows down. [...] The battery life could be better on the 9 Pro XL. If it were me, I'd purchase one on eBay new or used for half the price of the 10.

[...] Only issue I've had is the recently open apps menu plays up sometimes. I don't play games on my phone so have no need for all that power anyway. Battery can be amazing for me. [...]

I have the pixel 10 use it for the last few months and I miss my Samsung ultra 24 Pixel always freezes it's screens especially when watching videos I have to restart my phone.

[...] I have had a Samsung S Series for probably the last 15 years. I'm currently working on upgrading my home to a Google smart home and I've been using Gemini for about 6 months. So instead of getting another S25+ less than a week before the new s26 was unveiled, I opted for the Pixel 10. I've had this phone since Monday and I'm blown away by how amazingly intuitive it is. Having Gemini baked into the phone and the capabilities it has with the phone is nuts. For example: I have Galaxy Ear Buds 3 Pro and the audio was kinda crackling. So, I asked Gemini if there was a fix. It told me to turn off the LE Audio in my Bluetooth settings. [...] So, back to Gemini I went. "Where is the LE Audio settings?" I asked, and BAM!! [...]

Can anyone tell me why/ how I had my pixel 6 from the day it came out until the day of release of the pixel 10 — no screen protector — and it got hardly any scratches, almost unnoticeable. Now I've had my pixel 10 since release — no screen protector because I like to raw dawg it — can see soo many scratches when watching a video like this, jarring. How have the screens got worse?!

[...] The only alternative is Google's Pixels, which are getting increasingly ugly from a vendor trustworthiness perspective for a number of reasons, including but not limited to: • Google stopped publishing Pixel device trees and driver binaries with the Android 16 AOSP release (June 2025); the Pixel 10 was the first device shipped under that regime. [...] On the value side, tensor chips have never been particularly performant, Pixel hardware has always been middling at best, and accordingly, Pixels were never a great value to begin with, they were midrange phones priced like they were flagship phones. [...]

I got a Pixel 10 during prime day and installed GrapheneOS with Cape for the provider. [...]

PLZ DO PIXEL 10 PRO TOO... IT HAS NEARLY THE SAME SPECS EVEN BATTERY AS THE XL BUT THE WEIRDEST THING THIS YEAR IS THAT, THE PIXEL 10 HAS A BIGGER BATTERY 🔋 THAN THE PRO 😢... BUT THE PHONES ARE VERRYYY BEAUTIFUL ..BUT I LIKED THE OLDER FLAGSHIPS WITH CURVED METAL SIDES (RATHER THE IPHONE LIKE FLAT SIDES) WITH FLAT SCREENS AND ROUNDED DIAGONAL EDGES LIKE THE PIXEL ALREADY HAS (IT FELT LIKE A MORE NATURAL SHAPE AND IN-HAND FEEL)

The camera seems to be on the same level as the regular Galaxy S series models, but I would have liked to see Google recreate beautiful zoom photography using methods other than a telephoto lens, in true Google fashion. Of course, this would have to be done while maintaining the quality of the regular and ultra-wide-angle cameras, or upgrading the ultra-wide-angle camera like on the iPhone.

I've never understood the issue with having fairly low key performance when it came to the Tensor. Google are playing the long game here, and yes, it's woefully slow now, but they are actually building something that's far more significant long term - having total independence in terms of their hardware. I'd much prefer to build something myself, from the ground up and be less reliant on others rather than having to rely on other for chips/performance. [...]

[...] But for someone with a decent following like Sam, I think he owes it to his viewers to be more unbiased with his opinions, not be so obviously set against any one particular brand without strong foundational reasons which like you said glossy rails or a display without a anti-reflecting display I don't see as good reasons. [...] Having a theoretical performance ceiling that on a mobile phone with constrained cooling and a limited ecosystem of apps, 99% of which aren't designed to push the hardware to that theoretical limit, it's pretty pointless. I like your car analogy, it's one I've used many times myself when debating the point of driving a sportscar capable of crazy 0-60MPH times or top speed figures pushing 200MPH+ when the average speed limit on surface streets is 35-45MPH and highway speeds here in California being mostly 70MPH which most cars built in the last 75 years can comfortably do that don't cost $200K+. [...]

I am currently using a Pixel 10 after my Pixel 7 experienced battery failure (still mad about that). I'm a gacha player and despite having a console I play on my phone more often than not. [...] Although I've noticed, that without bypass charging the device can generate an ENORMOUS amount of heat, so I practically only play using bypass. My other issue is the duration a charge can last me on a daily basis. [...]

I got a Pixel 10 on sale with a great trade-in offer. After 5 months, I’m still happy with the phone, I’ve always preferred the Android system over Apple.

i have not had as many issues with bluetooth throughout my entire life combined as i have had over just the past few months with this pixel 10. wtf

Im using it for 3 months. Will do until pixel 12 comes out! 🎉

T-Mobile recently had a trade-in promotion where you could trade in any phone and get a pixel 10 for "free". The free is in quotes because what actually happens is you get signed up for device financing which spreads the cost of the phone over 2 years, and then they give your account a credit each month for the same amount charged by the device financing. So they'll end up charging you $33 per month and crediting you $33 per month, resulting in the phone actually being free. [...] My free pixel 10 is sitting in its box gathering dust until 2028. [...]

i have used this phone for 3 months now. [...] this happened on 2 different pixel 10. [...]

I have stock Android on a Pixel 10 and RCS group texts don't work here either. Some people just can't be added to the group and some people just don't receive the texts. It's so bad.

Skip Samsung, they tend to not honor warranties and are ROM swap resistant. Google is okay for now (I recently got a Pixel 10, its fine, it can run Graphene). Next year Motorola flagships will also have official Graphene support.

On mobile, or at least on mine (pixel 10) using chrome, the graphs are unreadable and unusable, which is a shame as I'm quite interested in them and I don't have access to a pc at the moment. Would you be able to change that? They steal the scroll/drag touch and turn into a nightmare if zooming / unzooming, and are squashed and unreadable when they first render.

Only silver lining to this is they run a lot of discounts and promotions on them, and it's possible to buy them at a significant discount. Got my first Pixel 10 on a very cheap contract with trade-in promos on top, and got a second Pixel 10 at a 70% discount from the RRP.

Currently sitting on a Pixel 10 that will not let me have root. Stop buying phones from Verizon?

[...] Currently sitting on a Pixel 10 that will not let me have root. [...]

I don't get it either. i have a pixel 10 and it looks exactly like desktop mode, when connected to a docking station...

[...] Both tests on a Pixel 10 btw

On my Pixel 10 using Chrome, it says "Mic needed - refresh to allow" but refreshing doesn't change anything. It's possible that I did something years ago to prevent whatever permission popup might normally be offered?

"But I came crawling back to iOS because I'm weak and the orange iPhone was pretty and the Pixel 10 was boring and I caved to the blue bubble pressure. But the keyboard on this beautiful phone is worse than ever. [...]