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LG G8X ThinQ vs. Google Pixel 4 XL: What’s The Better Choice?

In this article, we are going to share a brief comparison between LG G8X ThinQ and Google Pixel 4XL. Both of the phones are flagships from their respective companies.

Although both of the phones are great, they are pretty different from each other from certain perspectives. For this reason, the comparison between both of these phones may get a fairly interesting. You may be looking to buy one of these phones, so we will try to help you make a choice what’s right for you.

Specs

Design

Both the LG G8X ThinQ and Google Pixel 4XL comprise the designs consisting of metal and glass. However, the designs, from the perspective of look and feel, are pretty different. Google Pixel 4XL has sharper corners. The backside of the phone is flat and less slippery due to matt finish on its white and orange variants.

LG G8X ThinQ on the other hand comes with a more modernized design. Overall glossiness in design makes this phone quite slippery. On the top of the display, there is a tear-drop notch which contains the front camera lens. The Pixel 4XL doesn’t have a notch. It instead has a thicker bezel on the top. The bottom bezel is also visibly thicker as compared to those on both sides of the screen.

The physical footprint of the LG G8X ThinQ is fraction short despite the fact that its screen is a little bit bigger than that of the Google Pixel 4XL.

Although the designs of both of the phones are different, they are attractive in their own ways. You can call it a tie in this part of comparison.

Display

Display of both of the phones is based on OLED panels. But both of the displays are different from certain aspects. There is a 6.4-inch fullHD+ (2340 x 1080) OLED panel with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9 in the LG G8X ThinQ. The screen is protected well by the Gorilla Glass 6. The screen supports HDR 10 content. It’s a flat screen display.

The Pixel 4XL has a 6.3-inch QHD+ (3040 x 1440) P-OLED panel and it is also a flat screen display. The aspect ratio, 19:9, of this phone is different. The Gorilla Glass 5 is used as screen protection. The phone’s display supports HDR content. Another major advantage aside from high screen resolution is the 90Hz display which makes scrolling and gameplay breezy smooth.

Displays in both of the phones are great but few added advantages make Pixel 4XL better in this department.

Performance

Aside from the fact that both of the phones come with high-end specs, Pixel 4XL seems to have an upper hand due to better overall optimization. Both of the phones are equipped with Snapdragon 855 chipset and 6GB of RAM. And flash storage available in both of the phones is UFS 2.1.

The stock Android version Pixel 4XL is shipped with is Android 10, which tends to utilize handset’s resources in a better way as compared to Android 9 Pie and LG UX 9.0 on the G8X ThinQ. There might be some stuttering on G8X ThinQ, but it is not quite bothersome.

The day-to-day performance on both of the phones is quite impressive. More specifically, you are not going to be disappointed with both phones’ ability to multitask. However, you are going to find Pixel 4XL a better choice if you are a gamer.

Battery

With a 4,000mAh battery unit, you are going to find LG G8X ThinQ lasting longer than Pixel 4XL, which has a battery of 3,700mAh. You will be able to use both of the phones for a full day if you are just a normal user. But if you a heavy user, you will find LG G8X ThinQ performing quite well.

Another factor that accelerates battery drainage in Pixel 4XL is the 90Hz display in its screen. The average screen-on time that you may get on Pixel 4XL is 5 hours, which is lesser than the average screen-on time that you get on flagships by other manufacturers.

Cameras

The Google Pixel 4XL emerges as the clear winner in camera comparison with LG G8X ThinQ. Both of the devices have 2 cameras on the rear side and one camera on the front. The image quality that you get from Pixel 4XL is amazing. Also, it performs really when in low light.

Although LG G8X ThinQ is an amazing camera phone, the quality of its shots is not comparable with those taken by Pixel 4XL. One area where LG G8X ThinQ is better than Pixel 4XL is its ability to shoot 4K videos at 60fps, while Pixel 4XL can record 4K videos at 30fps. But that is just a minor camera advantage over Pixel 4XL that you can get with LG G8X ThinQ. In all of the other aspects, Pixel 4XL’s camera system is much better than that of LG G8X ThinQ.

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