Google Pixel 7 Pro - 5G Android Phone - Unlocked Smartphone with Telephoto , Wide Angle Lens, and 24-Hour Battery - 256GB - Hazel

I've been with Verizon for years and always bought new phones through Verizon. This is my first unlocked phone purchase. I'm on a Verizon Family Plan and the plan for all lines was upgraded to a 5G Unlimited Data plan not long after 5G went live. I stuck with my 4G-LTE Moto Z2 Play until now when I pulled the trigger on this Google Pixel 7 Pro (512GB). The phone arrived at my door delivered by Amazon Prime next day. After I first turned on and set up the new Pixel 7 Pro I turned it off then I took the SIM card out of my old beat up Verizon Moto Z2 Play and I dropped it into the SIM slot of my new Google Pixel 7 Pro phone, turned the phone back on, and voilà! The phone immediately connected to 4G-LTE initially and I got frowny face, but about 3 minutes later it automatically switched and connected to 5G with 5 bars and I got big smiley face. It's been a solid 5G connection ever since. It was just that easy-peazy for me. The phone is snappy and responsive. Phone calls are crystal clear and sound amazing. The screen resolution and picture is fantastic. Super HD quality when watching 1080P or 4K. The speakers of the phone on speaker-phone sound fantastic, and the speakers sound fantastic even when listening to music or watching a video. The volume goes up very loud and it still sounds very good with little to no volume distortion (depending on the source audio). Bluetooth devices are pairing perfectly and without issues. So far, all the features of the phone work great. Security seems tight and the facial recognition and fingerprints work flawlessly thus far. The camera takes extremely good photos and video and even in very low light they come out very good. I'm trying to think of negatives and I can't really come up with any right now—except maybe that there are a whole heckuva lot of settings of all kinds that you can adjust, which isn't really a negative at all, but it takes a long time to get it all dialed in on an unfamiliar phone. Security options are many which is a good thing. I'm very happy I pulled the trigger on this so far and I'm not quite sure what to make of the 'verified purchase' negative reviews because this Google Pixel 7 Pro rocks. I'll come back and change my rating if that changes.

At a week into ownership, this is running Android 15, and my experience has been all positive. If you're at all concerned about Snapdragon vs Tensor 2 (among similar 2 to 3 generation old phones), don't be. Yes, on paper and in many reviews, you might be lead to believe that the Tensor 2 will never keep up with a Snapdragon phone. I'm not a gamer, and so while that may be true as it applies to A-list games, otherwise in real life usage, this Pixel 7 Pro is fantastic. The form factor, size, weight and build quality are perfect. The battery life is so much better than the Galaxy S21FE that this replaced, it's ridiculous (yes the S21FE has a new battery installed). The variable refresh rate screen not only looks amazing, but contributes to the superior battery life. Network performance (WiFi and 5G) are probably better than any other Android phone I've used. The on-screen fingerprint sensor, though often reported to be finicky, has worked fine for me. Photos look great, and not being a pro photographer, it takes good point and shoot pics. The camera bar on the back is said to scratch easily, but I picked up a case that had a raised lip around it. Problem solved. One other thing that's nice, is that being a Pixel from Google, you get one set of apps with the OS. No "other company" branded browser, gallery, messaging app, wallet, etc. With respect to customization, I have always had (and still do) Nova Launcher on my Android devices, and that suits me fine. Overall, for about $430 (as of Nov 2024), for a 256GB variant, brand new, I don't think you'll find a better phone. Keep in mind too, that all bands for all US carriers are supported (I'm on Mint Mobile), and the native Google Phone app supports visual voicemail (my Samsung did not). I'd absolutely buy it again, and once the Pixel 11 hits, I'll likely go to a Pixel 9.

This is a great phone! Everything is super fast. I have always used flagship android devices, and this is the first one in quite some time where there has been noticeably increased speed and performance from my previous phone. The screen is super crisp, and I love the "Night light" mode that reduces blue light automatically after sunset. The camera is incredible! The zoom allows you to take pictures more clear than 20/20 vision. I can take a picture of a sign that is far enough away that I cannot read it on my own, but the 30x zoom can read it clearly. The stabilization at high zoom is pretty impressive as well. The photo editing features are great also, particularly the unblurring and magic eraser. My only complaint is the battery - the battery life is ok, I can generally get through a day without charging, but it takes a LONG time to charge. Like 3-4 hours to go from 20% to 100% on a wireless charging pad. I highly recommend the Pixel 7 Pro, but would discourage ordering it from Amazon. Amazon sent me the wrong color (exterior bag was labeled with correct color, box inside was different color). This was annoying but normally would not be a big deal. However, returning this device has been a nightmare, with incomplete instructions and unresponsive customer service. For some reason they do not allow the normal drop off process, perhaps because of the battery. The instructions made it seem like UPS was just going to show up randomly and ask for the phone. I have not been contacted by them at all, not sure what to do.

I bought the Pixel 7 Pro 4 months ago (new... not used or from a 3rd party seller), and it has incrementally been causing me to regret buying it. Either I didn't do enough deep-dive research on this phone, or the hype that's been building with the Pixel brand of phones over the years has been fabricated. Either way... lesson learned. My issues with this phone have thus far been: 1) No matter how much adjusting of the screen & display setting, the screen randomly-to-always responds to finger and/or other pressure sensing to cause the screen to light up. Even in my shirt pocket it will randomly "activate", and by the time I have pulled it out, the phone has various apps opened. For transparency, I'm one who prefers to not have a screen lock, therefore I shouldn't have to have one set just to prevent what I just mentioned from happening. Screen lock is supposed to be for security reason... not because the device is glitchy and whatnot. 2) More times than not, when I plug the phone up to a proper charging cable & adapter, or better, it will ding and screen light up every few seconds indicating it's charging like when it is first connected to the charger. Seems like it isn't charging correctly or there's a malfunction in the phone's circuitry. I have tried numerous chargers & cables... same thing. But it isn't every single time... just most of the time. 3) Many times when I am ready to close an app, I have to tap on the bottom screen controls numerous times until it finally responds and does what it's supposed to do. And I do not use a screen protecting cover... just a case enclosure to protect the body and to keep the phone feeling like a wet bar of soap slipping from my hand when holding it. 4) Installing the monthly security updates takes freaking forever! A 40MB - 500MB update should not take very long to install on a current model flagship spec'd phone. It takes so long that the screen timeout feature set to longest possible of 30-minutes (which is absurd that one can't have the option to choose longer like the good ole days). Once the screen times out, the update is paused until you turn the screen back on, which in turn causes the update process to assume you're using your phone and states that the update can't proceed while the phone is in use. You'd think telling the update process to resume would just pick up where it left off and maybe hopefully finish, right?... Nope! It starts all over again! The only way I can get the monthly update to install is to stay in front of my phone to keep an eye on it and to press the Volume up or down button every so often to prevent the screen from timing out and to not accidentally "use" my phone by tapping on the screen or whatever else. It generally takes 1-2 hours to install the update, which is ridiculous! The download part happens smooth & quick, so it's not a Wi-Fi or using cellular connection scenario... it's the installation part. EDIT to #4... God forbid any app on your phone throws up just a simple notification at the top. For instance, today April 10th 2023 while trying to get the 40.97 MB monthly update to install, after an hour went by and it was (is) still installing, my Amazon app had a notification come through, without popping up over the update process mind you... just the icon in the upper left corner, the daggum install process "paused" claiming it can't process the update while the phone is in use. WHAT?!?! So tell me, Google... are your customers expected to have to turn off any & all app background operations, disable all possible notifications/reminders/alerts/etc., text everyone we know to not to attempt to contact you in any way prior to trying to install a month 40 MEGABYTE file that takes 1-2 hours to install?... and every month at that? 5) Bluetooth connectivity... over the past month or so, the Bluetooth will be a 50/50 if it'll connect to any of my Bluetooth devices when it never had a problem before. Even removing & repairing the devices doesn't fix it. I have to try & try many times most of the time now for the phone to connect and stay connected to the devices. Even power cycling the phone (rebooting) doesn't help. 6) Also, over the past couple of months I have noticed that when I video call with someone, it has been getting worse on the battery during those times. What I mean is, when plugging the phone in to recharge while still using the phone. It used to recharge, albeit slowly, while I would be videoing with another, but now it will either just remain at the battery level its at when plugging it in, or even still drop a % or two. Even my older phones still re-charge while in video call use. Understandable that the re-charge would be slower due to device usage of video calling, but now being stagnate or even still discharging? 7) And now, the phone has begun to overheat rapidly when using the phone since the March 2023 security Update. More so when video calling to the point where the phone cuts off... even with the case removed. It'll be so hot I can't even hold the phone until it cools off. I have ruled out the Messenger & Skype apps being the issue since I have other Android phones with the latest app version updates of those, and no battery re-charge drain or overheating issues with those. But it'll also overheat when using other non-video or intense processing apps too in a short amount of time when it never did before. And I always clear out background running apps when I'm done using them every time... so that's not the issue either. What makes this even more astonishingly absurd to me is, Android is a Google OS software and the Pixel line of phones are a Google hardware product... but yet the Android driven Pixel phones are the ones who seem to be arguably suffering the worst in many critical areas. It's almost as if they want to punish customers who chose to pay them money instead of going to a competitor. I'm beginning to think Google is now being ran & operated by BARD. The rest of my complaints are more or less personal nit-picks like... can't remove the date & weather nor the Google search at the bottom from the home screen, can't increase the screen timeout time longer than 30-minutes, no LED indicator when the screen is off if there are new notifications or if the battery is done charging, random out of the blue phone restarts for no rhyme or reason even when there is no updates... to name a few. Sadly, I can't return this purchase given that it's been over 30-days, and Google support is of no help either. So much for having a warranty when they won't honor it. I highly recommend staying away from Pixel phones.

It seems like everyone gave this phone the "phone of the year" honor. I'm not sure why. I used it for a while and then went back to my S22 Ultra. Granted, each phone has it's issues, but S22 Ultra is works better. Works better? Yes. The Pixel 7 Pro has too many bugs. The fingerprint reader, although they say it's better, doesn't work half the time. I can't imagine how bad it was before. Want to use Chrome to surf the web? Sometimes it just refuses to load. You have to jump through hoops to get it working. Want to use face unlock for your banking apps, like on an iPhone - too bad. It doesn't really work. Want to use that camera they brag about? It crashes more than a drunk, elderly, American driving in London. Want the latest updates on your unlocked, non-carrier locked phone? Too bad, there is a good chance that won't happen, if you have certain carriers. I'm not kidding. Somehow your network restricts the updates you can get by MONTHS. My S22 Ultra is more up to date than my Pixel. That's just wrong. If you ignore the bugs, the raw android is mostly okay. It is annoying that you can't add more than 4 quick apps to your home page. I also wish you could organize your app tray, instead of having a big list. Those are minor things though. The thing that gets me the most is your short cuts. The big bubbles seem awkward at times and having to double swipe to get to the settings shortcut is annoying. The hardware seems fast enough, but it did take nearly two hours to install a security update. That seems excessive. At least everything was done in the background until the reboot prompted. This phone weighs less than the S22 Ultra. It's noticeable. If you light a lighter weight phone, this is a better option. Now for the biggest plus for this phone - the price. I got this phone in brand new condition for under $600. That's a lot less than the S22 Ultra. That brings the value you get to almost that of the S22 Ultra. It's almost good enough to put up with the bugs.

I'd like to start with I received my Google Pixel 7 pro on time and brand spanking new! My bf and I were very worried due to the mixed reviews. Although some of the reviews were bad I did not share the same experience. The box is secure with two white stickers on each side which is how the Google pixels are sold. When I took my phone out of the box it was in perfect mint condition and came with a USB c to USB cable. Beautiful and sexy design love the chrome detail on the camera. Charger: I did have to purchase a charging block for it. The battery was not charged so I charged it and it quickly came to 100 %. Battery lasts like a good day and a half and probably would last longer if I didn't use it so much. *** Now it did have a att card in there (like reviews stated) but I found out that an unlocked att phone that's brand new does look like that from att. ( Yes I physically called att to get to the bottom of this) The reps assured me that the seller has brand new unlocked att phones which are compatible with any carrier. Not dishonest seller like reviews had me assuming. Activation: My bf called our service provider Metro and the transfer to my phone was very fast. Took him 10 minutes and my phone was up and running. After I turned on and off my new phone like 2 times the phone was active. Functionality: I am very impressed with the speed of this phone. It's fast! If you like playing games or are like me and do everything from your phone this phone is great! Internet surfing, and multitasking is a breeze. So many free apps from note taking, games, reading, shopping, financial and more. Camera: This phone takes absolutely beautiful pictures. I even had no makeup and it looked decent not fuzzy or grainy or lack luster. When you tap the screen you can adjust contrast and brightness with out having to click edit separately. There are also really cool editing features I have not tried yet that look really cool.Still learning this phone and the many features I haven't discovered. There are a lot of cool features like you can circle something on the screen at any time and it looks it up. Phone calls are written in words on the screen for people who are hard of hearing during call. Very cool backgrounds during Google meet call very similar to face time features. I feel Google meet is a lot better than FaceTime (don't come for me lol). I am a previous iPhone user and there are some features of this phone that are simply better. Cost: This phone is a budget phone and still up to date with current updates and is a new phone. I refuse to spend a mortgage/rent payment on a phone. I just simply can't bc these phone prices are just insane for getting a current year phone. This one is last year's model + everything I wanted and more. Display: phone is very bright and the display is beautiful. Brightness can be adjusted bc it is a very bright phone which is great. Colors are vivid and clear making photo experience and gaming more fun. Sound: The sound is pretty loud. During calls I find myself lowering the volume. Whether you are using speaker phone or regular audio. Google users: if you do everything on Google and love the Google platform it intensifies your enjoyment. Everything transfers over and all your pictures and routine bc a breeze! I will update you all later on but at this point I couldn't say more good things ;) Just get it. ** I am taking time to address all the negative feedback that almost deterred me from buying an amazing phone. I had the phone for three weeks and will be back with updates. Get yourself an OtterBox or something like it bc this phone has glass backing and if your like me than order it the same time you get the phone. *** Update May 24,2025 It's been a year since my last review and this phone is still awesome. It may be because I'm an avid Google user. If you are too you will get Mac benefits from this phone. Durability is top notch I have dropped this phone some water has got on it and no issues. Get an otter box and screen and camera protectors. I dropped my phone and thankfully I had the camera protector on it which shattered but my camera did not. If your clumsy it is worth the money. Get it Battery with full charge last a full day. I noticed by turning off some of the background apps and using battery saver it can lengthen that time. No issues with battery at this time. Get yourself a fast charger also worth the investment. My phone charges to full in 15 - 20. Don't let your phone charge for hours or to a full 100 will damage your battery. Allow to charge to 90-95. Display quality is top notch and very bright! You may find yourself dimming the brightness on this phone. The color quality is great but it's very bright I often find myself keeping the phone dimmed. This phone functionality is still fast and you get updates. Opening apps to play games, write emails, or edit photos is a breeze. All in all for price point and enjoyment of use 10/10. Still highly recommend. This is not a paid review either just very impressed with my purchase.

This is my second 7 Pro. I love this phone. It is easy to set up and works well. The screen size is perfect. I'm based in South Africa and there is no issue with that.

"I don't write many reviews, especially on Amazon, and I was initially skeptical about this phone. However, after using it for 14 days and learning how to make smart changes, I truly love it. I can confidently say that it is the smartest smartphone so far this year for the price you are paying. You may be wondering what excites me about this phone. First of all, you should expect some bugs, but Google is good at fixing them. There are always new features being introduced, and with new features come new bugs. So, what do I love and dislike about this phone? One of the things I love is the incredibly accurate dictation through speech, even with my accent. I have used Samsung phones for several years, and while they have a much sharper and darker contrast ratio than other Android phones, their software experience is not as good as Google's. In my opinion, the Pixel 7 Pro is self-learning and adapts to you. It also emphasizes the most important features of a phone - the phone and texting functions - which is something I missed with all the extra features and bloatware on Samsung phones. For example, even after just 10 days of learning how to optimize this phone, I have never been happier with a phone and it is such a joy to take with me everywhere. I have been dictating texts with no errors so far. The only things I don't like about this phone are the not as sharp screen compared to Samsung, and the Bluetooth quality is not as good. However, if you use adaptive sound, it improves the Bluetooth quality through your headset. Despite these minor issues, the additional features and ongoing support from Google make this phone well worth the price I paid. I did purchase a Samsung Z Fold 4, but now I have to sell it because this phone is so much more intuitive. When you buy this phone, make sure to spend an hour learning how to use it and making important changes before deciding if it is right for you. If you are looking for a simple phone with amazing functionality at a basic level - just phone and text - this is, in my opinion, the the best choice."