To Pixel or not to Pixel, that is the question.

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superchunk said:

Captain_Yuri said:

 

Just wanted to point out the difference in water resistance between Pixel and S7 since it was confirmed it has some resistance since we originally thought Pixel had nothing. Pixel is basically the former standard before Samsung started pushing waterproofing last year. I still think its a non-issue but a nice-to-have.

http://www.dsmt.com/resources/ip-rating-chart/

Pixel is IP53

Solids: 5

Dust Protected

Ingress of dust is not entirely prevented, but it must not enter in sufficient quantity to interfere with the satisfactory operation of the equipment; complete protection against contact.

Liquids: 3

Spraying water

Water falling as a spray at any angle up to 60° from the vertical shall have no harmful effect.

Galaxy S7 is IP68

Solids: 6 (highest)

Dust Tight

No ingress of dust; complete protection against contact.

Liquids: 8 (highest - up to 30m)

Immersion beyond 1m

The equipment is suitable for continuous immersion in water under conditions which shall be specified by the manufacturer. Normally, this will mean that the equipment is hermetically sealed. However, with certain types of equipment, it can mean that water can enter but only in such a manner that it produces no harmful effects.

 

Also - Pixel is rated as the best smartphone camera ever.

"DxO gave the Pixel a score of 89, which is the highest score they have ever given a smartphone."

http://phandroid.com/2016/10/04/the-pixels-camera-received-the-highest-score-ever-on-dxomark/ 

http://phandroid.com/2016/10/04/google-pixel-photo-samples/

Firstly. IP53 is such a weak sauce rating that its not even worth mentioning. Virtually every smartphone may as well have that rating hence why Google or any other smartphone manufacturer doesn't bother to mention it. You can't even find that rating on Google's tech specs on their site, thats how meaningless it is.

Secondly, DxO's smartphone ratings are questionable at best. When the HTC 10 was being announced, HTC used DxO's benchmark site. DxO gave the HTC 10's camera the same score as the Galaxy S7's camera. But guess what? When the phones came out, in virtually every other site, the Galaxy S7's camera performed a lot better than the HTC 10's camera ever could.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/139069-dxo-mark-is-another-smartphone-benchmark-you-can-ignore

And also not to mention that is only 1 site... They don't govern whether it's the best camera or not. And even if it was, it does trade blows with the S7's camera which sits at 88 on their site vs 89. And the S7 has OIS which the pixel doesn't hence in real world tests that isn't produced by a questionable site, it should be a lot more stable.