Ten years of Pixel, and an iPhone 18 Pro verdict that 'isn't a contest'

Damien Wilde's comparison of the two new flagships passed 100,000 views, while the October Pixel update arrived without the bigger QPR1 release owners were waiting for.

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iPhone 18 Pro vs. Pixel 11 Pro isn't a contest.

Is the Pixel 11 Pro worth leaving an iPhone for? 9to5Google spent the week circling that question from every side, and the comparison that asked it most directly, "iPhone 18 Pro vs. Pixel 11 Pro isn't a contest.", became the most watched of its five uploads, past 100,000 views. The video casts both phones as careful, iterative updates and finds the real difference in the cameras, from sensor size to an f/1.4 aperture, before weighing Apple's A20 against Google's Tensor G6.

The comments read like a support group for switchers in both directions. Some viewers left iPhones after a decade and more and say they have no regrets. Others went the other way, tired of Pixel performance. One recurring complaint is that the new camera looks stay locked to the newest phones instead of reaching older Pixels by update. And plenty of people noticed the title's typo before it was fixed.

Around it, the channel kept its Pixel focus. A 45-day review of the Pixel 11 Pro is still drawing the most steady interest among the week's longer pieces. "10 years of Pixel: The good, the bad, and the ugly." goes back to the original 2016 phone, by way of the much-loved 3a and 4a. Ben Schoon filled in for Damien on the Pixelated podcast. The newest upload, the October update bulletin, is a mixed one for owners: some bug fixes, and the bigger QPR1 release still on hold. It is already the channel's fastest mover.

Overall the channel ran at about half its usual daily pace and added around a thousand subscribers. Among the tech review channels near its size, only İncelemedeyim and HotshotTek gathered more views over the week. Ten days on, a Samsung video, "One UI 9 is absolute fire.", is still pulling in steady views on a channel named for Google.

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The videos drawing views on 9to5Google right now

Pixel 11 Pro: Software is built DIFFERENT96,240 views · 2026-10-02 Pixel Update Bulletin: October 2026!55,319 views · 2026-10-07 10 years of Pixel: The good, the bad, and the ugly.39,850 views · 2026-10-04 50 Days Later, It's Still a Phone6,134 views · 2026-10-02 One UI 9 is absolute fire.809,364 views

The numbers

Here is how 9to5Google's week looks in numbers.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels

İncelemedeyim

2,660,969

HotshotTek

1,218,052

9to5Google

1,006,482

Andrew Ethan Zeng

738,691

GregsGadgets

445,145

Oliur / UltraLinx

298,919

Katie Steckly

176,570

This Does Not Compute

119,154

TechMe0ut

65,357

subscribers

434,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

124,142,714

views per day

68,719

typical day: 130,497

this week's videos (first-day views)

iPhone 18 Pro vs. Pixel 11 Pro isn't a …

57,098

Pixel 11 Pro: Software is built DIFFERE…

47,672

50 Days Later, It's Still a Phone

3,645

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

This Does Not Compute

474,000

Oliur / UltraLinx

465,000

Andrew Ethan Zeng

444,000

HotshotTek

437,000

9to5Google

434,000

GregsGadgets

419,000

Katie Steckly

405,000

TechMe0ut

403,000

İncelemedeyim

393,000

As of October 8, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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