I am not comparing the Pixel to the likes of OEMs poorly optimised phones Like Samsung but rather to the likes of other OEMs like OnePlus that are more close to AOSP . I had heard great things about Nexus 6 P and 5 but not so great things about 5 X and 6 , probably that is why ? And also a Snapdragon 805 phone vs a 821 it is for sure a huge update so the difference might be clearer as well . My point is compare to phone on par with the Pixel , not below it . Like maybe find a 820821 phone running that newly improved touch latency patch on Android 7 . 1 . Rather than find a 2 years old phone and comparing performance with it . <| sep |> Nope . I ' d like to take a moment to thank Harry Reid for introducing the nuclear option , and reducing the votes needing to shatter blocking measures to 51 .