Google Pixel and Pixel XL

Google Recently announced it’s two new smartphones the Pixel and the Pixel XL which isn’t made by any phone manufacturer, but Google itself has made the new line of phones. The Pixels have replaced the Nexus lines. The Google Pixel will come with Android 7.1 Nougat out of the box.

Not only it’s the first phone with the Google Assistant built-in but also it has the highest rated smartphone camera ever tested on DxOMark having a mobile score of 89. It is particularly strong in providing a very high level of detail from its 12.3MP camera, with relatively low levels of noise for every tested lighting condition. It also provides accurate exposures with very good contrast and white balance, as well as fast autofocus.

The Pixel’s strong scores under a wide range of conditions make it an excellent choice for almost any kind of photography. As with any small-sensor device, results are excellent in conditions with good and uniform lighting. But in addition, images captured indoors and in low light are very good and provide a level of detail unexpected from a smartphone camera.

It also has a headphone jack !

Pixel Tech Specs:

• Display

  -5.0 inches

  -FHD AMOLED at 441ppi

  -2.5D Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4
• Battery
  2,770 mAh battery

  Standby time (LTE): up to 19 days

  Talk time (3g/WCDMA): up to 26 hours

  Internet use time (Wi-Fi): up to 13 hours

  Internet use time (LTE): up to 13 hours

  Video playback: up to 13 hours

  Audio playback (via headset): up to 110 hours

  Fast charging: up to 7 hours of use from only 15 minutes of charging

Pixel XL Tech Specs:

• Display:
  -5.5 inches
  -QHD AMOLED at 534ppi

  -2.5D Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4

• Battery:
  3,450 mAh battery
  Standby time (LTE): up to 23 days
  Talk time (3g/WCDMA): up to 32 hours
  Internet use time (Wi-Fi): up to 14 hours
  Internet use time (LTE): up to 14 hours
  Video playback: up to 14 hours
  Audio playback (via headset): up to 130 hours
  Fast charging: up to 7 hours of use from only 15 minutes of charging

Both the devices have :

• 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
• 32 or 128GB
• Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 821 (MSM8996 pro)
  Quad Core 2x 2.15GHz / 2x 1.6GHz
  Main Camera –
  12.3MP
  Large 1.55μm pixels

  Phase detection autofocus + laser detection autofocus

  f/2.0 Aperture

• Front Camera –

  8MP

  1.4µm pixels

  f/2.4 Aperture

  Fixed focus
• Video –

  1080p @ 30fps, 60fps, 120fps

  720p @ 30fps, 60fps, 240fps

  4K @ 30fps
• Charging –
  USB Type-C™ 18W adaptor with USB-PD

  18W charging
• OS –
   Android 7.1 Nougat
  Two years of OS upgrade from launch

  Three years of security updates from launch