Google Pixel - Excellent premium range android smartphone!!

Google Pixel

Key Specifications:

• Aerospace-grade aluminum uni body (glass window on the back); splash and dust resistant (IP53)
• 5.5" AMOLED screen of QHD resolution, 534ppi, 100% NTSC; 2.5D Gorilla Glass 4
• Quad-core Kryo processor, Adreno 530 GPU, 4GB of RAM, Snapdragon 821 chipset
• Google-loaded Android 7.1 Nougat; 2 years of OS upgrades from launch, 3 years of security updates
• 12.3MP camera, f/2.0 lens, 1.55µm pixels, Phase and Laser AF, dual-LED, dual-tone flash; 2160p and 1080p @ 30/60/120fps video capture
• 8MP selfie camera, f/2.4 lens, 1.4µm pixels; 1080p video capture
• Comes with 32GB or 128GB of built-in storage, no expansion
• Fingerprint reader, Android Pay
• LTE Cat 9 or 11 (450Mbps or 600Mbps downlink, 50/75Mbps uplink); Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2 (A2DP, LE), GPS + GLONASS, NFC
• 3,450mAh battery; Fast charging over USB Type-C 

           Google was always a service - the best search engine on Earth. Now under the Alphabet umbrella, Google is becoming a brand - for online services yes, but also for hardware. Leading the charge are the Pixels, Google's equivalent to Samsung's Galaxy or Apple's i-gadgets... and every bit as premium.
True, the Pixel name debuted with a Chrome book, later adopted for an Android tablet, but it will definitely be remembered for the phones. This must be the company's biggest marketing push for a Google-branded hardware product.

It's not just that, Google even put a promo for Allo on the most valuable real estate on the web - Google.com. Allo, if you haven't heard, is the new messaging client (paired with video chat app Duo) and is at the heart of the Pixel phones. The AI assistant available in Allo is more prominently featured in the Pixels and you can talk with it, not just text. Then there's Google Photos, Google Drive and so on. This perfectly mirrors Apple's strategy of iMessage, iCloud, etc.

Software is Google's forte, but the company is new to hardware. With both Apple and Samsung flexing supply chain muscle, will the hardware of the Google Pixel XL live up to the pricing that exactly matches the iPhone 7 Plus (and tops the Galaxy S7 edge)?  

   Tech Specs

 

 

Pixel

Display

5.0 inches

FHD AMOLED at 441 ppi

2.5D Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4

Size

5.6 x 2.7 x 0.2 ~ 0.3 inches

143.8 x 69.5 x 7.3 ~ 8.5 mm

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

5.5 inches

QHD AMOLED at 534ppi

2.5D Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4

6.0 x 2.9 x 0.2 ~ 0.3 inches

154.7 x 75.7 x 7.3 ~ 8.5 mm

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 devices

 

Design

Aerospace-grade aluminum unibody

Glass shade with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 4

Memory

4 GB LPDDR4 RAM

Display Characteristics

100% NTSC

100000:1, super contrast ratio

True black level

Full 24-bit depth or 16.77 million colours

Less than 40% brightness decrease at 30-degree viewing angle

Storage

32 or 128GB

Processor

Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 821

2.15Ghz + 1.6Ghz, 64Bit Quad-Core

Main camera

12.3 MP

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

In-stream video

1080p @ 30fps, 60fps, 120fps

720p @ 30fps, 60fps, 240fps

4K @ 30fps

Sensors

Proximity / ALS

Accelerometer/Gyrometer

Magnetometer

Pixel Imprint – Back-mounted fingerprint sensor for fast unlocking

Barometer

Hall effect sensor

Android Sensor Hub

Advanced x-axis haptics for sharper/defined response

Charging

USB Type-C™ 18W adaptor with USB-PD

15W - 18W charging

Ports and slots

USB Type-C™

USB 3.0

3.5 mm headset jack

Single Nano SIM

Media

Single bottom-firing speaker

3 mics

Noise suppression

Connectivity

Supports up to CAT 12 (600Mbps DL / 75Mbps UL) depending on carrier support

GPS

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 2x2 MIMO

Bluetooth 4.2

NFC

Device Variants (SKUs)

Quite Black, Very Silver

Inbox

USB Type-C™ 18W adaptor with USB-PD

A-C cable (USB 3.0)

C-C cable (USB 2.0)

SIM tool

Quick Switch Adapter

OS

Android 7.1 Nougat

Two years of OS upgrades from launch

Three years of security updates from launch

 

 Finally Pro's n Con's:

 

PRO'S:

• Brilliant low-light photography
• Fast modern processor
• Great battery life
• Google Assistant with localisations for India

CON'S:

• Not very stylish or eye-catching
• Expensive
• No storage expansion

 I openly admit to being a little salty. Don't get me wrong, we haven't been spoiled by the likes of Xiaomi, OnePlus, ZTE and others. Hell, you can buy TWO Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus phones for the price of one Pixel XL, that one has a Snapdragon 821 too, not to mention dual cameras and no weird glass windows on the back. But considering the premium range smartphones like apple and samsung we should consider it as a premium smartphone and concluding this as a smartphone which is not for all. Best for those of iPhone users who are fed up with ioS and stuff can pick Google Pixel.