Tuesday 11 October 2016

Meet Google's New Flagship Phones- Pixel and Pixel XL

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Google launched their new flagship smartphones, the 5-inch Pixel and the 5.5-inch Pixel XL which are designed by Google and manufactured by HTC. They were announced on October 4,2016 during a press event. Google presented these Pixel phones as the launch devices for the Android 7.1 Nougat operating system.

The Pixel is the first phone to come with the Google Assistant built in, an intelligent personal assistant. In addition to this, they have better screens, improved battery life with fast charging and a highest rated smartphone camera ever.

The two phones are differentiated by their screen size. The Pixel with 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display whereas the Pixel XL with 5.5-inch 1440p AMOLED display. As far as the internal storage is concerned, 32 GB and 128 GB versions are offered for both the models. They both are powered by 1.6GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor and come with 4GB of RAM. Both Pixel and Pixel XL features an advanced 12.3-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front camera for capturing quality selfies.
 
They both come with a fingerprint sensor and USB Type-C connector. Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope are the other sensors that are included in these devices. These Google phones are single SIM smartphones that accept a Nano-SIM. The connectivity features include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth v4.0, NFC and 4G/LTE support.


The main differences in the features between Pixel and Pixel XL are:

Specifications              Pixel                   Pixel XL
Display                       5-inch                  5.5-inch
Resolution                  1080p                   1440p
Battery                      2770mAh             3450mAh
Weight                         143g                     168g
Dimensions in: 
                 H             143.8mm              154.7mm
                 D              69.5mm                75.7mm
                 W              8.5mm                  8.5mm

All the other features are common for both Pixel and Pixel XL.
The main two color variants available are Quite Black or Very Silver. However, the pre-orders started on 13 October 2016.

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