12 Oct 2018
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One the upfront these might look just another flagship devices with no headline-grabbing and flashy features, although it’s the inside that packs the punch for a delightful performance experience.

Pixel 3 XL

 

Pros:

  • Machine Learning supported powerful camera
  • Android Pie
  • Large OLED display
  • Stereo Speakers

Cons

  • Outdated design
  • Less color options
  • No headphone jack

 

Pixel 3

 

Pros

  • Machine learning Supported Camera
  • Android Pie
  • Stereo Speakers

Cons

  • Unimpressive design
  • Small battery
  • No headphone jack

 

The all-new Pixel 3 XL along with its smaller sibling Pixel 3 comes with some bold claims by Google. The tech giant didn’t seem to shy away to boasts big for its new smartphones and well, we won’t be able to give our verdict on all those Google Pixel 3XL specifications or Pixel 3 specifications in this review until we get one in our hands. However, we got the chance to grab these handsets and get a feel to it at the launch event and thereby thought to share our early thoughts just in case you want to know a few things before buying one.

So, according to Google, these are the most helpful smartphone in the world with the most intelligent and best camera you’ll find in the market. Again, even though we didn’t have the chance to completely weigh these claims, still the machine learning supported camera is surely exciting and does produce some amazingly enchanting imagery.

Google Pixel 3 & 3 XL release date

Just in case you are already thinking to get in-line to buy Google Pixel 3 & 3XL, the smartphone is set to hit the market on October 18 for US customers, whereas, it will be rolled out in other markets around the world on November 01. Oh, just in case you can’t wait that long, the pre-orders are already open in US, UK, and some other countries (check out with your local vendors).

Google Pixel 3 & 3XL Price

Pixel 3 starts slightly above the recently launched iPhone XR, and you can book one for you at $799 for the 64GB version, while if you are looking for more storage space than the 128GB edition is at $899.

Coming to Pixel 3XL, it’s not as expensive as the latest iPhone XS Max, still, you’ll be spending a significant amount to own one of these powerful flagship devices. The Google Pixel 3 XL will go in the market at $899 for the base model (64GB), whereas the 128GB variant is priced at $999 (yup, that’s 1$ less than $1000).

 

Design

Pixel 3 carries more or less the same feel as we have experienced for Pixel 2, with two tone back finish. Just this time the transition is kept smoother between two finishes. The entire back is made of corning gorilla glass 5 (yup the same strengthened glass material that protects your display), so you can expect it to be quite tough from back as well. The only metal you’ll find here is the aluminum frame that’s sandwiched in between hybrid coating.

Coming to 3XL, if you owned a Google Pixel 2 XL, you can bet for the pretty similar feel and look of Google Pixel 3 XL. The tech giant didn’t seem to bother much about making any drastic changes for Google Pixel 3 XL and rather relied on making little tweaks here and there.

Nonetheless, as you can expect from a $999 priced smartphone, it does boasts a large crisp OLED display with a not so pretty chin at the base.

Google has kept up with the dual stereo speakers which the company claim to be 40% more powerful than Google Pixel 2 XL; at the front side. Well, this is a nice thing really and also explains the presence of bottom bezel.

What’s interesting is that Google was able to increase the screen size in Google Pixel 3 XL, while keeping the same factors as in Google Pixel 32 XL. This is good because now people don’t really need to practice hands stretching exercise to use a large display smartphone; finally!

The back is all glass design with dual-contrast (again pretty similar to Google Pixel 2 XL), however, this time only Google has tried to give it a more smooth transition and a cleaner look. The matte finish gives it a more rubbery feel that adds to the ergonomic and solid group.

Also, the company decided to keep up with its single rear-camera policy and that’s what you’ll find a single lone camera sitting at the top-right corner.

Lastly, Google Pixel 3 XL is offered only in three colors, Just Black, Not Pink and Clearly White; frankly a lot boring.

Display

Pixel 3 comes with a crisp OLED 5.5 inch screen that looks expansive and grandeur. The best part is that the company has been able to increase the display size to 5.5 inch while keeping the other dimensions similar to Pixel 2, which carried 5 inch display. So, it’s a win-win situation for people who struggles one hand use.

Google Pixel 3 XL comes with an end-to-end large 6.3 inch OLED display with crisp color contrast and HDR supports. The amazing 18:9 screen to body ratio with 1440 x 2960 resolution certainly gives-off a sharp and clear display.

Camera

More than anything else, Google Pixel 3 & 3XL is all about the camera and the company didn’t shy away to call it the best smartphone camera in the world. Interestingly, Google has again resisted the dual camera system for rear side and retained a 12.2MP single lens camera, which after all might not be as bad as you might think and we are saying this for a reason. Remember Google Pixel 2 XL that also sported a single rear camera, however, the results were none less than impressive and we can have even better hopes with Pixel 3 XL with Machine Learning support.

Google has introduced a new camera mood in Pixel 3 & 3XL and named in Top Shot. Well, the name says it all, by tapping into the top shot mode, you actually capture a burst of images with a single shot and alternatively can choose the best shot amongst the many. Again, we didn’t get the opportunity to go into details, however, it worked great for whatever brief time we had it with us.

Another feature that’s fast becoming the new standard camera feature is the depth of field adjustment. Yup, we are talking about background blurring feature, where you can adjust the depth of the background in portrait shots. Then, there’s also this color pop effect that gives you a choice to take the background of the shot into grey scale while keeping the subject in colors. The single-camera means that the background effect works digitally using software, nonetheless it works perfectly fine.

Moving on, Pixel 3 & Pixel 3XL come with dual front-facing 8MP cameras. The second camera is kept for wide-angle shots, which is great when you have lots of friends and don’t want to hurt anyone.

Performance

Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL runs on the latest Android 9 Pie. It was definitely a pleasing and smooth experience to run the latest Android version, however, we didn’t get the chance to check out detailed paces for an in-depth review.

Nonetheless, the phone packs the powerful Snapdragon 845 chipset and 4GB RAM, which seems a bit low keeping in view that other manufacturers have already shifted to 6GB and even 8GB of RAM.

 

Battery

Google Pixel 3 packs a 2,915mAh battery which is rather disappointing. Whereas, Pixel 3XL packs a much more rational 3430 mAh battery. We really hope that switching to Android Pie would save on battery enough to last through day-long use.

Ok, keeping the rear side fully glass does come with its perks and wireless charging is certainly one reason why we are increasingly seeing smartphones with glass rear side. Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL are no different and both offers wireless charging.

Google Pixel 3 and 3XL Specifications

 

Google Pixel 3

Google Pixel 3XL

Display

5.5 inch

6.3 inch

Processor

2.5 GHz – Octa-Core

Octa-core (4x2.5 GHz)

Front Camera

8MP + 8MP

8MP + 8MP

Resolution

1080 x 2160

1440 x 2960 pixels

RAM

4GB

4GB

OS Android

Android 9 Pie

Android 9 Pie

Storage

64GB, 128GB

64GB, 128GB

Rear Camera

12.2 MP

12.2 MP

Battery

2915 mAh

3430 mAh

 

 

 

Early verdict

Google Pixel 3 & 3XL at the first go seemed more like an upgrade of Pixel 2 & 2XL, with slight tweaks here and there. However, the detailed inspection might reveal some additional add-ons from improved software and the latest Android version.

Overall, these seem to be nice smartphones with no flashy or show-stopping gears but delivers an impressive performance.

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