Google Pixel 3 XL, 64GB, White, SIM Free

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The Pixel 4 XL also comes at a top-tier price, so anyone yearning for the golden days of the earlier - and more affordable - Pixel phones should look elsewhere. Live Caption, first shown off at Google IO 2019, is one of these new perks heading to the previous generation: if you’re playing any video or spoken audio (aside from phone and video calls, per Google), you can tap the screen to bring up the volume slider with a new keyboard button below - tap the latter to activate Live Caption, and voila, the content will have captions.

The Pixel 3a XL only has one rear lens, a slower chipset, and less RAM, but it’s also getting some of the neat features coming to the Pixel 4 XL. This might be the most crucial comparison, and a welcome one if Google’s new big flagship’s price tag is tough to stomach.Lee, Demi (October 19, 2018). "Some Google Pixel owners' camera photos aren't saving". The Verge. Archived from the original on October 20, 2018 . Retrieved October 31, 2018. Those aren’t quite landmark features, and the remaining highlights are such a grab bag of improvements that it’s not clear what’s better overall about the Pixel 4 XL. The battery disappoints, but rest assured, the phone continues to be a casual photographer’s dream - and combined with Android 10, Google’s larger handset is the simplest, cleanest non-iOS phone on the market. You’ll find smoother corners on the Google Pixel 3 XL – everything has been rounded off and flattened, giving Google’s Material Design software ethos a foothold within real life hardware. The frame edges are polished and the rear fingerprint sensor is flatter. In-depth Pixel 3 XL display test puts Google in the same ballpark as Samsung and Apple". 9to5Google. October 15, 2018. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018 . Retrieved October 31, 2018. Welch, Chris (November 14, 2018). "Google says a fix is coming for disappearing text messages on Pixel 3". The Verge . Retrieved November 26, 2018.

See Better and Further with Super Res Zoom on the Pixel 3". Google AI Blog. October 15, 2018 . Retrieved January 28, 2019. a b c "Compare Pixel 3 Specs - Camera, Screen, Battery & Processor". Google Store. Archived from the original on October 16, 2018 . Retrieved October 30, 2018. The mint-green power button the white Pixel 3 XL is a nice little flourish of colour. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian

Yet the Note 10 comes with Android 9 Pie out of the box, and given how long it takes Samsung phones to get big updates, it might not get Android 10 until 2020. Coming straight from Google means the Pixel 4 XL will be in the first wave of Android upgrades immediately after they go public. Other phones, even flagships from Samsung, often have to wait months (if not the better part of a year). Don't buy it if...

Spoonauer, Mark (October 29, 2018). "Pixel 3 XL Review: The New Camera Phone King Has Arrived". Tom's Guide. Archived from the original on October 21, 2018 . Retrieved October 30, 2018. Martonik, Andrew (October 15, 2018). "Google Pixel 3 review: Fewer features make for incredible phones". Android Central. Archived from the original on October 22, 2018 . Retrieved October 31, 2018. Android 9 Pie’s gesture navigation buttons and multitasking cards are mandatory on the Pixel 3 XL. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The GuardianChokkattu, Julian (October 19, 2018). "Pixel 3 vs. iPhone XS vs. Note 9 vs. Pixel 2: Smartphone Camera Shootout". Digital Trends. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018 . Retrieved October 30, 2018. The speakers are really quite loud and clear with pretty good stereo separation (although the bottom speaker is louder than the top one) The Huawei P30 Pro is still the king of our camera phones list, but that’s also dependent on capability: the phone’s photo software is good, but not as good as the Pixel 4 XL’s. What it does have is more lenses, and a very generous 5x optical zoom lens. We’re looking forward to seeing, once again, whether Huawei’s optics can overcome Google’s software. The Pixel 3 only has 4GB of RAM, compared with 6GB or even 8GB in some top-end Android competitors. While it might lose in a game of Top Trumps, it’s not noticeable in daily use because the Pixel 3 is simply buttery-smooth in operation, with top-notch gaming performance too.