The Google Pixel 3 XL is the company's best realisation so far of Android hardware and software working together in harmony. It also happens to have the best ever smartphone camera. Not bad. Here's the full review

Best Android Phone Available Today With Awesome Camera! The disadvantage is well priced.

While the Android ecosystem comes with a plethora of devices from an always-increasing number of manufacturers, brands like Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, LG, and a few others get pretty much all the love.

When Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh introduced the Pixel 3 last week, he didn't utter the word "Android" a single time. The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are Google phones. They swim in a sea of Google data and promise to use Google's machine learning to make everything better: photos, annoying spam...

Larger; better screen; Beautiful design; Excellent camera and wide angle selfie cam; Radically improved screen; Loud; clear front-facing speakers; Excellent camera and wide angle selfie cam

Largish top and bottom bezels; Easily scratched rear finish; Limited availability from US carriers and internationally; Doofy notch; Easily scratched rear finish; Limited availability from US carriers and internationally

The Pixel 3 is the latest smartphone from Google, following on from the success of last year's Pixel 2. There are a number of new features, many of which are of particular interest to photographers. Like the previous versions of the phone, the camera is at the heart of much of Google's marketing.

We've definitely taken a look at our fair share of smartphones over the past few years and have definitely noticed, along with everyone else, the trend towards bigger phones. While smartphones, in general, are slowly getting bigger, bigger isn't always better.

Outstanding camera; especially Night Sight; Feels like a solid; well built smartphone; Crisp; bright display; Great performance; Gesture navigation is quick once you get used to it; Monthly security updates; Unlimited online photo storage for two years; Decent sound quality; Includes USB-C to 3.5mm...

No microSD card slot; Average/boring design (that works; Very occasional performance hiccup; Included headphones uncomfortable and mediocre; Top speaker isn't as loud as bottom; Like other flagships; pricey; No headphone jack

It may not be a step change in performance, but this is an excellent Android phone nonetheless

The best Android experience; Excellent OLED screen; Superb camera

Average audio quality; No 3.5mm jack

Android is the world's most popular mobile operating system with many smartphone makers putting their own spin on things with custom overlays such as Samsung's Experience launcher and Huawei's EMUI .

For the third year in a row, Google has released its own-brand smartphone under the PIxel label, in a choice of two sizes, to try and put into physical form its vision of what a mobile phone should be – a direct, Google-ified, Android rival to the iPhone .

Google aces the camera again; Screen is big and beautiful; Pixel Android and speedy updates

Did you notice that notch; Battery life is unspectacular; No in-screen fingerprint reader

Let's get the elephant out of the room, I am no fan of a notch, that's why I got the smaller pixel. Also because I have used a series of big phones, from Note 5 to Note 8, I miss the compactness of smaller phones.