The Google and Pixel 3 XL are strong follow-ups to last year's . Upon Google's initial announcement, the specifications and features of these phones didn't seem terribly impressive, in light of competing flagships based on the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor.

Great Design; Awesome Camera; Strong Performance; Clean; Android Pie

No Expandable Storage; Big Notch On The XL; New Navigation Elements May Take Getting Used To

Google Pixel 3

The Google Pixel 3 has fast performance, excellent camera capabilities, and useful AI functionality that goes beyond what we're seeing in other Android flagships. It's $100 less than the larger Pixel 3 XL, doesn't have the distracting screen notch, and shares nearly all the same hardware and...

Compact; Fast performance; Beautiful OLED screen; Sharp front and rear camera with impressive low-light, zoom, and bokeh capabilities; Useful Google Assistant functionality; Highly optimized software with guaranteed updates

No headphone jack or memory card slot

And, well, it has and hasn't. The Pixel 3 is but an incremental upgrade compared to the Pixel 2, a rather well-received handset, albeit one with a rather dated design. At the same time having the phone slipped into our hands we can't help but feel that warm 'oooh, this is nice' feeling all over...

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