Carphone Warehouse and Currys PC World have announced the new Google Pixel 5 is now available to purchase online and in-stores from today, 15 th October 2020.

Less is more. The Pixel 5 is the new smartphone flagship from Google, and it turned out extremely compact at 6 inches. In addition, the Android 11 phone is not equipped with a high-end SoC but only with a mid-range processor. However, as our test shows, things work out well in the end.

compact and light case, IP68 certification, 5G & NFC, Android 11 with guaranteed updates, very good camera, bright OLED display with 90 Hz, very good battery life, wireless charging

no storage expansion, no WiFi 6, only a mid-range SoC, thin stereo sound

Google Pixel 5 Software, Features And User Experience We’ve always been big fans of Google’s clutter free, polished, and speedy approach to Android. The Pixel 5 continues this trend, and comes with an almost stock build of Android 11 out of the box, enhanced by a bunch of delightful Google-y...

Amazing camera, Beautiful display, Solid battery life, Wireless charging, Great user experience

Expensive, mmWave tax, No XL version, Middling speakers

The Pixel 5 has a lot to prove. Google’s 2020 flagship not only needs to convince shoppers to open their wallets in an unusually challenging year, but demonstrate that the sins of last year’s Pixel 4 are not to be repeated.

Aggressively priced, Android 11 runs smoothly & gets latest Google features, Excellent camera performance, Battery life holds up to all-day use

No optical telephoto, No headphone jack, Other phones support faster charging

But after using the $699 Pixel 5 for nearly a month now, I can confidently say that it feels like Google is onto something with the new approach. Instead of throwing all the technological wonders the company is working on into a compact device, Google took a step back with Pixel 5, reverting to...

Strong battery life, Good performance, More affordable

The camera is starting to get left behind

The Pixel 5 hits all the right notes, but some stiff competition spoils this price for Google.

Compact size, 90Hz OLED display, Impressive battery life, Reverse Wireless Charging, Wireless charging despite metal backing, Same incredible Pixel Camera as always

Not available in a larger size, Only in available in one model (two colors), Snapdragon 765G instead of Snapdragon 865 chipset

This is the latest 5G SmartPhone from Google, in comparison to some recent offerings it is quite small and because of the lack of size it is also quite light. So apart from being one of the first units to have Android 11 what else does this have to offer.

Google goes back to its old tricks, mostly for the better

Excellent photos, especially in the dark, Clean, simple Android software experience, Good battery life

Slow image processing, The mmWave tax increases the price, Panel audio “speaker” is weak and tinny for video and games

The smartphone market, like the world at large, finds itself in a strange spot in 2020: it seems harder than ever to justify spending a four-figure sum on a smartphone, which is why we've seen a wealth of new phones at the upper mid-range of the market. With the Pixel 5, that's exactly where Google…

In the rumor and hype period leading up to the Google Pixel 5 launch, I argued that Google may as well get weird with their next phone because their previous approach was clearly not working. The Pixel 4 was a disaster of a phone that Google killed off only a few months after introducing it, but...