 "Critics have called it: Google Pixel can legitimately claim to be best phone on planet")
The Google Pixel can legitimately claim to be the best phone on the planet right now. Reviewers scored it higher than the iPhone 7, praising its camera, Google Assistant, and smooth performance. Users seem unanimously impressed by the camera, and are satisfied with its battery life.
It scored points merely for looking exactly like the iPhone, which means that when it comes to hardware design, Apple is still the benchmark.
Google Assistant, a Siri competitor, appears to be the best and worst feature of the Pixel, according to both critics and users. It’s a half-polished diamond: beautiful at times, but rough around the edges.
Average rating from reviewers: 88.8/100
CNET:
If you’re wary of Samsung or looking for a worthy iPhone alternative, the Google Pixel is the high-end Android phone to get.
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TechRadar:
The Google Pixel is an excellent flagship phone that’s only let down by mediocre battery life and the still-developing Assistant. If you can stomach the price point, the Pixel is a breath of fresh Google air in a world of Android over-complication.
Engadget:
The 5-inch Pixel is a great phone, and its big brother, the Pixel XL, is ever so slightly better. You’ll get the same top-tier performance as on the smaller model, just with a bigger, crisper display and a more capacious battery to sweeten the deal.
By almost every metric I can think of — speed, power, camera, smart assistant, you name it — it matches or exceeds the best phones available on the market today.
Wired:
I’ve always been an iPhone guy […] but I’m switching. For real. I’m turning off iMessage, re-buying apps, and warning friends that I probably won’t get their texts for a few days.