Google Pixel 3 XL: A beautiful, highly functional device with basic flaws

The Google Pixel 3 XL is an all-glass device that sparkles from a distance. But unlike most other top-end phones it's a precious thing that does not need your protection

If you have designs on a Google Pixel 3 XL, don’t spend too much time with it, unless, of course, you have decided to own one. It is downright gorgeous, uncannily smart and highly seductive, and once you have had a taste of it, you are never going to look at smartphones the same way.

I got “Clearly White” — other colour variants are “Just Black” and “Not So Pink” — and don’t want to ever let it out of my sight. It’s an all-glass (front and back) device that sparkles from a distance. But unlike most other top-end phones