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10-05-2016, 03:49 AM
Google's ambitious Pixel phones are good e**ugh to make you forget the Nexus
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Google's new Pixel phones may be its most ambitious smartphones to date.*
The devices, home to Google Assistant (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/google-screen-search/#q5IXp0P8iTqh?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) and what Google says is the best smartphone camera ever, are the company's first to launch under a name other than Nexus. While Google emphasized its manufacturer partners with the Nexus line, for Pixel, Google has joined its hardware and software efforts to create the "best Google experience."*
Picking up the Pixel and the Pixel XL, it's clear their time was well spent.
SEE ALSO: Here's everything you missed at Tuesday's Google event (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/what-happened-at-google-event/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
From the moment the first Pixel images leaked, it was apparent the handsets would closely resemble iPhones. This is even more obvious when you see them up close, and that's a good thing. The finish is a lot like that of the iPhone 6 and 6S (Apple's is a tad more glossy), and the bezel looks very close to that of an iPhone, though the bottom part feels large considering there isn't a hardware button.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/google-pixel-pixel-xl-hands-on/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Android (http://mashable.com/category/android/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Pixel Xl (http://mashable.com/category/pixel-xl/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Pixel (http://mashable.com/category/pixel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Mobile (http://mashable.com/mobile/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/oC3fY8D58O8
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Google's new Pixel phones may be its most ambitious smartphones to date.*
The devices, home to Google Assistant (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/google-screen-search/#q5IXp0P8iTqh?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) and what Google says is the best smartphone camera ever, are the company's first to launch under a name other than Nexus. While Google emphasized its manufacturer partners with the Nexus line, for Pixel, Google has joined its hardware and software efforts to create the "best Google experience."*
Picking up the Pixel and the Pixel XL, it's clear their time was well spent.
SEE ALSO: Here's everything you missed at Tuesday's Google event (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/what-happened-at-google-event/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
From the moment the first Pixel images leaked, it was apparent the handsets would closely resemble iPhones. This is even more obvious when you see them up close, and that's a good thing. The finish is a lot like that of the iPhone 6 and 6S (Apple's is a tad more glossy), and the bezel looks very close to that of an iPhone, though the bottom part feels large considering there isn't a hardware button.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/google-pixel-pixel-xl-hands-on/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Android (http://mashable.com/category/android/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Pixel Xl (http://mashable.com/category/pixel-xl/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Pixel (http://mashable.com/category/pixel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Mobile (http://mashable.com/mobile/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/oC3fY8D58O8