Pixel 2 line of phones are successors to the original “Made by Google” phone, that was launched last year.
Design
Size wise pixel 2 is 5.7 inch tall and the pixel 2XL is 6.2 inches tall. Both the phones still boasts the two toned body colour on the back which has become quite famous with the pixel phones.
The smaller phone has bigger bazeles on the front, while the pixel 2XL has slightly smaller bezels on the front, however in any case both the phones look dated in terms of design for 2017 flagship phone. both the phones are made up of aluminium unibody and as a result the pixel 2 phones are now water and dust resistant.
Display
Pixel 2 comes with a 5 inch full HD AMOLED display with 441 PPI, where as pixel 2XL comes with a 6inch QHD pOLED display With 538 ppi.
Camera
Both the phones comes with the same camera setup, However unlike other brands where the bigger phone gets a better camera than the smaller one, the pixel 2 and the pixel 2XL gets the same single lens 12 MP camera on the back with optical and electronic stabilisation with a aperature of f/1.8, the camera can shoot 4K video at 30fps and 720p video at 240 fps as wellOn the front the pixel 2 has a 8mp, fixed focus camera with aperature of f/2.4
Processor and Memory
Pixel 2 comes with snapdragon 835 processor and adrenaline 540gpu, both the phones have 4GB of low powered DDR4 ram.
Battery
The pixel 2 comes with a 2700 MAH battery and the pixel 2XL comes with 3520 MAH battery, and because of the bigger battery, the pixel2 XL provides a better battery backup then its smaller sibling, both the phones support fast charging and google claims that you can get up to 7 hours of battery charge with just 7 munites of quick charging.
Pixel 2 Pros
Speakers: Both the phones have front facing speakers which provides a stereo effect and better sound quality.Camera: Pixel 2 implements the potrait mode on both its cameras (front and back) with just software calculation and the results are best in the industry.
Google lens: It is pixel exclusive for now, with google lense you can learn more about anything by just pointing the camera towards it, it takes into consideration a number of aspects while serving you with a result, For example, while searching for monuments or buildings it takes into consideration the location, the shape, the surroundings etc.
Tune search: with it’s always on microphone, the pixel 2 can automatically display a song name and details that’s playing on your favourite hangout place, like a coffee shop or a pub.
Google Photos: Pixel2 owner will have unlimited Space quota on google photos, hereby Pixel2 owners can upload there highest quality photos and videos onto google photos.
Pixel 2 Cons
The design of the phone looks a bit outdated, the bazels on the phone are quite large keeping in mind the 2017 trends, and since they made a huge deal of the headphone jack on the pixel 1 launch last year, they should not have omitted it on the pixel2, you guessed it right the pixel 2 doesn’t have a headphone jack in it (that’s sad)And the price point of the pixel2 is really not justified, it feels as if google does not want common day to day users to buy there phone, they just want the enthauist, bloggers or technophiles to buy this phone.
Conclusion
The google pixel 2 and pixel 2 Xl are really good phones and all the aspects of the phones scream of originality and speed with the camera being the best in the mobile phone industry, the only thing holding back this phone is the price, if you are a person who wants the best irrespective of the price, than Go for it no questions asked.
Our verdict fo this Phone is 9/10
