It feels like the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro have been around for a while, thanks to their susceptibility to leaks and teasers. But now they are finally actually official.
The major addition is the Tensor G3 chipset - fabbed on Samsung's 4nm process. It has a 9-core processor packing a single Cortex-X3 prime core, four Cortex-A715 cores, and another four Cortex-A510. The G3 packs Google's Titan M2 security chip and enables Google AI with features like translation in real time, and call screening. The Pixel 8 sticks to 8 GB of RAM, while the Pro ups that to 12 GB. Both Pixel 8 phones are IP68 water and dust-tight and feature fingerprint and face unlock.
The Pixel 8 Pro has a Great Actua 6.7-inch 1344x2992px LTPO 1-120Hz OLED with a higher 2,400 nits peak brightness, topped by Gorilla Glass Victus 2. You'll have a choice of three colors - Blue, Obsidian, and Beige.
Three cameras sit on the back of the Pixel 8 Pro - a 50MP Octa-PD (phase-detect autofocus) wide shooter with OIS, a new 48MP Quad-PD ultrawide, and a 48MP Quad-PD 5x zoom camera with up to 30X Super-Res digital zoom. The front camera is a new 10.5MP unit with a wide field of view.
There's a new skin temperature sensor next to the cameras that's a Pixel 8 Pro-exclusive. The sensor is reportedly a Melexis MLX90632 unit and its sole purpose is to read temperature (of an object, like a frying pan) - there won't be any clever photography tricks with this one.
Speaking of photography tricks, the new Pixel 8 series has Photo Unblur, Magic Eraser, Best Take, and Macro Focus (which uses the ultrawide). The Pixel 8 Pro has the new Pro Controls feature, which the 8 lacks.
Finally, the Pixel 8 Pro has a 5,050mAh battery with 30W wired charging and 23W wireless charging.
Moving to the Pixel 8, which is now 10g lighter and a bit smaller than its predecessor thanks to a move to a smaller 6.2-inch FHD+ display.
That Actua display is better in every way - it's a brighter panel at 2,000 nits peak brightness, and finally has a 120hz refresh rate (it can joggle between 60Hz and 120Hz). It has Gorilla Glass Victus on top.
The Pixel 8 comes in Hazel, Obsidian, or Rose.
The Pixel 8 also gets a new ultrawide, though it isn't the same as the Pro. It's a 12MP unit with autofocus and Macro abilities. Next to it is a 50MP Octa-PD main camera with 8x Super-Res digital zoom. The Pixel 8 has the same 10.5MP selfie camera as well.
The Pixel 8 has a 4,575mAh battery with 27W wired and 18W wireless charging.
Both new Google Pixel 8 phones come with a free VPN by Google One and a promise of 7 years of OS and security updates, which is the longest in the Android realm. As a matter of fact, the latest iOS 17 was only available to devices up to 5 years old.
The 128GB Google Pixel 8 starts at €800/$700/INR76,000, while the 128GB Google Pixel 8 Pro is €1,100/$1,000/INR107,000. You'll get a free Pixel Buds Pro with a Pixel 8 purchase, and a Pixel Watch 2 with a Pixel 8 Pro purchase in Europe and the US. In India you are only getting 50% discount on the accessories.
sorry do you have issues? you may think it ugly but it isn't looking like any other phone out there who are trying to riff on the iPhone design or the millions of plain-looking slabs that are out there. As an iPhone and Pixel user, there is a to...
if this exact same looking phone would be called infinix or vivo or basically from chinese nobody would even click here.. maybe 10 15 ppl... 🤷♂️
The design is ugly... and if this google phone wouldn't be called ''goggle'' nobody would even look at it...
Tip us
1.7m 126k
RSS
EV
Merch
Log in I forgot my password Sign up