Google Announced Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL To Compete with Apple's iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max

Google yesterday held its annual fall event “Made by Google” where it unveiled its all-new flagship smartphones Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, which are geared to compete with Apple’s new iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max.

The event also knew the announcement of other products; a screen-based smart speaker and a new tablet, the keynote was an occasion for Google to point out that 2018 marks the 20 year anniversary of the search engine giant.

The most time of the event pivoted around the new handsets the Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3 XL, the last 6.3-inch one has a notch like the iPhone X and onwards, it houses the front-facing camera system, the phone display almost edge-to-edge with the presence of a chin at the bottom, that's missing from Apple devices, the Pixel 3 XL is similar in size to iPhone XS Max. The Google Pixel 3 5.5-inch has no notch and in the size of iPhone XS.

Unlike many giant smartphone manufacturers, Google still uses a single rear-facing camera lens instead of two that we found like on recent Apple or Samsung phones, the rumors have already mentioned that Apple is gearing up to launch an iPhone compacted with three camera-lenses in the next few years. That kind of phones has already taken their way into the market like what happens in the Huawei P20 Pro model.

Huawei P20 Pro camera

At the keynote stage Google focused on the Pixel 3 advanced 12-megapixel camera, which has HDR+ mode equivalent to Smart HDR in the iPhone XS it working to combine multiple shots into one much better image, Night Sight is a mode that will make your photos clearer in low-light scenes and Google compared night-time shooted photos in an iPhone XS and those taken by the Pixel 3 to demonstrate the obvious difference. Like iPhone XS and XS Max, the depth of field on portrait mode effect could be edited in Pixel 3.

The front-facing camera on Pixel 3 has a group selfie feature with a wide-angle lens, Google touted its capabilities to capture 184 percent more than Apple's iPhone XS and XS Max. The camera also includes some AR features called Playground, contains characters from The Avengers and animated versions from Childish Gambino.

Inside the Pixel 3 smartphone enclosures we find a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor chip, up to 228 GB of storage, a 2.915 mAh battery in Pixel 3, white XL has 3.430 mAh and 4GB of RAM.

One prominent feature running in the new phones is Call Screen, where the Google Assistant can answer a call instead of you, asking the caller who is him and to leave a message, and during the call, the conversation transcripts showed live on the Pixel 3 screen.

The two Google devices are affordable compared to Apple's iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, the Pixel 3 is priced at $799 white the langer will cost $899, the pre-order started yesterday the date launch will be 18 October.

Google also announced Google Home Hub the latest company smart speaker, enables users to leverage its 7-inch display to access Youtube, Google Photos and more, the speaker performs ordinary and new tasks like controlling smart home products, following recipes and more, Google Home Hub will cost $149 and launch on October 23.

 

Google demonstrated its tablet Pixel Slate as a machine for both workplace and entertainment at home, the tablet equipped with 12.3-inch Molecular Display with 293 pixels per inch, 8MP rear and front-facing cameras supporting for portrait mode, 12-hours battery life, and more tweaked Chrome OS. The device will start at $599 when it launches later this year in the U.S, there are also other Pixel Slate accessories for more details on the tablet and other devices check out Google website and made by Google Youtube channel.


Data source: Google via MacRumors