The specs are flagship-level, with a 12.3-megapixel camera that scored higher than even the mighty iPhone 7 in DxOMark’s labs. “No unsightly camera bump” either, teased hardware head Rick Osterloh. A new camera app means microscopic shutter lag, intelligent HDR photos and anyone buying a Pixel gets unlimited storage of full-resolution images in the Cloud.
It runs Nougat, the latest version of Android, and sports a shiny new Pixel Launcher, which is clean, round and very Google-first. An omnipresent Google bar slides out from the top, a long hold on the home button brings up the Google Assistant and, of course, the company’s new Allo chat app comes pre-installed. Options are blue, black and silver (white, really), a 5″ or 5.5″ screen and 32GB or 128GB. They start at $649.