Pixel is a Lie (Premium)

A year ago, Google announced that it would finally make its own smartphones. And the press ate it up.

There's just one problem. Pixel is a lie.

The original Pixel---which was really two different phones, the Pixel and XL---was introduced as "a new phone made by Google," a statement, which, despite its short length, is wrong on a number of levels.

Like all other consumer electronics...