A new interview with the person who runs Google's hardware efforts finally casts some light on why the Nexus lineup had to die.
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A new interview with the person who runs Google's hardware efforts finally casts some light on why the Nexus lineup had to die.
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Two of the most eagerly-awaited smartphone flagships of 2017 were epic sales failures.
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Google had an interesting year of platform advances and hardware mishaps. Here are the top stories from 2017.
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Google has made its AR Stickers experience available on Pixel smartphones. And it is pretty fricking impressive.
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Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL users running Android 8.1 can now enable the Pixel Visual Core chip hidden in your phone.
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Say what you will about their respective mobile strategies, but Microsoft at least has the class to make its own hardware.
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Last night, I finally received the update that Google rolled out to address some Pixel 2 XL display issues.
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I prepped my original Pixel XL for shipment back to Google and what I hope is a $400 credit towards my new Pixel 2 XL.
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The Google Pixel 2 XL is the smartphone flagship that I'll be using for the next year. But I cannot recommend it to others.
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I assume it's understandable if I'm perhaps overly-sensitive to the quality issues that many have reported with the Pixel 2 XL.
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It was a close call, but Google's Pixel 2 still offers the best smartphone camera in the market, with the iPhone X coming in second place.
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While I still wish that Google had pushed a bit harder on the design, this handset is absolutely a viable flagship contender.
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I'm going into my Pixel 2 XL experiences open-eyed, but I will say right up-front that I don't understand what all the complaining was about.
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As you may know, I've engaged in a lot of navel-gazing over my decision to purchase a Google Pixel 2 XL.