Before you talk about how it competes with other flagships of 2019;
What is a flagship smartphone: A flagship smartphone is the best smartphone the company has produced as of that time, which the company aims to drive major revenue shares and brand value with.
Knowing that let's head over to the topic of today, Google pixel 4 and 4 XL was unveiled on October 15th 2019 with quality specs which is expected but the question is does it compete with other flagship Smartphones of 2019.
Now let's take a look at the specs of Google pixel 4 and 4 XL.
Google pixel 4
BODY
Dimensions:147.1 x 68.8 x 8.2 mm (5.79 x 2.71 x 0.32 in)
Build:Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
Weight:162 g (5.71 oz)
SIM:Nano-SIM card & eSIM
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
DISPLAY
Type:P-OLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size:5.7 inches, 80.7 cm2 (~79.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution:1080 x 2280 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~444 ppi density)
DCI-P3 100%
HDR
Always-on display
90Hz
PLATFORM
OS:Android 10
Chipset:Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm)
CPU:Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.78 GHz Kryo 485)
GPU:Adreno 640
MEMORY
Internal:4/64gb and 6/128gb
External cardslot:No
MAIN CAMERA:12.2 MP, f/1.7, 28mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
16 MP, f/2.4, 45mm (telephoto), 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
SELFIE CAMERA:8 MP, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1.22µm, no AF
TOF 3D camera
SENSORS
Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Po 2800 mAh battery
Charging:Fast battery charging 18W
USB Power Delivery 2.0
QI wireless charging.
This is all for the pixel 4 as for the pixel 4 XL the only difference in the specs is this
Dimensions:160.4 x 75.1 x 8.2 mm (6.31 x 2.96 x 0.32 in)
Weight:193 g (6.81 oz)
Display size:6.3 inches, 98.0 cm2 (~81.3% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution:1440 x 3040 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~537ppi density)
Battery:Non-removable Li-Po 3700 mAh battery.
Review of the Google pixel 4 and pixel 4 XL.jpeg)
Let's review the phone a bit,
Display:
The display of the both are good but the resolution of the pixel 4 is quite off considering it's a flagship smartphone. It has a 90Hz display which is really good,a total choice for gamers but the flaw of this 90Hz display is the battery consumption, Google says"it will automatically turn of, if the app running doesn't support it"
Performance:
The performance of this phone is nothing to be surprised about, it's just the same as other flagship phone which is very good the 4/6gb RAM is okay if the RAM optimization is good but the problem is the memory, despite the small ROM Google did not create room for external storage slot, that is not so flagship like, I don't like that idea at all despite all that the phone is good.
Design:
The design of this phone is good, it is built with quality,it has a gorilla glass 5 front/back and an aluminum frame which is really cool, when you talk about aesthetic, Google really focused on that area, I love the oh so orange variant of this phone, it's really beautiful..jpeg)
Camera:
Talking about the camera, how can a flagship smartphone not come with a wide angle camera,even mid-range smartphones have wide angle camera, what was Google thinking, I'm totally not a fan of that idea, wide angle camera is what most people love about camera in Smartphones these days. Inspite of that, the phone camera is really good, the selfie camera is good too, it shoots really great shots.
The battery of the pixel 4 is not okay at all,in 2019 a 2800mAh battery for a flagship smartphone, I don't like that idea, how long will the battery last with that 90Hz display, well the good thing is that you can turn of the 90Hz in the display options. As for the pixel 4 XL the battery is good.
In the end the only flaw of these phones is the fact that they don't have wide angle camera and the pixel 4 battery is too small.
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