- Analysis by KJ David
Google's Pixel may joke around in terms of color variants, listing Quite Black, Very Silver, and Really Blue among its options, but it gets pretty serious when it comes to technical specifications, potentially making it to comparison lists of the top 2016 smartphones.
One of the Pixel's biggest pros is its 12.3-megapixel camera decorated with both phase- and laser-detection autofocus, a 4K video mode, up-to-240fps (HD quality) slow-motion imaging, and a dual-LED (CRI-90) flash technology 
. It also delivers virtual reality (VR) via Google's Daydream View headset , which it can certainly hang above the iPhone's head (as of 2016).
Despite settling for an FHD-1080p-only display (the Pixel XL touts a Quad HD screen) 
and having no microSD card slot , the 5-inch Pixel enjoys the protection of a 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 4 finish and lugs 128GB of built-in storage -- a 32GB version is also offered. Inside its shell, which is made of aerospace-grade aluminum , a flagship-tier Snapdragon 821 2.15GHz + 1.6GHz quad-core engine works alongside a massive 4GB LPDDR4 RAM . Additionally, although its 2770mAh battery capacity ends up as a con in this class, this Nougat-sporting Android claims to provide up to 7 hours of usage under just 15 minutes of charging .
Joining the aforementioned pros and cons are the Google Assistant , which anyone could assume is a response to Apple's Siri, a back-mounted Pixel Imprint fingerprint detector , and LTE Cat 11 connectivity of up to a blazing 600Mbps (with x2/x3 carrier aggregation) . Kinda overshadowed by its premium features are the Pixel's 3-microphone setup and 8-megapixel 1.4-micron-pixel selfie camera .
Long story short, the Google Pixel likely finds itself amidst other premium-caliber flagships on the market -- and just as likely in the hands of tech-savvy users like us.
** This phone is also known as: Pixel Phone By Google
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