Google Pixel XL

Google Pixel XL
Google Pixel XL
Brand: Google
Category: Mobiles
  • Processor: Snapdragon 821
  • RAM: 4 GB RAM
  • Storage: 32/128 GB
  • Display: 5.5 inches
  • Camera: 12 MP/8 MP
  • OS: Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

9.6 4.8 1
  • Performance 10 / 10
  • Display 10 / 10
  • Design 9 / 10
  • Software 10 / 10
  • Camera 10 / 10
  • Battery 9 / 10
  • Value For Money 9 / 10

Google announced new Android smartphones, Google Pixel and Pixel XL It is available in  Blue, White, Black. The highlighted of device runs v7.1 (Nougat) OS, Snapdragon 821 and AMOLED  touchscreen which is best of the device.

Display and Design

The Google Pixel XL comes with 5.5 inches inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display. Its display resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels pixels at a PPi of 534 pixel per density. It measures 154.7 x 75.7 x 8.6 mm (6.09 x 2.98 x 0.34 in) with a weight of 168 g (5.93 oz). It display protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 4.

Camera

The Google Pixel packs 12 MP of primary camera on the rear and 8 MP secondary camera at the front for selfies. It includes 1/2.3″ sensor size, 1.55µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash. The primary camera is capable of 2160p@30fps video recording. The secondary camera is capable of 1.4 µm pixel size, 1080p video recording from the front.

Hardware and Software

The Google Pixel runs Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat).  It is powered by Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821 chipset and Quad-core (2×2.15 GHz Kryo & 2×1.6 GHz Kryo) processor. Its having a sports of Adreno 530 GPU. It comes with 4 GB of RAM. The device packs 32/128 GB of internal storage that can be expand up-to up to 256 GB via a Micro SD card.

Join us on Telegram

Join us on Google News

Battery and Sensors

The Google Pixel consist of Li-Ion 3450 mAh battery capacity with Non Removable battery. It has a feature of Fast battery charging and Stand-By Up to 456 h (3G), Talk-Time Up to 26 h (3G). Sensors on the phone Fingerprint sensor, accelerometer sensor, gyro sensor, proximity sensor, compass sensor, barometer sensor.

Connectivity

The Google Pixel are includes:

  •  Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
  • Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE
  • GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
  • NFC
  • USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector.

Google Pixel XL - Specs

Network

Design

  • Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.
    Bar
  • Dimensions
    154.7 x 75.7 x 8.6 mm (6.09 x 2.98 x 0.34 in)
  • Weight
    168 g (5.93 oz)
  • Waterproof
    -
  • Colors
    white, Blue, Silver, Black

Display

  • Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)
    AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
  • Size
    5.5 inches
  • Resolution
    1440 x 2560 pixels
  • Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others.
    16M colors
  • Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality.
    534 ppi pixel density
  • Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.
    Corning Gorilla Glass 4
  • Features
    SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
    Browser HTML5
    Java No
    - Fast battery charging
    - MP4/H.264 player
    - MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
    - Photo/video editor
    - Document editor

Software

  • Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.
    Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
  • Skin UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.
    -

Hardware

  • Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming.
    Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821
  • CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone.
    Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo)
  • GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.
    Adreno 530
  • RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.
    4 GB RAM
  • Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.
    32/128 GB
  • Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.
    up to 256 GB
  • Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.
    Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

Camera

  • Primary Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.
    12 MP
  • Video
    2160p@30fps
  • Camera Features
    1/2.3" sensor size, 1.55µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash

Battery

  • Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium.
    Li-Ion (Lithium Ion)
  • Capacity Battery Capacity is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions.
    3450 mAh battery
  • Standby Standby Time is the total amount of time that you can leave your is fully charged, turned on and ready to send and receive calls or data transmissions before completely discharging the battery.
    Up to 456 h (3G)

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices.
    v4.2, A2DP, LE
  • Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.
    Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
  • Infrared Infrared connectivity is an old wireless technology used to connect two electronic devices. It uses a beam of infrared light to transmit information and so requires direct line of sight and operates only at close range.
  • USB
    Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
  • GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.
    Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
  • NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.
  • Headphone Jack

More Products from Google

logo

[email protected]

Welcome to GoAndroid! We closely work with entities like Google, OnePlus, Huawei, Samsung and many others to provide real and fact based news to our users. Our motive is to stay ahead in the Android related news curve. We try our best to provide the real time news related to Android and analysis on the Gadgets. We are part of RightNode Media LLP.

Follow US

Copyright © 2024 @GoAndroid (Formerly known as GoAndroid.co.in) - Part of RightNode Media LLP