The Pixel is perhaps the closest thing Android has to the iPhone. It is a phone that is totally made by Google from the hardware powering it to the software that runs on it. Other phones can run Android too, but Google actually owns and updates Android, so Pixels have a special place in geek hood, often getting new features and updates first, and also coming with a load of smart features that other phones lack. And the Pixel 8 Pro is this year's Alpha Pixel
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The Pixel 8 Pro is definitely ain't a dainty darling, This is an unabashedly big phone and is actually taller and thicker than the much-maligned iPhone 15 Pro Max. It is lighter, though - 213 grams (the iPhone is 221!). We have got the Bay Blue shade, with a matte, frosted kind of finish, with the logo seeming below the back. The back has the iconic metal camera bar, and the build is glass and metal. It looks typically Pixel. Which is good, if predictable
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When it comes to specs in Pixels, the ones that grab the most attention are the cameras. That's because the Pixel is pretty much Android's unofficial photography brand ambassador, The Pixel 8 Pro gets three cameras on the back - a 50 MP main with OIS, a 48 MP ultrawide and a 48 MP telephoto with 5x optical zoom and OIS! It is not just about the hardware, though - there are a truckload of smart features and AI at work with that trio. Stay tuned for more!
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The Pixel 8 Pro comes with a 6.7 inch LTPO OLED display with a (rather odd) 1344x2992 resolution. It seems pretty good, but we have seen brighter ones, and if you like Samsung's zingy colours, this one might seem plain. The Tensor G3 chip driving it is also not likely to run games like the SD 8 Gen 1 and 2 crowd, but is mainly there for a lot of smart features. You get 12 GB RAM, but only 128 GB storage - yes, the cloud exists, but this is still low!
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The Pixel 8 Pro gets a 5050 mAh battery with support for 30W wired charging and 23W wireless charging, but no charger in the box. And of course, as it comes from Google, you get the utterly pure, untainted Android that no other phone can offer. AND A STAGGERING SEVEN YEARS OF UPDATES (sorry, that merited caps).
Is all that worth a massive Rs 1,06,999, though?
There lies the rub, as Hamlet would say. This is the most expensive non-foldy Pixel ever!
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Which is again where the iPhone-ness of the Pixel comes in. Just like an iPhone, you do not buy a Pixel for its specs, but for the experience. And while it is unlike to blow away benchmarks and it will have the odd bug or two, the Pixel 8 Pro will generally serve up Android and photography and smart performance like perhaps no other phone can. Worth the money? Stay tuned for performance and camera samples.
(As always, any and all queries are welcome!!)
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