Google Pixel the best top-end smartphones

Google Pixel the best top-end smartphones

                            

Google Pixel 3

RRP:£739 - deals from £550

As the Android-marker, the Pixel 3 is Google showing what can be done when you create both the hardware and software together, just as Apple does. And as a result it has the best, most polished Android experience going.

The hardware more or less matches the competition on specifications, but lacks any truly cutting-edge additions. Instead you get advanced software, a brilliant single camera and Android updates first with software support guaranteed through October 2021. Features such as Gmail’s Smart Compose are fun, while the recent update with Night Sight produces some amazing and unparalleled low-light images.

The downside is you have to put up with battery that doesn’t quite match up to the competition lasting only about a day, but at least it has fast cable and wireless charging. There’s a bigger sibling, the Pixel 3 XL, but the Huawei Mate 20 Pro is better all round at that size.

Verdict

The Google Pixel 3 offers a first-class experience and is the best smaller Android phone currently available.