- Today, along with a bunch of other really cool stuff
that you should check out the link below
for my bulleted list of everything that was mentioned today,
Google announced the much awaited sequel
to the Pixel and the Pixel XL.
The new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL
resemble the original design
with the same sort of partial glass,
partial aluminum backing,
but with a less pronounced difference between the two,
and the glass section being a lot smaller than before,
which I kind of like.
And around the front,
they've changed it in that they've given it
much smaller bezels than before,
which I'm sure just everybody will appreciate.
The Pixel 2 comes in Clearly White,
Just Black, and Kinda Blue.
Yes, those are the real names,
and frankly the Kinda Blue is an accurate depiction
compared to last year's Really Blue.
And the Pixel 2 XL only comes in two colors,
Black and, they call it White,
but I think it should be called Panda.
Both devices have a fingerprint censor
in the middle on the back of the phone.
And the same camera above that.
The camera is a 12.2 megapixel F1.8 aperture
with laser and dual pixel auto-focus,
as well as thankfully,
optical stabilization and electronic stabilization
working in tandem.
And with the last year's Pixels
with their awesome camera software
producing some great photos are any indication,
hopefully this year's improves upon that,
and well you obviously have to get the devices
to test and find out for sure.
Google did however demonstrate on stage
that the DxOMark, the benchmarking camera company,
basically gave it a 98,
compared to last year's 89,
which is again, the highest score for any smartphone.
Now even though they don't have dual cameras,
Google also showed off a portrait mode,
similar to that found on the iPhones and Note 8.
Essentially, it uses the dual pixel
that it uses for auto-focus to determine depth,
and then uses that in conjunction with machine learning
to give us that fun blurred effect,
without having to need two cameras.
Also because of that, it means that this feature
will also work on the front facing camera as well.
Now on the front of the device,
we have a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED screen
with a 16 by 9 aspect ratio for the Pixel 2,
and a 6-inch QHD plus pOLED screen,
with an 18 by 9 aspect ratio for the Pixel 2 XL.
The UI has a new Always On Display,
that does pretty much what we're used to these things doing,
but the features have also been added
to utilize Google Assistant,
like learning what song is playing,
and being able to tap on that to get more info,
and that kind of stuff as well.
Above the screen, we have an 8 megapixel
F2.4 aperture front facing camera,
as well as dual front facing speakers.
The devices have only one port: a USB-C port.
And yes, there is no headphone jack,
but they do include an adaptor
for you to utilize your headphone jack with the USB-C.
They're powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835,
have 4 gigs of RAM, and are running Android Oreo,
vanilla of course,
and either have a 2700 milliamp battery,
or a 3520 milliamp battery, respectively.
Also as rumored,
the new Pixels will feature a squeezing feature
that you can squeeze to then get Google Assistant to launch.
Google also added some fun
little software tricks for the camera,
one being motion photos,
which sounds a lot like live photos,
basically the same thing.
But they added that, so nice to know.
And then they also added a thing called AR Stickers,
which allows you to put things
into your physical space using the camera.
They have partnerships with
a bunch of interesting IP, like Stranger Things,
and you can put some of the characters
like that into your real space.
And they'll actually interact with each other
if you put multiple of them in the space, et cetera.
Kind of a novel thing.
Reminds me very much of the dancing hotdog
from Snapchat though.
But, fun.
They also come in a choice of 64 gig or 128 gig storage,
with unlimited photo storage on Google Drive,
at the highest resolution, just like last year.
And they use a thing called Google Lens
that can use the camera to show you
information about things you can see
using machine learning and Google Assistant.
Both devices are available for pre-order right now,
will ship later in October.
And they cost 650 for the Pixel 2,
and 850 for the Pixel 2 XL,
at the lowest storage sizes.
There you guys, quick first look on the two new Pixels.
I, for one, am kind of excited about them.
I already pre-ordered the XL.
I almost got it in Panda, but instead I went for Black.
I kind of still want the Panda.
Anyway, maybe I'm weird.
But let me know what you guys think in the comments below,
I would love to hear from you.
What do you guys think of these?
The other devices too,
if you actually checked out my article
or got to see the livestream.
Let me know what you guys think about those as well.
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