In the camera department, we have a 12.3 MP main shooter that features the IMX378 sensor made by Sony, which has an aperture of f/2.0. “Apple’s new smartphone shipments are expected to achieve far more volume, as in 20-30 fold more than Google’s Pixel in the second half of the year”.
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The Pixel phone has a very odd relationship with Verizon.
As for the iPhone 7, the device’s camera is basically a tuned-down version of the powerful shooter in the iPhone 7 Plus, which featured the best that the Cupertino-based tech giant can offer.
Other Pixel-exclusive features include Smart Storage, which automatically removes backed-up photos and videos when storage runs low and 24×7 phone and chat customer support.
Packaged within the Pixel and Pixel XL box is a new “Quick Switch Adapter” which looks to make moving your data over to a new device a breeze. Yet most of us here at TechCrunch, including myself and TCBC guest for this week Frederic Lardinois, came away with the feeling that the event was less about hardware than it was about Google’s work with artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Say what you like about Apple, but at least it tends to bring as many of its new software features as possible to its previous-gen hardware with new iterations of iOS.
Google’s wish to compete with the iPhone directly could not be more obvious either.
It relies on companies like Samsung and HTC, which use its operating system Android.
Google Assistant can do everything Google Now does.
“Our goal is to make the Google Assistant widely available to users”.
Samsung stands to suffer, with the new entrant, as it has already delayed the India launch of the Note 7 due to the problems faced with the battery of its flagship premium device.
For the meantime, in terms of the Pixel Launcher and user interface, only the Pixel smartphones will feature navigation bar icons.
The developer preview of Android 7.1 Nougat will be released this month, but there is no specific date yet.
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LifeProof, a company that makes smartphone cases that provide extra protection, had made a decision to help Google in luring back in those potential customers who turned their heads away.
