![]() ![]() ![]() This is partly down to Google’s timing, as it always defaults to using Qualcomm’s top chip at the end of its reign, right before being replaced. The Snapdragon 845 that powers both the Pixel 3 and 3 XL already lagged behind Apple’s A11 in some benchmarks and the gap is even larger now that the A12 is here. There is, in typical Apple fashion, no support for expandable storage. Storage starts at 64GB, rising to 256GB and 512GB. Apple quotes a 15% performance increase over the outgoing A11 Bionic, plus a few other benefits like quicker LTE. Keeping the iPhone XS (and XS Max) running is the Apple-made A12 Bionic SoC, paired with 4GB of RAM. New iPhone owners will have to pay Apple about $9/£9 for the privilege of adding the functionality back in on their pricey new phones. Neither of these phones natively support a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, but at least Google still has the decency to include a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter in-box. The larger phone’s 6.3-inch 18.5:9 aspect ratio screen pushed Google to implement an inelegant notch, in which sits the phone’s dual front-facing cameras, while the smaller 5.5-inch phone uses the same hardware but forgoes the notch entirely.Īs with its predecessor, the iPhone XS supports Qi charging and Google has finally seen sense and integrated the feature into the Pixel 3’s design too going so far as to launch its own wireless charging stand alongside the phones. The brand’s signature glass ‘visor’ still makes an appearance, although now the entirety of each phone’s back is glass in place of metal, while on the front, both the 3 and the larger Pixel 3 XL sport extended aspect ratio displays. Similarly to Apple, Google hasn’t strayed that far from the design path when you look at the Pixel 2 and Pixel 3 side by side. The iPhone XS Max is roughly the same size as the iPhone 8 Plus, but with a much larger display. The device is also IP68-rated for water and dust-resistance.Īrguably, the biggest difference between the X and the XS is the introduction of a secondary, larger model with a 6.5-inch display, as opposed to 5.8-inches. The iPhone XS looks near-identical to the iPhone X, except Apple says that it’s used tougher glass on the XS, and there’s a new gold colour option to sit alongside the silver and Space Grey variants. A year on and the company clearly feels those changes were good enough because both the XS and the XS Max follow the exact same principles. The iPhone X marked a huge change in direction for Apple in terms of design, with the company ditching a tired look that had been around since the iPhone 6.Īpple got rid of that bezel, switched from aluminium to stainless steel and the resulting device looked so much more modern as a result. Let’s see just how competitive the smartphone race is between two of the world’s largest companies in 2018. While little was left to the imagination thanks to the wealth of leaks that preceded them, the Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL have now arrived in an official capacity. With two out of three of Apple’s 2018 iPhones now in our hands – the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, we’ve been wondering what Google might produce as a suitable riposte. ![]() Google Pixel 3 vs iPhone XS: Do Google’s new Pixels trump 2018’s iPhones? ![]()
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