The Google Pixel 3 has fast performance, excellent camera capabilities, and useful AI functionality that goes beyond what we're seeing in other Android flagships. It's $100 less than the larger Pixel 3 XL, doesn't have the distracting screen notch, and shares nearly all the same hardware and...

Compact; Fast performance; Beautiful OLED screen; Sharp front and rear camera with impressive low-light, zoom, and bokeh capabilities; Useful Google Assistant functionality; Highly optimized software with guaranteed updates

No headphone jack or memory card slot

Best Android Phone Available Today With Awesome Camera! The disadvantage is well priced.

The Google Pixel 3 XL is the company's best realisation so far of Android hardware and software working together in harmony. It also happens to have the best ever smartphone camera. Not bad. Here's the full review

The Google Pixel 3 XL’s biggest departure from last year’s model is the feel of the software. And, well, you’ll get that with the 2 XL anyway. However, we also get a better screen, all-glass design and a great new selfie array, also to blame for that whacking great big notch in the display. This phone takes some of the most natural daylight shots with its rear camera too. However, the lack of extra tech does start to show in its zoomed photos and when you shoot in very dark conditions. The Pixel 3 XL is not a grand step on from the 2 XL. But it’s a top showcase for what Google’s software engineers are up to.

Android as Google intended; Natural-looking camera processing; Fab selfies;

Giganto-notch is distracting; Camera beaten by rivals in some situations;

The Google Pixel 3a XL makes for a great big-screened Pixel 3 alternative, without the price tag. It nails the software and camera experiences so important to capturing the feel of the full-fat Pixel 3 series, in spite of its more affordable nature. However, its price tag places it up against more capable and more powerful rivals.

The same great Pixel experience for less; There's a headphone jack; Great OLED screen; Superb camera;

Auto-brightness sets screen too dim; No Qi charging or water resistance; Weak gaming performance;

Editors' Note, May 7, 2019: CNET's Google Pixel 3A and Pixel 3A XL reviews are here. Read more about the cheaper variants of the Pixel 3 phones and why Google decided to release these budget handsets.

The Pixel 3 XL is pricey for a phone with no expandable memory, but its standout camera and premium hardware make it one of the best phones of the year.

The Pixel 3 XL has a top-of-the-line camera that includes an enhanced low-light feature and it can now take wider selfie shots; It's water resistant, has wireless charging and its Google Assistant has convenient new skills such as call screening.

The phone's onscreen notch is taller than other phones'; It doesn't have expandable memory or a headphone jack.

Perhaps ironically, software has always been the central conceit to what Google has offered with the first two generations of Pixel hardware. Try as you might, there's no shying away from this fact. Sure, the hardware is solid and delightfully minimalist but it's nothing unique.

The Pixel 3 XL will sate your hunger for a clean and modern smartphone experience with solid hardware, exceptional software and little fat to speak of.

Incredible photography; Slick software;

Kinda boring hardware; Less battery life than the competition;

The Google Pixel 3a XL is a different kind of flagship phablet. It has everything you expect from a high-end Android phone—fantastic camera quality, a beautiful display, long battery life, and solid performance—minus the high-end price. No, it isn't quite as powerful as Google's true flagship, the Pixel 3 XL, but at $479, it costs $420 less. While the slightly smaller Pixel 3a earns our Editors' Choice in the midrange phone department, the Pixel 3a XL is every bit as good a value, and easy to recommend to anyone who prefers a larger phone. Design, Display, and Durability While sexy glass-bodied smartphones have dominated the market for the past few years, the Pixel 3a XL doesn't follow that lead. Instead, it yields to a more utilitarian design language that's reminiscent of its pricier sibling. The phone measures 6.3 by 3.0 by 0.3 inches and weighs in at 5.9 ounces. If you're looking for something easier to handle with one hand, the Pixel 3a measures 6.0 by 2.8 by 0.3 inches and...

Inch-for-inch, the Google Pixel 3a XL offers the best bang for your buck among big-screen Android phones.

Fantastic camera; Beautiful OLED display; Long battery life; Solid performance; Guaranteed software updates for three years

No microSD slot or wireless charging

Class-leading main camera; Good battery life; Hints of old-school Google phone appeal; It has a headphone jack;

Dated-looking borders; Pricier than rival mid-rangers;

The Pixel 3a XL is a decent enough phone but the competition is generally too much for it to compete with.

Fantastic camera; Pixel software; OLED display;

No waterproofing; No wireless charging; Below-average specs;