The Google Pixel 2 XL has its moments, but its display could easily be a deal breaker for some. It has an excellent camera, but it is somewhat inconsistent.

Good camera; Smooth and fluid performance; Now Playing is awesome

Camera is inconsistent; Undersaturated display with poor viewing angles; Larger form factor than needed

The Pixel 2 XL is the best pure Android phone you can buy, with a gorgeous 6-inch OLED screen, easy access to Google Assistant, sharp cameras and very long battery life.

Squeezable Google Assistant; Impressive Google Lens feature; Sharp and colorful 6-inch OLED screen; Great photo quality with Portrait mode; Faster than Galaxy S8; Long battery life

Screen has some color issues; No wireless charging or headphone jack; Can't preview Portrait mode effect

The Pixel 2 XL releases next month, but is Google's plus-sized flagship really better than last year's effort?

Superb camera quality; Great design

Expensive; Terrible display

Switched over from about a decade of iPhones, was a little nervous at first, but after a couple weeks I'm very satisfied with my decision. I recommend this smartphone, the Android system is a pleasure to operate, very intuitive, and user friendly.

It's a little disappointing that the Pixel 2 XL's potentially most useful – and exciting – feature isn't fully ready yet but, to be honest, I'm not at all convinced by the phone as a whole anyway.

The phone is good, but for that price, I would expect something far better. I have a Moto X Style which I paid around 250€ 3 years ago and it has a superb screen compared with Pixel 2 XL. I'm a big fan of Google and Android but this phone has a lot of flaws that are unacceptable at this price range.

Welcome to year two of Google Hardware. In 2016, Google jumped into the Android hardware space with its first self-branded device, the Google Pixel . Google's software prowess shined on the Pixel 1, offering up exclusive features like the Google Assistant, the best Android camera thanks to advanced...

Stock Android means you get a cohesive, unified interface in the OS, the Google apps, and the third-party apps, Google's optimizations mean you get unbelievable performance; This is the smoothest Android phone ever, The aluminum body feels great, and it's more durable than glass, Squeezing to open...

No 3.5mm headphone jack; On the Pixel 2 XL; you get a grainy display that looks bad in the dark and in VR; Why bother with front-facing speakers when the iPhone does just as well with a bottom-firing speaker; The smaller Pixel 2's design is downright embarrassing in 2017

I'm not going to pretend the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are perfect phones. The removal of the headphone jack is lame, and the smaller Pixel 2 still has too much bezel. I'd also like more control over Active Edge. If you already have always-on "OK Google" configured, the squeeze is a bit redundant.

Performance The Pixel 2 and 2 XL are consistently fast with impressively low touch latency; Build quality Solid aluminum construction with IP67 water-resistance; Battery life It's solidly above average; Software This is Google's vision of Android.

Design again The 5-inch Pixel 2 has rather large bezels; There are front-facing speakers embedded in them, but the device just looks a bit clunky, Headphone jack There isn't one on either phone, Camera again This is a minor one, but portrait mode is buggy.

Google has come a long way since the days of Nexus smartphones. This is only the second iteration of the Google Pixel and it shows how much Google's software and hardware have evolved in the past year. Both Pixel smartphones got a refined, yet simpler appearance.

In fact, the Google Pixel 2 XL is arguably the best Android smartphone on the market right now thanks to its blazing-fast performance, slick Oreo OS and 12MP single-camera that, somehow, manages to outperform even its highest-specced competitors.

Great design; gorgeous OLED display; blazing-fast performance; market-leading camera; decent battery life; Android Oreo

No headphone jack; Active Edge is gimmicky; poor viewing angles; the price