Rating 4.3 44 reviews

Reviews for the Google Pixel 3 have been overwhelmingly positive, with one expert saying "it's the best Android smartphone you can buy". Let's find out why!


Cool and compact

The Pixel 3 is smaller, lighter and more compact than most smartphones, with many tech experts pointing out how comfortable it is to handle, how easy it is to hold one-handed, and how nicely it fits into your pocket.


Glass adds class

The Pixel 3 says goodbye to Google's usual aluminium and glass construction, and adopts a classy all-glass design. If first impressions count, this is the phone for you!


An enhanced display

The OLED screen delivers a higher contrast ratio, most evident in low light and dark conditions, while the 2,260 x 1,080-pixel resolution is super-sharp, with excellent colour saturation, and the option to revert to a more "natural" display if preferred.


Amazing cameras

The cameras on Google smartphones are some of the best you can get. The Pixel 3 is no exception! New features include Top Shot, which takes frames before and after your picture and suggests an alternative shot to what you actually captured: Super Res Zoom gives you better detail while zooming: and Night Sight greatly enhances the quality of low light shots.


A focus on yourself

The Pixel 3 features regular and wide-angle lens for all selfies and portrait mode shots. An integrated algorithm will remove any distortion caused by the wider lens.


Call screening

A great example of the wonderful AI tasks in this smartphone! When you receive a call, on-device speech recognition will transcribe the conversation from the caller (who is calling? why they are calling?) so you can decide whether to pick up, hang up, or mark as spam and block.

A newer model Google Pixel 4 64GB was released in November 2019.

Manufacturer: Google
price $356.07 - $864.39
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Android Authority
7 years ago

The Pixel 3 is a great phone. It's not the Android phone designed to appeal to everyone. It's the Android phone designed to appeal to everyone else. It has a great camera, better build quality, improved screen, updated water-resistance rating, fast charging and wireless charging, new chipset, and...
Pros:
  • Outstanding camera Great screen Better build quality Wireless charging Very smooth software Bundled Pixel Buds
Cons:
  • Average battery life Screen brightness
Read more on Android Authority
neowin
7 years ago

Google Pixel 3 XL review: Greatness with a hideous notch

Google announced the third generation of its Pixel phones last week , once again with regular- and XL-sized variants. I was given the Pixel 3 XL to review, and I absolutely love it... except for the hideous notch.
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Beebom
7 years ago

Google Pixel 3 XL Review: Excelling in Every Sense

The hounding influx of new smartphones, slipping into the market every other day, can be tiring but there are select smartphones that cut through this noise and still manage to keep you raring and interested.
Pros:
  • Scratch-resistant glass design
  • IP68 rating
  • Striking display rated among best by DisplayMate
  • Mind-blowing and unbeatable camera
  • Wide-angle selfies
  • AR characters and Google Lens built into the camera app
  • Front-facing stereo speakers
  • Wireless charging and Pixel Stand support
  • MIMO Wi-Fi
Cons:
  • Lacking RAM
  • 4K video capped to 30fps
  • Poor notch optimization in YouTube
  • Disabling the Notch is unnecessarily complicated
  • Inability to disable navigation gestures
Read more on Beebom
fonearena.com
7 years ago

A device is more than the sum of its parts. In the three years since Google first introduced the Pixel series of smartphones, it has consistently proved that plain and simple hardware specs do not matter as much as Google's OEM partners would have you believe.
Read more on fonearena.com
gadgets.ndtv.com
7 years ago

The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL were unveiled a week ago in Google's third attempt at establishing itself as a serious player in the premium smartphone segment. There really weren't many surprises to be had on the hardware front, as all the leaks and rumours we'd seen in the months leading up to the...
Read more on gadgets.ndtv.com
Macworld UK
7 years ago

Google Pixel 3 vs iPhone XS

Google has announced the latest models in its Pixel range of smartphones: the
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Gear Patrol
7 years ago

Google Pixel 3 Review: It's More Than Just a Great Camera

The Google Pixel 3 can shoot incredible photos and videos, plus they leverage some pretty amazing AI and machine learning feature. Some of them you'll use. Some you won't.
Read more on Gear Patrol
expertreviews.co.uk
7 years ago

Google Pixel 3 XL: Brilliant but Google is treading water

If there's one thing I wanted from the Google Pixel 3 XL, it's that it didn't make a repeat of last year. The Pixel 2 XL was an otherwise cracking phone but its flawed display held it back from greatness.
Pros:
  • Fabulous camera
  • Superb performance
  • Android Pie goodness
Cons:
  • Mediocre battery life
  • No secondary rear camera
Read more on expertreviews.co.uk
IT PRO
7 years ago

Google Pixel 3 review: Brains over brawn

The Pixel 3 doesn't stand out in any specific areas - and lags behind in one or two - but what it does do is bring together all of its functions to form a whole that feels genuinely smart, deploying clever AI and software tweaks to create something that's genuinely useful.
Pros:
  • Outstanding camera
  • Incredibly smart AI features
  • Gorgeous design
Cons:
  • Disappointing battery life
  • Not the fastest
Read more on IT PRO
HotHardware
7 years ago

The Google and Pixel 3 XL are strong follow-ups to last year's . Upon Google's initial announcement, the specifications and features of these phones didn't seem terribly impressive, in light of competing flagships based on the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor.
Pros:
  • Great Design
  • Awesome Camera
  • Strong Performance
  • Clean
  • Android Pie
Cons:
  • No Expandable Storage
  • Big Notch On The XL
  • New Navigation Elements May Take Getting Used To
Read more on HotHardware
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