Talking about the price of Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, this second premium smartphone, especially the iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, are seen giving a tough competition. Today we will compare the new Google Pixel smartphone and smartphones of the second two big companies in the world. Let’s see if the new Google Pixel phones will be able to challenge the power of these two smartphones?
price
Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones will be launched in India this month. And pre-booking of these smartphones will start from October 13. The Google Pixel 32 GB variant is priced at Rs 57,000 while its 128 GB variants have been launched for Rs 66,000. At the same time, 32 GB variants of Pixel XL with large screen size are priced at Rs 67,000 while the price of 128 GB variants is Rs 76,000.
If you compare, the 32 GB variant of the iPhone 7 is priced at Rs 60,000. The 128 GB variant will be available for Rs 70,000 while the new 256 GB base storage will be available for Rs 80,000. At the same time, 32 GB variants of iPhone 7 Plus are priced at Rs 72,000, 128 GB variant is priced at Rs 82,000 and 256 GB variant is priced at Rs 92,000. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are currently available for pre-order on Flipkart and Amazon in India. The new iPhones will start getting from October 7.
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Now the matter of Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, the company has launched 32 GB variants in India for Rs 56,900. However, with a cut of Rs 5,000 in August, this phone can now be purchased from Samsung India Store for Rs 50,900. If 32 GB storage is enough for you, then it is the cheapest flagship phone available in the market so far. At the same time, the 128 GB variant of Google Pixel in India is much cheaper than the 128 GB variant of the iPhone 7.
Specification and feature
Google spoke about several specifications and features of Pixel smartphones at the launch event. The company gave detailed information about many including camera, fast charging, unlimited storage and really blue color variants. We will talk about the specification of all smartphones and see which phone attracts us more.
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Display
The Google Pixel smartphone is slightly larger than the iPhone and has a 5 -inch full HD (1080×1920 pixels) display with a dansity 441 PPI. While the iPhone 7 has a 4.7 inch (750×1334 pixels) display with a Dansity 326 PPI.
At the same time, the 5.5 -inch Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone is compared to Google Pixel XL and iPhone 7 Plus. Google Pixel XL and Galaxy S7 have the same screen resolution and density. Both phones have 1440×2560 pixels resolution and 534 PPI screen density. While the iPhone 7 Plus has a 5.5 inch screen but its resolution is 1080×1920 pixels and Dansity is 401 PPI. However, it would not be right to compare smartphones with 5.5 inch, 5 inch and 4.7 inch, but the Galaxy S7 Edge wins the highest with pixel density.
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Processor
Google Pixel XL has the fastest Snapdragon 821 quad-core processor. At the same time, Samsung’s Exynos 8890 octa-core processor has been given in the Galaxy S7 Age launched in India. The Pixel Axle has an Adreno 530 GPU for graphics while the Galaxy S7 Edge has a Mali-T880 MP 12 GPU. Both smartphones have 4 GB RAM. Talk about the iPhone 7, then it has an A10 processor of Apple with 2 GB RAM. The iPhone 7 Plus has 3 GB RAM. All three smartphones are capable of multitasking and playing games. But we will reserve our decision till reviewing the iPhone 7 and Pixel smartphones.
Storage
As stated earlier, Samsung has just introduced the 32 GB variant of the Galaxy S7 Edge in India. At the same time, 32 GB and 128 GB variants of Google Pixel and Pixel XL have been launched. While iPhone 7 will be available in India in 32 GB, 128 GB and 256 GB variants. However, Google has offered unlimited cloud storage to stores photos and videos to customers who buy pixels and pixels XL, one step ahead. MicroSD card support is not available in any of these smartphones. In this context, all three phones are equal. Galaxy S7 gets the highest storage according to the price, but some people may be disappointed with 32 GB storage not being launched in India.
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Camera
Google has described its camera as ‘the best in the market’ and said that the phone scored the highest 89 in DXOMark. The website analyzing the camera has described the pixel smartphone as better than the iPhone 7 and the Galaxy S7 Edge. Google Pixel has a 12.3 megapixel camera with aperture F/2.0, OIS and dual tone LED flash. From this, a picture of 1.55 micron pixel size can be taken. Apart from this, there is also HDR+ mode. The phone has an 8 megapixel front camera to take a selfie.
The Galaxy S7 Edge has a 12 -megapixel rear camera with aperture F/1.7, OIS and LED flash. With this, a picture of 1.4 micron pixel size can be captured and auto-HDR mode has also been given in this phone. Talk about selfie, Samsung has given a 5 -megapixel front camera with screen flash for good selfie in low light in the Galaxy S7 Edge.
The iPhone 7 has a 12 -megapixel rear sensor with aperture F/2.2, OIS and dual tone LED flash. The iPhone 7 also has HDR mode Mosud and has a 7 -megapixel front camera with screen flash to take selfies. The iPhone 7 Plus has a 28mm wide angle lens with aperture F/1.8 in a camera and 56mm telephoto lens with aperture F/2.8 in the other. Optical zoom can be done up to 10 times from the second lens and there is no compromise on the quality of photographs for it. But once we review the iPhone 7 and Google Pixel XL, we will reach our last conclusion.
Battery
When it comes to battery size, Apple is sure to lag. However, battery life can be debated. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have a 1960 mAh and 2900 mAh battery respectively. Google Pixel and Pixel XL have a battery of 2770 mAh and 3450 mAh respectively. The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge has a 3600 mAh battery. The batteries given in all these smartphones are non -removable. And only Android based smartphones support fast charging. We will reserve our decision right now because we have not yet done the battery test of iPhone 7 and Google Pixel.
Operating system
Perhaps this is the biggest reason why a customer gives a tavjjo to the iPhone compared to an Android smartphone. The iPhone 7 where the latest iOS 10 runs while Google Pixel Android 7.0 Nougat. Both operating systems have many unique features and offers and have their own fans worldwide. While both these phones are equipped with the latest software, the Galaxy S7 Age runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow (which has Touchwiz UI). The iPhone 7 and Google Pixel are the winners of the operating system, beating the Galaxy S7.
Exclusive feature
These three smartphones also have some exclusive features that make them different from each other. Google Pixel Really comes in blue color variants, before the iPhone 7 also came in blue color but it did not happen. Apart from this, Google Pixel is the first phone that has a live 24×7 customer care support with Built-in Google Assistant and Integrated Screen. As stated earlier, with this phone, the user gets unlimited cloud storage which will not be available with Apple and Samsung. Apple charge money for a certain range barrier cloud storage.
The iPhone 7 has a voice -based virtual assistant Siri. Siri has been developed long before Google Assistant. All the work can be done from Siri that Google Assistant can do. Apart from this, there are other apps including exclusive service like facetime and iMasage due to iOS platform. Although the iPhone 7 has not been given a headphone jack, Apple has tried to make up with the phone by giving headphones.
The Galaxy S7 Edge is the only phone that comes with a dual age display. Samsung has gained a lot of lead due to S7 Edge and it has proved to be a successful phone in the market. Android software has many tasks twisks because of Touchwiz UI. These include smart shares and many other Samsung features.
Result
Companies like HTC and LG have had strong bets in the market with high prices and flagship specifications but could not compete with Samsung and Apple. Apple and Samsung have a premium smartphone segment. But now changes with Google’s entry are natural. Despite the high price, Google Pixel and Pixel XL have all the things that Apple and Samsung may have to face good rivalry. Which of these three phones is much better, we will reserve this decision till reviewing the new phone of Apple and Google. Stay with us.