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Google Pixel 2 vs iPhone X: the biggest differences between the two

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Mario Queiroz, vice president of product management for Google, speaks about the Google Pixel 2 smartphone during a product launch event in San Francisco yesterday. Google unveiled the second generation of its own devices along with an array of entirely new gadgets, ploughing the company deeper into a competitive consumer hardware market. Photo: Bloomberg
If you’re deciding between a new Pixel phone or the iPhone X, these are the biggest differences you need to know about.

Screen

  • The Pixel 2 has a 5-inch screen
  • The Pixel 2 XL has a 6-inch screen
  • The iPhone X has a 5.8-inch screen
Aparna Chennapragada, senior director of Product at Google talks about the new Augmented Reality stickers feature of the Pixel 2 smartphone at a product launch event yesterday. Photo: AFP

Camera

Both Pixel 2 phones and the iPhone X have 12-megapixel cameras and portrait mode.

  • The iPhone X has dual 12-megapixel cameras
  • Both Pixel 2 front cameras are 8 megapixels
  • The iPhone X is 7 megapixels
The Google Pixel 2 smartphone. Photo: Bloomberg

Storage

  • The iPhone X’s max storage is 256GB
  • Both Pixel 2 phones have a max storage of 128GB

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Processor

  • The Pixel 2 phones use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 which is what the Samsung Galaxy S8 uses.
  • The iPhone X uses Apple’s A11 Bionic processor
The Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones displayed during a product launch event in San Francisco yesterday. Photo: Bloomberg

Price

  • The Google Pixel 2 starts at US$649
  • The Google Pixel 2 XL starts at US$849
  • The iPhone X starts at US$999

iPhone X has face ID, no home button; iPhone 8 wireless charging

Release Date

  • Google Pixel 2: Preorders October 4, 2017
  • iPhone X: Preorders October 27, 2017

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