HTC and Google have come full circle twice since the original HTC Dream, a smartphone released on T-Mobile as the 'T-Mobile G1'. Then a few years later with the release of the Google Nexus One, yet another phone is made by HTC for Google. And now, with the Nexus lineup seemingly discontinued, the ( HTC-made, as well) Google Pixel takes its rightful place as Google's own flagship offering.
Google is committed to delivering the best smartphone experience and giving the iPhone 7 a run for its money. Quite literally as the two lineups are priced identically: starting at $650 ( US) and stepping up + $120 if you opt for the XL model. Tack on $100 more if you want to up the memory from 32GB to 128GB. Either way, Google will throw in unlimited photo and video cloud-storage via Google Photos.
The Google Pixel is designed to deliver a Google-centric experience, complete with perfect integration of all the services Google has to offer, as well as the introduction to Android's new Google Assistant, now more talkative, helpful, and exclusive to Pixel.
The Pixel and Pixel XL are both successors to last year's Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. Except this year, the Pixels are identically spec'd with the exception of the screen sizes/resolutions and battery sizes, whereas the Nexus 5X and 6P had more significant differences like the hexa-core CPU in the 5X compared to the 6P's octa-core chip.
