Google's upper-tier Pixel smartphone expected in 2026, the premium model within the Pixel 11 lineup of Android flagship phones.
PCMag's review gives both iPhone 18 Pro models the same A20 Pro chip, vapor chamber and camera hardware, and separates them only on battery life and pocketability, with the Max keeping the Editors' Choice.
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Three reviews of Google's 2026 flagship describe the same phone as last year's, at $100 more. What is actually new ships as software.
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A standalone AI recorder has to beat the free app on the phone it sticks to. 9to5Google's review of Comu's Action Pro shows that what the extra hardware buys you is where you are able to put it.
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Android 17 runs the same on both phones, so the Pro premium now buys a sharper panel plus Wi-Fi 7 and UWB, while 16GB of RAM sits behind the 512GB tier, which turns a memory decision into a storage decision.
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9to5Google measures the Pixel 11 Pro against Apple's 2025 phone and finds little between them. The close scoreline is the finding, not the compliment.
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9to5Google's read on the new Pixels is that most of what is new will reach older phones within months. That is an argument for delaying a refresh, not funding one.
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Hardware is flat and the base model trades RAM for a higher price. Two of the three headline features arrive incomplete or conditional, with no published schedule for fixing them.
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Google's rear LED arrives with two functions and no messaging support. The precedent list, from Active Edge to the Pixel 8 Pro thermometer, argues for discounting launch-day feature claims.
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