Here’s the comparison between the new Pixel 8 phones and their competitors

A Comparison of the Tensor G3 and Pro Models: The Bottom Up Versus the Bottom Up in Mobile Security: What are the Best Pixel 7 and Pixel 8 Phones?

We can’t confirm whether the new phones are worth the cost in order to upgrade. That said, we like the new look and feel of both phones in our testing thus far, especially the Pixel 8’s smaller screen and the Pixel 8 Pro’s flatter display. We’ll have full reviews up soon, but, in the meantime, we’ve broken down the biggest differences between the Pixel 7 and Pixel 8 lineups below.

Fairphone, which recently released the Fairphone 5, has eight years of security support in it, but this does not mean that it is better than Google, which has seven years. Fairphone has no intentions of selling its fifth-generation device in the US and will only release major updates for its mobile operating system.

Buying a product with 7 years of OS, security, and feature drop updates means that you can use it until 2030, when it will be outdated. You’ll get the latest OS and security updates for 7 years, and new features every few months with the new phones.

There are a number of reasons why the promise has been made. A big one is the Tensor chip that lives inside Pixel phones — like Apple, Google now controls its processor and doesn’t have to rely on manufacturers like Qualcomm to maintain software support for old chips. That can be a real roadblock, as Fairphone pointed out a few years ago. (Google perhaps could have made this commitment earlier since we’re three generations into the Tensor series.)

Apple also makes its own processor for its phones and offers long support periods. After it ended its support for the newer version of the software, the company released 5 major versions of its products, including the new version of the phone. Even then, however, Apple will occasionally release security patches for older devices.

The phones have the same screen size as the previous phones, but they feature a different chip, the new Tensor G3 chip. Each also comes with a 120Hz max refresh rate and seven years of software support and security updates. The Pro 8 has a maximum of 1 tb of storage and a new sensor that could be used to measure the temperature of people one day.

All of the phones have the same display technologies, but they have different refresh rates. You might want to look into the Pro models if you do a lot of mobile gaming. While the phone is running on 12g of ram, you should be able to scroll and switch between applications much easier. The Pixel 8 only offers 8GB of RAM with a refresh rate that can vary between 60 and 120Hz, while the Pixel 8 Pro’s can go from 1 to 120Hz. In contrast, the standard Pixel 7 and Pixel 7A offer a lower 90hz refresh rate.

These are some fairly predictable year-over-year upgrades, but this time around, Google added something harder to guess: a temperature sensor. The company said it could use the technology to read the temperature of drinks and other objects, as well as body temperature. That feature is not something people have been clamoring for on their phones, as far as I can tell, and feels a little like it was put in the product roadmap sometime in mid-2020. In more useful news, Google has upgraded the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro’s face unlock technology so that it can now be used for payments — previously, it could only be used to unlock your phone.

There’s a 50-megapixel main camera sensor with a slightly brighter f/1.7 lens attached. The Pro’s 5x telephoto module gets an upgraded 48-megapixel camera with faster autofocus, and there’s a higher-res 48-megapixel sensor in the ultrawide camera, which is now capable of focusing as close as 2cm in macro mode. The front-facing camera is getting an upgrade too. And the Pro phone gets some pro camera controls: you’ll be able to control focus, shutter speed, which lens is being used, and access 50-megapixel JPEG or RAW shooting right from the native camera app.

Detecting Disturbing Distracting Noise in Videos and Photos Using Google Pixel 8 Photo & Audio Magic Erasers

There are lots of new software features that are housed in the photo service. After taking pictures of a group of people, you have the option of choosing the best face to use for your subjects, and then saving it all in one final frame. There’s also Audio Magic Eraser, which aims to isolate distracting sounds in videos so you can minimize or remove them.

The new chip adds features to the Pixel 8 lineup. This includes Best Take, a new feature that Google says combines group photos that are similar into one image where everybody “looks their best.” Macro Focus is a new feature that magnifies small subjects, and Audio Magic Eraser is used to remove sounds from videos.

Google’s Assistant gets some AI updates, too, though it’s far from going full-on Bard. Google claims it will be able to comprehend speech better, and be able to recognize pauses in speech better. You can translate webpages to read them aloud. Even the keyboard gets a little AI flavor with a one-touch option to clean up typos and grammatical errors.

Price of the Pixel 7 and 8 Pro: Which Pixel is Better? The Seven Years of Updates That Google Gives Us More Memory and Battery Time?

First up, let’s talk about how much the phones cost and their size. The smallest and most affordable phone in the line is the 6.1-inch GooglePixel 7A, that starts at $499. The Pixel 7 and Pixel 8 are slightly bigger at 6.3 and 6.2 inches, respectively, and start at $599 and $699. Meanwhile, the Pixel 8 Pro — like the 7 Pro — is once again the largest at 6.7 inches and starts at $999, which is $100 more than the 7 Pro’s original price. The Pro models also offer more storage configuration, with the 8 Pro maxing out at 1TB and the 7 Pro offering up to 512GB. The other phones max out at less than 200gigabytes.

What is your opinion of looking at it all side by side? Are you interested in the phones, the Pixel 8 or 8 Pro? Is the seven years of updates enough to convince you to upgrade from an older phone or to stay with your current one? Let us know what you think in the comments.

All of the phones are capable of recording video at 60 frames per second, however the only one that can record 4K at 60 is the Pixel 7A. The Pixel 8 Pro will also arrive with new video capabilities in December, like Video Boost for more true-to-life colors, which will even work in low-light conditions when using the Night Sight feature.

You can use the new features of both the Pixel 8 and the Pixel 7 regardless of which series you own. However, you can only create AI-generated wallpapers by describing them on the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro at launch. However, other Android 14 features — like the ability to sign in to third-party apps with your fingerprint or use your phone as a webcam — are available on Pixel 7 phones.

In our testing, we found the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro offered all-day battery life, while the 7A offered slightly less. The batteries for the phone should last at least up to 72 hours if you use the battery saver mode. We have yet to test the devices, so it’s difficult to say how long they will last.

What distinguishes Android from the other phones? A detailed comparison of Google and Project Treble breaking up features between Android and Oreo releases

It is only an overview of what distinguishes each phone from the others. If you want to dig in even further, we’ve gathered all the specs you need to know in the table below.

And Android features have been increasingly broken up across releases. There are a lot of small improvements in each major version and many get pushed to the back burner in favor of later changes.

Google has also increasingly broken Android up into smaller components. The company baked Project Treble into Android Oreo as a “modular base” that drew lines between parts of the OS, making it easier for Google and third-party manufacturers to add features without concern about breaking other ones. That later led to Project Mainline, which did a similar thing for security features.