Android Advisor - UK (2019-11)

ISSUE 68 • ANDROID ADVISOR 25

is still one of the best, but the gap between it and its
peers is practically nonexistent, and its tricks aren’t
nearly as impressive with a second lens. And the specs
are downright blah for a £829 phone. Even the Pixel
launcher and the promise of three years of Android
updates are less of a reason to buy, as Samsung ups its
game with One UI. The Pixel 4 XL has more untapped
potential than any other phone I’ve used, but it fails at
its most important job: being a phone that lives up to
its own hype – and price. Michael Simon

Specifications

• 6.3in (3,040x1,440, 537ppi) P-OLED capacitive
  touchscreen


• Android 10


• QualcommSDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7nm) CPU


• 6GBRAM


• 64/128GBstorage


• Dual rear-facing cameras: 12.2Mp, f/1.7, 28mm (wide),
  1/2.55in, 1.4μm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS; 16Mp, f/2.4,
  45mm(telephoto),1.0μm,PDAF,OIS,2xopticalzoom


• Dual front-facing cameras: 8Mp, f/2.0, 22mm (wide),
  1.22μm,noAF,TOF 3D camera


• 802.11acWi-Fi


• Bluetooth5.0withatpXHD


• GPSwith A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO


• NFC


• USB3.1,Type-C 1.0 reversible connector


• FaceID


• Non-removablelithium-polymer 3,700mAh battery


• 160.4x75.1x8.2mm


• 193g