28 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 68
the 3 XL had an infamously chunky central notch, but
this year both models are identical except for their
dimensions, with a top bezel hiding the single selfie
cam, face unlock and radar sensors, and earpiece. It
means the bezelling around the front of the phone is
uneven, but you get used to it pretty quickly.
On the back there’s a little more that’s changed.
The two-pane design is gone (and with it the
fingerprint sensor, sadly) leaving a single block of
colour interrupted only by the small indented ‘G’ logo
and the new boxy camera cutout. It’s a change that
makes the black model a little dull, but makes the
white and orange phones all the more striking.
Since 2019 is apparently the year of chunky
camera, Google is joining Apple in introducing a
square camera array (the shape of... a pixel?), with the
two lenses, flash, and autofocus sensor all packed
The rear of the Pixel 4 is
a single block of colour
interrupted only by the small
indented ‘G’ logo and the
new boxy camera cutout
