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Google Pixel 6 Pro£849
store.google.comndroid 12, tons of incredible AI-
based features, an excellent camera
for producing pro-looking pics, a
stunning display, an angular and a
sharp design with a heavy focus on quality. What
more could you want from the Pixel 6 Pro?
The 6 Pro is sharp, sophisticated and sleek. The
more mature handset of the 6 series, it brings
with it a host of improvements. There’s a bigger
6.7-inch display, higher resolution, a bigger
battery, more RAM, a third lens and a better
front-facing camera.
At 163.9 x 75.9 x 8.9mm, it’s a very big phone,
but at 210g it’s not as heavy as you might expect.
The large size means you get an edge-to-edge
curved 6.7-inch OLED screen that is stunning.
Boasting a QHD+ resolution (1440 x 3120) the
display is crisp and detailed with bright, vibrant
colours. Whether you’re editing photos, watching
videos or even messaging, it will blow you away
with just how beautiful everything looks. Plus,
HDR support means watching TV shows and
movies is a pleasure and with a 120Hz refresh rate
you get incredibly smooth scrolling and swiping.
A unique new camera design sees the camera
module stretch across the whole width of the
handset, which is made up of a 50MP wide
camera, a 12MP ultrawide camera and a 48MP
telephoto camera, as well as an 11.1MP front
camera. Shots come out looking colourful,
detailed and bright. There’s lots of intricate unseen
detail when you zoom in and, despite being highly
saturated, photos don’t look too unrealistic.
Keeping everything swiftly chugging along
there is the Google Tensor Titan M2 processor,
designed purely for Pixel. This is coupled with
12GB of RAM and either 128GB or 256GB of in-builtA
Gone are the days of the playful
Pixel. Now you get a pricey, sleek
and sophisticated smartphone
with an equally premium design
Pixel 6 Pro
POWER & POISE
WE’RE IMPRESSED Sharp, sleek
design; excellent camera system
and AI features; QHD+ display.
WE’D IMPROVE Very big to
hold; no charger supplied; limited
performance with Tensor CPU.
THE LAST WORD Sharp and
sophisticated with classy colours
and a big 6.7-inch QHD+ screen.
The camera system is incredible,
the battery lasts for ages and
that’s all paired with the brand-
new Android 12.VERDICT
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Pixel 6 Pro at: bit.ly/t3pxl6prostorage. This makes the Pro very responsive and
everything feels instantaneous whether that’s
loading apps or flicking through various open
windows at once. But it can struggle with more
demanding mobile games like Fortnite.
The battery lasted well over a day with normal
use. The Adaptive Battery feature uses AI to learn
which apps are your favourite and stops the phone
from wasting power on the ones you don’t really
use. There is also support for 30W fast charging –
though no adaptor included – which takes the
battery from 0% to 100% in less than 90 minutes.
As we have come to expect, the Google Pixel 6
series debuted the newest version of Android- Android 12, and what an OS it is. It’s even more
genius than it was before. Aesthetics, new
widgets, voice control and Live Translate have all
received impressive upgrades.
The Google Pixel 6 Pro is an impressive
smartphone that can definitely compete with
the flagships. While it’s not the fastest out there,
this phone has tonnes of incredible AI-based
features, a stunning display and camera.