30 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44
REVIEW
or microSD slot. This is where the Galaxy S8 Plus
comes in: it’s cheaper and has both of those features
and matches the Pixel in just about every area.
The Pixel does win out on camera quality – just- but has the advantage of quick updates to future
Android releases and unlimited photo and video
storage for three years. And it’ll be an even better
proposition once the price starts to come down.
Jim Martin
Specifications
- 6in (2880x1440, 538ppi) display with Corning
Gorilla Glass 5 - Android 8.0 Oreo
- Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 processor
- Octa-core (4x 2.35GHz Kryo, 4x 1.9GHz Kryo) CPU
- Adreno 540 GPU
- 4GB RAM
- 64/128GB storage
- 12.2Mp, f/1.8, OIS, phase detection and laser
autofocus, dual-LED flash - 8Mp, f/2.4, 1/3.2in sensor size, 1.4μm pixel size,
1080p - 3.5mm headphone jack
- A-GPS/GLONASS
- Wi-Fi 802.11ac
- Bluetooth 5.0
- NFC
- USB 3.1 Type-C
- 3,520mAh non-removable lithium-polymer battery
- 157.9x76.7x7.9mm
- 175g