How the iPhone 13 and Pixel 6 will shape the future of the smartphone

Earlier this month, Google took the wraps off its upcoming Pixel 6 line of smartphones – though, in very Google fashion, it didn’t spill all the details about the devices, just dropped enough to tease consumers, with a promise that more would be shared this autumn.

But even that brief look clues us in a little bit about the state of smartphones in 2021. Google may not, thus far, be a maker of top-tier flagship smartphones (a market it’s largely ceded to device makers like Samsung), but