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Google Pixel phones have been released annually since 2016 and have usually had one close‑to-deal-breaking issue.
For the Pixel 2 XL it was a bad display, for the 3 and 3 XL it was iffy memory management, for the Pixel 4 it was dismal battery life.
Last year’s Pixel 6 and 6 Pro were much better fully formed products and ushered in a new era, which is probably why their successors the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro – the latter reviewed here – are iterative updates.
The Pixel 7 Pro is the best Pixel yet and the one to buy if you want one of the best camera systems on a phone along with a top display and the most thoughtful interpretation of Android.
Though expensive at £849 for the cheapest model, it is well-priced compared to the rest of the market and is every bit as premium and well-built as phones from rival manufacturers.
It’s just too big and heavy – and that will be the dealbreaker this time around if it bothers you.
DESIGN
The Pixel 7 Pro has had a slight redesign but looks a lot like the 6 Pro. It has a distinctive ‘camera bar’, a strip across the top half of the phone where the triple rear camera sit, except this year it’s coated in polished metal rather than a plain piece of dark glass.
It gives the phone a robotic look, with a pill shape for two of the lenses and a circular one for the third. I prefer the look of the 6 Pro, and this new design makes it look a little tacky – I also prefer the matt
