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Google Pixel 4 Is Finally Here.

Does This Mean the iPhone’s Brief Stint as the Best Smartphone Camera Is Done? Not Yet.

Sarvesh Mathi
6 min readOct 16, 2019

It’s that season of the year where new gadgets come rolling in. Just in time to start convincing buyers for their hard-earned dollars in the upcoming holiday season.

And the latest is Google Pixel 4. It is the most leaked phone in history. At one point Google just gave in and tweeted a picture of the unreleased phone themselves. So, in a way, it was here before the iPhone 11 and OnePlus 7T that launched in September. But Google still managed to put on a show yesterday.

Pixel 4 comes with a new design, a superior display, a novel motion sensor, a smarter assistant and of course, improved cameras.

Design

The new design eliminates the intrsuive notch that Pixel 3 sported last year. Instead, going for a large forehead which is also distracting in an age where flagships are striving for the highest screen-to-body ratio. The Pixel 4 houses a number of sensors that demand this large upper bezel. The back has a square camera bump similar to, but better looking (although less functional), than the iPhone’s. They come in three straightforward colors: Just Black, Clearly White, and Oh So Orange. All three colors have a black aluminum railing which…

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Sarvesh Mathi
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