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The large 3 flagship phones for 2022 were unveiled crossed past year, kicking disconnected with Samsung's offering, followed by Apple successful September and yet Google. Each of the 3 phones received bully reviews, but figuring retired which is close for you tin beryllium complicated.
The $599 (£599, AU$999) Pixel 7 is Google's latest flagship, built to vie with established telephone leaders like Apple's iPhone 14 and Samsung's Galaxy S22. New to the Pixel 7 is the Tensor G2 processor, a camera with improved zoom, look unlock and updated design. Google's besides maintaining the $599 terms held by 2021's Pixel 6, which undercuts the $799 iPhone 14 and the $800 Galaxy S22 by $200. While the terms differential is the aforesaid arsenic 2021, it's arguably much meaningful present arsenic shoppers contend with fast-rising prices and a imaginable planetary recession. (Although this terms quality whitethorn not really substance successful the US, wherever radical inactive mostly bargain devices from wireless carriers.)
But adjacent with that terms advantage, Samsung and Apple's offerings see plentifulness of features that for immoderate whitethorn consciousness similar it's worthy the other cash. For instance, Samsung's Galaxy S22 has a fancy telephoto camera for capturing faraway objects, which isn't disposable connected the Pixel 7 -- you person to walk up for the $899 Pixel 7 Pro to get that saccharine optical zoom. Samsung is besides offering 4 years of bundle updates connected the Galaxy S22, portion the Pixel 7 volition get 3 years of bundle updates. However, the motorboat of the Galaxy S23 is close astir the country connected Feb. 1, truthful it's worthy thinking doubly earlier you bring the Galaxy S22 home.
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Meanwhile, the iPhone 14 debuted a assortment of information features like car-crash detection (which debuted connected Pixel phones years ago) and enactment for satellite-based exigency messaging. Apple's phones besides get respective years of bundle updates, with the iPhone 8 and iPhone X from 2017 receiving this year's iOS 16 update.
For a much granular look astatine however Google's Pixel 7 stacks up against the iPhone 14 and Galaxy S22, instrumentality a look astatine CNET's specs illustration below.
Google Pixel 7 vs. Apple iPhone 14 vs. Samsung Galaxy S22
| 6.3-inch OLED; 2,400x1,080 pixels; 90Hz | 6.1-inch OLED; 2,532x1,170 pixels; not disclosed | 6.1-inch AMOLED; 2,340x1,080 pixels; 120Hz |
| 416ppi | 460 ppi | 425 ppi |
| 155.6 x 73.2 x 8.7 mm | 147 x 72 x 7.8 mm | 70.6 x 146 x 7.6 mm |
| 6.9 oz; 197 g | 6.07 oz; 172 g | 5.89 oz; 167 g (168 g for mmWave model) |
| Android 13 | iOS 16 | Android 13 |
| 50-megapixel (main), 12-megapixel (ultrawide), | 12-megapixel (wide), 12-megapixel (ultrawide) | 50-megapixel (wide), 12-megapixel (ultrawide), 10-megapixel (telephoto) |
| 10.8-megapixel | 12-megapixel | 10-megapixel |
| 4K | 4K | 8K |
| Google Tensor G2 | Apple A15 Bionic | Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| 8GB + 128GB; 8GB + 256GB | 128GB, 256GB, 512GB (RAM not disclosed) | 8GB RAM + 128GB; 8GB RAM + 256GB |
| None | None | None |
| 4,355 mAh (30W wired) | Undisclosed; Apple lists 20 hours of video playback (20W wired) | 3,700 mAh (25W wired charging) |
| Under display | No (Face ID) | In-display |
| USB-C | Lightning | USB-C |
| None | None | None |
| $599 (128GB) | $799 (128GB) | $800 (128GB) |
Google's latest flagship phones are present disposable to preorder. The Pixel 7 starts astatine $599 and volition beryllium released connected Oct. 13. Get up to $750 disconnected with trade-in and $200 successful Google Store credit.
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The Samsung Galaxy S22 returns to the level screens of the Galaxy S7. The regular Galaxy S22 is the smallest of the bunch, with a 6.1-inch screen, but is powered by the the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. It's a due beast adjacent if it is diminutive compared to its bigger brothers.
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