If you want to ask who has the smoothest system in the current Android flagship, the answer is undoubtedly Google's "own son" - Pixel series. Thanks to Google's own apps and services, the native Android system is good enough. However, in China, due to well-known reasons, the ease of use of the native Android system has been greatly reduced, and at the same time, the inconvenience of domestic purchase and other reasons have made the Pixel 3 series rank low.
 
In terms of appearance, the Pixel 3 is designed with an aluminum alloy bezel, covered with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 at the front and back, and the transition between the bezel and the front and back is very rounded, and the grip is very good. The back is still a two-tone design like the previous model, and the grip part is made of a skin-like hybrid coating, which can effectively prevent hand sweat and fingerprint marks under normal use, but it is relatively easy to leave scratches, so you need to pay attention.
 
On the front, there is a big difference between the Pixel 3 and the 3 XL. The Pixel 3 has a screen size of 5.5 inches and no notch, but it has a wider forehead. 3 XL is 6.3 inches, it is a "full screen" with a notch, two cameras and an earpiece are placed in the notch part, the horizontal length of the notch is normal, but it is really very thick, in the absence of 3D structured light and infrared face recognition module, this area is very discordant, it is recommended to set it to hide.
 
Both the Pixel 3 and 3 XL use Samsung's OLED screen, which may be due to various problems such as low brightness flicker, burn-in, and blue color on the LG screen of the Pixel 2 XL, so Google doesn't want any more errors on the Pixel 3. The Pixel 3's screen is a 5.5-inch Full HD flexible OLED screen with a resolution of 2,160×1,080,443ppi. The Pixel 3 XL's screen is a 6.3-inch Quad HD OLED screen with a resolution of 2,960×1,440,523ppi. Both the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL achieve an ultra-high contrast ratio of 100,000:1.
 
The Pixel 3 XL is rated A for display performance in Display Mate reviews, compared to the Galaxy S9, Galaxy Note9, iPhone X, and iPhone XS Max. The color accuracy is very high, and 1.1JNCD is completely visually indistinguishable, which is much better than almost all current smartphones, ultra-high-definition TVs, and computer monitors. The Pixel 3 XL's display supports HDR and can play 4K UHD videos. If there is a weakness in this screen, it is that the maximum brightness is still dark, only 424 nits, and there will be a lack of brightness when used outdoors in bright light.
 
The Pixel 3/3 XL is powered by a Snapdragon 845 processor with a storage capacity of 64G/128G, while the RAM remains at 4GB. In the previous version, the Pixel 3/3 XL had a problem with memory management, and there would be a situation where only three apps could be kept in the background, and Google said that it would solve this problem in the update. In terms of using the system, the Pixel 3 series has replaced the Android Pie system, which requires a certain habitual process for daily use, but it is very smooth, and there are few rivals in the Android camp. The pressure-sensitive bezel is retained, and the function of pressing and calling out Google Assistant can only be used if it is set to "English-US region", otherwise it can only complete basic functions such as stopping alarms and listening to songs.
 
The Pixel 3/3 XL rear camera has only one 12.2-megapixel camera with an F1.8 aperture, Dual Pixel focus, and OIS optical image stabilization. Google has always had a lot of black technology in photography algorithms, such as the Top Shot feature, which can recommend the best photos for you when multiple people take a group photo; The Super Res Zoom feature can zoom in on photos while maintaining crisp image quality; The Night Sight feature captures high-contrast nighttime scenes that are close to what the human eye sees, without being overexposed, with good noise suppression while preserving detail, which is better than the iPhone XS Max's night shots. The rear camera of the Pixel 3/3 XL is a single lens, so in some scenes where the background is blurred, the blur is not too natural, but in terms of overall quality, the Pixel 3/3 XL does not require any photography skills to rely on excellent algorithms to take good photos, which is very good.
 
The battery capacity of the Pixel 3 is 2915mAh, and the battery capacity of the Pixel 3 XL is 3430mAh, which can last for a day with moderate use. It is worth noting that most of the domestic applications are relatively "rogue", and the native Android system is not optimized locally, so the power consumption will increase. It supports 18W fast charging, Qi wireless charging, and takes about 30 minutes to charge from 0 to 45%, and about 1 hour and 40 minutes from 0 to 100%. In terms of pricing, the Pixel 3 starts at around $799 and the Pixel 3 XL starts at around $899.