And Motorola's adapter doesn't work with Google's phones at all.Īlright, back to the differences again - let's talk about displays. For example HTC's headphones don't work with the Pixel 2, but its headphone adapter does. At this point there's no clear or consistent way to know if when you buy them that they'll actually work with your phone. The industry is leaving the 3.5 mm headphone jack behind, I get that - but I really wish Google didn't cheap out here, particularly on the $849 Pixel 2 XL, and chose to include some headphones considering how few people have USB-C headphones right now.Īdding to the frustration is attempting to navigate the world of USB-C adapters and headphones. C'mon.) It includes a USB-C to 3.5 mm headphone adapter in the box, and sells extras in the Google Store (opens in new tab) for $20 $9, but frustratingly doesn't put USB-C headphones in the box. Whether directly related or not, this has also coincided with the loss of the headphone jack - which was something Google specifically mentioned as a benefit on the original Pixels. Mercifully, Google has added IP67 water- and dust-resistance to the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, which is downright table stakes at this point (and some would argue it was last year). The hardware is clean, efficient and beautiful - but not flashy. The best you get here are the offset colored power buttons on "kinda blue" Pixel 2 and "black & white" Pixel 2 XL. They don't have the stunning curves, flashy polished metal or distinctive lines of many other phones out there. Like their predecessors, and even more so this time around, the Pixel 2 and 2 XL are monolithic, near-featureless and quite basic in their overall hardware. There isn't much else to say about the design of these phones, particularly when you have them both in black as I do. The glass insert at the top of the phones is smaller now and inset perfectly, but now marred by a small camera bump that makes the taller 2 XL wobble on the table a bit when you're tapping the screen. The aluminum frame feels thick and finely constructed, with a textured coating that gives you far more grip - albeit at the expense of feeling a bit less like metal than the 2016 Pixels, a compromise I feel is worthwhile. Once you get past the front and how the glass curves into the sides, things are as close to identical as possible. Once you get past the front and how the glass curves, the phones are almost identical.įor all of this typing focused on the differences between the two, there is so much shared in the hardware of the Pixel 2 and 2 XL. The 16:9 display obviously isn't as tall as the 2 XL, but the bezels on the top and bottom add enough height that the overall proportions are very similar to its larger sibling. Its metal sides come up further and to a sharper beveled edge where they meet front glass, and the glass itself is nearly flat with only a minor amount of "2.5D" curving at the edges. The Pixel 2, on the other hand, harkens back in so many ways to the Nexus 5X - the proportions, the curves, the overall look from the front.
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