The Google Pixel 3 is the ideal smartphone for anyone who cares about photo quality and isn’t satisfied with their phone’s picture-taking abilities today. And, as much as we laud the behind-the-scenes camera software and Night Sight mode in our tests, the app doesn’t have all of Samsung's and LG's neat camera app tricks.
You’re also stuck with 64GB or 128GB – there’s no microSD card slot, and worse still, no headphone jack. Snapping 100 great photos in two hours seriously tanked our unit's battery. The battery falls short of larger phones at a 2,915mAh capacity, though it still offers all-day battery life with conservative use in our tests.
You’re not going to get everything in this small package. Looking for the Pixel 3's big brother? Check out our hands-on Google Pixel 3 XL review.