The jump from a good smartphone camera to a genuinely great one comes down to how the hardware and software work together, and no manufacturer has pushed that integration further than Google has with the Pixel 10 Pro XL.
The Google Pixel 10 Pro XL is a fantastic phone, and with $250 knocked off the asking price, it’s now available for $849 — a figure that starts to look very reasonable once you understand what the hardware is actually capable of.
Right now you can buy a Google Pixel 10 Pro XL for under $850
The Google Pixel 10 Pro XL is the best premium Pixel phone you can buy right now, and at $849, that case has never been easier to make.
The headline camera number is 100x Pro Res Zoom, powered by a combination of the upgraded telephoto lens and Google’s AI imaging pipeline, which means the kind of reach that used to require a dedicated camera is now sitting in your pocket at a fraction of the cost.
The Pixel 10 Pro XL‘s camera system is built on top of the Google Tensor G5 chip, which Google describes as the biggest chip upgrade in the Pixel lineup yet, with an improved TPU and CPU designed specifically to handle the kind of on-device AI processing that makes features like Pro Res Zoom and real-time video stabilisation possible.
Gemini Live also adds another layer to the camera experience — point the camera at something you’re curious about and have a natural spoken conversation about what you’re seeing, whether that’s an exhibit at a museum or a dish on a menu you can’t read.
The 6.8-inch Super Actua OLED display reaches 3,300 nits of peak brightness, which puts it ahead of the standard Pixel 10‘s Actua panel and makes outdoor visibility a genuine strength rather than a tolerated limitation, even in direct sunlight.
Build quality comes from durable aluminium and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, and the phone is water resistant, so the hardware matches the ambition of everything running on top of it.
Seven years of software and security updates, 256GB of storage, and a 5,200mAh battery rated for 24-plus hours cement the Google Pixel 10 Pro XL as the best premium Pixel phone you can buy right now, and at $849 with $250 off, that case has never been easier to make.
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