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Google’s Pixel smartphones have a devoted following. However, the company hasn’t been able to lift Pixel phones up into the stratosphere of premium flagships, in which Samsung and Apple currently dominate. That could change this year with the launches of the Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
Finally, we have two flagship phones from Google that don’t cut any corners. These are modern flagships for the modern consumer. It took way too long, but Google appears ready to drop its long-held belief that mediocre hardware is OK as long as phones have stellar software.