My smartphone is more of a camera than a phone to me. In fact, I originally switched to Android (Google Pixel 2 XL “panda edition,” which is still one of my favorite designs) specifically because I liked the images that Google’s camera app produced. Year over year, camera upgrades brought significant upgrades that — for me, at least — warranted buying a new phone each year. But in more recent years, the improvements have been less dramatic and, in many cases, not very noticeable to the average user. As someone who has continued to upgrade most years, this made me wonder how Google’s latest device stacks up against one of its predecessors, so I decided to compare the Pixel 8 Pro to my latest Pixel 10 Pro. Let’s dig into the pixels to see how a two-year-old device stacks up against Google’s latest efforts.
Are you sure we’re using two different devices?
Let’s start with the main camera. The lens itself is identical on both devices, so in theory, the images should be relatively similar.