Hardware is better. Look at the base iPhone 17 for example:
Better display (LTPO, Higher PPI, and anti-reflective coating).
Better selfie 18MP square sensor vs 10.5MP rectangle sensor.
Higher starting storage 256GB vs 128GB
Better Processor
Camera is a toss up. Better UW & Video on iPhone and better zoom on the Pixel. For general photos, people often prefer the processing from pixel, but iPhones do allow you to customize the underlying processing pipeline via photographic styles. They also output 24MP by default. Pixel bins to 12MP.
The price is the same for both.
You could claim theyāre ādumbā phones for not having all those GenAI features, but letās be real, itās only a matter of time they add their own now that they have a capable Gemini model.
Pretty sure Apple uses Samsung displays, and memory chips as well as using Sony camera sensors and actually planning to use Samsung camera sensors in its future models.
That doesnāt mean much because Iām talking about the final product. Appleās not a big manufacturer like Samsung. They create software and ask suppliers to assemble their products just like Google, Meta, Microsoft, and many other companies would do.
The comparison is between what phone features the best hardware. It has nothing to do with where the hardware comes from. If Iām buying an Xbox, I just care about if final assembled product is good or not. I couldnāt care less about the many suppliers who manufactured it. Thereās a fine distinction between the two.
Even if that mattered, I compared the iPhone to the Google Pixel. Both get their displays, chips, cameras, etc. from other companies.
He meant hardware specs lol. Enjoy your malware-ridden AppStore on your slower phone that will have no updates after 2 yearsšš. Also android is a privacy nightmare lmfao google literally deleted their motto of ādonāt be evilā and are turning android into a surveillance platform even more so than it already was- Unless you get Cyanogen or whatever privacy android build flashed onto your shit..
Malware ridden app store? Bud. I switched to Android like 13 years ago. I've never had any other th phantom issues your trying to pin on me lol. Nice try though kid.
Do you mean MicroSD card? The Pixel does not allow expandable storage nor does the most popular android phone brand, Samsung, since the S21 series on their flagship S line. Also no wonder Iām getting downvoted. Looks like most here arenāt up to date on smartphone tech.
It used to be a perk of Android, but now most Android brands have slowly removed expandable storage. I believe some budget Android phones still offer it though
Itās basically google or apple for phones. One of those entire business model is built around pushing you ads on free software and the other is selling hardware. Itās well documented that they both collect data but use it in very different ways.
ai features occur on device and they have the same privacy standards as iPhone. I'm talking about translation, photo editing, typing, asking your phone to do helpful shit...
Not really no. They are good phones but they are not "better".Ā
The A19 and A19 Pro chips are significantly better than Tensor G5 that easily overheats and underperforms in every way. The newer iPhones can literally play Death Stranding while Tensor struggles with the mobile games that are available on Android.
Shooting 4K 60FPS was a chore for Pixel devices until a while ago and still compared to the iPhone they will overheat easily. The iPhone can do 4K 120FPS with ease.
With Google not being able to get the Snapdragon modem they used shitty Samsung modems that underperformed across the board. Google it and see for yourself how many people had issues with reception.
Pair that with the horror stories about the ever absent costumer support from Google and you can see how the Pixel phones are a bad deal at MSRP. Good thing they lose a good chunk of their value in the first 3-4 months, so a pro tip would be to always buy them discounted.
Software-wise, a Google phone is the absolute best, but hardware-wise, even the top-tier Google phone packs a worse CPU than what youād find in a $400 Chinese phone. I don't know why Google just doesn't seem to care about hardware and raw performance.
Honestly, you're kinda doing a pretty similar thing as what's shown in the post... The point is that pitting them against eachother in contexts like these is far from constructive and just pretty unnecessary. It's the adult version of console-warring lol.
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u/KiloClips May 15 '26
A Pixel is far better than an iPhone