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Google's Pixel phone series is a lynchpin in the software giant's strategy of putting Google's services in more people's hands. Although Google still relies on hardware partners worldwide to propagate the Android platform, issuing its own phone gives Google the ability to control a high watermark experience from head to toe.

Meanwhile, these high-priced phones, which inch close to or have already leaped into $1,000 territory, are feeling pressure from cheaper-but-good phones from OnePlus, Motorola and Nokia. So far we've reviewed every phone in this lineup except for the Pixel 3 XL (that's ongoing now), so we have to hold off final judgment until our testing is done. For now, here's how the specs line up. Scroll to the end for a full specs comparison chart.