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- [Presenter] This is

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the Pixel 8 Pro.

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It's new, it's improved, and
frankly it's a little dull,

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even with all of its new AI
features infused in the camera.

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This year's new unique
colorway is blue or bay.

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It's striking in person,

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though I'm bummed Google didn't lean

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into the green hues of last year.

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The smaller Pixel 8 special
color is rose, which is fine,

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but it seems a little
random with the way Google's

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been doing color with its
phones the last few gens.

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So, what's the difference
between these two devices?

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The Pixel 8 is smaller this year,

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but only by a 1/10 of an inch.

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The Pixel 8 Pro remains the same size,

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with a 6.7 inch Super Actua display.

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If it sounds familiar,
that's because it sounds

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a little like Apple's Super Retina,

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and indeed like Apple's Retina,
Actua is special branding

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for Google's kind of oled.

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Essentially, the Super Actua
display is brighter and clearer

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than the typically dim seeming
displays of pixels past.

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You may be wondering about the new cameras

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on the Pixel devices as well.

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As always, they sound impressive on paper.

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This year's Pixel 8 and 8 Pro featured

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the same 50 megapixel primary shooter,

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but the similarity stopped there.

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The Pixel 8 has a regular
12 megapixel sensor

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for its secondary ultra wide lens.

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While the 8 Pros is a full 48 megapixels

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with a larger aperture
to capture more light

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for landscape shots.

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There's also a tertiary 48
megapixel telephoto on the Pro.

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This one can manage up
to five x optical zoom.

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That's the same distance
as the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

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And yes, we will be testing it.

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Besides the camera system
design and screen sizes,

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most of the Pixel 8, 8
Pros updates are menial.

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Google spent most of its
event introducing the Pixel 8

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and 8 PRO as AI first.

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Yes, they said during
their event that the scope

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has changed from mobile first to AI first,

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which is why pixel users
have all the benefits

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of AI infused features like
call screen and photo unblur,

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but does that make a
phone worth of carrying?

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We'll answer that for
you in our full review

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of the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro.