NEW YORK—Google’s ambitious new smartphone, the Pixel, doesn’t offer a lot that’s new. Yet it’s still one of the best out there.
Google achieves that by pulling together the best features from Apple, Samsung and other phones and offering them at prices comparable to iPhones—starting at about $650 for the regular, 5-inch model and $770 for the 5.5-inch “XL” edition. Both versions go on sale Thursday through Verizon, Best Buy and Google’s online store.
The new Google Pixel phone is displayed following a product event in San Francisco, on Oct. 4, 2016. AP Photo/Eric Risberg
