Google Pixel 3a XL review: Nails the camera game again, non-expandable storage is a limitation
It was around the time of the Pixel 2 when people starting taking notice of Google’s smartphone photography prowess. These phones — designed and made by Google — didn’t feature too many fancy camera features. Instead, they relied on something else — computational photography. The idea that you can start with a good photograph and make it great using software and machine learning. The Pixel 3/3XL really cemented this notion, catapulting Google to the top of the smartphone photography game. Google is on to something here because despite all the scores and stars bestowed upon other camera phones, it is the Pixel 3 that actually and consistently comes out on top. Things like low light photography, dynamic range, beautiful colour, convincing portrait blur