Or maybe Google is no longer in the business of phones?
Pixel 10 series | Image Credit — Google
This would be my honest elevator pitch for the Pixel 10: an AI device that can do phone stuff.
That may sound outlandish, but the truth is that apart from Tensor G5, Qi2 wireless charging, and dust protection for the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, Google’s new phones are just repackaged Pixel 9 models.
Yes, the base model gets a telephoto camera, a remarkable addition given that not all standard flagships offer that option. However, the main camera is a downgrade.
All in all, this is as modest a spec bump as it gets, but the phone is huge on AI, similar to the two previous models.
And while those features may interest you for a bit, you would probably forget that they even exist after that first day with the phone. After that, it would just be you with your Pixel 10, its good-enough processor, and its soon-to-be-throttled battery.
The Pixel 10’s value is perplexing, and it makes you wonder if Google is selling us incremental upgrades in the name of AI.
Or maybe we are too stuck in our ways to see things from Google’s point of view. Maybe I really do want Magic Cue to butt in and tell me what I should tell my friend instead of letting a spontaneous conversation take place.
