Google Pixel 2 hands-on

This year’s eagerly awaited pure Android devices have big shoes to fill. Google’s own Pixel and Pixel XL from last year gave us top of the line specifications with unadulterated Android software. In addition to replacing the Nexus line of smartphones, the Pixel’s were also Google’s first fully self-branded smartphones, with nary a hint of their manufacturing partner’s presence.

If the Google Pixel and Pixel XL had a weakness, it was the design of the hardware itself. Arguably much better looking than what pictures made them out to be, the first line of Pixels did not win any beauty ...