Google launches new Pixel phone Tuesday Oct 04,2016 ,

Alphabet Inc's Google on Tuesday announced a new “Pixel” smartphone at an event on Tuesday Oct 04,2016 , the company's latest effort to sell consumers on a Google-branded device and to challenge Apple Inc's iPhone at the high end of the $400 billion global market.

The new phone starts at a price of $ 649, and Google is working with exclusively with Verizon Communications in the United States, Google executives said

Pixel phones will come in black, blue and silver and will have 5 and 5.5 inch (12.7 cm and 14 cm) screens.

The Google Pixel sports a 5-inch FHD, AMOLED (1920x1080, 441ppi), Gorilla Glass 4 display and the Pixel XL will sport a 5.5-inch QHD, AMOLED (2560x1440, 534ppi), Gorilla Glass 4 display. 

The Pixel will come with Quick Charging capabilities and Google claims that you'll get 7 hours of battery with just 15 minutes of charging. Google Duo video-messenger app comes pre-install on the Pixel smartphone. Google is also offering free unlimited storage of videos and photos on Google Photos in actual high-res.

The Pixel smartphone comes with a 12.3-megapixel, f/2.0 rear camera. The camera of the Pixel smartphone offers zero shutter lag and comes with HDR+ by default. Google claims the Pixel comes with the fastest camera.

The device sports an aluminium unibody design with polished glass combination. It also has a fingerprint sensor on it. Google has hinted on two battery options on the Pixel phones at 2770 mAh and 3450 mAh. The phone will have USB Type-C connectivity.

The device will also have a quad-core 2 X 2.15GHZ + 2 X 1.6 GHZ processor, that will be backed by 4GB RAM. The most interesting bit of these devices is that Google will retain the 3.5mm audio jack on the Google Pixel smartphones. The two storage options on the Pixel and Pixel XL will be 32GB or 128GB. 

Google Pixel smartphone specs
Android 7.1
5" Full HD AMOLED with Gorilla Glass 4 protection
2.15GHz quad-core 64-bit Snapdragon 821 processor
4GB RAM
12.3MP (f/2.0) rear camera
8MP front camera
2770mAh (Fast charging)
32GB or 128GB (No microSD card support)
NFC, 3.5mm headphone, USB Type-C, Fingerprint scanner