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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor

Pixel 11 Pro XL: Google’s big-screen superphone with top-class camera

A hand holds a Google Pixel 11 Pro XL smartphone showing a home screen with many app icons over a beach wallpaper.
The Pixel 11 Pro XL is for those who want the big-screen Google experience. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian

Google’s latest super-sized Pixel takes everything that’s great about the relatively pocket-friendly 11 Pro and adds a huge, high-quality screen and a big battery.

That makes the Pixel 11 Pro XL one of the largest smartphones available in Europe and the US, competing directly with Samsung’s giant Galaxy S26 Ultra and Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro Max, with an equally sizeable £1,279 (€1,399/$1,299/A$2,099) price tag – £80 (€100/$100/A$100) more than last year with less memory because of the cost of RAMageddon.

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