I can tell you a handful of smartphone features that wowed me in 2023. Yet, there’s one that tops my list — and the crazy part — it wasn’t from Apple or Samsung. I have to give all of my adulation to none other than the upgraded Call Screen feature with the Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.
I picked that over other notable smartphone features in my Pixel 8 Pro review, like its ability to deliver picture perfect smiles to faces with Best Take or how the camera’s new image processing can make its 5x telephoto camera quality just as good as the Galaxy S23 Ultra’s 10x telephoto lens. Call Screen also exposes how features, not the hardware, could be the biggest selling point to what makes the best phones great.
