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this video is brought to you by minimal case for your exclusive discount on the pixel 2 cases check the description box below what's up guys lawn here from andrew authority and we're taking a quick look at Google's brand new pixel 2 XL versus the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 these are the two biggest flagship phones that both of these companies have to offer and will most likely draw a lot of comparisons for that reason alone so on the inside they're pretty similar they're both powered by a Snapdragon 835 processor and there's more than plenty of RAM on both with 4 gigabytes on the pixel and 6 on the note 8 you also get water and dust resistance on both but with Samsung you're also getting micro SD card expansion and wireless charging which Google just isn't offering right now with the pixel line on the outside the pixel has a metal design with a small glass window towards the top of the backside and it's slightly more rounded along the corners whereas the note 8 is much sharper and more square and of course the note 8 is made mostly out of glass but does have the metal frame wrapping around the sides one thing that you won't find on the pixel this year is a headphone jack which Samsung is still keeping around at least for right now but you do get dual front-facing speakers which isn't that comment on smartphones anymore and Google is at least nice enough to include an adapter in the box as far as the displays go the pixel 2 XL has a 6 inch display and the note 8 has a slightly larger 6.3 inch screen they're both quad HD AMOLED displays with always-on technology and the pixel 2 XL has adopted the tall and narrow aspect ratio of 18 by 9 that we've been seeing a lot this year the pixel 2x cells bezels are thin but they're not quite as thin as the note 8 due to the front-facing speakers on the backside the pixel 2 XL has a 12 megapixel camera F 1.8 aperture and both OAS and E is this time around and over on the note 8 you've got dual 12 megapixel cameras with the secondary serving as a telephoto lens for 2 X optical zoom the interesting thing about the pixels camera this year is that it's capable of doing portrait mode or background blurring effects which the note 8 can also do but Google's approach this is slightly different so it's only working off of one lens it uses machine learning to make all this happen with this being a pixel of course you get android oreo out of the box with all this new improvements like notification dots native picture-in-picture support etc and it'll be the first Android phone to support google lens which uses the camera and machine learning to give you information about anything you point your camera at similar to what Samsung attempted with Bixby vision another neat feature on the pixel this year is that you can squeeze the phone to access Google assistant at any time similar to the squeeze feature we saw on the HTC u 11 over on the note 8 you've got these Samsung experience on top of Android nougat but the standout feature on the note 8 is the s-pen that lets you do a variety of different things like jot down notes create drawings and translate sentences and this is ultimately what separates the note 8 from every other Android phone out there but what do you guys think about the pixel 2 XL and the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 which one would you guys choose let us know down in the comments section below and as always if you enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up we definitely appreciate it subscribe to the channel which is also down below if you haven't already hit that notification bell so you don't miss out on future videos and of course check us out on social media and of course check the website as well and Jordan thorny calm because we are your source for all things Android