Launch report · Google
Pixel 4 XL: The Pixel with face-unlock radar — and a famously small battery.
SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2019·$899·Score 70/100
The Pixel 4 XL took superb photos and added radar face unlock, but its small battery defined the reviews. A 2019 legacy device today.
Key specs at launch
Display
6.3" OLED 90 Hz
Chipset
SD 855
Memory
6 GB · 64 GB
Main cam
12.2 MP · f/1.7
Battery
3,700 mAh
Weight
193 g
What stands out
- Excellent computational photography for 2019.
- Smooth 90 Hz OLED.
- Soli radar face unlock and Motion Sense gestures.
- Clean Pixel software.
What to watch
- Small 3,700 mAh battery — poor endurance.
- No 5G; ultrawide camera missing.
- Software ended at Android 13.
- Discontinued.
The phone it has to beat
Galaxy Note 10+
$1099 · score 90/100