Pixel 3 review: Night Sight debuts — the small Pixel with the big camera.
The Pixel that launched Night Sight.
Pixel 3 introduced Night Sight and Top Shot, adding IP68 and wireless charging. The camera was untouchable; the small battery was the catch.
01Display
74/10074/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2018 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
84/10084/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.
03Performance
70/10070/100 trails the 74-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2018.
04Battery
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2018 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
74/10074/100 trails the 77-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2018.
06Value
64/10064/100 puts it above the 62-point average for flagship phones of 2018.
- Night Sight debuted here.
- IP68 + wireless charging.
- Dual selfie cameras.
- Front stereo speakers.
- Small 2,915 mAh battery.
- 60 Hz panel.
- No jack.
- Memory management woes at launch.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 9-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .