{"id":24750,"date":"2026-09-07T06:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T04:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/pixel-11-review-google-sets-the-bar-for-standard-flagship-phones\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T06:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T04:37:35","slug":"pixel-11-review-google-sets-the-bar-for-standard-flagship-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/pixel-11-review-google-sets-the-bar-for-standard-flagship-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel 11 review: Google sets the bar for standard flagship phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longer battery life, faster chip, actually useful AI tools and better cameras keep quality Android ahead of competition<\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s Pixel 11 continues to set the standard for what you should expect from the base model of a flagship phone with class-leading cameras, long software support and almost all the bells and whistles of its most expensive phones.<\/p>\n<p>The regular Pixel 11 costs \u00a3879 (\u20ac999\/$899\/A$1,499) making it \u00a380 or equivalent more expensive than last year\u2019s model as the cost of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/may\/06\/ramageddon-cheap-phones-laptops-macbooks-ps5s-ai-chips\">RAMageddon continues to bite<\/a>. It\u2019s not cheap by any stretch of the imagination, but it comes with 256GB of storage and is \u00a3200 less than the Pixel 11 Pro, matching rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/30\/galaxy-s26-review-samsung-android-ai-loaded-battery-camera\">Samsung\u2019s Galaxy S26<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screen:<\/strong> 6.3in 120Hz FHD+ OLED (422ppi)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Processor:<\/strong> Google Tensor G6<\/p>\n<p><strong>RAM:<\/strong> 12GB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storage:<\/strong> 256 or 512GB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operating system:<\/strong> Android 17<\/p>\n<p><strong>Camera:<\/strong> 48MP+ 13MP UW + 10.8MP 5x tele; 10.5MP selfie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connectivity:<\/strong> 5G, eSIM, wifi 6E, UWB, NFC, Bluetooth 6 and GNSS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water resistance:<\/strong> IP68 (1.5m for 30 minutes)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> 152.8 x 72.0 x 8.6mm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weight:<\/strong> 197g<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/sep\/07\/pixel-11-review-google-flagship-phones-battery-cameras-android\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9d79e5a1ea55a50086051b53b4e66aa77be6b7ae\/1211_519_4557_3646\/master\/4557.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f1c2cf5c724db1bcfe1669b093486ece\" title=\"Pixel 11 review: Google sets the bar for standard flagship phones\" \/>Longer battery life, faster chip, actually useful AI tools and better cameras keep quality Android ahead of competition<br \/>\nGoogle\u2019s Pixel 11 continues to set the standard for what you should expect from the base model of a flagship phone with class-leading cameras, long software support and almost all the bells and whistles of its most expensive phones.<br \/>\nThe regular Pixel 11 costs \u00a3879 (\u20ac999\/$899\/A$1,499) making it \u00a380 or equivalent more expensive than last year\u2019s model as the cost of RAMageddon continues to bite. It\u2019s not cheap by any stretch of the imagination, but it comes with 256GB of storage and is \u00a3200 less than the Pixel 11 Pro, matching rival Samsung\u2019s Galaxy S26.<br \/>\nScreen: 6.3in 120Hz FHD+ OLED (422ppi)<br \/>\nProcessor: Google Tensor G6<br \/>\nRAM: 12GB<br \/>\nStorage: 256 or 512GB<br \/>\nOperating system: Android 17<br \/>\nCamera: 48MP+ 13MP UW + 10.8MP 5x tele; 10.5MP selfie<br \/>\nConnectivity: 5G, eSIM, wifi 6E, UWB, NFC, Bluetooth 6 and GNSS<br \/>\nWater resistance: IP68 (1.5m for 30 minutes)<br \/>\nDimensions: 152.8 x 72.0 x 8.6mm<br \/>\nWeight: 197g Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longer battery life, faster chip, actually useful AI tools and better cameras keep quality Android ahead of competition Google\u2019s Pixel 11 continues to set the standard for what you should expect from the base model of a flagship phone with class-leading cameras, long software support and almost all the bells and whistles of its most &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/pixel-11-review-google-sets-the-bar-for-standard-flagship-phones\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pixel 11 review: Google sets the bar for standard flagship phones<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24750"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}