Design Differences
Both devices ship with a familiar design.
They also retain their glass-sandwich builds, meaning neither unit should feel subpar in your hands.
The Pixel 7 is available in three colors: Obsidian, Snow, and Lemongrass.
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The iPhone 14 looks identical to the iPhone 13, keeping its matte aluminum rails and glossy glass back.
The shades between the two materials are also a close match.
It’s available in five colors: Midnight, Starlight, Blue, Red, and Purple.
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Button placement on the two devices is another difference you’ll notice.
The Pixel keeps all buttonspower and volumeon the right, making it slightly trickier to take screenshots.
On the other hand, iPhone has Ceramic Shielddeveloped with Corningand an undisclosed rating for its back glass.
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Display Comparison
While Google does ship the bigger display, more differences here deserve attention.
Pixel 7’s display has a standard FHD+ (1080x2400) resolution.
If you want to know why these stats matter, feel free to read ouroverview of refresh rates.
However, Google claims a 25% brighter panel, which does indicate that 800 might be the standard.
Processor, RAM, and Storage
Powering the Pixel 7 is the Google Tensor G2 processor.
And the A15 Bionic is known to outdo this processor by a significant margin.
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However, you probably won’t notice the performance difference under real-world use.
We’ve broken down the exact cost for them below.
Camera Hardware
Both Pixel 7 and iPhone 14 feature camera hardware similar to their predecessors.
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The Pixel 7’s dual camera setup includes a 50MP wide camera and 12MP ultrawide.
The front camera on Pixel uses a 10.8MP sensor, whereas the iPhone uses a 12MP sensor here too!
Cinematic Blur, Photo Unblur, and improvements to Real Tone are the most significant.
Apple’s iPhone 14, on the other hand, introduces Action Mode and the new Photonic Engine.
The former is a stabilized video recording mode, while the latter is a new pipeline for image processing.
Battery Life
Lastly, we’ll compare their batteries.
iPhone 14 comes with a 3,279mAh cell compared to the Pixel 7’s 4,355mAh unit.
Many reviews have indicated the iPhone can last an entire day on a single charge with relative ease.
It’s hard to comment on Pixel 7’s endurance since we haven’t tested the equipment yet.
But don’t fret, as using any of thebest USB-C chargers on the marketshould meet the requirements.
Both phones also support Qi wireless charging7.5W on the iPhone 14 and 12W on the Pixel 7.
The unit starts at $699 and offers almost the same feature set as iPhone 14.
