Phone comparison · UK prices · October 2026
iPhone 17 or Pixel 10: which should you buy?
The short answer
The iPhone 17 leads on battery life and is lighter. The Pixel 10 leads on toughness. The iPhone 17 costs £545 more than the Pixel.
Comparing 2 phones
What the extra money buys
The iPhone 17 costs £545 more than the Pixel.
You get: faster wireless charging, a sharper selfie camera, a faster chip and a lighter body.
You give up: a zoom lens, more memory (RAM) and better water resistance.
Worth it if you want faster wireless charging and a sharper selfie camera. Keep the money if a zoom lens matters more to you.
Differences in daily life
Battery and charging
Best: iPhone 17The iPhone 17 charges faster without a cable (25 W vs 15 W on the Pixel), so cable-free top-ups are quicker.
Screen
EvenBoth have similar sharpness (460 ppi and 422 ppi), close enough not to matter much day to day.
Camera
Depends on youThe Pixel 10 is the only one with a zoom lens (5x), so it can get closer to faraway subjects without cropping the photo.
The iPhone 17's selfie camera has more megapixels (18 MP vs 10 MP on the Pixel), so selfies and video calls can look more detailed.
Speed
Depends on youThe iPhone 17's chip (Apple A19) scores higher in benchmark tests than the one in the Pixel (Google Tensor G5), so it should feel quicker in demanding apps and games.
The Pixel 10 has more memory (12GB vs 8GB on the iPhone), which helps it keep more apps open at once.
Toughness
Best: Pixel 10The Pixel 10 has the better water and dust rating (IP69 vs IP68 on the iPhone), so on top of surviving a dunk it is also rated against high-pressure water jets.
Size and weight
Best: iPhone 17The iPhone 17 is lighter (177 g vs 204 g on the Pixel), so it is easier to hold and carry.
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Scores
| Score | iPhone 17 | Pixel 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Battery | 56 | 72 |
| Screen | 91 | 89 |
| Camera | 80 | 86 |
| Speed | 91 | 80 |
| Toughness | 95 | 96 |
| Connections and extras | 93 | 88 |
| Overall | 84 | 85 |
How these scores are made: Each score is calculated from the maker's published specs and benchmark results, using one fixed formula for every phone. We have not tested these phones in the hand. How we score phones
Specs side by side
Display
- Type
- LTPO Super Retina XDR OLEDLTPO OLED
- Resolution
- 1206×2622 pixels1080×2424 pixels
- PPI
- 460422
- Aspect ratio
- 19.5:920:9
- Screen-to-body ratio
- 90.1 %86.1 %
- Display features
- Capacitive Touchscreen Dolby Vision HDR10 Multi-touch displayCapacitive Touchscreen HDR10+ Multi-touch display
- Screen protection
- Ceramic Shield 2 Glass, Mohs level 5Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, Mohs level 4
Core Specifications
- Chipset
- Apple A19Google Tensor G5
- CPU cores
- 68
- CPU max frequency
- 4260 MHz3780 MHz
- Microarchitecture
- 2x 4.26 GHz – Performance cores 4x X.X GHz – Efficiency cores1x 3.78 GHz – Cortex-X4 5x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-A725 2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex-A520
- GPU
- Apple A19 GPUIMG PowerVR DXT-48-1536
- RAM
- 8GB12GB
- Storage
- 256GB, 512GB128GB, 256GB
- Storage Type
- NVMeN/A
Software
- Operating System
- iOS 26Android 16 (Baklava) , with up to 7 major Android upgrades
Main Camera
- Video Resolution
- 2160p @ 24/25/30/60 fps 1080p @ 25/30/60/120/240 fps2160p @ 24/30/60 fps 1080p @ 24/30/60/120/240 fps
- Video Features
- Dolby Vision HDR (up to 60fps), HDR, Stereo Sound Rec10-bit HDR, Gyro-EIS, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS)
- Features
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) PanoramaPanorama
- Lenses
- 48 MP , ƒ /1.6, 26 mm ( Wide-angle ), 1.0 μm , 1/1.56" Sensor size - Dual-Pixel PDAF - sensor-shift OIS 48 MP , ƒ /2.2, 13 mm , 120° ( Ultra-Wide angle ), 0.7 μm , 1/2.55" Sensor size - PDAF48 MP , ƒ /1.7, 25 mm ( Wide-angle ), 0.8 μm , 1/2.0" Sensor size Dual-Pixel PDAF Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) 10. 8 MP , ƒ /3.1, 112 mm ( Telephoto ), x5 optical zoom, 1/3.2" Sensor size - Dual-Pixel PDAF - Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) 13 MP , ƒ /2.2, 120° ( Ultra-Wide angle ), 1/3.1" Sensor size - PDAF
- Flash
- Dual-LED Dual-Tone FlashLED Flash
Selfie camera
- Matrix
- 18 MP10 MP
- Lenses
- 18 MP , ƒ /1.9 ( Wide-angle ) - Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) - PDAF5 MP , ƒ /2.2, 20 mm , 95° ( Ultra-Wide angle ), 1.22 μm , 1/3.1" Sensor size - PDAF
- Video Resolution
- 2160p @ 24/25/30/60 fps 1080p @ 25/30/60/120 fps2160p @ 30/60 fps 1080p @ 30/60 fps
- Video Features
- 3D (spatial) audio, Dolby Vision HDR, Gyro-EIS, HDR, Stereo Sound RecN/A
- Features
- N/AHigh Dynamic Range (HDR) Panorama
General
- Announced
- Tuesday, 09 September 2025Wednesday, 20 August 2025
- Released
- Friday, 19 September 2025Thursday, 28 August 2025
Battery
- Capacity
- 3692 mAh4970 mAh
- Wired charging power
- 25W30W
- Wireless charging power
- 25W15W
- Features
- MagSafe fast wireless charging, Qi2 wireless charging, Reverse wired charging, Wired charging from 0-50% in 20 minutes (official specs),Qi2 wireless charging, Reverse wired charging,
Battery Life Test
- Browsing
- 15:08 hh:mm16:11 hh:mm
- Video watching
- 8:09 hh:mm10:40 hh:mm
- Playing games
- 8:45 hh:mm10:13 hh:mm
Design
- Height
- 149.6 mm152.8 mm
- Width
- 71.5 mm72 mm
- Thickness
- 8 mm8.6 mm
- Weight
- 177 g204 g
- Resistance certificate
- IP68IP68, IP69
- Resistance cert. meaning
- Dust-tight and water-resistant (submersible up to 6m for 30 minutes)Dust-tight and water-resistant (submersible up to 1.5m for 30 minutes)
Network
- Network Type support
- EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps, 5G, LTE, HSPA5G, LTE (CA), HSPA
- Network_5G bands
- 5G: n1 (2100), n2 (1900), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n14 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n26 (850), n28 (700), n29 (700), n30 (2300), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n53 (2500), n66 (2100), n70 (2000), n71 (600), n75 (1500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700), n258 (26000), n260 (39000), n261 (28000 MHz)N/A
- Network_4G bands
- LTE: b1 (2100), b2 (1900), b3 (1800), b4 (1700), b5 (850), b7 (2600), b8 (900), b11 (1500), b12 (700), b13 (700), b14 (700), b17 (700), b18 (800), b19 (800), b20 (800), b21 (1500), b25 (1900), b26 (850), b28 (700), b29 (700), b30 (2300), b32 (1500), b34 (2000), b38 (2600), b39 (1900), b40 (2300), b41 (2500), b42 (3500), b48 (3800), b53 (2500), b66 (1700), b71 (600 MHz)LTE: b1 (2100), b2 (1900), b3 (1800), b4 (1700), b5 (850), b7 (2600), b8 (900), b12 (700), b13 (700), b14 (700), b17 (700), b18 (800), b19 (800), b20 (800), b21 (1500), b25 (1900), b26 (850), b28 (700), b29 (700), b30 (2300), b32 (1500), b38 (2600), b39 (1900), b40 (2300), b41 (2500), b42 (3500), b46 (5200), b48 (3800), b66 (1700), b70 (2000), b71 (600 MHz)
- Network_3G bands
- HSPA: 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHzHSPA: 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 MHz
- Network_2G bands
- GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz CDMA: 800 / 1900 MHzGSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
Connectivity
- WiFi support
- Yes ( Wi-Fi 7 )Yes ( Wi-Fi 6 )
- USB ports
- USB Type-C 2.0, DisplayPort,USB Type-C 3.2,
- USB connectivity
- USB chargingUSB charging, USB Mass Storage device (UMS)
- Wi-Fi standards
- 802.11/a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be802.11/a/b/g/n/ac/ax
- Wi-Fi features
- Mobile Hotspot, Tri-bandDual-band