Phone comparison · UK prices · October 2026
Pixel 11 Pro or iPhone 17 Pro: which should you buy?
The short answer
The Pixel 11 Pro leads on battery life and the camera. The iPhone 17 Pro leads on speed. The iPhone 17 Pro costs £120 more than the Pixel.
Comparing 2 phones
Pixel 11 ProOverall score 88/100
iPhone 17 ProOverall score 88/100
What the extra money buys
The iPhone 17 Pro costs £120 more than the Pixel.
You get: a faster chip.
You give up: a bigger battery, a longer zoom and a sharper selfie camera.
Worth it if you want a faster chip. Keep the money if a bigger battery matters more to you.
Differences in daily life
Battery and charging
Best: Pixel 11 ProThe Pixel 11 Pro has the bigger battery (4,850 mAh vs 3,988 mAh on the iPhone), which may help it last longer between charges.
Screen
EvenBoth have similar peak brightness (3,600 nits and 3,000 nits) and similar sharpness (497 ppi and 460 ppi), close enough not to matter much day to day.
Camera
Best: Pixel 11 ProThe Pixel 11 Pro's zoom lens reaches further (5x vs 4x on the iPhone), for closer shots of faraway subjects.
Its selfie camera also has more megapixels (42 MP vs 18 MP on the iPhone), so selfies and video calls can look more detailed.
Speed
Best: iPhone 17 ProThe iPhone 17 Pro's chip (Apple A19 Pro) scores higher in benchmark tests than the one in the Pixel (Google Tensor G6), so it should feel quicker in demanding apps and games.
Size and weight
EvenBoth have a similar size (152.7 × 71.9 mm and 150 × 71.9 mm) and a similar thickness (8.4 mm and 8.8 mm), close enough not to matter much day to day.
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Scores
| Score | Pixel 11 Pro | iPhone 17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Battery | 70 | 60 |
| Screen | 93 | 91 |
| Camera | 95 | 93 |
| Speed | 85 | 92 |
| Toughness | 92 | 95 |
| Connections and extras | 95 | 98 |
| Overall | 88 | 88 |
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 OLEDLTPO Super Retina XDR OLED
- Resolution
- 1280 × 2856 pixels1206×2622 pixels
- PPI
- 497460
- Aspect ratio
- 20:919.5:9
- Screen-to-body ratio
- 87 %89.4 %
- Display features
- Capacitive Touchscreen HDR10+ Multi-touch displayCapacitive Touchscreen Dolby Vision HDR10 Multi-touch display
- Max rated brightness
- 3600 nits3000 nits
- Screen protection
- Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, Mohs level 4Antireflective coating, Ceramic Shield 2 Glass, Mohs level 5
Core Specifications
- Chipset
- Google Tensor G6Apple A19 Pro
- CPU cores
- 75
- Fabrication Technology
- 3 nm3 nm
- CPU max frequency
- 4.11 GHz4260 MHz
- Microarchitecture
- 1x 4.11 GHz – ARM C1-Ultra 4x 3.38 GHz – ARM C1-Pro 2x 2.65 GHz – ARM C1-Pro2x 4.26 GHz – Performance cores 4x X.X GHz – Efficiency cores
- GPU
- IMG PowerVR CXTP-48-1536Apple A19 Pro GPU
- RAM
- 12GB, 16GB12GB
- Storage Type
- UFS 4.0NVMe
- Expandable Storage
- NoN/A
Software
- Operating System
- Android 17 (Cinnamon Bun) , with up to 7 major OS updatesiOS 26
Main Camera
- Matrix
- 50 MP48 MP
- Video Resolution
- 4320p @ 24/30 fps 2160p @ 24/30/60 fps 1080p @ 24/30/60/120/240 fps2160p @ 24/25/30/60/100/120 fps 1080p @ 25/30/60/120/240 fps
- Video Features
- 10-bit HDR, Gyro-EIS, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS)10-bit HDR, 3D (spatial) video/audio, Apple Log 2, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 60fps), ProRes, ProRes RAW, Stereo Sound Rec
- Features
- Best Take Multi-zone Laser Autofocus (AF) Panorama Pixel Shift Ultra HDR Zoom EnhancePhotonic Engine Deep Fusion Smart HDR 5 Next-generation portraits with Focus and Depth Control Portrait Lighting with six effects Night mode Panorama (up to 63MP) Latest-generation Photographic Styles Spatial photos 48MP macro photography ProRAW Advanced red-eye correction Auto image stabilisation Burst mode Photo geotagging
- Lenses
- 50 MP , ƒ /1.7, 25 mm ( Wide angle ), 1.2 μm , 1/1.3" Sensor size Multi-Directional PDAF Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) 48 MP , ƒ /2.8, 106 mm ( Periscope telephoto ), x5 Optical zoom, 1/1.95" Sensor size Dual-Pixel PDAF Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) 48 MP , ƒ /1.7, 123° ( Ultra-wide angle ), 1/2.51" Sensor size Dual-Pixel PDAF48 MP , ƒ /1.6, 24 mm ( Wide-angle ), 1.22 μm , 1/1.28" Sensor size - Dual-Pixel PDAF - sensor-shift OIS 48 MP , ƒ /2.8, 100 mm ( Periscope telephoto ), 0.7 μm , x4 optical zoom, 1/2.55" Sensor size - 3D sensor‑shift OIS - PDAF 48 MP , ƒ /2.2, 13 mm , 120° ( Ultra-Wide angle ), 0.7 μm , 1/2.55" Sensor size - PDAF
- Flash
- LED flashDual-LED Dual-Tone Flash
Selfie camera
- Matrix
- 42 MP18 MP
- Lenses
- 42 MP , ƒ /2.2, 103° ( Ultra-wide angle ) PDAF18 MP , ƒ /1.9 ( Wide-angle ) - Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) - PDAF
- Video Resolution
- 2160p @ 30/60 fps 1080p @ 30/60 fps2160p @ 24/25/30/60 fps 1080p @ 25/30/60/120 fps
- Video Features
- N/A3D (spatial) audio, Apple Log 2, Dolby Vision HDR, Gyro-EIS, HDR, ProRes RAW, Stereo Sound Rec
- Features
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) PanoramaDolby Vision HDR High Dynamic Range (HDR)
General
- Announced
- Wednesday, 12 August 2026Tuesday, 09 September 2025
- Released
- Thursday, 20 August 2026Friday, 19 September 2025
Battery
- Capacity
- 4850 mAh3988 mAh
- Wired charging power
- 30 W25W
- Wireless charging power
- 25 W25W
- Fast charging support
- N/Ano
- Features
- Bypass charging Qi2.2 wireless charging Qi2 wireless charging Reverse wired charging Wired charging from 0-55% in 30 minutes (as advertised) Wireless magnetic chargingMagSafe fast wireless charging, Qi2 wireless charging, Reverse wired charging, Wired charging from 0-50% in 20 minutes (official specs),
Battery Life Test
- Browsing
- N/A13:36 hh:mm
- Video watching
- N/A8:44 hh:mm
- Playing games
- N/A8:26 hh:mm
Design
- Height
- 152.7 mm150 mm
- Thickness
- 8.4 mm8.8 mm
- Weight
- 204 g206 g
- Resistance cert. meaning
- Dust-tight and water-resistant (submersible up to 1.5m for 30 minutes)Dust-tight and water-resistant (submersible up to 6m for 30 minutes)
Network
- SIM cards
- Dual SIM (Nano-SIM + eSIM) Dual SIM (eSIM + eSIM)Dual SIM
- Network Type support
- 5G, LTE, HSPAEV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps, 5G, LTE, HSPA
- Network_5G bands
- 5G: n1 (2100), n2 (1900), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n13 (700), n14 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n26 (850), n28 (700), n29 (700), n30 (2300), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (2100), n70 (2000), n71 (600), n75 (1500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700), n258 (26000), n260 (39000), n261 (28000 MHz)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)
- Network_4G bands
- 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), b48 (3800), b66 (1700), b71 (600 MHz)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)
- Network_3G bands
- HSPA: 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 MHzHSPA: 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- Network_2G bands
- GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHzGSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz CDMA: 800 / 1900 MHz
Connectivity
- USB ports
- USB Type-C 3.2USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 2, DisplayPort,
- USB connectivity
- USB charging, USB Mass Storage device (UMS)USB charging
- Wi-Fi features
- Tri-bandMobile Hotspot, Tri-band
Multimedia
- Audio type
- Stereo speakersStereo speakers,