Google’s newest sale takes $250 off the Pixel 8 Professional

The Google Pixel 8 Pro stays the large-screen Android smartphone we’d recommend to most individuals, and proper now it is again on sale for $749 at Amazon, Best Buy and Google’s online store. We have seen this deal earlier than, but it surely matches the most important low cost we have tracked for an unlocked mannequin exterior of trade-in or carrier-exclusive affords. The cellphone technically has an inventory value of $999, although it is often sold for $799 because it was launched final October. Both method, you are saving no less than a bit greater than ordinary. This value applies to the bottom mannequin with 128GB of storage, however higher-capacity fashions are additionally $250 off their MSRP if you happen to want more room.

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This matches the largest outright money low cost we have seen for Google’s flagship smartphone.

$749 at Amazon

If you happen to do not thoughts buying and selling in an previous system, nevertheless, Google has additionally raised the trade-in values for sure telephones once they’re put towards a Pixel 8 Professional. If you happen to’re upgrading from a Pixel 6 Pro, as an illustration, you’ll be able to tack on a $400 refund, whereas a Pixel 7 Pro in good situation can provide as much as $500 again. These are greater than what the corporate is providing for the smaller Pixel 8 or foldable Pixel Fold. Google says this promo will run by means of June 22. (Simply be sure you observe Google’s directions if you happen to go this route, as the corporate makes use of a third party for its trade-in program.) Greatest Purchase will even take an additional $100 off if you happen to activate the cellphone with a service.

We gave the Pixel 8 Professional a score of 93 in our assessment final yr, and it nonetheless affords top-notch digital camera efficiency, a vibrant 6.7-inch OLED show and a comparatively clear tackle Android, with OS updates guaranteed by means of October 2030. The display helps a variable refresh fee as much as 120Hz, which makes scrolling really feel clean, and the comfortable glass end appears to be like and feels good. The software program, in the meantime, is aided by just a few AI-based options which might be truly helpful (and do not contain eating glue): A Magic Editor device permits you to minimize out undesirable objects within the background of photographs, for one, whereas an Audio Magic Eraser characteristic helps eradicate ambient noise from movies. (You should utilize Magic Editor options with other phones, however you are restricted to 10 makes use of per thirty days until you personal a Pixel or pay a subscription charge.)

You’d get the Pixel 8 Professional for the digital camera and software program first, although. Its Tensor G3 chip can deal with absolutely anything you throw at it, however options just like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra are technically sooner and will not get as heat when pressured. Likewise, whereas the cellphone’s battery can get you thru a full day, it isn’t fairly class-leading, and its 30W charging pace might stand to be sooner. Nonetheless, there’s lots to love right here. Our greatest challenge with the Pixel 8 Professional was that it prices $100 greater than its predecessor out of the gate, however this deal helps soften that blow.

If you would like a smaller or extra reasonably priced handset, the 6.1-inch Pixel 8 affords a lot of the identical options and can be on sale for $549. That is not the bottom value we have seen, although it is a greater worth than Google’s newer midrange Pixel 8a cellphone when it is discounted to that extent.

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