{"id":2655,"date":"2026-04-15T22:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2026-04-15T22:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:00:12","slug":"google-pixel-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/2026\/google-pixel-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Pixel 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I didn’t need a new phone, the Pixel 7<\/a> I’d been using for almost 2 years was doing everything I needed. The battery life was good, it still felt fast, and the photos were great.<\/p>\n

I think my downfall was that I needed to upgrade the kids to newer (working) phones, and managed to get a couple of Pixel 7 Pros<\/a> for a great price. This meant my phone, while still great, was the lowest spec phone in the family. I think since Black Friday<\/a> we’d seen cell phone plan promotions that included the Pixel 10<\/a>, leading to a lot of them hitting the market (new in box). The asking price was often $750 with low points being around $600, still a bit high for my frugal self.<\/p>\n

Then a friend of mine did the plan upgrade dance and had a Pixel 10 he was willing to let go a bit lower than the typical asking price – while I didn’t need<\/em> an upgrade – now I’m rocking the Pixel 10.<\/p>\n

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Above is an animation that compares the 7 vs the 10. The specifications say the 10 is slightly heavier than the 7, but the size of the phone is a tiny bit smaller. Notable are the more pronounced rounded corners. The 10 feels smaller in my hand, it’s still a giant phone as all phones seem to be today, but something about the shape makes it feels smaller.<\/p>\n

The internals<\/a> are all newer, better, faster. The 10 has a laundry list of improvements over the 7: A 5x optical telephoto camera; Satellite SOS service; 12GB RAM; updates until 2032.<\/p>\n

If you want more comparisons I found this article<\/a> which runs down a comparison of the 10 vs. many of the previous models.<\/p>\n

I was able to move my old Pixel 7 along for a fair price, it turned out the person who bought it from me was someone I used to work with. Nice.<\/p>\n

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Over the 2+ years I used it, it only accumulated 293 charge cycles – and the battery should be good for 80% capacity at 800 cycles<\/a>. It’s still got more than a year of Google support<\/a> and after that you can always go to GrapheneOS<\/a> or LineageOS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Back to talking about the Pixel 10. Let’s start with the Google AI summary of the upgrade from the 7 to the 10.<\/p>\n

Upgrading from the Pixel 7 to the Pixel 10 (2025) offers significant improvements in battery life, display brightness (3000+ nits), and processing power (Tensor G5), largely addressing the heat and battery degradation issues found in older models.\u00a0The Pixel 10 features a smoother 120Hz display, faster charging, and 12GB of RAM compared to the 7\u2019s 8GB<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As usual, I grabbed a generic bumper case off Amazon, which came with a screen protector. I particularly like the cases that have extra bumps on the corners, both for fall protection – but also I find them handy to help grip the phone.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately the screen protector didn’t work with the finger print sensor. The 7 used an optical sensor, whereas the 10 uses an ultrasonic sensor<\/a>. The generic screen protector was too thick preventing it from working. Google has introduced a ‘made for Google<\/a>‘ certification for screen protectors – boo. While face unlock worked, I’m not sure I wanted to be stuck with that or a password. I broke down and ordered Spigen certified<\/a> screen protector, $24.99 which turned into almost $30 after tax but next day delivery.<\/p>\n

The Spigen protector worked without issue, and the kit I ordered actually included two protectors so the price seemed a bit more worth it. The installation is a bit funky, but worked just like their video describes<\/a>. I did need to use the squeegee tool to remove the bubbles, but it went smoothly.<\/p>\n

Aside from the small issue with a generic screen protector and fingerprint recognition adopting the new phone was straight forward. The migration process from the 7 to the 10 went smoothly. Even the eSIM just magically moved over. All in all it was an easy upgrade.<\/p>\n

A few weeks in to using it, I’m still pleased with the upgrade. I keep finding reviews<\/a> which say all of the things<\/a> better than I could.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t need a new phone, the Pixel 7 I’d been using for almost 2 years was doing everything I needed. The battery life was good, it still felt fast, and the photos were great. I think my downfall was that I needed to upgrade the kids to newer (working) phones, and managed to get … Continue reading “Google Pixel 10”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-android","category-gadgets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2655"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2664,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655\/revisions\/2664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}