Despite a boring design, I still believe the Pixel 11 can be the best Android phone of 2026
Despite a boring design, I still believe the Pixel 11 can be the best Android phone of 2026
Publish Date: 2026-03-31 08:47:00
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While I can definitely understand all those possible descriptions of Google’s sequel to the “vanilla” Pixel 10, I think I’m going to go in a totally different direction and answer my own question from above with a much more hopeful word. Potential. More specifically, potential for greatness.
No one wants radical redesigns anymore
Okay, maybe some people like to see companies try changes for the sake of change, but in 2026, I believe there are far more important boxes a new high-end smartphone needs to check (more on that a little later) in order to stand a chance to achieve box-office hit status and earn rave reviews.
This is definitely not the snazziest phone in the world, but it’s not ugly either. | Image by AndroidHeadlines
The age of aesthetic experiments is over, at least for me and at least as far as non-foldable devices are concerned, with the age of brand identity instead being upon us. Whether or not you like the Pixel 10 family’s protruding oval-shaped camera bar, that’s clearly become the main distinguishing design element of Google’s in-house handsets, so I’m definitely glad to see minimal changes highlighted in the Pixel 11‘s leaked renders in that particular department.
Even better, the only visible alteration to that component makes the Pixel 11 look more elegant than its predecessor (at least in my book), as the entire rear-facing camera module is now painted in black instead of partly matching the shade of the rest of the phone’s backplate, which looked… a little cheap and asymmetrical.
The other expected cosmetic change is even subtler… and potentially even cooler, making the Pixel 11‘s screen bezels about as slim as they could be without impacting (hopefully) the handset’s status as a relatively affordable Android flagship.
Here’s a crazy idea
What if Google were to release its next…
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