Pixel 10 review: The first base Pixel with a telephoto — and 7 years of updates.
The telephoto comes to the base Pixel.
Pixel 10 adds a 5× telephoto to Google's entry flagship for the first time, alongside a big battery, Qi2 and 7 years of updates at $799 — a complete-feeling camera phone, if not the fastest.
01Display
84/10084/100 trails the 89-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2025.
02Camera
86/10086/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
03Performance
84/10084/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2025 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
84/10084/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
05Build
84/10084/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
06Value
86/10086/100 puts it above the 81-point average for flagship phones of 2025.
- First base Pixel with a 5× telephoto.
- 7 years of OS + security updates.
- Big 4,970 mAh battery + Qi2.
- Pixel computational photography.
- 128 GB base + UFS 3.1.
- Tensor G5 trails Snapdragon on raw speed.
- 29 W charging is modest.
- 10.5 MP selfie.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 229-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .