Pixel 7 Pro review: The 2022 Pro Pixel — a 5× periscope and Google’s best photo tricks.
A 2022 camera Pixel that is now a budget-friendly used buy.
The Pixel 7 Pro still takes excellent photos thanks to its 5× periscope and Google processing. The Tensor G2 and 3-year update window date it next to the 7-year-supported Pixel 8/9.
01Display
88/10088/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2022.
02Camera
89/100At 89/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2022 — 10 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
78/10078/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2022 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2022.
05Build
88/10088/100 puts it above the 82-point average for flagship phones of 2022.
06Value
82/10082/100 puts it above the 76-point average for flagship phones of 2022.
- Genuinely good 5× periscope camera.
- Sharp QHD+ LTPO display.
- Excellent computational photography.
- Large 5,000 mAh battery.
- Tensor G2 lags on performance and efficiency.
- 23 W charging is slow.
- Only 3 OS updates (pre-7-year era).
- Curved screen edges.
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 210-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .