Has the giant notch turned you away from the rest of the Pixel's merits?
If you've been following mobile tech news at all over the last couple of months, you've undoubtedly seen some of the countless renders and even hands-on photos of the Pixel 3 XL, which Google will be officially unveiling on October 9th. Its newly notched design has been ... less than well-received so far, but like it or not, this is the new big Pixel.
In case you've somehow missed the leaks up until now, the Pixel 3 XL looks nearly identical to the Pixel 2 XL from the back, albeit with a glass panel rather than painted aluminum, but it looks like an entirely different phone from the front. The Pixel 2 XL's massive top and bottom bezels have been replaced with a taller, nearly edge-to-edge display, which is great in theory, but problems arise once you run into the notch.
Personally, I have no problems with display notches in general — I've written in their defense before, and used plenty of notched phone...
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