Google Pixel 2 XL review:

Editors' Note, Oct. 25, 2017: Updated with further observations of the Pixel 2 XL's screen burn-in issue and Google's statements.

Editors' Note, Oct. 23, 2017: Updated detailing recent issues with the Pixel 2 XL's display.

 When it comes to the camera, processor and software, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are both identical and fantastic. The only main difference between the two (asides from price, that is) are the Pixel 2 XL's larger size, smaller bezels and different screen technology. We loved our early experience with the Pixel 2 XL, but any potential buyers need to know about some problems with its screen that have come to light since we first reviewed the phone.  

The Pixel 2 XL has a bigger 6-inch display a higher resolution than the 5-inch Pixel 2. But it also uses a different technology, a plastic-OLED (POLED) display, while the Pixel 2 has a more traditional AMOLED screen. (The LG V30 ($829.99 at B&H Photo-Video) uses POLED too, and the term also shouldn't be confused with the Samsung-produced "Super AMOLED" displays found on other phones.)

Within the first week of its availability, there have been reports of the Pixel 2 XL display exhibiting screen burn-in, wherein remnants of earlier images remain on the screen despite not being actively displayed. In two of the five Pixel 2 XLs we have, we saw evidence of screen burn-in. 

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