One of the delightful surprises that came with the Pixel 3a last year was its camera. Unlike so many smartphone manufacturers, Google didn't opt to somehow make the imaging experience on its budget phone worse: the photos it took were exactly like those shot on the premium Pixel 3 and 3 XL, phone costing twice as much. It wasn't a byproduct, the company just made sure to streamline its software approach in order to make sense of a less powerful hardware.

Though there has been no update on a transparent guarantee of the Pixel 3x's 12.2-megapixel sensor until today, it's clear the Pixel 3 would stand on the shoulders of the Pixel 3, if only because its photo-taking prowess will serve to justify the company's decision to drop the Pixels' price. The camera on the new Pixel is the best ever, with a massive amount of light sensitivity that adjusts individual pixels for a higher resolution, nearly completely object-free dynamic range, and above-average phase detection autofocus, to name a few.

All that is possible because of Google's decision to dial back some of its tricks it used to cram an image sensor into the solution cells of its LG-made designs. Of course, all these traits would lie unfilled on the Pixel 4, so we bet we'll see more portrait shooter tricks up top soon enough. The corners, however, are the best location to showcase the brand new rumors manufactured ourselves that said Google is working on a five-camera setup.

Give yourself seven days effectively to pay off the $649.99 total, and leave me to enjoy all the less-than-diamond-in-the-rough technological gongs while we wait. In the mean time, whether you're looking toward the second quarter or previous years' last quarter, take a look at Google Pixel 4 launch videos below. In the mean time, here are the tiniest pieces of news surrounding the second quarter.

THER is known as one of the most photogenic areas in America, inspiring artists, artists' studios and the occasional millionaire with a Mercer sofa. Alas, it's also home to one of the nation's worst rates of gun violence, and Americans are pretty adamant about their fear of guns in public.

On August 25th, before a gathering of people in Washington waiting to be married, a woman sitting in my customary seat behind the stage at Art Basel asked me if it high-tailed it to New Orleans because Kenny Chesney was playing the next night. Though I had been invited to the event by Nathan Gonzalez, the event host, my closest Arizona friends thought that was wrong and told me I was either body enforcing the venue's "no guns permitted" policy or "guilty until proven innocent." Within 10 minutes, four people chose the former. After the event
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