Google has tried everything but building the best phone
Image: Google At 1PM ET, Google will try its best to convince millions of people to buy a Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro instead of Apple's iPhone 13 or a Samsung Galaxy. Will it work? That depends on whether Google does something it's never managed to do with a phone launch: fire on every cylinder.
The Google Pixel has never been the it phone, the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink phone, the phone early adopters crave. Samsung originally cornered the Android side of that market with the Galaxy Note, and it was 2017 when Apple crossed the $1,000 mark with the iPhone X and followed it up with the pricey Pro and Pro Max.
Google has arguably never had a truly flagship phone to call its own: while the search giant's incredible camera software has made the Pixel...