Google Pixel 11 Pro

At Rs. 399,999 listed on W4Mobiles, the Pixel 11 Pro is hard to recommend over the base Pixel 11.

• Strengths: a bright, sharp LTPO display, a strong camera system with a 5x telephoto and 42 MP selfie camera, solid build, all-day battery and seven years of updates.
• Weaknesses: the same chip and size as the cheaper Pixel 11, a weak GPU for gaming, slow charging, a gimmicky HiLight LED and patchy availability in Pakistan.

The Pro's extra money buys mainly better camera sensors, a higher resolution screen and, on 512GB and 1TB models, 16GB of RAM. If you need those, it is a capable compact flagship. Otherwise the base Pixel 11 gives almost the same experience, and the Galaxy S26 Plus is cheaper here with faster charging. Prices of imported Pixels in Pakistan often fall after a few months, so waiting can pay off.

The Pixel 11 Pro uses a 6.3 inches LTPO OLED at 1280 x 2856 with a 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, up to 2400 nits in high-brightness mode and 3600 nits peak, protected by Gorilla Glass Victus 2.

The higher resolution makes text and photos noticeably sharper than on the base Pixel 11, and the brighter peak helps outdoor visibility. LTPO lets the refresh rate drop when nothing is moving, which saves battery.

It is the same size as the base model, so buyers who want a bigger screen have to step up to the Pro XL. The ultrasonic in-display fingerprint reader is fast and reliable.

The Pixel 11 Pro runs the Tensor G6 (3 nm) with 12GB of RAM, or 16GB on the 512GB and 1TB versions.

• Everyday use: social media, email and web browsing are mostly smooth, with occasional frame drops during heavy multitasking, big full-screen animations or very heavy web pages.
• CPU: hands-on testing found roughly a 20% CPU gain over the Tensor G5, but independent benchmarks still put it well behind Snapdragon and Apple chips.
• Gaming: the GPU remains a big weakness; 3DMark results are less than half of top Snapdragon phones, so high-end gaming is not this phone's job.

The chip is efficient, which helps battery life, and Google says its larger AI capacity will power future on-device Gemini features.

The Pro gets a 50 MP main camera on a larger sensor, a 48 MP 5x periscope telephoto, a 48 MP ultrawide and a 42 MP selfie camera.

• Main camera: sharper and less noisy in poor light, with much faster Night Sight and the familiar contrasty Pixel look. The full 50 MP mode takes a moment longer to process but is worth enabling.
• Telephoto: the highlight, with useful reach and fun results at 5x; past that, AI zoom (up to 120x) quickly looks watercolour-like.
• Ultrawide: unchanged and showing its age.
• Video: up to 8K at 30fps or 4K at 60fps with 10-bit HDR. Point lights can cause small flares at night, and switching lenses while recording ramps unnaturally.

Overall a very good, not class-leading, camera. Tip: double-press the power button to open the camera is off by default; turn it on in settings.

The Pixel 11 Pro has a 4850 mAh battery, slightly smaller than the base Pixel 11's to make room for the bigger cameras.

In two weeks of travel use it gave easy all-day battery life, with days of five to six hours of screen-on time still ending at around 30%. Phones with large silicon-carbon batteries last longer, but this is dependable for a compact flagship.

Charging is the weak point. 30W wired charging reaches about 55% in 30 minutes, and the new extreme charging mode, which pauses background work when the battery is low, is still slow next to Samsung and Chinese rivals. Magnetic 25W wireless Qi2.2 charging is a plus. No charger in the box.

The Pixel 11 Pro ships with Android 17 and gets seven years of OS and security updates.

Software is why people buy Pixels: small polished touches, such as the bouncy volume slider, smoother Quick Share between Pixels and camera Looks, plus Gemini built into Google's apps. Magic Capture pulls several stills from a short clip, and a new creator mode adds a front-camera teleprompter and quick editing.

The HiLight LED on the back is a Pro-only addition, but it is limited to calls and Gemini activity, which makes it of little practical use. There is no bloatware, and the Titan M3 chip strengthens security. Some AI features depend on region and language.