Despite the drop in trade-in value, Google is still the only place to get a half-decent price for your old Pixel phone. You will get under $300 on the secondary market for the Pixel 7 Pro, while Apple and Samsung rarely pay handsomely for a Google handset. Still, it’s disappointing the Search company has dropped its trade-in prices for this sale.

OnePlus has always felt like a plucky little upstart against behemoths like Samsung and Google. With a 6.8-inch screen and flagship specs on the OnePlus 13, there’s no better yardstick to measure it against than Google’s Pixel 9 Pro XL.

We gave the Google Pixel 9 Pro our coveted phone of the year award because “it nails the basics so nicely that it never lets me down”. No one wants to swap phones regularly and the Google Pixel 9 Pro means you won’t be tempted to do so for a long time.

The OnePlus 13R follows a familiar formula, but delivers an end product that's far better than its price suggests.

The Google Pixel 9 Pro and OnePlus 13 represent two of the best on Android but they aren't made for the same people