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The Definitive Pixel Tier List

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Show Notes

Welcome to Pixelated episode 120. This week, Abner, Damien, and Will celebrate 10 years of Pixel by ranking all of Google's smartphones released over the past decade. Also, we finally make the jump over to video!

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Ben Schoon

Will Sattelberg

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