Pixel 2 vs. iPhone X: Can Google lure Apple buyers?

Columnist Ed Baig reviews Pixel, which features the high-IQ Google Assistant and a competitive, high-end smartphone camera. The Google logo is seen at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google said Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, it is ending its so-called "first click free," a policy loathed by many publishers and media because it required a limited amount of free content from them before readers could be subjected to a paywall. The next Pixel phones are coming, and Google wants you to know they're hoping to leave competitors -- namely two glossy, recently launched rivals from Samsung and Apple -- in the dust. Weeks ahead of Wednesday's expected launch, Google teased the devices in YouTube and TV promo videos that asked, "What's wrong with my phone's battery? Why does my phone take so many blurry photos? Why doesn't my phone understand me? Why is my smartphone so dumb?"