iPhone 17 Pro Max vs. Google Pixel 10 Pro XL: I compared the flagships and here's the winner

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It feels like yesterday when I sat in a Brooklyn warehouse to watch Jimmy Fallon introduce the Google Pixel 10 series to the world. Since then, Apple has joined the fray with the new iPhone 17, and now I've got a few too many new handsets on my mind.

Between what Apple and Google announced, the iPhone 17 Pro Max and Google Pixel 10 Pro XL stand out as the best of the best. They're the models that tech enthusiasts drool about, fans wait in lines for, and journalists like me itch to compare before the year-end awards are due.

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