NgoLwesibili olwedlule abafana baseCupertino yethule ngokusemthethweni i-iPhone X, i-terminal lapho amafreyimu acishe anyamalala ngokuphelele, kanye ne-iPhone 8, i-iPhone 8 Plus, i-Apple Watch LTE ne-Apple TV 4k. Ekupheleni kuka-Agasti, abakwaSamsung benze okufanayo ngeGalaxy Note 8. Manje sekuyithuba likaGoogle ngama-smartphones alo wePixel 2 nePixel XL 2.
Inkampani ezinze eMountain View isimemezele ngokusemthethweni usuku lapho izokwethula khona ngokusemthethweni isizukulwane sesibili samatheminali ayo ePixel, amatheminali amenyezelwa ngonyaka odlule kodwa adlula ngaphandle kobuhlungu noma udumo emakethe, ngenxa yezinkinga zokutholakala.
U-Okthoba 4 kube lusuku olukhethwe yiGoogle, usuku olufana kakhulu nolo olusetshenziswe ngonyaka owedlule ukwethula isizukulwane sokuqala, isizukulwane sokuqala esithengiswe ngokusemthethweni kuphela e-United States, United Kingdom nase-Australia, yize kungekho emthethweni ifinyelele emazweni amaningi. Ngiyethemba lesi sizukulwane sesibili sifinyelela emazweni amaningi, ngoba uma kungenjalo angiqondi ukuthi kungani IGoogle ingene kulolu bishi lokukhiqiza nokuklama amatheminali ayo. Yebo, leyo yokukhiqiza ihlobene, ngoba futhi le nqubo iphethe i-HTC yaseTaiwan, inkampani engagcina isisezandleni zeGoogle, njengoba sikwazise ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule.
Ngokwamahemuhemu ambalwa aseshicilelwe ahlobene nalesi sizukulwane esisha sePixel, iPixel 2 nePixel XL 2 bezizofinyelela emakethe nge-Android Oreo, ngokunengqondo futhi zizophathwa yi I-Snapdragon 835, akukho lutho lwe-836 njengoba bekuhlebeziwe emasontweni edlule. Ngokuqondene ne-RAM, iGoogle ikhethe ukuqhubeka nokunikela nge-4GB yememori kanye ne-64GB yesitoreji. Imodeli yePixel XL 2 izokwandisa ubukhulu besikrini ukunciphisa imiphetho futhi ngaleyo ndlela ivumelane nezidingo ezintsha zabasebenzisi abafuna isikrini esikhulu ezandleni zabo kodwa ngamafreyimu ancishisiwe.