The camera is flush with the back, but that’s partly down to the fact that the entire phone is thicker at the top, giving it a wedge shape. The difference between 8.5mm at the top and 7.3mm at the bottom is so slight that it honestly would not be noticeable in ordinary use, but Google has actually emphasised it with the way the phone’s sides curve towards the back. The Pixel XL is also a little top-heavy but we got used to this fairly easily.
The power and volume buttons are on the right, and we found the placement a bit awkward. There’s a tray on the left that can fit a single Nano-SIM – microSD cards are not supported. A 3.5mm audio jack sits on the top, and a USB Type-C Port is on the bottom between two grilles, only one of which is actually a speaker.