Google Pixel 11

The Google Pixel 11 is available at City Hub Electronics, Nairobi. It brings the Tensor G6 chip, a triple rear camera with a genuine 5x optical telephoto and a 6.3-inch 120Hz Actua OLED into the most accessible tier of the Pixel 11 family. For creators building a content workflow on a budget, it is the shortest route to Google computational imaging without stepping up to the Pro tier.

Camera

The Pixel 11 carries a triple rear camera built around a 48MP wide sensor at f/1.7 with a 24mm equivalent field of view, a 1/1.56 inch sensor and 1.0 micron pixels. Dual pixel phase detection autofocus and optical image stabilisation are both on board, so handheld frames stay sharp and focus locks quickly on moving subjects.

Alongside it sits a 10.8MP telephoto at f/3.1 and 112mm, with its own optical stabilisation and a true 5x optical zoom. This is the specification that matters most at this tier, because a real optical reach means portraits, product detail and stage or event coverage are captured with lens glass rather than reconstructed by software.

The third lens is a 13MP ultrawide at f/2.2 covering a 120 degree field of view with phase detection autofocus. It handles interiors, architecture and tight-space vlogging where the wide lens cannot pull back far enough.

Supporting hardware includes multi-zone laser autofocus and a LED flash. Pixel Shift, Ultra-HDR, panorama and Best Take are available in the camera app, giving you Google computational stack on a mid-tier body.

Video Recording

Resolutions and Frame Rates

The rear camera records 4K at 24, 30 and 60fps, covering the three frame rates that make up almost all practical creator work: 24fps for narrative and cinematic looks, 30fps for social and broadcast delivery, and 60fps for motion-heavy coverage or for conforming to a slower speed in post.

At 1080p the camera opens up to 24, 30, 60, 120 and 240fps. The 120 and 240fps modes are the slow motion tools, giving you 4x and 8x conform against a 30fps timeline. The 10.5MP front camera records 4K at 30 and 60fps as well as 1080p at 30 and 60fps, so pieces to camera and talking-head inserts match the rear footage in resolution.

Stabilisation

Stabilisation is handled by optical image stabilisation on the wide and telephoto lenses working together with gyroscope-driven electronic stabilisation. The combination is what makes handheld walking shots and follow moves usable without a gimbal, which matters if you are shooting run-and-gun and cannot always rig up.

Colour and Dynamic Range

Video is captured with 10-bit HDR, so tonal transitions in skies, skin and mixed lighting hold together instead of banding. Ten bits of depth also gives a grade far more room to move than the 8-bit files most phones at this level produce, which is the single most useful thing you can have when footage has to be colour matched to other cameras.

Power

A 4,985 mAh battery powers the Pixel 11, one of the larger cells Google has fitted to a base-tier Pixel. Recording video is the heaviest sustained load a phone takes on, so the capacity here is what determines whether a shooting day needs a mid-session top up.

Wired charging runs at 30W over USB-C with PD3.0 and PPS support, reaching roughly 55 percent in 30 minutes. That is enough to recover a working charge during a lunch break or a travel leg.

Wireless charging is rated up to 25W using the Qi2.2 magnetic standard, a substantial step over the 15W ceiling of the previous generation. Reverse wired charging is also supported, so the phone can push power out to earbuds, a wearable or a small accessory in the field. Bypass charging lets the phone draw directly from the cable during long recording sessions instead of cycling the battery, which reduces heat and preserves long term battery health.

Storage

The Pixel 11 ships with 12GB of RAM paired with either 256GB or 512GB of UFS 4.x internal storage. There is no microSD card slot, so the capacity you buy is the capacity you keep.

Storage maths matters for video. 4K 60fps footage consumes space quickly, and a creator shooting regularly will find 256GB tight once a project archive builds up. The 512GB option is the sensible choice if the phone is your primary capture device rather than a second body.

UFS 4.x throughput is what allows sustained 4K 60fps writes without dropped frames, and it also shortens the wait when offloading a shoot to a laptop or an external drive.

Editing

Editing on the Pixel 11 runs on the Tensor G6 and its Titan M3 security coprocessor, with Google computational tools available directly in Google Photos. Magic Eraser removes distractions from a frame, Best Take composes a group shot from the best expressions across a burst, and Photo Unblur recovers detail from soft captures.

Because the processing runs on device, edits complete without a round trip to the cloud and without exposing your footage to an upload. For creators working on location with unreliable connectivity, that is a practical advantage rather than a marketing point.

The phone launches on Android 17 with seven years of OS, security and Pixel Drop updates. Seven years is the longest support commitment in the Android market, and it means a Pixel 11 bought today will still be receiving feature drops well past the point where most phones stop.

Audio

Stereo speakers handle playback for reviewing takes on set. For capture, the phone records stereo audio, which preserves a sense of space in ambient beds and room tone rather than flattening everything to a single channel.

Audio quality is the most common weak point in phone-shot content, so if the Pixel 11 is your main capture device it is worth pairing it with an external microphone over USB-C. There is no 3.5mm jack, so a USB-C interface or a wireless system such as a Hollyland or DJI transmitter is the route to broadcast-usable dialogue.

Design and Build

The Pixel 11 measures 152.8 x 72 x 8.6 mm and weighs 197 g, a size that stays comfortable for one-handed shooting and slips into a pocket without the bulk of the larger models in the range.

Both the front and back are Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, with an aluminium frame between them. The display glass is rated at Mohs level 4 for scratch resistance, which is the practical measure of how a screen survives keys, sand and grit in a camera bag.

IP68 dust and water resistance covers immersion up to 1.5 metres for 30 minutes. For outdoor and travel shooting, that rating is the difference between rain being an inconvenience and rain ending the shoot.

The display is a 6.3-inch OLED at 1080 x 2424 in a 20:9 ratio, working out to roughly 422 ppi. It runs at up to 120Hz with HDR10+ support, 2,000 nits in high brightness mode and 3,000 nits peak, which is what keeps the frame readable when you are filming in direct Nairobi sun.

Colour options are Frost, Pistachio, Hibiscus and Obsidian.

Specifications

Buy the Google Pixel 11 at City Hub Electronics.