Should I upgrade my Pixel 7?
The Google Pixel 7 went on sale on 13 October 2022. It has a 6.3-inch display, a weight of 197 g, the Google Tensor G2 chip, a 50 MP main camera and 128 GB of storage to start. Security updates are committed until 1 October 2027. Every figure in the Google Pixel 7 specifications below links the page it came from and the date it was read.
4 years oldPatched until 2027-10-01Read
Is it still supported?
Yes. Google has committed to security updates for the Pixel 7 until 2027-10-01. A phone that is still patched is not a phone you have to replace.endoflife.date — Pixel, retrieved 2026-08-20
What the Pixel 10 changes
The newest Google phone in this line is the Pixel 10 at £699, released 28 August 2025. Judged row by row against our published thresholds; the full table is at Pixel 10 vs Pixel 7.
On the makers’ figures and the named third-party sources, the Pixel 10 wins on peak brightness (3,000 nits from the maker against 1,400 nits from GSMArena) and Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core) (5,397 against 3,256, both from Geekbench Browser). 4 gaps are borderline, differences most people would not notice: refresh rate (120 Hz against 90 Hz) for the Pixel 10, RAM (12 GB against 8 GB) for the Pixel 10, battery capacity (4,970 mAh against 4,355 mAh) for the Pixel 10 and wireless charging (20 W from GSMArena against 15 W from the maker) for the Pixel 7. The difference in weight is below the threshold you would notice. Both state the same display size, storage (base) and fast charging. The other 36 rows have no threshold or no direction to judge by, so nobody wins them.
- Peak brightness: 1,400 nits → 3,000 nits
- Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core): 3,256 → 5,397
- Refresh rate: 90 Hz → 120 Hz borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- RAM: 8 GB → 12 GB borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- Battery capacity: 4,355 mAh → 4,970 mAh borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- Wireless charging: 20 W → 15 W borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
Other makers at the price
Phones from other makers released within a year of the Pixel 10 and priced within a quarter of its £699, nearest price first, each judged the same way against your Pixel 7 — or, where that pair is not one this site indexes, against the Pixel 10.
What yours is worth
Our reading of the figures
The Pixel 7 is committed to security updates until 1 October 2027, so nothing forces a move yet.
The Pixel 10 clears our noticeable threshold on 2 rows: peak brightness, Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core). 4 more gaps are borderline, which most people would not notice. Nothing goes backwards.
At £699 new, less the £138 CeX was paying for a grade A Pixel 7 on 2026-08-14, the move costs about £561.
Every sentence above is built from the figures on this page by a rule, not written for this phone: a support date, the rows that clear a published threshold, a price and a trade-in. There is no score and no recommendation. The methodology page has the thresholds and where they come from. Every phone’s version of this page is listed at All upgrade questions.