And no matter the light, the Essential Phone doesn’t capture nearly as much detail, as you can see in these 100 percent crops. Look at the text, but also the textures of the stone beneath the text, and in the lower right-hand corner.
It’s worth noting that the Essential is outputting much smaller file sizes than the Pixel, so overzealous image compression may be partly responsible for the reduced detail.
(On Windows or Mac, you should be able to right-click and save these images to your desktop for a closer comparison.)