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Google set to secrete new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, insiders say
Google is about to secrete two new smartphones, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, in addition to a smaller Google Home Mini smart speaker on 4 October, the Guardian is familiar with.
The devices will likely be released with the That is generated by Google event scheduled to occur in San fran and can lead send out renewed hardware efforts while it attempts to carry out Apple and Samsung inside the premium smartphone and accessory market.
Two variants with the Pixel smartphone might be released mirroring last year’s devices, several well-placed sources told into the Guardian. Smaller Pixel 2, and that is envisioned having a screen about 5 inches in proportion, are going to be produced by smartphone manufacturer HTC C an important part of which has been acquired by Google on Thursday C as outlined by two sources. It will also come in blue, white or black and also have a metal and glass back, much like last year’s Pixel.
The larger Pixel 2 XL is going to be made by LG and resembles an LG G6 over the front with the almost bezel-free screen, according to two sources, who added the cell phone comes into play white or black which has a black top and also a glass panel on the top menu.
Four separate sources said photographs on the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL published by technology site Droid Life were accurate.
Both Pixel 2 smartphones could have Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor, depending on two sources, together with 4GB of memory and either 64 or 128GB of storage. Both smartphones will also have pressure-sensitive sides, reported by two sources. HTC introduced the feature using its U11; Google is more likely to utilize it to produce its marketing assistant.
Google’s 2016 Pixel smartphones won awards with regard to their cameras, using Google’s HDR+ mode. The 2017 Google Pixel 2 smartphones will both have a much healthier single 12-megapixel camera over the back using similar computational photography techniques, two sources have confirmed.
Neither smartphone have a headphone socket, instead using the USB-C port for audio out, but both phones will be water-resistant C a different feature with this year which them into line with rivals C reported by one source.
Three sources say the value of the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL remains to be confirmed, but they are expected to cost much like last year’s Pixel and Pixel XL, which cost 600 and 719 respectively.
Alongside the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Google can even unveil less Google Home smart speaker. The Google Home Mini might be a direct Amazon Echo Dot competitor, using voice assistant functions in the Google Home and shrinking them into a reduced fabric puck shape, two sources said.
Similar to the differences between Amazon’s full-sized Echo and the Echo Dot, google’s Home Mini do not need the same speaker quality because the larger Google Home, but will perform almost all of the same functions through Google Assistant. It truly is required to cost about 40-50, depending on one source.
Google is rumoured to generally be unveiling a fresh high-end Chromebook referred to as Pixelbook, which supports an optional stylus, but the Guardian haven’t yet confirmed its existence.
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