Google Pixel 2 latest rumours - Lounch date, UK price & specs 2017-2018
The option Google Pixel 2 will be unveiled regarding 4 October. Read the latest rumours as regards the Pixel 2 auxiliary features, specs, price and UK launch date.
Google's new phones for 2017 will be the Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2. At least one of the pair will feature an always-upon 18:9 display, and the jarring is likely to have a squeezable frame. No prizes for guessing they'll likely be made by LG and HTC moreover.
The supplementary Google phones will be accompanied by the first to showcase Android Oreo, which was announced upon 21 August. The phones themselves will be announced upon 4 October.
When is the Pixel 2 forgive date?
Google has now declared it will maintain a special issue upon 4 October in which to deliver judgment the appendage Pixel phones.
It's probable that the phones will be announced closely a further Chromebook Pixel 3 and a mini description of Google Home.
How much will the new Google phone cost in the UK?
Rick Osterloh has avowed that Pixel will money its premium pricing in 2017. When it switched its phone parentage branding from Nexus to Pixel in 2016, Google moved away from high-value devices and toward more premium phones. The cheapest Pixel today costs 599, even though the cheapest Pixel XL costs 719.
9to5Google suggests we should expect at least a $50 lump upon this due to improvements it is making to the camera and toting up waterproofing.
However, the similar source in addition to suggests Google is experimenting behind a cheaper, lower-specified Pixel 2B that it hopes to commencement at the same period or rapidly after the Pixel 2 in emerging markets. If it goes ahead there is no guarantee we will see this cheaper Pixel in the UK.
What does the Pixel 2 see in the middle of?
An image of the Pixel 2 (said to be made by HTC) published by Venture Beat suggests that the smaller handset will not feature the 18:9 display. It furthermore reveals a single camera by now, which doesn't tab when what added flagship phone manufacturers are produce an effect right now. But subsequently this is not likely to be the flagship phone - that's the Pixel XL 2.
Android Police's numb image of the larger Pixel XL 2 shows a fuller display. But bearing in mind than this phone customary to be made by LG it will unlikely feature the squeezable edges of the Pixel 2 (an HTC U11 feature).
We'on the order of starting to see some renders leaked by war makers, such as that deadened, and MobileFun tells us all are missing the 3.5mm headphone jack slot. That's not necessarily the fall of the world, even while: Android Oreo supports a bunch of high-vibes audio codecs, including aptX, aptX HD and LDAC.
Google may choose to bundle some earphones in the box, and there is chat of it building a set that disclose admission to the Google Assistant without needing to interact directly together amid than the phone. Now that sounds detached.
A video based regarding 3D renders of the Pixel 2 and Pixel XL2 has been published by @OnLeaksand MySmartPrice.com.
Another video, shown below, is an forward launch from Concept Creators, subsequent to a more recent example at the peak of this page. It shows renders of what the Pixel 2 may setting bearing in mind, based in excuse to speculation and rumours.
What are the rumoured specifications?
Specification
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Pixel 2
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Pixel XL2
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Operating system
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Android Oreo
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Android Oreo
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Display
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4.97in Full-HD, 16:9, always-on display
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5.99in Quad-HD (2560x1312), 18:9, always-on display
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Processor
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
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GPU
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Adreno 540
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Adreno 540
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RAM
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4GB
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4GB
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Storage
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64GB
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64GB/128GB
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Primary camera
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Unknown single lens
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13Mp Single lens, dual-LED flash
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Selfie camera
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Unknown
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8Mp
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Audio
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USB-C, Google Assistant earphones
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USB-C, Google Assistant earphones
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A device said to be the Pixel XL 2 has popped taking place in a GFXBench listing, reportedly along in the middle of a 5.6in 2560x1312 display, Android 7.1.1, a 2.4GHz octa-core processor, Adreno 540, 4GB of RAM and 13Mp and 8Mp cameras.
This followed a Geekbench listing that seemingly stated an octa-core processor, 4GB of RAM and Android Oreo. This device scored 1804 points in the single-core test, and 6248 multi-core. That's blistering press to the lead, and unaccompanied slightly the length of in this area the recently released Galaxy S8 and Xiaomi Mi6 flagship phones.
Originally it was thought that Google would use the Snapdragon 836 inside its upcoming phones. This is an upgraded description of the Snapdragon 835 used by all supplement flagships this year, considering enhanced battery moving picture savings and slightly sophisticated clock speeds. However @evleaks has acknowledged it won't be ready in times, and the company will have to resort to the Snapdragon 835.
That Google might go for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 isn't especially surprising, and even though it was moreover said to be breakdown models taking into consideration than Intel chips earlier this year Google apparently ruled out cheaper brand MediaTek. The Snapdragon 835 moreover popped in some Google code allied as soon as the codenames 'Walleye' and 'Taimen', making it appear to be the likely candidate.
9to5Google reports that the Pixel 2 will with be waterproof and feature an enlarged camera (enhanced through features - especially subsequent to low-well-ventilated photography - rather than the megapixel insert).
Editor Stephen Hall tweeted in late-January that he recalled physical told mitigation in October that the considering-door Google phone would be waterproof, and the fact the current model was not came down to an issue of period constraints, and the habit to save all along costs. He says Google was motivated to choose among upgrading the camera and making the Pixel waterproof.
The current Pixel and Pixel XL are IP58 rated, which means they are dustproof and protected to the side of spraying water, but not submersible or water-resistant.
According to 9to5Google, an internal document shown to the site confirms that Google will follow Apple in removing the 3.5mm headphone jack in the Pixel 2. We presume this means it will instead profit USB-C audio, and as we've mentioned there is chat of Google developing a set of earphones subsequent to the Google Assistant built-in.
There's along with chat of a Samsung Galaxy S8-esque curved screen coming to the Pixel 2. According to a checking account from South Korea's Electronic Times, Google is investing $880m in LG Display Company so it can profit bond of nimble OLED screens.
More rumours in footnote to the screen stomach way of beast the upcoming Pixel 2 could plus feature an always-concerning display, as seen regarding Samsung and LG flagships. XDA Developers has unearthed code in the Android O preview that suggests just this.
What software will the Pixel 2 recommend?
Google's adding devices for 2017 will come once Android Oreo preinstalled. We've already been adept to bow to a massive see at what we can expect.
Android Oreo focuses upon 'unstructured experiences' and vitals, subsequently headline subsidiary features including portray in portray (multi-windowing mode), notification dots (long-press an app shortcut to view the notification right there onscreen), autofill (in imitation of in Chrome but now in apps), and Smart Text Selection (automatically recognises names, addresses and phone numbers so you don't have to fiddle in the region of behind selection handles; it can also suggest a relevant app).
Android Oreo is much more streamlined than Nougat back various OS optimisations. The bottom pedigree, according to Google, is that devices boot twice as sudden and all apps manage faster and smoother by default.
On the topic of apps Google is in addition to introducing Play Protect, which installs each and every one app upon a per-device basis in order to retain things ultra-broadcaster.
Oreo with adds 'wise limits' to background processes such as location tracking to sensibly refrain battery usage at a reasonably priced level.
We'll bring you more rumours more or less the Google Pixel 2 as we listen them.
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