Latest Google Leak Reveals Pixel Fold Decisions
Google’s Pixel range of hardware is expected to launch a folding smartphone at some point during 2023. The presumptively named Pixel Fold will join the likes of the Honor Magic Vs and Samsung Galaxy Fold 4 will cement the relatively new form factor as part of the establishment’s Android landscape.
Now we have a closer look at the device, thanks to Dave Lee.
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The popular YouTube host of Dave2D has been demonstrating a Pixel Fold ‘Blank’ in his latest video. The blank is typically used by case manufacturers as they offer the exact size and spacing of important physical elements of a new device without having any of the electronics inside.
While the blank doesn’t offer any suggestion of the software, it does show us the dimensions, size, and basic design of the Fold (naturally, Taniyama-Shuimura kicks in here, so like Lee, I will assume that this blank is the genuine article).
Lee states the thickness of the Pixel Fold as 5.7mm. That’s thinner than the 6.3mm of the Galaxy Z Fold 4. The outside of the device has a flat-profile 5.9-inch screen for use when the device is closed.
The Pixel 6 introduced a unique identifying piece of design, a horizontal bar that held the camera lenses. That immediately helped the new Pixel phones stand out, and it continued to show up on the Pixel 6a, then the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. The Pixel Fold blank also has the camera bar, but it doesn’t run across the entire width of the closed handset. Instead it has rounded corners. I’m curious to see if this still “feels like a Pixel” when it arrives.
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What’s striking to me is how Google has eschewed the model of being tall and thin when closed and has plumped for a more pocketbook-styled dimension. This blank looks more like a Surface Duo than any of the actual foldable devices on the market.
When we’ll see the Pixel Fold is still a matter of speculation, but Google’s I/O event in June has seen product ‘previews’ ahead of a full launch. I’d suggest that’s the likely moment to debut this Fold.
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