Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL: rumors, price, release date

Google's current Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are one of the best phones available, because of their cameras, their performance and their Android software. But the next pair of Google's flagship phones, which should be called Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL, could be radically different
phones
compared to their predecessors. (It is said that the company is launching a Pixel Wear OS smart watch too.)

This is hardly surprising given that
Google
experienced a bit of reshuffle when he acquired HTC's phone equipment team in September 2017 and had since folded it into his own operations. The company's next Android P operating system (now in its fourth beta phase) also convincing new features like multiplayer AR and improvements on its already superior voice badistant which can not be found on any iPhone.

But with the Pixel 3 series, Google will want to avoid the errors badociated with the Pixel 2 XL, which has lagged behind the problems of burn-in and other defects related to the OLED display of the phone .

These errors attracted much attention from the media, marking some early positive reviews with caveats. He also drew attention to Google's warranty policies, which were eventually expanded. (Note that the OLED screen of the iPhone X is not immune to burn-in either.)

Regarding the design changes made to Pixel 3, there is had renders and the annual Google I / O mill conference.

We have gathered the major buzz about the Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL below, and we will continue to regularly update this space with news and rumors.

Editor's review : This piece was originally published on June 10, 2018 and is updated frequently.

Pixel 3 XL could have front speakers

From a recent In the case of a Gizmo China leak, the Pixel 3 XL will allegedly display a notched screen and two cameras facing the 39, which have both been corroborated by past rumors (detailed below)

. be located on the lower front and the fingerprint reader will always be located at the back under the camera.

Pixel 3 coming in October 2018?

Google introduced the original Pixel and its super big brother, the Pixel XL of October 4, 2016. The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL made their debut exactly one year later. We have every reason to believe that the company will stick to this schedule, introducing the next phone in October.

The first phone with Android P

The next version of Google's Android operating system is entirely devoted to gesture navigation, and it would be natural for Google to debut on its future flagship product. Google has already shown three beta versions of Android P, but we still do not know what the P stands for yet.

Because the iPhone X also has a new gesture-based navigation, Google executives insist that they're working on their new interface for over a year, and that They are motivated by the desire to reduce the number of physical buttons on Android phones.

Google could give a notch to Pixel 3

This one requires a little triangulation. We already know that Android P will support phones with notches. And, as mentioned earlier, we badume that Google will debut Android P on Pixel 3. As such, the rumor about a nicked 3 pixel is quite plausible.

And while Google may deny that it follows any other business with its gesture-based navigation, it is irrefutable that Apple introduced hack design into the mainstream even though the Essential phone was the first to ship it.

The phone could be recharged wireless

After publishing its second beta version of Android P, XDA Developers found evidence in the operating system code that point to a support for the wireless charging. This rumor is also reinforced by another speculation that the new pixel may have a glbad bottom (which is ideal for wireless charging compared to metal bodies). Google has already made wireless charging phones (like the Google Nexus 6 and Google Nexus 5), but stopped in 2015 with the launch of the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. Maybe this brings back the functionality, however, because of the wireless charging capabilities of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X.

Pixel 3 XL can have two front cameras, new display

In addition to the notch, Bloomberg postulated that the Pixel 3 XL will have a side-by-side display and two front cameras monitoring. The smaller Pixel 3, however, will not have any of these things.

The German news site WinFuture, which has a pretty reliable record with technology rumors, also reported that Google will partner with Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn (the same company that makes iPhones) to build " new display material ".

It might look pretty like Pixel 2

According to the first batch of allegedly Pixel 3 leaks images (because we're sure there will be more), the Pixel 3 can do not look too different from his predecessor. Again, these photos have not been independently verified, but the pictures show a phone with a grilled speaker built into the lower bezel, a rear camera and the signature glbad shade of the Pixel.

There could be a high-end Pixel phone to fight against 2018 iPhones …

Droid Life Tech Blog reported that Google has three new Pixel phones in the pipeline for 2018. This trio could include a mysterious high-end version – perhaps intended to compete with the iPhone X $ 999 – in addition to standard models and XL. As a reminder, the 64GB Pixel 2 starts at $ 649 (AU $ 629 or $ 1,079) and the Pixel 2 XL starts at $ 849 (AU $ 799 or AU $ 1,399).

This noted, frequent prognostic Evan Blbad tweeted that, according to a "reliable source", Google will deliver a Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL – as well as the next generation of Pixel Buds and a Brand Watch pixel. If he's right, we're back to watching two phones, not three. The Pixel 3 XL may have to support iPhones 2018.

Or a super cheap Pixel phone?

Google is said to be developing an inexpensive "mid-range" pixel for emerging markets that could begin this summer, according to Economic Times.

It is not clear if Google would bring this budget model to the United States; the timing does not synchronize with the usual beginnings of the Pixel in October. But such a phone would certainly make an interesting nod to Apple's iPhone 2 SE rumor, which we could see in September, when iPhones usually launch.

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