"Pixel Ultra" fact check: none of these "leaks" is a third pixel

This year was marked by a whirlwind of leaks in the Google phone area. As you know if you've followed our extensive coverage, we know just about everything about Google Pixel 3 and Google Pixel 3 XL, both of which are announced next month. 9th of October event. But since the generalized disgust of the big model and the many misleading information is constantly spreading, speculation "Pixel Ultra" does not stop.

Although it is impossible to spread the rumors in their coffin until October 9, we can gather all that everyone has called a "Pixel Ultra" to now and write them one by one …

The original Pixel Ultra

Given the subject, I thought it would be wise to start things with the "leak" that triggered everything. What you see here is the original "Ultra Pixel" that appeared in the days leading up to last year's Google event. (As you know, this name has since been transformed into "Pixel Ultra", the same name as Google used when he's mocked "Ultra pixel" rumors on stage last year.)

Now, let me be completely clear: this one is a completed false. Like, not just a bad photoshop job or an error or a blurred image of a real phone. It was an intentional fake by a very knowledgeable graphic artist. It was a promotional shot. And it went very well for him.

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How we know it's not an Ultra Pixel: The guy who did it said. Google's Made by Google 2017 event also occurred and, as expected, launched Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL.

The first rendering of Ben Geskin "Pixel Ultra"

One of the first "Ultra Pixels" to have been displayed – which has been used in many articles on the "Ultra" phone probably nonexistent – was the one published by Ben Geskin in May 2018. True, that is one of the most beautiful renderings. Google phone, we all want to be real.

Unfortunately, this one was released right after the discovery of a phone without bezel using a substitute image in Android P. I have written at the time that although the rendering is not intended to represent the Pixel 3, it could end up in the air anyway. Unfortunately, we know better than that now, and all the credible evidence indicates that there are only two phones, none of which look like this.

Google Pixel 3 Design possible? ? pic.twitter.com/r1mWoTIvCt

– Ben Geskin (@ VenyaGeskin1) May 22, 2018

How we know it's not an Ultra Pixel: Ben Geskin is an artist well known for his smartphone rendering, and that's it. This is a rendering based on a Google rendering included in Android P.

The ad "Make Google do it"

Another "Pixel Ultra" leak that went around the blog this year was this official Google ad. In the video, you see a Pixel 2 XL. Yes, there seem to be very small frames similar to other "Pixel Ultra" frameless devices, but that's not what you actually see here.

How we know it's not an Ultra Pixel: Because it is a very obvious example of a botched effect work. The screen of a phone like this one captured from this angle would be essentially impossible to discern. The director of this video has therefore superimposed an image over a real 2 pixel XL.

In addition, this video was broadcast live on the Google YouTube channel in the UK for months and she would have removed it – as the company always does – if it was indicative of a future product. Google does not care about that because it's silly to think it's something substantial.

Madden advertising 19

There is yet another example of this with the Madden 19 ad. This ad showed what is very clearly a Google Pixel 2 XL on the back, then went around the show before. This front seemed rather frameless, so many people jumped to the conclusion that it was an unannounced phone.

This is certainly not the case here.

How we know it's not an Ultra Pixel: I'm just going to quote a Redditor on this one. "It's almost like they can just put something on the screen of an existing phone in post-editing to show what they want. / s "

Or another redeemer:

The bottom image looks exactly like a Pixel 2 XL. The top image looks like the image of the phone inserted with the CG, because there is no room in the frames for the front camera or the speaker, nor any of the items found on the top panel of the camera. a smart phone.

These two redditors are exactly correct.

Adding displays over real phones in messages is very logical and often happens because screens are not always good on the camera. Add to that the fact that Madden did not shoot this video from the Web, and you are a real puzzle of illusion after editing a new phone.

Pixelbook leak advertising

Then we have a pair of ads that many thought could show new Google material. These first surfaced because someone noticed the smaller frames on the Pixelbook – a fact about the next Pixelbook we are familiar with is probably true, even if it 's not the same. is fake.

In a painful way, though, some showed the device sitting on the table next to this so-called Pixelbook, further evidence of a pixel-free device with no or no glasses or no fled.

How we know it's not an Ultra Pixel: Similar to the video from the UK YouTube channel, the phone you see here is the victim of a bad photoshop job. For whatever reason, the displays on these devices were not good enough for the ad, so the inlays were carelessly added.

The promo video of Pixel 3 'Pixel Ultra' spy shot

It is one of the most controversial. Someone spotted a device to one – probably very real – Pixel 3 is shooting in Los Angeles, and published it on Reddit and shared it with a YouTuber saying it's a phone without an ad. Unfortunately, none of the photos they provided were convincing.

The best picture we had was this blurry image showing the phone from a strange angle through what appears to be some glass, causing all kinds of blurs and other problems.

The most interesting and convincing thing about this leak was the circumstances rather than the picture of the phone itself. There is substantial evidence that this photo was taken on the real site of a real video shoot of Pixel 3, and the phone is plugged into a computer that the original poster claimed to be used to edit images taken on Pixel 3.

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How we know it's not an Ultra Pixel: Honestly, of all that we have seen so far, it is the one that is the most difficult to demystify. But we can try anyway, and I'll let you draw your own conclusion.

After careful inspection, it will probably only be a 2 x Pixel XL. Some have lightened the image to show where the edges of the case end and start, and when you do that, it starts to become clear. I think that the telescope is obvious and that the invisible lower bezel is simply an illusion due to the glare of the photo.

If you do not want to believe me, the best analysis I've found is that of this Redditor, which has done a great gif comparing the screen format to a screenshot of their pixel 2 XL:

As you can see, the screen content aligns perfectly, so it's exactly the same format as the 2XL. If it was bigger, there would have been extra spaces at the bottom of the screen in the images and my screen capture would have been stretched when I aligned the edges

I'm ready to go wrong, but I think it's closed. Add to that the fact that I've been in contact with a source that has seen devices to another Pixel 3 video shoot in Los Angeles. They said that the only devices they had seen were the Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL that you know. I understand that the person who took them felt very convinced that this is not a 2 XL – I only share my opinion.

That's all for the moment

In conclusion, I would be happy to be proven wrong and I would be love to see Google pull from his "surprise and rapture". I'm not a fan of notch in general, and I agree with many critics that these two phones are a bit boring in some ways. But just because something is boring does not mean that we should try to force something less boring into existence without substantial evidence.

This is particularly the case when there is ample evidence to the contrary. Just for one of the many examples, Bloomberg, which has one of the best results in the industry, is aware of only two phones launched this year. Evan Blass, who has hardly missed a phone leak for years (and had the scoop on the first two pixels, if I remember correctly), is only aware of two phones.

That does not mean it's impossible that a third phone exist. In fact, I myself heard that Google was planning to launch a third phone this year at some point and that there were already prototypes of phones next year. Google has more phones. They always do. But decisions for next month's event have already been made, and we have good evidence of what they are.

This is the most stifling phone season for Google, perhaps never, and there is no convincing proof that it was a marketing move. I do not think Google was happy with the Pixel 3 XL hacks that managed to escape its hold and be sold on the black market. I think they would like to be able, like any other technology company, to present their own phone and tell their story. their way.

I think, however, that Google has a plan to justify and explain the controversial notch at its event next month. And I think we're all going to find ourselves amazingly happy with the two phones – the real Pixels 3 and 3 XL – that Google plans to launch. For my part, I went out for the leaks.

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