Pixel Fold Leaks and Rumors: What We Expect From Google's Folding Phone - PCMag

With Samsung's palmy motorboat of the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4, and the precocious announced Honor Magic Vs, it's wide that foldable phones are present to stay. We've agelong suspected Google has been moving connected a folding telephone of its own—the aptly named Pixel Fold—though leaks person been amazingly sparse. Google's vice-like grip connected the telephone is starting to loosen, however, arsenic salient leakers person begun to spot alleged renders of the device. With that successful mind, here's what we've heard astir the Pixel Fold truthful far.

The Pixel Fold Has a Huge Screen

Noted leaker Steve H. McFly(Opens successful a caller window) (@OnLeaks connected Twitter) and How to I Solve(Opens successful a caller window) posted renders and 360-degree video showing disconnected the alleged Pixel Fold successful each of its elephantine glory. The archetypal important leak came from Front Page Tech(Opens successful a caller window), and the caller leak appears to lucifer what we saw then, frankincense adding immoderate credence to their accuracy.

According to these sources, the telephone features a folding interior surface that leakers assertion is 7.69 inches (that's a spot larger than the Galaxy Z Fold 4's 7.6-inch display). The outer surface is reportedly 5.79 inches and features a spread punch selfie camera up top. It's a spot smaller than the Galaxy Z Fold 4's outer display, which is 6.2 inches.

The Pixel Fold Is Thin (For a Foldable)

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The leak says the telephone volition measurement 6.25 by 5.5 by 0.22 inches (HWD) erstwhile opened. With the camera bump, the thickness of the unfastened telephone is 0.33 inches. That means we tin presume the telephone is astir 0.44 inches heavy erstwhile closed (or 0.55 inches astatine the camera bump). That's shockingly bladed for a folding phone, and could beryllium a selling constituent for anyone turned disconnected by the extent of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 (0.62 inches).

The Pixel Fold Comes successful Two Colors

According to the leak from Steve H. McFly and How to I Solve, the Pixel Fold volition travel successful 2 colors—black and silver. Of course, Google volition apt prime its ain branded colorways, but if the leaks are to beryllium believed, the Fold volition beryllium a variant of these basal shades. While not the astir breathtaking colour options, it'll surely beryllium the phone's plan and capabilities that involvement imaginable buyers much than the colors.

The Pixel Fold Has Three Cameras

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According to the leaked images, the Pixel Fold volition person a camera barroom that looks a batch similar the 1 connected the Pixel 7 household of devices (again, this accusation comes from Steve H. McFly). Tucked wrong that camera barroom looks to beryllium 3 cameras. Unfortunately, the specs for said cameras haven't leaked yet, truthful each we tin bash is conjecture that they'll beryllium adjacent the aforesaid prime arsenic the Pixel 7.

The Pixel Fold Isn't Cheap

The archetypal batch of leaks suggest the Google Pixel Fold volition outgo $1,799, the aforesaid terms arsenic the Galaxy Z Fold 4. Some judge Google whitethorn root the folding sheet itself from Samsung, truthful this pricing doesn't look excessively unreasonable. Such a precocious cost, however, doesn't rather mesh with the affordability of the remainder of the Pixel series.

When Is the Pixel Fold Coming Out?

While these leaks travel from reputable sources, we can't cognize whether immoderate of this accusation is close until Google announces the phone. But wherever there's smoke, there's usually fire, truthful we're beauteous assured that the Pixel Fold is coming. We're conscionable not definite when. But we'll beryllium reporting connected the leaks and rumors arsenic they travel out, truthful marque definite to cheque backmost for much details.