Even though there haven’t been many fresh speculations about the foldable phone, the Google Pixel Fold has been on our radar for a while. However, a few Google watchers are certain that a Pixel Fold will be released in the upcoming year. What should we anticipate then, if that’s the case?
There is a feeling that Google doesn’t need to produce its foldable phone because it’s still working to make Android compatible with devices like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4. But from Google’s perspective, an idealised foldable phone is still an alluring idea.
Here is everything we currently know about the Google Pixel Fold and the search engine giant’s foldable aspirations in light of that.
Release Date Rumoured for the Google Pixel Fold
The long-rumoured release date for the Google Pixel Fold may now be in May 2023, the same month as the Pixel Tablet, according to Front Page Tech. For what it’s worth, Google has its annual developers conference in May every year. At the 2022 conference, the company unveiled the Pixel 6a and Pixel 7 smartphones.
However, based at least in part on his projection of panel shipments and production, display analysts believe the Pixel Fold might debut in the first quarter of 2023. This is a reasonable prediction, however, there isn’t yet a significant bet on it. Next year, maybe, the Pixel Fold will be unveiled before summer arrives.
Price of Google Pixel Fold
The Pixel Fold could cost as much as Samsung‘s top-tier foldable, according to some speculations, while others claim it would cost less than the Galaxy Z Fold range.
The Pixel Fold might cost up to £1487, making it significantly more expensive than the Pixel 7 series and comparable to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4.
Name of the Google Pixel Fold: Pixel Notepad?
The Pixel Notepad could be the name of the Google Pixel Fold. If this turns out to be accurate, Google is anticipated to provide stylus support, but that is yet to be determined. Google has examined alternative names including Logbook, although hopefully, that one is no longer in the running.
For the time being, the gadget is referred to as the Pixel Fold as that’s the name most rumour mongers are using.
Design of Google Pixel Fold
A beautiful design is revealed by the first significant Google Pixel Fold leak. According to the stolen photos, the Pixel Fold might include a sizable external display like the Oppo Find N. Additionally, it appears to have a stunning foldable design with a lot of Pixel features.
An under-display 9.5MP front-facing camera is reportedly housed in the front outer screen’s punch-hole cutout. From the front, it appears to be a typical Pixel phone with small bezels around the screen. With a glass surface and housing for the triple camera system, the back of the Pixel 7 Pro is eerily identical to it.
The Pixel Fold unfolds into a large tablet-like screen in landscape mode when it is opened. There are 9.5MP cameras underneath the top bezel, and this device has bezels on the top and bottom.
Animations present in Android 12L have also given us ideas for the Pixel Fold’s design. This version of Android, which is designed for foldable and tablet devices, features abstract depictions of a folding phone that could be based on the Pixel Fold.
If so, a book-fold device with a full exterior display in addition to the large inner display will be released. The device’s form factor resembles the squarer Oppo Find N more than anything like the taller, more svelte Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3.
Key display specifications for the Google Pixel Fold, which were revealed, point to compatibility with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4. The foldable will reportedly have an opened size of 123 x 148 mm, or a 7.57-inch display.
The internal display’s resolution is 2208 x 1840. These specs are also very similar to those of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4, which features a 7.6-inch internal display.
Google Pixel Fold’s Specifications and Cameras
Depending on the design of the Pixel Fold, Google might include more cameras, but the corporation seems to prefer a less-is-more strategy, concentrating instead on providing the best post-processing software for taking better pictures.
The front cameras on the outer and inner screens will both have the same 9.5MP camera, according to a Front Page Tech leak. Regarding the cameras on the back, they will be set up similarly to the Pixel 7 Pro and may very well be the same cameras on the 7 Pro: a 50MP main lens, a 12MP ultrawide camera, and a 48MP telephoto lens.
It seems sensible that Google would choose its in-house created Tensor chip to power the Pixel Fold.
The chipset, which is found in the most recent Pixel phones, may not be as powerful as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 or the future Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, but it is still more than adequate. It makes sense to have it in the Pixel Fold because it is clever and allows many cool features in the current Pixels, which might allow the phone to adapt to a user’s demands.
This is supported by recently asserted benchmark results that claim to demonstrate the Pixel Fold’s operation on a chipset with eight cores and a clock speed range of 1.8GHz to 2.8GHz, the same as the Tensor processor. Additionally, this piece of hardware may be used with a Mali-G78 GPU and 12GB of RAM.
The Google Pixel Fold’s Future
With the development of Android, Google has shown it can provide a user-friendly mobile operating system, especially when the Pixel Launcher is added on top. We are thrilled about the potential to use that approach with foldable phones because the software is still frequently the area holding them back.
If Google is successful in that endeavour, it might develop a foldable phone that serves as a model for others to imitate, possibly in terms of both hardware and software. Time will tell in this case, but we’re cautiously excited about the possibility of the alleged Google Pixel Fold.
