Simply whenever you thought that there was nothing left to be revealed concerning the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Professional, and Pixel Watch 2 forward of their joint October 4 announcement, Roland Quandt strikes once more at the moment with much more data, extra high-res imagery, and extra corroboration of beforehand rumored particulars.
This is likely one of the most trusted and prolific cell tech leakers on the earth, thoughts you, so the possibilities of seeing each little tidbit, quantity, and have talked about in the most recent WinFuture report (translated right here) formally confirmed by Google subsequent week are rock-solid, to say the least.
The Pixel 8 can be smaller and pack a bigger battery than the Pixel 7
It might sound laborious to imagine, however the “vanilla” Pixel 8 is now primarily assured to squeeze a decidedly hefty 4,600mAh cell into a comparatively compact physique with a 6.17-inch AMOLED show… one way or the other. Compared, final 12 months’s Pixel 7 got here with a 6.3-inch display and 4,355mAh battery, which was not a foul mixture by any means.
The Pixel 8 will merely be higher, and never simply in these two departments, including 120Hz refresh fee assist to an already respectably sharp and easy display whereas after all additionally making a leap from Tensor G2 to Tensor G3 processing energy.
The 8GB RAM depend and the 128 and 256GB storage configurations are anticipated to go unchanged from 2022, and the identical almost certainly goes for the 50 + 12MP twin rear-facing digicam system, a minimum of on the floor. European pricing is purportedly set at €799 for an entry-level Pixel 8 variant, up from the €649 Pixel 7, which appears like a good worse hike than beforehand rumored.
For what it is value (and it is positively value a pleasant chunk of change), the Pixel 8 will apparently come bundled with a pair of noise-cancelling Pixel Buds Professional at no further value throughout its pre-order window.
The Pixel 8 Professional seems like a (expensive) beast on paper
Clearly powered by the identical Tensor G3 SoC as its little brother, the 6.7-inch Pixel 8 Professional is ready to deal with not simply a few familiar-sounding 50 and 48MP shooters on its again but in addition a vastly improved 64MP ultra-wide-angle lens.
There’s additionally a temperature sensor that at the moment’s report would not point out for some purpose, in addition to a barely bigger 5,100mAh battery below the hood in comparison with the 5,000mAh cell contained in the Pixel 7 Professional.
Very similar to its predecessor, the Pixel 8 Professional will maintain an vital benefit over the non-Professional mannequin within the display decision division, producing 3120 x 1440 pixels as a substitute of settling for a 2400 x 1080 depend, whereas accommodating as much as 512 gigs of knowledge internally.
The Pixel Watch 2 is certain to look acquainted
Should you’ve ever seen the first-gen Pixel Watch within the flesh or on the internet, you have principally seen its successor as properly. Sure, it seems that the Pixel Watch 2 will maintain every part from the 1.2-inch AMOLED show to the admittedly massive bezels and even the 2GB RAM depend unchanged, though weirdly sufficient, the space for storing is tipped to go down from 32 to 16GB, which we actually hope is a few form of a mistake.
What’s positively not a mistake is that the second-gen Pixel Watch will substitute its predecessor’s historical Exynos 9110 processor with a a lot newer, quicker, and extra energy-efficient Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 1, which ought to drastically enhance the general efficiency whereas virtually actually having solely a small affect on battery life.
The cell dimension itself is anticipated to broaden barely from 294 to 306mAh, with every part from a coronary heart fee monitor to a blood oxygen sensor undoubtedly current right here to maintain you wholesome and match with minimal effort. Like its forerunner, the Pixel Watch 2 will face up to water immersion as much as 50 meters and possibly value €399 in a Wi-Fi-only variant in European markets like Germany.
