Everything we know about Google's next phone

With the Pixel 5 now on cabinets and providing that slick model of Android for a very good worth, our eyes are already turning to what Google might have in retailer with the Pixel 6. Right here’s every thing we all know to date.

The Google Pixel 6 went in a special course to the Pixel 5. As an example, Google ditched the XL mannequin and used a mid-range Snapdragon 765G chipset. It additionally got here with a extra inexpensive worth.

We have been massive followers of the Pixel 5 and it sits comfortably in our greatest Android telephones and greatest digicam telephones checklist so right here’s all we all know to date in regards to the subsequent mannequin.

Google Pixel 6 launch date

There isn’t a lot to go on regarding the launch date of the Pixel 6 but. Nevertheless, wanting again on the Pixel 5 launch ought to give us an thought.

Google’s earlier flagship telephone was introduced at a live-streamed occasion on September 30 2020, with a full launch following on October 15.

Google Pixel 6 leaks and rumours

The largest information we’ve heard to date relating to the Pixel 6 is that will probably be among the many first Google units to be powered not by a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, however by Google’s personal GS101 SoC (system-on-chip) reportedly codenamed Whitechapel.

The report states the chip can be constructed with help from Samsung.

That is attention-grabbing for quite a few causes and it raises a variety of questions in regards to the Pixel 6 (together with no matter different Pixel units we get this yr). The largest query right here is round efficiency, and whether or not this chip will provide efficiency extra akin to a flagship telephone or the Snapdragon 765G mid-range telephone that powered each the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G.

Google has added its personal co-processors into its telephones earlier than and this very a lot appears to be the subsequent stage on this.

What we wish from the Google Pixel 6

1. Please Google, can we’ve got an XL model

There was a really apparent lacking member of the Pixel 5 household and that was an XL model.

Often a stalwart of Google’s telephone line, there was no bigger model of the Pixel 5, Pixel 4a or Pixel 4a 5G and that was a disappointment for a lot of.

With out an XL mannequin, the biggest show you will get on the newest bunch of Pixel telephones is 6.2-inches on the Pixel 4a 5G. That’s small compared to different Android units, with solely actually the smallest Samsung Galaxy S20 iteration matching it.

We do actually admire the small display screen choices, nevertheless there are such a lot of issues which might be higher whenever you’ve bought an enormous show. Capturing footage and having an enormous viewfinder, as an example, or sport streaming by means of Stadia or GeForce Now.

Hopefully if, or when, we get a Pixel 6 they’ll be an XL model round too.

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2. Mid-range and cheaper is nice, however let’s have a Professional model too

We definitely do admire Google’s strategy with the Pixel 5. We want extra inexpensive telephones that provide true ‘flagship’ options and the digicam on Google’s newest is definitely up there with the most effective.

However, we’d nonetheless like Google to flex its high-end muscle groups once more, probably within the type of a Professional model. Think about if we get a Pixel 6 with mid-range specs and a Pixel 6 Professional with a greater show, Snapdragon 888 chipset and the bells-and-whistles we’d count on.

3. It’s time for a brand new digicam sensor

Google’s Pixel line of telephones has at all times been identified for its digicam expertise and we have been impressed with the images we bought from the Pixel 5. Particularly when you think about the £599 price-tag.

Nevertheless. a variety of developments lately have been all the way down to computational tips and we expect we’re beginning to see the restrict of the present sensor Google is utilizing. It’s now not the digicam king, with Apple, Samsung and Huawei now arguably higher decisions.

However, if we do get a brand-new sensor together with the same old year-on-year AI additions behind the scenes then there’s each likelihood Google can be again on prime this time in 2021.

4. And when you’re at it will probably we’ve got some correct zoom

Talking of the digicam, we’d love Google to lastly go triple and mix a large, extremely huge and telephoto digicam collectively for the primary time.

The Pixel 5’s zoom is much behind the competitors and whereas that’s tremendous for the mid-range, if Google was to go high-end once more then a periscope lens for ace optical zooming can be appreciated.

5. Don’t sacrifice the wonderful battery life

Whereas a variety of the gadgets on the checklist are issues we wish added, there’s one thing we need to guarantee is stored: the sturdy battery life.

After the terrible endurance on the Pixel 4 and 4 XL, we have been overjoyed to comfortably get a day of use out of all the brand new Pixels. No matter new options are added with the Pixel 6, we wish that good battery life to remain.

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Max Parker is the Deputy Editor for Trusted Opinions and Recombu. He additionally straight manages Trusted Opinions’ cellular, wearables and pill sections. Max joined Trusted Opinions as a options author in 201…