(Pocket-lint) - Google’s Pixel 6 is yet to launch, and yet, galore rumours person sprouted implicit the past twelvemonth claiming that the Alphabet subsidiary is moving connected a foldable exemplary nether the Pixel banner.
Despite determination being astir nary nonstop grounds too patent filings - which history tells us is simply a baseless arbiter to find whether a institution is really moving connected a portion of tech oregon not - connection continues to dispersed that we whitethorn spot the motorboat of the company’s first-generation foldable arsenic aboriginal arsenic precocious 2021.
Our astir decisive impervious comes from codenames spotted successful the Android root code, which look to notation instrumentality models that experts tin lone property to an unreleased foldable.
Considering the year’s extremity is rapidly approaching and Google has inactive not yet revealed the authoritative merchantability day for the adjacent Pixel, the institution announcing a folding smartphone successful astonishment manner astatine the Pixel 6 keynote lawsuit would surely marque it the user tech shocker of the year.
New renders by conception creator Waqar Khan present springiness america our archetypal look astatine what whitethorn come.
Designed successful akin manner to the Galaxy Z Fold 3 alternatively than the ostensibly much fashionable Flip 3, the fictional foldable Pixel measures successful astatine 7.6 inches erstwhile opened, and features a constrictive yet full-sized show connected the beforehand erstwhile closed.
It shares the identical caller camera module strategy Google has truthful boldly touted ever since confirming the beingness of the Pixel 6 backmost successful August and houses 2 hole-punch front-facing camera cutouts connected some the beforehand show and larger wrong unit.
Here’s a look astatine the renders.
Waqar Khan x LetsGoDigital
Waqar Khan x LetsGoDigital
Waqar Khan x LetsGoDigital
Waqar Khan x LetsGoDigital
As for pricing, there's nary denotation yet officially of what to expect, but if the different foldable smartphones connected the marketplace are immoderate indication, don't expect it retail for immoderate little than $1,600 / £1,500.
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Writing by Alex Allegro. Originally published connected 5 October 2021.