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Here are the Pixel Fold, Pixel 8 series and 7a leaks from this week

Over the past week, we learned a lot of information about several upcoming smartphones, including the Pixel Fold, Pixel 8 series and the Pixel 7a.

Below is a collection of all of this week’s reports and rumours surrounding the smartphone and tablet world:

Google

This past week we’ve seen a leak about the Pixel 7a’s various colour variants. Now, the handset has been spotted in white, grey and blue.

The leak also indicates that the smartphone sports a 64-megapixel primary shooter and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera sensor, 256GB of internal storage, up to 8GB of RAM and more.

You can learn more about the leak here.

Another leak indicates that the Pixel Fold will feature a better display than the Z Fold 5. Despite Samsung making both screens, the Z Fold 5 will use the same material panel as the Z Fold 4, while the Pixel Fold will feature newer material.

This leak also indicates that the iPhone 15 models will also use the same material as the Z Fold 5.

You can learn more about the leak here. 

The Pixel 8 will reportedly have a smaller display compared to the Pixel 7. According to a report from DSCC, the Pixel 8 will offer a 6.16-inch display, down from the Pixel 7’s 6.32-inch screen. The Pixel 8 Pro, however, will feature the same 6.7-inch screen.

You can learn more about the leak here. 

It looks like the Pixel Tablet might include a privacy switch of some sort.

In this leak, you can see the front and back of the Pixel Tablet, including a switch on the top left above the volume control.

You can learn more about it here.

Samsung

It looks like we’re getting close to the reveal of a Samsung foldable tablet, according to a new leak. The leak suggests Samsung’s Galaxy Z Tab could launch alongside the Tab S9.

You can learn more about the leak here.

Apple

It looks like Apple might launch a new iPhone SE. The handset will release in 2025 and include a 5G modem and the same ancient, but familiar, home button.

You can learn more about the leak here.

Image credit: MySmartPrice

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Google’s Pixel 8 reported to feature a smaller 6.16-inch display

Google is reportedly ending the trend of ever-increasing smartphone sizes with the upcoming Pixel 8.

According to display analyst Ross Young, vias 9to5Google, the Pixel 8 will feature a display panel measuring 6.16 inches, smaller than the previous Pixel 7 and the upcoming Pixel 8 Pro.

Rumours of a smaller Pixel 8 have been circulating for a while now. In March, unofficial renders of the Pixel 8 leaked online, indicating that the device will feature a 6.2-inch display, as shared by leaker @OnLeaks.

According to the leak, along with the smaller display, the Pixel 8 was also reported to have thinner bezels and more rounded corners than its predecessor.

While not drastically smaller than the Pixel 7, the Pixel 8 will certainly feel quite small compared to its larger counterpart, the Pixel 8 Pro, which will reportedly retain the same 6.7-inch panel as its predecessor. The move towards a smaller size will put Google’s phone in closer competition with its main rivals, such as Samsung’s Galaxy S23 and Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro, both of which feature a 6.1-inch display.

From what we know so far, the Pixel 8 will likely sport a new Tensor G3 processor and that it will likely launch in the fall alongside the Pixel 8 Pro. However, we could see the Pixel 8 teased at Google’s upcoming I/O developer conference in May, but it sounds like I/O will prominently feature other much-hyped Pixel phones too.

Image credit: @OnLeaks

Source: @DSCCRoss, Via: 9to5Google

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Pixel 8 Pro rumoured to use Super Res Zoom tech for Night Sight

The newest leak about the Pixel 8 Pro indicates the phone will offer better Night Sight performance.

9to5Google performed an APK breakdown of the Google Camera app’s latest update, version 8.8, and discovered that the Super Res Zoom technology will expand to Night Shots.

Super Res Zoom is a feature in the Pixel 7 Pro that utilizes the phone’s primary shooter with the telephoto camera when you zoom so you can get sharper. more detailed images.

It’s not entirely clear how Google will expand this feature to Night Sight shots, though it will likely kick in automatically. It’s also unclear if Google will make any changes to how Super Res works, so we’ll just have to wait and see.

The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will launch sometime in the fall.

Source: 9to5Google

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Samsung reportedly developing Exynos 2300 for use in Tensor G3

In the past, Samsung has used its Exynos chips in its Galaxy flagships, just not in Canada or the United States. However, this year the company’s S23 series sported Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 globally, ditching the development of a new Exynos 2300 series.

But it looks like a new Exynos chip is still in the works. Recent reports indicate Samsung’s semiconductor division is working on a new flagship processor codenamed “Quadra.”

A report from IT Home says that the Exynos 2300 will feature a Cortex-X3 prime CPU core that operates at a maximum frequency of 3.09GHz. The chip also reportedly sports four Cortex-A715 cores that clock at 2.65GHz and four Cortex-A510 cores that clock at 2.1GHz. Graphics-wise, the chip Exynos 2300 will use a semi-custom Xclipse 930 GPU based on AMD’s RDNA2 architecture and boasts a frequency of up to 1.4GHz.

Google will continue working with Samsung to implement the Exynos 2300 within the Tensor G3 chip, which will likely be featured in Google’s still-unannounced Pixel 8 series.

Source: IT Home, Android Headlines

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Here are the Pixel Fold, 8 series and iPhone 15 leaks from this week

Over this past week, we learned a lot of information about several upcoming smartphones. With the rumour mill churning this fast, we decided it was time to bring back MobileSyrup’s smartphone leak roundup.

Let’s get into it:

Google

This week we’re starting with Google’s Pixel Fold, which could arrive in mid-June after Google I/O. The device will reportedly launch alongside the Pixel 7a, offer 256GB of storage, and come in ‘Haze Midtone,’ ‘Porcelain,’ and ‘Sky ‘ colours.

You can learn more about this leak here.

Unofficial renders of the Pixel 8 Pro have surfaced, showing off a design that’s strikingly similar to the Pixel 7 Pro and 6 Pro. It looks like the device will feature a new sensor, which could be for depth or macro pictures.

Further, the handset will reportedly sport a 6.52-inch screen, a bit smaller than what’s available on the Pixel 7 Pro.

You can learn more here. 

Renders of the Pixel 8 have surfaced, showing off the upcoming smartphone’s design. The handset is rumoured to launch with a 6.2-inch display and sport thinner bezels and more rounded corners compared to its predecessor.

Otherwise, the design is pretty similar to the Pixel 7.

You can learn more here.

Last weekend, Zing News published a Pixel 7a hands-on showing off pictures of the upcoming mid-range. The phone features 128GB of storage, 8GB of RAM, 5W wireless charging, two 12-megapixel shooters and a 90Hz refresh rate.

You can learn more here. 

Apple

The iPhone 15 Pro Max will reportedly break the record for the smallest bezels currently held by Xiaomi’s 13 thanks to its 1.55mm bezels.

You can learn more here.

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Unofficial Pixel 8 renders reveal few significant changes from the Pixel 7

Pixel leak season is in full swing now. Following information revealed about the Pixel Fold and Pixel 7a through leaked retail listings, someone went hands-on with a whole Pixel 7a and unofficial renders of the Pixel 8 Pro, now the Pixel 8 is getting its turn in the spotlight.

Leaker OnLeaks partnered with MySmartPrice to share unofficial renders showing off what could be the design of Google’s Pixel 8 flagship. Assuming the renders and corresponding details are accurate, the Pixel 8 will sport a slightly smaller 6.2-inch screen (MySmartPrice listed it as 5.8 inches, but OnLeaks noted in a tweet that he got the measurements wrong). The Pixel 7, on the other hand, had a 6.3-inch screen.

Along with the smaller display, the Pixel 8 will have thinner bezels and more rounded corners than its predecessor. In the renders, the Pixel 8 looks superb with the nearly edge-to-edge display.

Plus, the Pixel 8 continues Google’s recent Pixel design trends with a prominent camera bar sporting two cameras. That likely means the Pixel 8 won’t sport any fancy new sensors and stick with the regular and ultrawide camera setup featured on the Pixel 7, though rumours point to an upgraded sensor. Interestingly, the mystery sensor featured on the Pixel 8 Pro renders doesn’t appear to be on the Pixel 8.

The dimensions of the Pixel 8 reportedly measure in at 150.5 x 70.8 x 8.9mm, with the camera bar bringing it up to 12mm. That would make it slightly smaller and thicker than the Pixel 7’s 155.6 x 73.2 x 8.7mm dimensions.

That’s about it in terms of new information shared by MySmartPrice. Beyond that, it’s a safe bet that the Pixel 8 will sport a new Tensor G3 processor and that it will likely launch in the fall alongside the Pixel 8 Pro. However, we could see the Pixel 8 teased at Google’s upcoming I/O developer conference in May, but it sounds like I/O will prominently feature other much-hyped Pixel phones too.

Images credit: MySmartPrice

Source: MySmartPrice

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Pixel 8 series rumoured to feature staggered HDR

The Pixel 8 is expected to be Google’s 2023 flagship smartphone, and while it won’t come out for about ten months, coding suggests that it’ll bring a new camera mode.

Spotted by developer Kuba Wojieciechowski, and reported by The Verge, Google’s Husky and Shiba phones, which we know as the codenames for the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, will bring staggered HDR to their cameras.

Staggered HDR is a photography method where long exposure and short exposure are taken at the same time and then combined into one image. This creates HDR images faster and with better quality when the subject is in motion. Google’s current method is a bit different and called ‘HDR Plus Bracketing,’ which takes pictures in rapid succession and then creates a final image with a wide dynamic range. However, these result in poor motion images.

If this functionality is coming to the Pixel series, then we should expect the Pixel series to have new camera sensors in 2023. The Pixel 7 and 7 Pro use the Samsung Isocell GN1, but this sensor doesn’t support staggered HDR. The Pixel 8 series, however, would need to feature the Samsung Isocell GN2, which does support staggered HDR. GN2 also provides better autofocus due to its improved phase section array.

However, the Pixel 8 series is almost a year away, so we’ll have many more leaks before we eventually see Google’s 2023 flagships.

Source: The Verge, Kuba Wojciechowski

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Pixel 8 series may sport new primary camera with staggered HDR

It looks like Google could switch the primary camera in its next flagships, likely called the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro.

While still months away, we’ve gotten a glimpse of some camera details thanks to developer and leaker Kuba Wojciechowski. Wojciechowski claims to have obtained an “unobfuscated version” of the Google Camera Go app, which shares resources with the regular Google Camera app available on Pixel phones. In the Camera Go app’s code, Wojciechowski found references to ‘Shiba’ and ‘Husky,’ which are likely the codenames for the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, respectively (Shiba and Husky turned up in a previous leak with details about the RAM and screen resolutions of the devices).

The references Wojciechowski found mention that Shiba and Husky support ‘staggered HDR,’ a different approach to HDR than what Pixel phones currently use. When you take a picture on a Pixel phone, the camera captures long and short exposures in quick succession, then stitches together the different exposures to create the final image. Staggered HDR, on the other hand, captures the long and short exposure at the same time, reducing the time taken to capture the image and, by extension, reducing the likelihood of ghosting or strobe effect caused when the phone can’t match the two exposures together.

The thing is, the camera sensor Google used in the primary camera for the Pixel 7 series and Pixel 6 series — the 50-megapixel Samsung GN1 — doesn’t support staggered HDR at a hardware level. That means if the code snippet is accurate, the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro will need a different camera sensor to support staggered HDR. Android Police points to Samsung’s GN2 sensor, noting it’s similar to the GN1 but offers staggered HDR support.

Aside from a change to the sensor, this would mark a larger shift for Google. The company previously stuck with the same camera hardware over multiple iterations of its phones, focusing on machine learning and software instead of hardware upgrades. For example, the camera sensor introduced with the Pixel 3 stuck around until Google switched to the GN1 with the Pixel 6.

Ultimately, it’ll be interesting to see what comes of the GN2 switch, if anything. We’re still really early in the rumour cycle for the Pixel 8 series, which likely won’t come out until the fall of 2023. A lot can change, so I wouldn’t bet on a new camera sensor just yet.

Source: @Za_Racze Via: Android Police

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Pixel 8 series leak reveals alleged codenames, RAM and more

It hasn’t even been a full month since the release of the Pixel 7 series, and we’re already learning about next year’s Pixel 8 series.

It’s worth noting that the leaker, WinFuture, couldn’t outright say that these devices were the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, but it uncovered the details in Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code. The handsets sport codenames Husky and Shiba, and feature 12GB of RAM. Husky sports a display resolution of 2822 x 1344, while Shiba offers a 2268 x 1080-pixel resolution. The resolutions suggest that these displays will be slightly shorter than the previous Pixels.

Both handsets would sport a new Tensor chip, codenamed Zuma; however, this Tensor chip might reuse the G5300 5G modem from the Tensor G2. WinFuture believes that these two are your typical ‘candy bar’ handsets and not foldables. However, it’d be odd if the Pixel 8 Pro ends up featuring a 2822 x 1344-pixel resolution, considering that’d be a downgrade from the Pixel 7 Pro.

Just speaking out of my own beliefs, it’d make sense if one of them were the ever-rumoured Pixel Fold’s outer display, which might explain the shorter aspect ratio and weaker pixel resolution.

However, it’s way too early to know. Google might give us a peek at its Pixel 8 series (and hopefully Pixel Fold) in May at its Google I/O conference.

Source: WinFuture