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We’ve known about the Google Pixel 2 XL, codenamed “Muskie”, for some time now. It was supposed to be the successor to the hugely popular Google Pixel XL. I say ‘was’ because at least three reliable sources now claim that the Google Pixel 2 XL will not make it out of the gate this year….
According to a GFXBench listing for a “PixelXL2” device, it shows that the new Google Pixel 2 XL that’s expected in October 2017 will have a key change in its dimensions. The resolution on the new device shows a 2560 x 1312 display, while the current Google Pixel XL has a 2560 x 1440 resolution. That means…
A recent device benchmark on GeekBench shows a device running Android O, with 4GB RAM and the name Google Taimen. That’s a significant find on its own because, until now, the Google Pixel 2 codenamed Taimen has only been rumored to exist. The fact that such a device has been benchmarked means it does exist….
The mobile phone world is a strange one, a place where keeping up with the inexorable march of progress means working out how to pawn a new iPhone or Galaxy device shortly after the setup screen closes. It was perhaps inevitable that Google, which released the premium Google Pixel phone in October last year, would hop on the yearly…
LG Display is the new star in the OLED constellation. With Samsung’s production capacity stretched to its limits due to iPhone 8 requirements, its South Korean peer electronics giant LG and its display unit are now under the spotlight. Apple is keen on LG supplying OLED screens for its 2018 iPhones, but Alphabet might want…
South Korea’s Electronic Times has reported that Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is offering LG Display Co. an investment of up to $880 million to ensure the smooth supply of flexible OLED panels that are used to make curved smartphone screens. One possible assumption is that one or all of the Google Pixel 2 lineup of…
Last year’s Google Pixel and Pixel XL set several benchmarks for smartphones, not the least of which was the performance of its camera, which is now considered one of the best in the industry according to several sources and benchmark sites. But what about Google Pixel 2 and the lineup of three devices for 2017?…
We’ve known this for some time now as a rumor, but the Android Open Source Project has just confirmed the codenames of the three Google Pixel 2 smartphones that are slated for release later this year. Spotted by Android Police in an AOSP gerrit (Gerrit is a collaborative code review tool developed by Google’s Shawn Pearce)…
As you might know, Android O, the successor to the Android Nougat mobile operating system from Alphabet’s Google was released to developers as a preview earlier this week. The new mobile OS for Android devices is currently available as Developer Preview 1 (DP 1) for Nexus and Pixel devices, and we’ve covered some of the…
What people are now referring to by its codename – Taimen – or even Google Pixel 2 XXL (we know it’s not going to have the Pixel branding, though) appears to be a device much bigger than what we’re typically used to. But how big can a smartphone be before it is no longer a smartphone –…
We’ve known for some time now that Alphabet will be launching two new Pixel smartphones this year – the Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL – but information has recently emerged about a third, much bigger device from Google that may not have the Pixel branding. Codenamed Taimen (the Eurasian giant trout, and…
An internal Google document seen by 9to5Google shows that the Google Pixel 2 will not have a 3.5mm audio port, similar to last year’s iPhone 7. The source is being kept anonymous, but 9to5Google says that the word usage in the document “presents the removal of the jack as a matter of fact.” To us,…
Top executives often skirt around the issue when it comes to new products, but they sometimes make it so obvious that it’s hard to believe. So, when a clear message comes from a person like Hiroshi Lockheimer, SVP Android, Chrome OS & Play at Google, we take notice. Google’s head of Android recently tweeted an image that…
Rick Osterloh, a former Motorola employee, is the man behind Google Pixel. In a brief interview with AndroidPit, Osterloh talks about problems with Google Pixel production, a shortage of supply and the next device from Google, the Pixel 2. Though he did not reveal a specific release date, he did indicate an “annual rhythm in the…
Goolg Pixel and its bigger sibling Google Pixel XL shot out of the gates in October 2016 and quickly gained tremendous “share of mind” with smartphone buyers all over the world. It’s had its problems, for sure, but nothing insurmountable that can possibly stop Google from doing a repeat. And that’s what the Google Pixel…
