Google has been playing it safe with the Pixel line for the past couple of generations or so, but it looks like this year it's finally ready to shake things up in the mobile world again. A new leak purports to show us renders depicting the upcoming Pixel models. Yes, models plural, and that's the first change compared to last year when the 'flagship' line consisted of only one phone, the Pixel 5. Not so this time around: we're getting both a Pixel 6 and a Pixel 6 Pro.
The Pixel 6 seems smaller and has only two
cameras in that huge and unique island on the back, we wouldn't be surprised if
one of those was a normal wide sensor while the other one was an ultrawide. The
Pixel 6 Pro, on the other hand, seems bigger and adds a third sensor -
hopefully a telephoto, although by the looks of these renders it won't be a
periscope type thing, so don't expect more than 3x optical magnification.
Cameras aside, if this leak is accurate
(and a second source confirmed that the design is in fact accurate, while the
colors shown aren't), then Google is finally ready to step up its game again
and not reuse the same boring design one more time (for its higher-end devices
at least, the Pixel a series will keep the last generation's looks according to
previous leaks).
The renders aren't straight-up leaked from
Google or anything like that, but were created by a third party based on
real-life images of the phones. On the front, the selfie camera's hole-punch
cutout is now centered like in Samsung phones, and the bezels are almost
entirely gone.
You can watch the entire video above for a
full view of all the angles of the upcoming phones. For now we'll just say that
we're finally excited about a Pixel launch again. What remains to be seen is
when these phones will actually get official, because the fall (when Google
usually announces a new high-end Pixel) is pretty far away still.
