After rumours, Google has officially announced that the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones will be announced on October 19th, as rumoured earlier. We already know that the phone’s will use own Tensor SoC, and the company has posted press shots of the phones officially. The Pixel 6 will feature an aluminium frame with matte finish, and the Pixel 6 Pro will come with a polished aluminium frame.
Complete specifications of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro already surfaced, so we will just have to wait for the price in several countries.
Google Pixel 6 rumoured specifications
- 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate
- Google Tensor processor (2x 2.80GHz Cortex-X1 + 2 x 2.25GHz Cortex-A76 + 4 x 1.80GHz Cortex-A55) with 848MHz Mali-G78 GPU
- 8GB RAM, 128GB / 256GB storage
- Android 12
- Dual SIM (nano + eSIM)
- 50MP rear camera with Samsung GN1 sensor, f/1.85 aperture, 12MP Ultra-wide camera with Sony IMX386 sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 4K video recording at up to 60fps
- 8MP front camera
- In-display fingerprint scanner
- Dimensions: 158.6mm x 74.8mm x 8.9mm
- USB Type-C audio, Stereo speakers
- 5G SA/NA, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth 5.2 LE, GPS, USB Type C 3.1 (1st Gen), NFC
- 4614mAh battery with 33W fast charging, wireless charging
Google Pixel 6 Pro rumoured specifications
- 6.71-inch (3120 x 1440 pixels) curved pOLED display with 120Hz adaptive refresh rate
- Google Tensor processor (2x 2.80GHz Cortex-X1 + 2 x 2.25GHz Cortex-A76 + 4 x 1.80GHz Cortex-A55) with 848MHz Mali-G78 GPU
- 12GB LPDDR5 RAM, 128GB / 256GB / 512GB storage
- Android 12
- Dual SIM (nano + eSIM)
- 50MP rear camera with Samsung GN1 sensor, f/1.85 aperture, 12MP Ultra-wide camera with Sony IMX386 sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 48MP telephoto camera with Sony IMX586 sensor, 4X optical zoom, 4K video recording at up to 60fps
- 12MP front camera with Sony IMX663 sensor
- In-display fingerprint scanner
- Dimensions: 163.9 x 75.8 x 8.9mm
- USB Type-C audio, Cirrus Logic CS35L41 amp, Stereo speakers
- 5G SA/NA, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth 5.2 LE, ultra-wideband (UWB), GPS, USB Type C 3.1 (1st Gen), NFC
- 5000mAh battery with 33W fast charging
The Pixel 6 is said to come in Carbon and Fog colours, and is rumoured to start at €649 (US$ 752 / Rs. 56,104) and the Pixel 6 Pro is rumoured to cost €899 (US$ 1042 / Rs. 77,715) in Europe. The online event on October 19 starts at 10AM PDT (10:30PM IST), and the phones are rumoured to go on sale starting October 28.
Google already said that the phone will be launched in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, France, Germany, Taiwan and United Kingdom. It is not clear if the phone will launch in India in the future.