Google already confirmed that it will introduce the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones on October 19th. Even though most specifications of the smartphone is out, now the product page is out on Carphone Warehouse site that reveals more details about the phones. This confirms Android security updates for at least five years, but it is not clear if this will also be the same for Android OS updates, as rumored earlier.
This also confirms Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection on the front, IP68 ratings for dust and water resistance, and it will sell Qi-certified Google Pixel Stand (2nd gen) that offer up to 21W charging for Pixel 6 and up to 23W charging for the Pixel 6 Pro. Both the phones will also support 30W wired charging that can charge Pixel 6 Pro’s battery up to 50% in just 30 minutes. It also says that the phone will last for more than 24 hours, even on 5G.
Google already confirmed that the Pixel 6 series will not come with a charger in the box. Google will also sell Pixel 6 Case made with translucent material, and the company says that it has been designed with over 30% recycled plastics. The tensor chip with intelligent machine learning helps you to translate messages and videos without Internet, and promises 80% faster performance compared to Pixel 5. There is Titan M2 security chip.
Both the phones will feature a new 50-megapixel camera with bigger sensors to capture more colour, more detail and 150% more light than Pixel 5. There is a 12-megapixel ultrawide lens. The Pixel 6 Pro also has a 48MP telephoto camera with 4x optical zoom and Super Res Zoom lets you zoom up to 20x. It will come with Google Tensor’s custom image processor and built-in computational photography with features like Night Sight, Portrait Mode, Magic Eraser and Face Unblur, which can deblur a face to make it sharper.
Google Pixel 6 rumoured specifications
- 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection
- 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, Titan M2 security chip
- 8GB LPDDR5 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: 158.6 x 74.8 x 8.9mm
- USB Type-C audio, Stereo speakers
- Dust and Water-resistant (IP68)
- 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 30W wired fast charging, 21W wireless charging
Google Pixel 6 Pro rumoured specifications
- 6.71-inch (3120 x 1440 pixels) curved pOLED LTPO display with 10Hz-120Hz adaptive refresh rate, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection
- 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, Titan M2 security chip
- 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, 94° field-of-view
- In-display fingerprint scanner
- Dimensions: 163.9 x 75.8 x 8.9mm
- Dust and Water-resistant (IP68)
- 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 30W wired fast charging, 23W wireless charging
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.