New flagship Android telephones from Samsung and OnePlus could land subsequent month, however Google usually updates its handsets within the fall. In different phrases, we’re doubtless a great ten months away from the Pixel 10 being proven off, however that hasn’t stopped the YouTube design channel 4RMD from creating a radical idea video for the Professional model of the handset.
With the channel’s ordinary excessive manufacturing values, the video has the appear and feel of an enormous smartphone reveal, but it surely has a radically totally different design factor that just about definitely gained’t occur.
Fairly than the long-lasting horizontal digicam visor that has adorned the highest of Google handsets because the Pixel 6, 4RMD imagines the corporate making it vertical: a thick backbone masking the telephone’s prime half.
Whereas it’s enjoyable to think about, and even form of trendy, you don’t must suppose too critically to work out why this might be an impractical design in follow.
Not solely would a vertical digicam bar dig into the palm in use, however the handset would have a tough time remaining nonetheless when positioned down on a flat floor. And that’s earlier than you get into what a nightmare it will be for wi-fi charging.
Actually, one of many few Pixel 10 leaks we’ve seen to date is a purported case for the telephone by way of the leaker Sonny Dickson, which clearly reveals the digicam bar in the identical place and with the identical orientation as ever.
Past the questionable digicam bar placement, 4RMD imagines Google rising the display screen measurement significantly, with 6.4-inch and 6.9-inch fashions obtainable (up 0.1 inches on the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL respectively), with thinner bezels, a smaller punch-hole digicam and a bigger 5,300 mAh battery (although it’s not specified for which mannequin).
The designer imagines a trio of 64MP digicam lenses (up from 50/48/48MP on the present fashions) with “low-light enhancements” and as much as 50x zoom. And this being a Google telephone, Gemini AI enhancements are hinted at — and proven seamlessly, rising the smile on a pictures topic in real-time, too.
Whereas all of those options are on the speculative finish, one factor that the video virtually definitely will get proper is the Tensor G5 processor. It’s flagged as made to the 3nm fabrication course of, and that’s something that’s been predicted before.
In reality, it’s a bit of too early for Pixel 10 rumors to have gotten into full swing simply but, however now we have a few issues we’d very very like to see. The primary one is down to hurry: whereas the Pixel sequence usually options in our listing of the best phones you should purchase, its Tensor processors lag behind Qualcomm and Apple chips relating to uncooked efficiency, and we’d prefer to see Google catch up in 2025.
Extra importantly, nonetheless, after three years of $100 value hikes, we’d like Google to take care of the present MSRP vary in 2025 — $799 for the common Pixel, $999 for the Professional and $1,099 for the Professional XL. However with costs rising on every thing and discuss of incoming tariffs, that will show to be wishful considering.
