The Pixel four — actually!
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In a uncommon transfer by any tech firm, Google confirmed the existence of the Pixel four a number of months forward its anticipated launch in October. The tech large not solely posted the information by itself Made By Google Twitter account, nevertheless it additionally included a picture of the cellphone, which depicts a sq. digital camera bump, with a number of rear cameras. Judging by the reactions from the tweet, many have been bowled over by the data — not as a result of cellphone itself, however as a result of Google determined to unveil the information in any respect.
To drop an upcoming gadget’s title and an official picture this early is uncommon. Regardless of quite a few rumors, rendered photos and leaked specs, firms like Apple, Samsung and Google usually prefer to maintain mum about their product bulletins till they maintain official occasions like Apple’s builders convention and September iPhone occasion, Samsung Unpacked and Google I/O, the place the corporate took the wraps off its newest Pixel 3A and Pixel 3A XL. Google declined a request for remark, however we’ve got a number of guesses why Google made such a weird transfer.
Purpose 1: It might probably declare it did not copy the iPhone 11
The most well-liked idea is that Google needed to get forward of any accusations that it copied Apple and its subsequent iPhone. For a number of months, the upcoming iPhone 11 has been rumored to have a sq. digital camera bump too. As a result of the iPhone is predicted to come back out in September and Pixel telephones normally launch in October, it will be simple to conclude that Google “copied” Apple’s design. (BTW: The digital camera structure is not altogether distinctive — the Huawei Mate 20 Professional, for instance, additionally has such a design.) To keep away from such speak, Google might have determined to whip out the picture early to say it had the design in thoughts lengthy earlier than the iPhone’s launch, figuring out that Apple will stay tight-lipped about any iPhone options till September.
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Purpose 2: The Pixel four would possibly launch sooner than October
4 months is a reasonably very long time to tease a product forward of its assumed launch date. Maybe Google unveiled this information in June as a result of the Pixel four would possibly really not debut in October. Perhaps the cellphone is coming earlier, like in September (to place it even nearer in competitors to the iPhone) and even August. This may be an odd transfer although, for the reason that Pixel 3A and 3A XL have been simply introduced in Might and it would be a good suggestion for Google to permit a while between bulletins of its two cellphone collection.
Watch this:
Pixel four picture launched by Google
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Purpose three: Google would not care anymore!
When Google introduced the Pixel three final 12 months, it was just about one of the vital leaked telephones on the time. Most retailers already had a basic thought about what the cellphone would appear to be (Engadget unboxed the factor three days earlier than its launch) and lots of the rumored specs turned out to be correct. Google even managed to poke enjoyable at this reality earlier than the Pixel three’s launch (see under). The identical utilized to the Pixel 3A. As a result of all of the leaks, individuals obtained wind that Google was engaged on a midtier variant of the Pixel, and we even peeped its new Purple-ish coloration earlier than Google I/O.
As a result of we now reside in such an period the place it is so laborious to maintain a lid on product bulletins, Google may need simply determined to simply say “screw it.” If photographs of the Pixel four’s digital camera was going to get leaked anyway (and it did), the corporate would possibly as properly soar on it, too. At the very least it could then get forward of the information and management to some extent no matter narrative tech lovers prepare dinner up. I, for one, welcome this power and would not thoughts extra data from Google.
