Google Just Teased Its New Flagship Phone Early - Here's What We've Gathered

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The adjacent Made by Google arena isn't until adjacent month, but Google has spilled nan beans early by officially unveiling the Pixel 10. The Google Store has been updated pinch a caller header video showing disconnected nan upcoming smartphone. The short clip only displays nan instrumentality from a azygous angle, but still manages to uncover rather a lot.

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The Pixel 10 bears a striking resemblance to nan Pixel 9, sporting nan aforesaid isolated camera land connected nan back. We saw only a azygous colour action successful nan video -- a matte grey pinch a shiny border. A caller leak states that nan telephone will beryllium disposable successful 4 colors: Obsidian (black), Indigo (blue), Frost (light gray), and Limoncello (a yellowish-green). It appears that Google revealed Frost successful nan teaser.

If you look closely, you'll announcement 3 lenses peering from down nan glass. It's imaginable we're looking astatine nan Pixel 10 Pro since nan Pro models person 3 lenses. However, recent rumors claim that nan guidelines exemplary will besides person a triple camera setup.

New camera tech

Using nan Pixel 9 Pro arsenic an example, it's imaginable nan Pixel 10 will person a 50MP wide lens, a 48MP ultrawide lens, and a 48MP telephoto option. That past camera could beryllium thing special. According to a June study from Android Headlines, Google is adding a macro functionality to nan 5x telephoto sensor, turning it into a "Tele-Macro" lens.

This operation will apparently amended macro photography by allowing users to beryllium further distant from a subject. It is besides said to amended nan wide quality. Whether aliases not this Tele-Macro will beryllium coming connected each Pixel 10 exemplary (or if it's moreover existent successful nan first place) is unknown.

Assuming that this is nan guidelines Pixel 10, it is very imaginable that nan different rumors are, astatine nan very least, somewhat correct. The early smartphone will not beryllium a complete overhaul of nan erstwhile generation. Instead, it will beryllium a refinement of nan series, introducing upgrades successful cardinal areas, specified arsenic nan caller Tensor G5 chipset to amended performance.

If you're fresh for an upgrade and want to get your hands connected nan Pixel 10, Google is offering an exclusive connection to anyone who signs up for email notifications. On August 20, you'll person a promotional coupon codification and instructions connected really to redeem it successful bid to get a discount connected a "specified Google Pixel 10 device".

Exactly really overmuch nan discount will beryllium aliases which Pixel 10 exemplary is eligible are chartless astatine nan clip of this writing, but it's apt to beryllium astir $100, akin to what we saw past twelvemonth pinch nan Pixel 9.

Made By Google 2025 kicks disconnected connected August 20 astatine 10 a.m. PST / 1 p.m. EST, and we're apt to spot Google unveil much than conscionable caller phones. Specifically nan caller Google Pixel Watch 4 -- nan adjacent smartwatch successful nan lineup -- and caller Pixel Buds Pro.

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