An ultra-premium telephone could be provided alongside the Pixel Fold

It is no secret Google has a ton of {hardware} merchandise coming down the road — and I am not speaking concerning the ones it is keen to debate on file. Positive, the Pixel 7 collection, the Pixel Watch, and a brand new Pixel pill deliberate for subsequent 12 months would possibly be sufficient to get you excited, however actually, it is the unannounced devices which have us excited. A brand new leak shines some mild on two upcoming units from Google, together with a long-awaited, long-delayed system that could be on its method subsequent 12 months.

In line with leaker Digital Chat Station on Weibo, Google is at present planning to companion with Foxconn on two future flagship telephones, switching manufacturing away from Vietnam and again to China for each units (through 9to5Google). The primary system ought to be acquainted to anybody following Pixel rumors intently. Google’s first foldable is reportedly one of many two merchandise for this partnership, although it is unclear when manufacturing would possibly begin. There’s nothing new in at the moment’s leak about what this system would possibly entail — this Weibo publish refers to it as a “typical” folding telephone — however any indicators that the Pixel Fold remains to be alive are positive to alleviate followers dreaming of a first-party foldable.

This second telephone, nevertheless, is much more mysterious. It is allegedly a flagship product working on tensor 2, outfitted with an IMX787 sensor, a 50MP foremost digicam, and — most intriguingly, a ceramic physique. If that sensor mannequin sounds acquainted to you, it is as a result of it popped up a few weeks in the past, connected to that mysterious “Lynx” system that nobody can fairly appear to nail down. If “Lynx” certainly has a ceramic physique, its existence out of the blue makes an entire lot extra sense, providing premium materials past glass and metal for the primary time in a Pixel telephone.

Ceramic is uncommon in smartphones — it confirmed up within the Important PH-1 and the OnePlus X, however its coloration limitations make it a tough promote for some producers. It was initially set to look within the OSOM OV1, too, earlier than that system’s premature demise, and it is unclear if its Solana Saga successor will comply with in its tracks. If Google does plan to construct a ceramic Pixel within the future, it could go a good distance in setting the corporate’s telephones other than a pack product of glass, metal, and plastic.