The Google Pixel 5 is officially coming. Google has announced the upcoming Pixel 5 along with Google Pixel 4a 5G, Chromecast with Google TV and Google Nest Audio. There’s no confirmation about Pixel 5 XL Hope they will bring it soon. Google provided all the information on company’s Launch Night in Livestream event on September 30.
Cut to the Chase
Cut to the Chase
- Body with Aluminium finish
- Dual Primary Camera Setup (rear camera)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
- Punch hole Selfie Camera
- 90Hz Display
- 6.0-inch OLED Full HD+
- 8GB RAM, 128GB Storage
- 4080mAh Battery
- 5G Phone, Android 11
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Google Pixel 5 Leaked
Google Pixel 5 is one of the most awaited tech, the world was waiting for. About a week ago, the Google Pixel 5 got accidentally leaked by the company’s official Japanese account. The source was a video who not only showed us the design but also gave out the price of the phone.
According to the reports, Tweeter account of Google Japan accidentally posted a tweet of the Google Pixel 5. The incident happened days ago the official announcement of the phone. With that, It did reveal the design and price of the phone. The tweet was deleted instantly but “9to5Google“ spotted it and got the intel before it was removed.
Google Pixel 5 Release Date and Price
The price of Google Pixel 5 is $699 / £599 / AU$999 (about Rs. 51,000). You can pre-order the phone from Google’s web store. Google has confirmed that the phone will be available in US, UK, Canada, Ireland, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan and Australia.
The Google Pixel 5 will be available in market on October 15. It will be available in US and UK on the same date with the price mentioned above. No further details about other countries and their markets.
Google Pixel 5 Design and Display
As we can see the design above, the phone is made of recycled Aluminium where others phones now a days possesses glass or plastic back. You maybe thinking about the absence of wireless charging here since metal is rarely used in wireless charging due to it’s inability with wireless charging, but that’s not true here.
Pixel 5 still provides the wireless charging feature with the help of wireless charging coil covered by resin and painted over to match the color of aluminium.
The phone comes with 2 colors bizarre names :- Sorta Sage (Green color) and Just Black (its black, that’s it).
This phone is water resistant up to 30 mins as it is IPX8 water resistant, so you can take a dive in pool and take the phone with you without thinking about it. The phone weights up to 151 grams, with dimensions of 144.7 x 70.4 x 8mm.
The phone has a 6-inch full HD display with resolution of 1080 x 2340. It has about 432 pixels per inch. It is an always-on type of display with an OLED panel.
Finally google has included the 90Hz display in its phones providing the faster and smoother transitions. Some of you may say that their are other phones available with refresh rate up to 120Hz, but either way, its Google product we are talking about.
The phone possesses Type-C port at the bottom of the phone without a 3.5mm headphone jack. Unlike Pixel 4, the Pixel 5 comes with a finger print scanner on the back of the device. The 3D face unlock and Soli gesture technology is no longer available in this model.
Google Pixel 5 Camera
The camera is upgraded with respect to the previous versions of Pixels. It has a 12.2MP dual -pixel lens with 1.4μm pixel width, and their’s another 16MP ultra-wide lens. So, no more tele-photo lens in pixel.
Pixel is bringing back the Night Sight and Portrait mode in this upcoming phone.
Google Pixel 5 Specifications
Unlike previous Pixel phone, Pixel 5 does not have a top-notch chip-set, you will be receiving the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G processor. Which will be clearly less effective in comparison with devices like Asus ROG 3, OnePlus 8 Pro and Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Google is pretty confident on its decision of degrading the chipset. They said the phone and the dedicated processor is a perfect match for everyday tasks.
The phone comes with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, with no microSD card support. No further intel about the other storage variant available.
It has a 4080mAh battery installed. It comes with a 18W charger. As well as wireless charging support is also available. The phone also supports the reverse charging feature called Battery Share.
On the basis of permanence, Google Pixel 4 wasn’t successful in terms of battery life for a day, but Google has claimed that the Pixel 5 has the potential and will be a better product in comparison to its previous models as well as other flagship phones.
The Google Pixel 5 provides 5G connectivity with conditions apply. None the less, Google Pixel 5 comes with Android 11 support which is the company’s latest version of it’s operating system. So the phone will get software updates for the next 2 years for sure.
More information about Google and its products will be provided soon, so stay tuned.
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