Google Briefly Leaks Pixel 8 Pro Design and Colour Options Ahead of Debut

Pixel 8 Pro might be launched on October 4 because the successor to final yr’s Pixel 7 Pro, and the corporate has leaked the design of the upcoming flagship smartphone that can tackle Apple’s purported iPhone 15 Pro fashions and Samsung’s flagship handset that’s anticipated to debut within the coming months. The search big has additionally revealed the color choices for the upcoming Pixel 8 Pro, which is proven to function a SIM tray — earlier experiences had instructed the telephone would debut with solely eSIM assist.

On Wednesday, Google briefly revealed the Pixel 8 Pro through the corporate’s Pixel Phone Simulator web site, in response to screenshots and screen recordings shared by customers on X (previously often known as Twitter). Just like the corporate’s present handsets, the simulator confirmed a 360-degree view of the handset revealing its design and a few of its specs, together with the arrival of a rumoured temperature sensor.

The Pixel Phone Simulator web site confirmed off the upcoming Pixel 8 Pro’s rear digital camera module that features three cameras similar to final yr’s Pixel flagship — this yr’s mannequin has all three cameras positioned inside the identical cutout on the raised digital camera module.

Just like different Pixel fashions which have already been launched, the web site additionally allowed customers to pick out a element of the handset and look at particulars alongside a visible illustration. Thanks to the simulator, we now know that the Pixel 8 Pro will support no less than one bodily SIM card — an earlier report instructed that the telephone would solely provide eSIM assist like Apple’s iPhone 14 collection fashions within the US.

According to the now-defunct entry for the Pixel 8 Pro on the simulator web site, the handset might be obtainable in three color choices — Licorice, Porcelain, and Sky. Meanwhile, tipster Evan Blass leaked a picture of the Pixel 8 Pro within the purported Sky colourway, with the identical unified rear digital camera cutout revealed on Google’s personal web site.

This is not the primary time that Google has leaked its upcoming handset by itself — final week, it revealed the Pixel 8 Pro in a Porcelain colourway on the Google Store web site within the US. A current report claims that Google is planning to spice up software program assist for its subsequent technology of Pixel telephones by providing as much as 5 years of working system updates. This would carry Google’s OS replace assist window on par with Apple, which additionally presents round 5 OS updates for all its smartphones.