For a short second in time, the rumor mill had us holding out hope that Google had a foldable Pixel on the horizon. But all that blind religion was for naught, because the never-announced Google Pixel Fold is reportedly not occurring.

Ross Young, who has sources inside the provision chain through his work at Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), means that no matter Pixel foldable Google was planning to fabricate has been canceled. Young tweeted that a number of sources confirmed the corporate shouldn’t be bringing the Pixel Fold to market in 2021 or the primary half of 2022.

It’s doable Google is ceasing manufacturing till it may well make a product that competes with Samsung on the similar worth level. It’s additionally doable that the pricing of elements for the Pixel Fold would have been an excessive amount of to think about the chance of launching into such a nascent product class.

“Our sources indicated that Google believed the product wouldn’t be as competitive as it needed to be,” Young wrote. “They likely figured that competing against Samsung in the U.S. and Europe in a small niche market facing higher costs than their primary competitor, would stack the odds against this project.”

The Pixel Fold was anticipated to have comparable specs because the Galaxy Z Fold 3, together with an analogous inner folding show with a 120Hz refresh charge. But it may have fallen quick in different methods. The Pixel Fold was rumored to embody the similar picture sensors because the outdated Pixel 5, which might have undoubtedly impacted the Fold’s efficiency within the saturated smartphone market. The novelty of a folding smartphone fades away when the digicam isn’t nearly as good as what your buddy is utilizing.

On the plus aspect, this would possibly imply that Google has extra time to work out Android 12L. This model will assist Android perform higher on large-screen units, although it would additionally profit foldables. There are additionally different rumors that Google was engaged on a second foldable gadget together with the Pixel Fold. The references have been noticed in code below the identify Jumbojack by blogs like 9to5Google.

One specific function identified throughout that discovery was a “posture” API, which refers to code that may point out the bodily state the gadget is in, like whether or not it’s half-opened or closed. It’s a function that may vastly profit a Pixel foldable, and Android foldables total.

Maybe we’ll by no means know whether or not Google deliberate to launch a foldable telephone. At least Samsung continues to hold the torch for anybody prepared to shell out some huge cash to be on the leading edge.