Ahead of its launch on October 19, it appears as if retailers and Google are taking part in a recreation of rooster about who can leak essentially the most details about its two upcoming flagship telephones; the Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro. Google’s Pixel line of smartphones has historically been the flagship of the Android armada for these of us who like our Android working system as un-adorned as attainable. After a considerably underwhelming Pixel 5, which meant that the corporate had a variety of mid-range telephones and no actual flagship to talk off, Google appears to have realized its lesson. With the un-Apple-y strategy of leaking its own device a number of weeks earlier than launch, all googly eyes are on the duo of upcoming telephones.

As the launch date crawls nearer, the tempo of knowledge being pushed on the general public hasn’t precisely slowed. Over the weekend, U.Ok. cellphone retailer Carphone Warehouse revealed its gross sales pages for the 2 telephones. Of course, the retailer yanked the pages as quickly as they might, however not earlier than an eagle-eyed leak-hunter snagged some screen shots. In addition, Google has began promoting the yet-to-be-shipped pocket computer systems in quite a lot of media, too, presumably within the hope that some doubters will hesitate for lengthy sufficient earlier than urgent the buy-it-now button on Apple’s not too long ago launched iPhone 13 collection. In the promoting and advertising and marketing actions, which began all the best way again in August, Google is highlighting a few of the benefits it has over its Cupertino-conceived cousin, and staking out the aggressive panorama. 

As you may anticipate, provided that that is the place a number of the smartphone battle has shifted its bellicose habits, the leaked pages closely give attention to the standard of the cameras. The Google Pixel 6 continues the Android development of including pc imaginative and prescient and AI smarts to the photo-taking course of but in addition introduces some top-shelf {hardware} to the combo. The Pixel 6 reportedly will get a 50mpx wide-angle digital camera and a 12mpx ultra-wide. The Pixel 6 Pro will get a trio of cameras — two with the identical spec as its little brother, and an extra 48mpx telephoto lens.

Image Credits: Screenshot from Google (opens in a new window)‘s official Pixel 6 holding web page. (Image has been cropped)

The different massive spotlight is the already-much-discussed Tensor chip that’s making its debut within the new telephones

The advertising and marketing pages additionally shed extra mild on the claims Google is making about its battery know-how. Adaptive battery efficiency implies that the telephones’ batteries can cost from flat to 50% cost in simply half an hour, and the working system has a bunch of smarts built-in to additional stretch your battery life for these days while you enterprise too distant from an influence socket. The firm additionally highlights high-speed wi-fi charging for while you’re hanging on with no thread.

With its essential rivals making an even bigger deal of safety, Google joins the fray on that battlefront as effectively, claiming “more layers of hardware security than any other phone,” reminding customers that they’re introducing the Titan M2 safety chip and a promise of “five years of updates” which is able to guarantee it “gets more secure over time.” It isn’t instantly clear whether or not this refers to firmware updates or updates of the OS, however it’s encouraging to see Android stand behind its telephones at the same time as they age into oblivion.

We anticipate to be taught extra in regards to the telephones because the launch date crawls nearer. We anticipate preorders to start out subsequent week, on October 19.