Google Pixel 6 May Get a 50-Megapixel Wide-Angle Camera Sourced from Samsung

Google Pixel 6 vary is anticipated to launch this fall. The collection is predicted to incorporate two fashions — Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro. The two telephones will likely be powered by the corporate’s in-house Tensor SoC, which Google confirmed just lately. And now, the newest Android 12 beta suggests finer particulars in regards to the modem built-in within the SoC and Google Pixel 6’s most important digicam sensor. The code hints that each the parts have been sourced from Samsung. Google’s SVP for Devices and Services, Rick Osterloh, had teased just lately that the Pixel 6 Pro will likely be costly and be positioned within the ultra-premium phase.

XDA Developers’ cstark27 did some digging into the code of the newest Android 12 beta. The beta contained strings of ‘gn1_wide_p21′ code hinting that the Pixel 6 might embrace the Samsung ISOCELL 50-megapixel GN1 sensor as the principle wide-angle digicam. This has a 1/1.31-inch sensor and 1.2 micron pixels. Samsung additionally launched the 50-megapixel GN2 sensor earlier this 12 months and Google can also go for the newer sensor. However, the code suggests integration of the Samsung GN1 sensor.

The Android 12 beta 4 additionally has references of a ‘g5123b’ modem and it’s reported to probably be primarily based on Samsung’s Exynos Modem 5123. This 5G modem was used within the Exynos variations of the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20. It helps each sub-6GHz and mmWave 5G. This modem, XDA says, is mapped to 5 gadgets — Oriole, Raven, Passport, Slider, and an unknown fifth gadget. Oriole and Raven are rumoured to be the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, whereas the Passport mannequin is tipped to be the codename for Google’s foldable cellphone.

As for the design, each the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are anticipated to have a dual-tone design with a protruding strip throughout the again panel for housing the sensor. These sensors are stated to be greater than the earlier fashions. The general design of each Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro would be the identical, with the distinction being their display dimension, digicam lenses, and some options.


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