What to expect from Google's big Pixel announcement today

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It's Google's big announcement day today and we expect a lot of products and innovations to be unveiled. A year ago, we saw the launch of the Pixel phones, Google Home, Google WiFi, Daydream VR headsets and the Google Assistant. It took a while, but Canada now has all these devices and services and feature parity with their US counterparts. What do we expect Google to unveil in today's launch event?

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Report hints at release dates for the new Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL

Leaked render of the Google Pixel 2 XL

The Google event, which is where we’re expecting to see the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, is almost upon us. But information about the new devices are still cropping up online. This time, the latest leak from Evan Blass (@evleaks) hints at the release date for the two devices. The Pixel 2 will supposedly be arriving this month on October 19^th, to be specific, while the Pixel 2 XL will be coming next month on November 15^th. According to Blass’s story on VentureBeat, there could also be a pre-order period for both devices ahead of the release but it wasn’t stated when that would be. With the Pixel 2 supposedly coming out a couple of weeks after this event, we won’t be surprised if that happens immediately.

When it comes to price, the Droid Life reported a few weeks ago that the Pixel 2 will reportedly retain last year’s prices at US$649 for the 64GB version and US$749 for the 128GB. And the Pixel 2 XL gets a price bump from US$769 for the 32GB to US$849 for the 64GB model and from last year’s US$869 for the 128GB model to US$949 for the same storage size.

Source: Android Authority

New leaked renders give us better look at new Pixel devices

Pixel 2 XL

Google is hosting its Pixel event a couple of days from now but we’ve already seen so many leaks of the new devices. The latest one comes unsurprisingly from Evan Blass (@evleaks) as he shows off what the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are supposedly going to look like. And while they’re not completely bezel-less like the flagships of other brands, these do have less bezels than last year’s models. The Pixel 2 XL has less of a bezel than the Pixel 2. You can see the front-facing camera on the upper left with a speaker grille. Another speaker grille can be seen at the bottom, speculation is that could be housing the microphone but we can’t say yet.

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Google Pixel 2 and XL 2 cases show up on Amazon ahead of the phones’ launch

Google Pixel XL 2 Case, MicroP Soft TPU Brushed Anti-fingerprint Full-body Protective Phone Case Cover For Google Pixel XL2 (Black Brushed TPU)

We aren’t expecting the new Google Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 to show up just yet but it seems third-party accessory manufacturers want to get ahead of the game. Four protective cases and two screen protectors have shown up on Amazon for the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 showing nearly bezel-less designs that have been rumoured in the past. It seems to have the 18:9 aspect ratio, which seems identical to the Full Vision display panel by LG. It’s supposedly apt since LG is rumoured to be making at least one of the handsets. Before it was also rumoured that LG was going to supply the screen modules for both devices, so having the similar taller displays in the renders seem to give more credence to that.

There isn’t any information on screen sizes but contrary to rumours that Google was axing the headphone jack, there is still a cutout for it. But it looks like the Google Pixel 2 has a more angled camera module than its bigger brother, the Pixel XL 2. Both look like they’ll retain the circular fingerprint scanner on the device. The phone might be a couple of months away but if getting the cases ahead of time is something you want to do, these go for as low as US$7.99.

Source: Android Headlines