Google Pixel 7 Alleged Prototype Surfaces on eBay Months Ahead of Official Debut

An alleged prototype of the Pixel 7 surfaced on eBay — just months after Google officially disclosed the telephone at its I/O keynote earlier this thirty day period. While the availability of the Pixel 7 is established for later on this calendar year, a seller was equipped to place its alleged prototype on sale. The prototype appeared with the unique design that appeared at the keynote, carrying the exceptional digital camera bar at the back again. It would seem to have the deep black Obsidian shade that Google alone showcased all through the Pixel 7 premiere. Separately, Google is identified to be operating on a new significant-stop Pixel mobile phone that could be different from the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Professional and carry a top quality show encounter.

As noticed by Android commentator Mishaal Rahman, the alleged prototype of the Pixel 7 was put on sale by a vendor on eBay. The cell phone appears to have the very same style and design language that Google showcased at the I/O 2022 keynote.

The listing of the prototype, which was shut at the time of filing this post but was accessible by its cached version, involved some added photographs of the cellphone to present its sides, front, and again in detail.

Over-all, the layout of the prototype looks very related to the Pixel 7 that Google discovered previously this thirty day period. A single of the photos also implies that the telephone, which appeared to be in operating affliction, has 128GB of onboard storage. This indicates that the Pixel 7 may occur in a 128GB model.

An image appeared on the listing reveals that the telephone has a design quantity GVU6C. A glimpse of the Pixel 7 Pro — a top-quality variant in the Pixel 7 series — was also purportedly witnessed in a single of the visuals in which the reflection of what appears to be the camera bar of the phone appeared on the back again of the prototype.

Specific facts on how the seller was ready to supply the prototype are not available. Even so, in a dialogue with The Verge, the vendor claimed that they bought the telephone from a wholesaler.

The vendor set the cellular phone on sale on eBay with a starting off bid of $450 (approximately Rs. 34,900). The listing was, though, finished soon after it came into general public recognize.

Notably, this is not the initial time when a Pixel machine has appeared in element on the Website ahead of its official availability. The Pixel household, in truth, has a lengthy background of coming in the leaks and rumours.

Google, nevertheless, this time experimented with to put the rumour mongers to relaxation by revealing the Pixel 7 sequence way ahead of its official start that is set for later this year — most in all probability in October. Nonetheless, the listing on eBay implies that the company even now needs to function on tightening its management on the offer aspect to restrict early appearances of its upcoming devices.

In addition to the surfacing of the Pixel 7 alleged prototype, Google is found to have a new significant-stop Pixel phone in enhancement. As noted by 9to5Google, the new product is codenamed G10 and its references have been spotted within the Android kernel code. It is to have a top-notch screen carrying a 120Hz refresh rate. The display screen of the mysterious Pixel cellphone is located to be manufactured of China’s BOE and has requirements together with a QHD+ (1,440×3,120 pixels) resolution that matches with that of the Pixel 6 Pro. Further, the display is mentioned to be of 71x155mm dimensions.

 

The display screen resolution and dimension of the new Pixel product suggests that it would be a telephone and not a tablet or other product.

But even so, there are no official particulars about the existence of the described substantial-close Pixel cellular phone. It may possibly just be a prototype for inner tests or may finally debut immediately after the start of the Pixel 7 series.

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