You’ve seen renders and maybe even a plastic mockup, but lifelike images of Google’s first foldable phone? Unless we let the wool pull over our eyes, behold the Pixel Fold!
It is true, there is not much to distinguish this the foldable Google in this video alone – no logos, no distinctive design details like a large camera bar, just a front selfie camera, internal bezels and a foldable screen with rounded corners. It looks like it could just as easily be a Samsung prototype as a Google device.
Image via Kuba Wojciechowski
Image via Kuba Wojciechowski
Except that it comes from a reliable leaker (and developer) Kuba Wojciechowski, who has had a bead on this device for months. He says it’s the Pixel Fold, and he tells The edge the only other thing he can say on the record is that this particular video is over a month old.
According to numerous leaks — I’ll be highlighting the latter on CNBC – the Pixel Fold will be announced at Google I/O on May 10, will ship in June and will cost more than $1,700 for a 5.8-inch phone that folds out into a 7.6-inch tablet, with a Google Tensor G2 processor, a 10oz weight, a battery that Google reportedly wants to market as lasting 24 hours on a charge, and “the most durable hinge on a foldable.”
