Google’s first foldable will be a pricey Pixel, but cheaper than the competition
ThePixel 6and thePixel 6 Proare currently ourfavorite Android phones. Despitea variety of issues, Google’s new phones get more right than wrong, and its Tensor chip appears ready to scale to another form factor altogether: a foldable. The device has popped upin the rumor mill alreadyseveral times and undermany different codenames. Now, we have reported pricing for the Google foldable, expected to launch as thePixel Notepad.
As per9to5Google, the device will launch with a $1,399 price point. This would make it the highest-priced Pixel phone we’ve seen to date, and $300 more expensive than the Pixel 6 Pro’s highest storage option (512GB, $1,099). It would, however, undercut other foldables, like the SamsungGalaxy Z Fold3, which launched at a $1,799 price tag.
Previous reports from 9to5have said that the phone, which would presumably launch by the end of the year, will have the same Google Tensor chipset that powers the Pixel 6 lineup and a more conservative camera setup that reuses the Sony IMX363 sensor — used from the Pixel 3 all the way up to the Pixel 5a — instead of the 50MP Samsung GN1 camera. It will also have a form factor more akin to theOppo Find Nthan the Galaxy Z Fold3, with a shorter, wider inside display.
Of course, if it’s indeed coming so late this year, we’re not expecting to see solid leaks about the device for a good few months, if it even graces the market at all. What we do know is thatAndroid 12L— orAndroid 13, depending on the timing — will be a perfect fit for it.
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