Google Pixel 5 images reveal a radical new direction

Google Pixel 5 images reveal a radical new management

(Image credit: Pigtou and @xleaks7)

The Pixel 4 was largely a good phone beset by a terrible battery and, depending on your luck, an unforgivable number of glitches. Thus, information technology's not surprising we've heard Google has planned to change course with the Pixel 5 toward a product that's more practical and economical, yet still premium.

Seeing these new Pixel 5 renders from David Kowalski (@xleaks7) and Pigtou reportedly based on leaked schematics, Google's massive shift in strategy for its next high-end handset is finally coming into focus.

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If the renders we're seeing here come to inform the Pixel 5'south concluding blueprint, Google's forthcoming flagship will skirt both three-dimensional secure Face Unlock and Soli Movement Sense air gestures for a design that is truly full-screen, with equally-sized bezels across the top, bottom and sides. A single-lens pigsty dial camera, lodged in the upper-left of the screen, evokes a familial similarity to the oftentimes-leaked Pixel 4a.

Around to the back, the Pixel Imprint capacitive fingerprint sensor of old looks to make a return, presenting further evidence that Google has given upward on Face up Unlock, at least for at present. That'due south really a shame, because as someone who has extensive experience with both Google and Apple's approaches to facial authentication, I've found the Pixel 4'southward system much faster and less prone to imitation negatives.

From the back and sides, even so, the Pixel 5 is largely indistinguishable from the Pixel four, owing to its rounded-square camera bump, dual-lens photographic camera and deviated color trim on the ability key. In that location's no word on what those eyes are quite yet, but many are hoping Google opts for an ultrawide lens to supplement the primary one, as opposed to the Pixel iv's telephoto.

Kowalski and Pigtou say the Pixel 5 should feature a 5.8-inch OLED console, and the resulting footprint of the device makes it comparable in size to the 5.viii-inch iPhone 11 Pro, and a bit smaller than the 6.i-inch iPhone xi. If the leak is to be believed, the Pixel five will measure out nigh a millimeter wider than the Pixel 4, but a couple millimeters shorter and a hair thinner.

In other words, the Pixel 5 may non be appreciably larger than the flagship it'due south set to supercede. That's slightly apropos, particularly in terms of what it could mean for the device'due south battery life.

The Pixel 4's longevity on a accuse was atrocious, given that it only had a 2,800-mAh battery to work with. Here's hoping that shedding the fancy Face Unlock and radar arrays in the meridian bezel will help Google bolster the battery as much as possible.

The sources also note there's no headphone jack present on the Pixel five, which is a chip surprising, considering Google will reportedly courtroom more price-sensitive buyers with this telephone. The Pixel 4 launched at $799, merely one survey issued by Mountain View suggests the Pixel v could see a starting price of $699, hopefully with 128GB of onboard storage to boot. (The base Pixel 4 came with simply 64GB.)

This return is the offset we've seen of the Pixel 5 in a long fourth dimension, and so it's a scrap also early to cast judgment on it. Pigtou has an unproven rail record with respect to these things, and and so if future leaks corroborate this one, they'll tell usa these renders are really on the right track. That said, if Google really is every bit committed to cutting the Pixel 5'due south toll as ardently as we've heard, the cost savings here are certainly believable.

Adam Ismail is a staff writer at Jalopnik and previously worked on Tom's Guide roofing smartphones, motorcar tech and gaming. His love for all things mobile began with the original Motorola Droid; since then he'south owned a diverseness of Android and iOS-powered handsets, refusing to stay loyal to one platform. His work has also appeared on Digital Trends and GTPlanet. When he's not petty with the latest devices, he's at an indie pop prove, recording a podcast or playing Sega Dreamcast.