Last year, the Pixel 7 did not see its prices increase compared to the Pixel 6. A nice surprise in these times of inflation, which would be short-lived. Pixel 8 is rumored to be priced higher than last year.
At the Made by Google conference last October, we had a good surprise from Google: while smartphone prices were increasing among all manufacturers, this was not the case for the American giant. This year, everything would change: the Pixel 8 would be more expensive than the Pixel 7.
$50 more for the Pixel 8
It’s the leaker Yogesh Bar, a regular at 91Mobiles which reveals on Twitter that the Pixel 8 would be launched next October, which seems logical. That’s not all: the smartphone would be launched at a price of 649 dollars, or 699 dollars depending on the version.
A $50 increase over the Pixel 7, the latter having launched at $599 last year. It looks like Google is facing higher production costs, with component shortages to blame. At least the manufacturer will have been able to offer a year’s reprieve to its users. This would be equivalent to 588 euros according to the current price, but we can expect a Pixel 8 at 700 euros, the Pixel 7 being released at home at 650 euros.
What we know about the Pixel 8
According to leakerwe should be entitled to a 6.17-inch Oled screen with a refresh rate of 120 Hz. hardware, the Pixel 8 would be equipped with the Google Tensor G3, the latest SoC born from Google, coupled with 8 GB of RAM and 128 or 256 GB of storage. Everything would naturally be managed by Android 14, which will be released shortly before.
On the photo part, we would find the GN2 photo sensor of 50 Mpx, an ultra-wide-angle sensor of 12 Mpx as well as a selfie camera of 11 Mpx. Finally, on the charge, it would be 24 W wired and 12 W wireless, to recharge a 4485 mAh battery.
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