Code from the Android 13 Quarterly Platform Release 1 (QPR1) beta released last week Friday includes references to a possible Pixel foldable smartphone and Pro tablet.<\/p>\n
In a Twitter thread<\/strong><\/a>, user Kuba Wojciechowski explained that code for the camera hardware abstraction layer references folded and unfolded states and inner and outer cameras on a device codenamed Felix.<\/p>\n Felix was previously believed to be the Google Pixel 7a, which is not expected to be a foldable.<\/p>\n However, only foldable phones would require code with distinctions between folded and unfolded states and internal or external cameras.<\/p>\n Wojciechowski also said the code revealed that the back of the “Felix” device would feature a 50MP Sony IMX787 primary camera, 12MP Sony IMX386 ultra-wide lens, and 10MP Samsung S5K3J1 telephoto sensor.<\/p>\n The interior selfie camera will boast an 8MP Sony IMX355 sensor, while another Samsung S5K3J1 may feature as the device’s cover display camera.<\/p>\n “This is a fairly comprehensive setup, fitting for a premium device,” Wojciechowski said.<\/p>\n Android Police noted<\/strong><\/a> that this configuration would give Google’s device the same number of cameras as the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4.<\/p>\n That suggests the Pixel foldable is likely to feature a booklet-style design rather than the clamshell form-factor of the Z Flip 4, which does not require a cover display camera but can use its main camera as a selfie shooter when folded.<\/p>\n Ross Young recently said that the foldable Pixel smartphone’s displays would enter production in around four months, and he expects a launch around March 2023.<\/p>\n Android Police also said the QPR1 code referred to a device codenamed T6Pro or tangorpro.<\/p>\n The “Tangor” codename has been associated with a Pixel tablet or smart home hub.<\/p>\n Including “pro” possibly means that Google is preparing a premium variant of one of these devices.<\/p>\n Code from the Android 13 Quarterly Platform Release 1 (QPR1) beta supports previous reports that Google is working a Pixel foldable smartphone and a premium tablet or smart home hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":459571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[76510,45983,39160,81333],"class_list":["post-460217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-android-13","tag-foldable-smartphones","tag-google-pixel","tag-google-pixel-7a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460303,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460217\/revisions\/460303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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