Codename |
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Developer | |
Manufacturer | HTC (contract manufacturer) |
Series | Pixel |
First released | October 20, 2016 |
Availability by country |
October 4, 2016
October 13, 2016
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Predecessor | Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P |
Type | Smartphone |
Form factor | Slate |
Dimensions |
Pixel: H 154.7 mm (6.09 in) W 75.7 mm (2.98 in) D 8.5 mm (0.33 in) |
Weight |
Pixel: 143 g (5.04 oz) Pixel XL: 168 g (5.93 oz) |
Operating system | Android 7.1 "Nougat" |
System on chip | Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 (MSM8996 Pro) |
CPU | 2.15 GHz + 1.6 GHz quad core 64-bit ARMv8-A "Kryo" Cores |
GPU | Adreno 530 |
Memory | 4 GB LPDDR4 RAM |
Storage | 32 GB or 128 GB, UFS 2.0 |
Battery | |
Display |
Pixel: 5 in (130 mm) FHD AMOLED, 1920 x 1080 (441ppi) Pixel XL: 5.5 in (140 mm) QHD AMOLED, 2560 x 1440 (534ppi) All models: 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 4 100% NTSC Color Space 100000:1 contrast ratio 24-bit depth/16.77 million colours |
Rear camera | 12.3 MP Sony Exmor IMX378 1.55 µm pixel size f/2.0 aperture Phase-detection Autofocus + Laser Autofocus HDR+ Processing HD 720p (up to 240fps) FHD 1080p video (Up to 120 FPS) 4K 2160p video (Up to 30 FPS) Electronic Image Stabilization (Sampling gyroscope at 200 Hz) |
Front camera | 8 MP Sony Exmor IMX179 1.4 µm pixel size f/2.4 aperture HD 720p video (Up to 30 FPS) |
Connectivity |
North America: GSM: Quad-band GSM UMTS/WCDMA: B 1/2/4/5/8 CDMA2000: BC0/BC1/BC10 TDS-CDMA: N/A FDD LTE: B 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/20/25/26/28/29/30 TDD LTE: B 41 Rest of the World: GSM: Quad-band GSM UMTS/WCDMA: B 1/2/4/5/6/8/9/19 CDMA2000: BC0 TDS-CDMA: B 34/39 FDD LTE: B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/21/26/28/32/ TDD LTE: B 38/39/40/41 |
Other |
IP53 Proximity/ALS Accelerometer+Gyrometer Magnetometer Pixel Imprint (fingerprint sensor) Barometer Hall effect sensor Android Sensor Hub |
Website | madeby |
Pixel:
H 143.8 mm (5.66 in)
W 69.5 mm (2.74 in)
D 8.5 mm (0.33 in)
Pixel and Pixel XL are Android smartphones designed and marketed by Google. They were announced during a press event on October 4, 2016, and serve as Google's launch devices for Android 7.1 Nougat. The Pixel and Pixel XL are the first smartphones as part of the Google Pixel line.
Google previously co-developed flagship Android devices through the Nexus program, which were designed to be "reference" devices for the Android platform for other OEMs to use as a guide for their own, but retained internal similarities to other devices made by their respective partners. Under new hardware head Rick Osterloh, formerly of Motorola Mobility, Google initiated development of an ecosystem of in-house products and platforms, including the Google Home ecosystem, Google Assistant, and Google Daydream. Osterloh stated that "a lot of the innovation that we want to do now ends up requiring controlling the end-to-end user experience".
As such, unlike the Nexus devices, the Pixel was designed by and is marketed as being a Google product; although the company used HTC as a contract manufacturer, Google has stated that the Pixel is not based on any existing HTC device. Google offered Huawei the contract to manufacture the Google Pixel smartphone, but after Google refused to dual-brand the phone with credit to the manufacturer, Huawei declined the offer.
Pixel uses an aluminum chassis, with a glass panel on the portion of the rear housing the camera and "imprint" fingerprint sensor. The phones have a USB Type-C connector supporting USB 3.0, for power and data exchange. The phone features a 3.5 mm headphone jack, which received media attention for being a contrast to competing smartphone Apple iPhone 7, which does not feature the port. The Pixel and Pixel XL both use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 system-on-chip, with 4 GB of RAM. They are offered with either 32 GB or 128 GB of UFS 2.0 internal storage.