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Announced Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL: fewer hands, more cameras

The most interesting in the new generation anosGoogle’s own smartphone models - Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL - orange body color in addition to the regular white and black. It’s a pity, it will be a limited edition.


Pixel 4 XL

All the rest is mostly not newsis - the main parameters and the main features of Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL were announced in advance. First of all, it is a gesture recognition system at a distance. A cloud of sensors is built into the front panel of the device above the screen, the environment of which is a Google Soli radar that responds to movement in its field of vision. Thanks to Soli, the Pixel 4 features Motion Sense, which makes the user a conductor. You can change the playing composition with a wave of your hand, silence the alarm clock, and answer the call.

In the same area above the screen is a separatesensor to ensure that the device is unlocked in the face - this obligation has been removed from the front camera. Thanks to this, the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL do not need to be looked directly into the eyes - it recognizes the host's physiognomy at least upside down. The response speed of the sensors is increased precisely due to the help of the radar - the smartphone already knows about the approach of a person and is ready to meet. Fingerprint scanner is not provided, so this sensor has to work for two.

Google emphasizes that it does not use the code image with which it is compared in recognition. It is stored only on a smartphone with the security chip Titan M.

Pixel 4

There is one more thing. In particular, the Google Assistant smart assistant is now more intelligible: he now understands much of what he is told himself, without the help of cloud processing, which means that he reacts faster.

Built-in Recorder app will delight those whoneed to record information from the voice. Being included in the recording as a recorder, the Recorder simultaneously recognizes speech and translates it into text. So far, it is only about English, but work is underway on other languages.

Both models are built on the Qualcomm chipset.Snapdragon 855, both have 6 GB of RAM. Both have versions with 64 and 128 GB ROM and no slot for memory cards. Both screens support a refresh rate of 90 Hz (if necessary, it drops to the standard 60 Hz).

The Pixel 4 has a 5.7 ″ Flexible OLED screen with a resolution of 1080 × 2280 pixels. Pixel 4 XL diagonal is already 6.3 ”, resolution is QHD + (1440 × 3040).

The screens support HDR, Always On mode and have a new Ambient EQ chip, which responds to lighting and adjusts colors.

Google Pixel 4 has a 2800 mAh battery, Pixel4 XL - 3700 mAh. It looks modest. It supports fast 18 W charging and Qi wireless charging, during which Ambient Mode is activated - the smartphone turns into a smart display with Assistant in touch.

Google is somehow not in a hurry to build upthe number of cameras, but a small step forward has been made: Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL have already received a dual main camera. If we consider the service module for the camera to obtain information about the depth of the scene, then it can be called a stretch with a stretch. Two normal photomodules: the main 12 MP with a Dual-Pixel focusing system and an aperture of f / 1.7, and the second - 16 MP telephoto. Both have an optical and electronic stabilization system. The front camera is 8 megapixel.
The new Pixel Neural Core neural processor is working to improve and speed up the camera.
Supports shooting 4K video (30fps) and slow motion video 120fps (1080p).

Pixel 4 XL

Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL have one slot for SIM cards, instead of the second - eSIM.

The start of sales in the United States and Taiwan is scheduled for 22October. In Australia and Canada - on the 21st. It will reach Europe on October 28. The price is $ 800 for the 64-gigabyte version of the Pixel 4, $ 900 - for the younger Pixel 4 XL. 128-gigabyte options will cost $ 100 more.

Key Features of Google Pixel 4:

Screen OLED, 5.7 ″, 1080 × 2280, 16M colors, touch, capacitive, multi-touch, Flexible OLED, Gorilla Glass 5
IronQualcomm Snapdragon 855
2.84 GHz, 1 x Kryo 485, 3 x Kryo 485, 4 x Kryo 485, Adreno 640
Memory RAM 6 GB, ROM 128 GB, LPDDR4x, 64/128 GB ROM
Mobile Internet LTE cat.18 DL 1200 Mbps, LTE cat.13 UL 150 Mbps
HSDPA, HSUPA, EV-DO rev.A
Edge
Mobile networks LTE Bands 1-5,7,8,12-14,17-20,25,26,28-30,38-41,66,71
UMTS 850, 900, 1900, 2100
GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
CDMA 800, 1900
Battery Li-Ion, 2800 mAh, fast charging 18W, wireless charging
Dimensions147.1 x 68.8 x 8.2 mm
Weight 162 g
Camera12.2 MP, flash, autofocus, dual 12.2 MP f / 1.7 77 ° + 16 MP ƒ / 2.4 52 °
frontal: 8 MP, f / 2.0 90 °
NavigationGPS, GLONASS, BeiDou
OS Android 10
SensorsAccelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Approach, Barometer, Illuminance, NFC


Google Pixel 4 XL

Key Features of Google Pixel 4 XL:

Screen OLED, 6.3 ″, 1440 × 3040, 16M colors, touch, capacitive, multi-touch, Flexible OLED, Gorilla Glass 5
IronQualcomm Snapdragon 855
2.84 GHz, 1 x Kryo 485, 3 x Kryo 485, 4 x Kryo 485, Adreno 640
Memory RAM 6 GB, ROM 128 GB, LPDDR4x, 64/128 GB ROM
Mobile Internet LTE cat.18 DL 1200 Mbps, LTE cat.13 UL 150 Mbps
HSDPA, HSUPA, EV-DO rev.A
Edge
Mobile networks LTE Bands 1-5,7,8,12-14,17-20,25,26,28-30,38-41,66,71
UMTS 850, 900, 1900, 2100
GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
CDMA 800, 1900
Battery Li-Ion, 3,700 mAh, 18W fast charge, wireless charging
Dimensions 160.4 x 75.1 x 8.2 mm
Weight 193 g
Camera12.2 MP, flash, autofocus, dual 12.2 MP f / 1.7 77 ° + 16 MP ƒ / 2.4 52 °
frontal: 8 MP, f / 2.0 90 °
NavigationGPS, GLONASS, BeiDou
OS Android 10
SensorsAccelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Approach, Barometer, Illuminance, NFC

A few videos with unpacking and first impressions (English)

More videos on smartphone pages in the directory: Google Pixel 4 and Google Pixel 4 XL

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Tatyana Kobelskaya