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Google Pixel 3 XL renders based on latest leaks are likely pretty close to the real deal

After months of deafening silence, the Google Pixel 3 leaks have been popping up relentlessly for the last couple weeks. From the initial sketchy leaked screen protectors and reports last week to the in-the-flesh images that leaked earlier today, the picture can’t get much clearer. Now, right on cue, notorious phone mockup artist PhoneDesigner has shared their latest take based on today’s images.


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Yes, the mystery logo on leaked Pixel 3 XL prototype’s backside is Google’s

A photo of a Google Pixel 3 XL prototype leaked earlier today, showing its notch-and-chin design, its ‘crosshatch’ code name, and the first look at what seems to be an all-glass back. If you had any doubt in your mind that it’s a real Google prototype, then I think those doubts can be settled. I found the mystery placeholder logo on the device’s back on an official Pixel 2 prototype from last year.


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Alleged Google Pixel 3 XL in-the-flesh images leak, showing notch, design, and more

Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL leak season is upon us, and today it’s kicking into full gear. A couple of images have leaked (via the XDA forums) that could very possibly be our first look at the elusive Pixel 3 XL in the flesh, showing the design of both the front and back, its display notch, and more.
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Here’s every Pixel 3 & 3 XL codename mention in AOSP: crosshatch, albacore, and blueline

Substantial leaks for the third-generation Made by Google devices emerged later than usual this year, with concrete rumors first surfacing at the end of May. In the coming months, there will be more and more rumors with one good source of news coming directly from Google’s Android Open Source Project.


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These Google Pixel 3 XL renders based on the sketchy screen protector leak are gorgeous

As I wrote yesterday, it’s amazing to see how the leak of a couple alleged screen protectors on Weibo can light a fire of crazy speculation and hours of analysis and render work. Perhaps the benefit for those of us that like to imagine what these forthcoming Pixel phones might look like are these renders, one of which shared today by an artist is perhaps the most gorgeous we’ve seen so far.


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Google Pixel 3 & 3 XL speculation runs wild in the wake of alleged screen protector ‘leak’

Yesterday, we saw the very first leak that might give us an idea on the physical makeup of Google’s 2018 smartphones. The key word here, of course, is might, considering this is just a photo that was posted on Chinese social media website Weibo by someone with absolutely zero reputation. Said person has even since pulled the post, leaving this mysterious photo with no origin story.

But people are clearly hungry for more info on Google’s next phones, as evidenced by renders, crackpot theories, and notch scenarios being suggested by some users of the internet…


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Alleged Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL screen protectors leak w/ front-facing speakers and notch

We’re still several months away from the debut of Google’s next-generation Pixel smartphones, but things have been relatively quiet in terms of leaked information about the devices. Today, some alleged tempered glass screen protectors have leaked out which, if real, show some of the first details about the Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3 XL.


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No, that Android P render isn’t meant to resemble the Pixel 3, but it might anyway

Google I/O is past us and the next big Google event is the hardware show presumably coming this October, so the internet is just itching for a good Google Pixel 3 leak. So of course it has taken a render that Google knowingly and intentionally included in the Android P Developer Preview 2 to be a “leak” of the company’s forthcoming flagship smartphone…


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Opinion: Google, please make Pixel 3 stand out from these notched abominations

In the wake of the iPhone X’s announcement, there’s a particular smartphone aesthetic sweeping the industrial design departments of just about every Android OEM. That design: A notched display on the front with a sizable bottom chin. It doesn’t seem like many Android phone makers are immune from the disease — OnePlus, Oppo, Vivo, ASUS, Honor, and even LG are all infected.

As we look toward the coming fall and Google’s presumed launch of the Pixel 3, I’m hoping that the Mountain View company has the courage not to blindly follow the pack…


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Do you want a physical Google Assistant/Lens button on the Pixel 3? [Poll]

This morning, LG officially unveiled the G7 ThinQ. While there wasn’t much new about the handset, the South Korean company did add a physical button to the handset’s left side that can be used to trigger Google Assistant and Lens.

Would you want Google to include a physical Google Assistant/Lens button on the Pixel 3?


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Feature Request: Google, can we bring back wireless charging on the Pixel 3?

Wireless charging has a very long history, and one that almost entirely doesn’t involve the iPhone. Rather, hardware from Android OEMs, including Google itself in the past, has long been the place to find this feature if you want it. In its need to compromise, however, the Mountain View company decided wireless power wasn’t its top priority with the Nexus 5X and 6P, and that continued with the debut of the Pixel and Pixel 2. Now, I’m hoping it’s time for wireless to make a comeback.


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