Carphone Warehouse leaks Pixel 6 and 6 Pro in full detail

11 October 2021
The official announcement is coming on October 19, though there's very little left to unveil that hasn't already leaked.

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Robbie, 11 Oct 2021I thought carphonewarehouse were a British company?It is a British company.

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    • 11 Oct 2021

    I am not too optimistic regarding the camera.
    -The leaks don't mention a 50 megapixel high resolution mode, this would be a huge disappointment
    -according to the leak, Google will offer a 5x digital zoom for the periscope camera (4*5= 20, so 20x is the maximum zoom setting), this strongly suggests that Google won't use the periscope camera in its 48 megapixel mode and will only use the 12 megapixel mode. 5x digital zoom is a typical value for 12 megapixel cameras.
    -it isn't advertised that the periscope camera can be used in the astrophotography mode (could have been nice for the Andromeda Galaxy)
    -no macro capabilities are advertised
    -neither color temperature slider nor exposure time slider (for example for Night Sight) are mentioned
    -according to a leak, the portrait mode will offer "1x" and "2.8x" zoom settings. Google's "1x" is usually a 1.5x setting in portrait mode, so the "2.8x" setting is the periscope camera (2.8*1.5=4.2). The main camera of the Pixel 6 is equivalent to 24mm. So, the 1.5x portrait mode images are now equivalent to only 36mm, this will lead to more perspective distortion due to a smaller distance. And if they don't offer true 1x portrait mode images, the effective resolution of the 1.5x portrait mode might be only 5.5 megapixels (12.5/1.5²).

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      • Anonymous
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      • 11 Oct 2021

      Anonymous, 11 Oct 2021Google's super resolution zoom is mostly a marketing s... moreThat could also be the case because the Pixel 3a it's camera is 12mpx.

      Time will tell what Google their offering will do in Pixel 6, I don't care as I never use stuff like super zoom.

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        • 11 Oct 2021

        Anonymous, 11 Oct 2021Yet Vivo's X60 Pro+ and X70 Pro+ are one of the best c... moreThe Vivo X60 Pro Plus main camera lens suffers from very soft edges and I have seen a low light sample image of the X70 Pro Plus with really awful artifacts due to moving people.

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          • 11 Oct 2021

          AnonD-994853, 11 Oct 202150 MP with Super Res Zoom is still worlds better than crapp... moreGoogle's super resolution zoom is mostly a marketing stunt. I have a Pixel 3a and the zoom is terrible (very artificial, wrong details due to machine learning, it also makes dead pixels visible), it only really works in not perfect light conditions due to combining more frames when you zoom, this improves the signal to noise ratio. In light conditions with a good signal to noise ratio it's rather worse than traditional digital zoom. The marketing material doesn't indicate that Google leverages the 50 megapixel resolution.

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            • Anonymous
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            • 11 Oct 2021

            Pttw, 11 Oct 2021Cant wait, but what we really need is photo examples of the... moreYes, and I am not optimistic that Google uses the 50 megapixel mode of the main camera.
            And the 6 Pro only has one tele camera, so it can't be used at 50mm, unless one stitches multiple images together. I am not optimistic that Google will offer its 360° panorama mode with support for the tele camera.

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              • 11 Oct 2021

              What else I would write about while the product is not coming to india? Google is going to keep the Indian customers away from its flagship phones. Unfortunate. Sony shifted LG withdrew hence Chinese brands dominates here in the Android Market. What I demand is to change their marketing policy.

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                • 11 Oct 2021

                Nate, 11 Oct 2021Would of been all for Custom made Sony sensor instead of an... moreNow we're just derailing to complete irrelevance?

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 11 Oct 2021

                  Anonymous, 11 Oct 2021Looks great. The only missing is ARMv9 - waiting for Pixel ... moreYeah this “TENSOR” is an just an old Exynos.

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                    • Robbie
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                    • 11 Oct 2021

                    I thought carphonewarehouse were a British company?

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 11 Oct 2021

                      Article from phone arena says pixel 6 in USA starts ar $850.
                      The non pro device.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • dQT
                        • 11 Oct 2021

                        Looks great. The only missing is ARMv9 - waiting for Pixel 7 but probably something else during next year will steal my attention.

                          ST, 11 Oct 2021Luckily they will drop to half after 3 monthsIn Belgium/Europe that's not really the case tho

                            « the Pixel Stand wireless charger can turn the phone into a hub that can control smart devices and a photo frame that shows pictures from Google Photos »

                            This should be probably be a screensaver features (when in charge) that came ... on Samsung circa 2015, don't know if still available though

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                              • 11 Oct 2021

                              Nate, 11 Oct 2021Would of been all for Custom made Sony sensor instead of an... moreSoftware codes points to GN1, like vivo.
                              Google would never pay extra for custom sensor.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • gjQ
                                • 11 Oct 2021

                                Anything on AptX Adaptive support?

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                                  Anonymous, 11 Oct 2021Yet Vivo's X60 Pro+ and X70 Pro+ are one of the best c... moreSo true.

                                  Pixel should do even better.

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                                    • 11 Oct 2021

                                    AnonD-762416, 11 Oct 2021It's a 10-BPP sensor, made for Samsung's mid rang... moreWould of been all for Custom made Sony sensor instead of any Samsung sensor.

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                                      • 11 Oct 2021

                                      AnonD-762416, 11 Oct 2021It's a 10-BPP sensor, made for Samsung's mid rang... moreYet Vivo's X60 Pro+ and X70 Pro+ are one of the best camera phones.

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                                        • 11 Oct 2021

                                        Anonymous, 11 Oct 2021Whenever I take a phone, I found myself using ultra wide at... moreIf you care about quality, texture and details... you should not use this Focal length to begin with. Everything that is far, gonna look worse if you zoom in.