14 DAY TRIAL // There are about a couple of hours left until Google unveils its Pixel smartphones and excitement surrounding the event is building up. Quite a few retailers have leaked information on the upcoming phones in the past few days, culminating with Verizon.
The US carrier revealed that the smartphones would come with Google Magic, although we’re not completely sure what that means. Now, another retailer seems to have slipped up and disclosed important information on the Pixel and Pixel XL.
Rogers released a sponsored ad on Facebook, disclosing October 20 as the date when pre-orders will go live, according to Mobile Syrup. More information will be made available on Rogers.com/Pixel possibly after the unveiling event, as the page isn’t live yet.
The leak reveals that Rogers will make the Pixel and Pixel XL available in three color variants, black, silver and blue. The Really Blue color variant was revealed by Verizon recently, while quite a few images with the silver and black versions have leaked in past few weeks.
Rogers customers will get $50 Play store credit for purchasing the Pixel or Pixel XL
Rogers will be offering the smartphones with 2GB of bonus data and free $50 Google Play Store credit, as well as a Chromecast. Sadly, the price of Google’s upcoming phones wasn’t disclosed, but some say that prices might start at $649 for the Pixel variant with 32GB of internal storage.
Pixel and Pixel XL are expected to come with SD821 processors, 4GB of RAM, and up to 128GB of internal storage. The smartphones will also run Android 7.1 Nougat out of the box and come with the Pixel Launcher.
Google’s unveiling event will take place in San Francisco and the company also intends to make announcements regarding a new Daydream VR headset, which could carry a price tag of about $79, a new Chromecast Ultra, Google Home Assistant, and Google Wi-Fi Router.