Top-secret Google Pixel 4 unmasked thanks to leaked photos – revealing iPhone rival’s new design from every angle
GOOGLE’S latest smartphone has been revealed thanks to a reported leak. Photos of the chunky iPhone rival, due out in October, have seemingly made their way to messaging app Telegram. With three lenses squeezed into an bulky square camera array, the device looks awfully like the iPhone 11 – of which multiple leaks have all-but […]
GOOGLE’S latest smartphone has been revealed thanks to a reported leak.
Photos of the chunky iPhone rival, due out in October, have seemingly made their way to messaging app Telegram.
With three lenses squeezed into an bulky square camera array, the device looks awfully like the iPhone 11 – of which multiple leaks have all-but confirmed the design and specs already.
The iPhone 11 hasn’t been officially unveiled, but the quality of leaks is improving as the autumn smartphone season approaches.
New snaps of the Pixel 4 were picked up by geeky software site XDA Developers.
“The images were posted to a (very) small channel and were also posted on a private group,” XDA editor in chief Mishaal Rahman wrote on Twitter.
“The person who posted it on the private group denies any knowledge of the source, while the owner of the small channel has yet to get back to me.”
As well as the square camera system, the Pixel 4 features a beefy bezel.
One surprise is that the phones appears to be missing the two-tone colour system that Pixels traditionally feature.
The photos seem to back up what we already knew about the Pixel 4, but as with any leak, take the snaps with a pinch of salt.
Of course, the back of the phone isn’t new to mobile fans anyway.
Earlier this year, the handset’s rear design was leaked online – prompting Google to publicly unveil the back of the device itself.
That means an official image of the Google Pixel 4’s rear end is already circulating online.
The Pixel 4 is expected to launch in October and come loaded with Android Q, Google’s latest mobile software.
It’s rumoured to come with a rapid 90hz display – much like the super fast OnePlus 7 Pro.
Last month, Google confirmed that its upcoming Pixel 4 smartphone will have face-unlocking and ‘Motion Sense’ gesture controls.
The latter will let owners control their smartphone simply by waving their hands in front of the screen.
In a video titled ‘Don’t hold the phone’, Google revealed how a simple wave could move between apps.
And similar gestures would allow a Pixel 4 owner to skip songs or pause music.
However, Google hasn’t revealed the full range of gestures that will be available.
It’s also not clear if other people will be able to control your smartphone using their own hand gestures.
Google also unveiled another feature for the Google Pixel 4: Face unlock.
This will use some kind of sensor to verify your identity by scanning your face.
It’s similar to the Face ID system available in recent Apple smartphones, including the iPhone XR and iPhone XS.
Many Android rivals have produced rip-off versions that have been far slower – or much less secure.
How does Apple's FaceID tech work?
Apple's facial recognition system for the iPhone isn't massively complicated. Here are the steps your phone takes:
- The phone will use various sensors to work out how much light it needs to illuminate your face.
- It then floods your face with infrared light, which is outside the visible spectrum of light.
- A dot projector will produce more than 30,000 dots of this invisible light, creating a 3D map of your face.
- An infrared camera will then capture images of this dot pattern.
- Once your phone has all that info, it can use your face’s defining features – like your cheekbone shape, or the distance between your eyes – to verify your identity.
- It computes a score between 0 and 1, and the closer it is to 1, the more likely it is that your face is the same as the one stored on your iPhone.
- Apple says there’s a one-in-a-million chance of someone else getting into your iPhone with Face ID, although the system has been tricked with twins.
- Still, it’s arguably better than the alternative: Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint scanner has a one-in-50,000 chance if being fooled.
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In other news, the iPhone 11 ‘may charge to 50% in just 30 minutes’ thanks to new ultra-fast plug and cable.
The phone could also be ‘coming in two new colours’ we’ve never seen from Apple before, report claims.
And Apple has previewed dozens of new emoji set to arrive on your iPhone later this year.
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