The Pixel Fold, Google's first foldable phone, will be unveiled at the Google I/O 2023 event the following week, as the rumors have it.
The phone's specifications have not been made public, but a brief teaser video demonstrates a full-size outside display on a smartphone that unfolds akin to Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold models. According to leaked marketing materials and even a hands-on video, the camera bar on the back is comparable to that on earlier Pixel devices but doesn't protrude as far.
According to a CNBC story from April, the Pixel Fold will be a 5.8-inch phone that can open up to become a 7.6-inch tablet. It will apparently cost over $1,700, have "the most durable hinge on a foldable," weigh 10 ounces, and have a Google Tensor G2 CPU. The Z Fold 4 from Samsung, the most recent foldable, went on sale for $1,799 at launch.
The Fold didn't make the cut for I/O in 2022, contrary to what we had anticipated, and speculations regarding its release haven't subsided in the time since. With the release of this device and the new Pixel Tablet the following week, Google's emphasis on educating Android developers to make their apps compatible with foldable devices and larger screens may be paying off.